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The Bird Found His Match in an Old Lady. The crow is considered a very sa gacious bird. He always carries with him a keen apprehension of danger. Josh Billings says that a crow can smell a gun three miles through a mountain. However absurd this statement, he always keeps himself at a safe distance when one carries a gun. It is claimed also that the com mon crow, whose ‘caw! caw!’ is rather shrill and harsh, can be taught to talk. Split his tongue with the sharp edge of a dime while he is in pin feathers and he will learn to articulate quite distinctly. Wm. Adams, a young man living in Arkansas, captured a young crow and succeeded in training and rearing him, says the Globe-Democrat. While he was yet a young crow his tongue was split and he received lessons in the art of speaking. The extent of his vocabulary seemed to be to call his own name, which was ‘Bill’ to him, and to say ‘so Joh—L” When he was matured and in full possession of his powers he followed his master to church one Sunday. The young man and his sister rode to church in a wagon. His crewship remained at the wagon and picked around the horses until the services were some what advanced, when he decided to join the worshipers. Accordingly he flew in the meeting house and perched himself upon the pulpit. The novelty of the thing disturbed the whole congregation. But the crow, not being disturbed, walked to and fro on the pulpit and finally took his stand on the open bible, thus ob scuring the dominie’s text. The lat ter laid his hand against the crow to gently push him away, when to to consternation Mr. Crow said: ‘his to h—l!’ This dumfounded the whole congregation. They thought the crow was sent there as a sign of some awful calamity. The preacher pushed him again. The crow re peated his command with an emphatic flap of his wings. At this time there was a panic. The congregation stam peded. Seeing the congregation thinned out, the crow flew down and perched upon the back of a seat. Just under him had fallen a large fleshy old lady, who was struggling to rise to her feet He looked down at her in a significant manner and said: ‘Go tch—L” ‘Go there yourself!” retorted the old lady, adding, ‘I never had anything to do with get ting up this meeting.” The crow never goes to church now.
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Lawrence Weekly World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Thu, Sep 15, 1892
Page 4
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