Show did the man or the bird insult ner bert from the butte mine can the voice of an educated parrot be mistaken for or that of a human voice that was wa a question that judge ferrell had to decide in the butte police court recently the judge decided that under certain circumstances a parrot talking might be mistaken tor for a person talking and arthur powers who was accused of disturbance and calling mrs mra nellie thompson names that were not at all polite was allowed to go free because the parrot was to blame according to the testimony given during the hearing powers who is a next door neighbor of mrs thompson was making a good deal of noise the other night mrs thompson stood it as long as she could and then asked the powers family to be still the noise continued however and she again asked for peace instead of getting it a volley of oaths several yards long was fired at her out of one of the windows she started back in amazement nt and thinking powers was to blame promptly had him arrested his defence was wan that he had not said a word to mrs thompson but his parrot had and of course be had no control over the voice of the bird the green fellow he sal said d had been educated by scotty orr who had taught it many things bilings it would be better for it not to know when mrs thompson called to him the parrot began talking and b he e could coul a not prevent it saying the things that chat insulted mrs thompson the bird was waa not in court and it is probably a food thing teat that it was not |