Millard County Chronicle | 1913-04-24 | Page 3 | Some Old Beliefs.

Some Old Beliefs. The old beliefs persist In the outhern lands, and a tragi comic In-lance In-lance reaches me from Venice. A ockatoo, kept by a British resident s a pet, bad been accustomed to romenade about the roof garden, hen the family went up there. But ne day recently It extended Its con-titutlonal con-titutlonal to a neighbor's roof, and as promptly shot by him. He subse-uently subse-uently offered ss a complete explana-on explana-on tbe plea that be thought It waa n owl and that there was a very ung baby In his household. Now, : dents of ancient Oreek and Roman igury know that tbe perching of aa l on the roof foreboded death to is of the Inmates while Ovid Is mong those who charge screech owls Kb sucking tbe blood of Infanta.