THE TWO PARROTS.
An elderly lady, who lived a short distance from "Wallsend, had two servants, and a parrot. One of the servants, who had been lectured by her mistress more than she liked, had said, "Oh dear me ! I wish Miss Williams was dead ! " and this cry was taken up and repeated by the parrot, together with other naughty and profane words. Miss Williams was so shocked tbat she thought of parting with Poll. She happened, however, to hear of a parrot owned by a Primitive Methodist* which had learnt many pious expressions, and thought it might be a benefit to ber bird if she could borrow the other. She did so. When the birds were brought together, her own parrot Baid to the stranger, " Oh dear me ! I wish Miss "Williams was dead ! " The piously trained bird at once said, "Lord grant the blessing ! " **" ' ' '^ — . > _ »
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 139, 12 June 1879, Page 4
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146THE TWO PARROTS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 139, 12 June 1879, Page 4
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