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flour, to dust any person who hapened to pas by. Thus it was kept up all day and untill late at night every on enjoying themselves to their utmost. Now Catie what do you think of a bird that can talk, have you ever seen one? There is one here in the next door to our Office. It is a lage bird and is called a Parrot. Our boys have taught it to say halt. Whenever a Soldier comes along the sidewalk, the bird is sure hollors as loud as it can scream halt; which of course makes the man stop to see what is wanted, as soon as he starts on the bird cries out again some time they will get mad at the Sentinal at the gate thinking that it is he that has stoped them, much to the