Show SHAMED THE TALKATIVE BIRD silent owl cured polly of his extreme garrulousness A parrot Is tho the meanest of creatures said an old resident of staten island inland people that are acquainted with parrots generally admit that there la Is nothing that can make a parrot achamee of himself now that la Is a m mistake stake for I 1 happen to have a parrot that was made ashamed of himself just the other week and be Is th the e most conceited parrot too that was ever aver seen outside of congress it speaks spanish and english like a professional interpreter now the lis fc was wag the th e p parrot arbot would talk all the time when ho he was not asleep he was just talking u ua a deaf dumb und and blind even I 1 the cat rot got disgusted at an early atu btu abaga go ot of the proceedings and quit the house well the other day a man who mho has haa had considerable experience of parrots happened to drop in and when aher I 1 complained complain dd of the bird he said why don dont you got get an owl you get an owl and hang hitup him up close to the parrots cage and in about two days find that your birds dead sick nick of unprofitable conversation well I 1 got a small owl and put chizu in A a cage close to the parrots cage the parrot began by trying to dazzle the owl with his conversation but it work the owl sat and looked at the parrot just as solemn as a cop who has just lost his job on the force rind and after a while the parrot tried him with spanish it of any use not a word would tho the owl lot let on to understand then the parrot tried bragging and laid himself out to make the owl believe that of all the parrots in existence ho he was the ablest but ho he turn a feather of the owl that noble bird sat silent as the grave and looked at the parrot as if to td say this Is indeed a melancholy exhibition of imbecility well before night might that parrot was so ashamed of himself that he be closed for repairs and from that day to this he has baa never spoken aboken an unnecessary word such la Is the influence of at example even even on the worst of birds |