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Show PARROT COULDN'T TALK AND SAID SO CHICAGO, March 18. A Jury In Justice Richardson's court has de- 4- elded that a green parrot, which Alderman Honore Palmer pur- chased for $40 from Nathan Slotkln. a bird dealer, could not speak the 4- seventy-five different words that Slotkln guaranteed It could and granted the Alderman a judgment for the amount he paid for the bird. The parrot, in a gilded cage, was 4- present In court. "Did you ever hear the parrot 4-4- speak seventy-five words?" asked 4-4- Attorney tMward W. Everett, rep- 4-4- resenting Mr. Palmer of Annie Lar- 4-4- sen. employed In the Palmer house. 4 4 "No, no," scheeched the parrot. 4-4 4-4 When the laughter subsided Miss 4 4 Larsen replied also in the negative.' 4 |