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Useful Parrots

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
April
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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It has hitherto been customary to fritter away the intelleotual forco of parrots by merely teaching them to say "Pretty Poll" and thiuga of that 6ort, bnt tha municipal authorities of a French town have iiístitutcd what it Í3 to bo hoped will becorue a general reform. The poor box at tb. 3 town hall, ït seoms, had for f loug timo been in a couditiou discreditablo totüomoro proaperous of the inhabitants. To roniiud thetn of their duty toward Uieir poorer rieighbors a pprrot Was purchused, which was instaUcd close tothe box and trained to cry, "For the poor, if you pleasei" Tho rcsult, it appears, haa beeu highly Batisfactory, penco and silver coin baving been frcely giveu in response to tho bird's appeal. The idea is capable of beiug applied in a variety of ways. Parrota ruight bo used, for examplo, to Nvarn passeraby of thG jji'oximity of wet paiut on fences or fihop fronts, or to reinind people on entering a house to wipo their feet In fact, Darrots misht bo ruado reallv

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Ann Arbor Argus
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