Bird Flies in Mouth of Sleeping Husband

1920

Canary Loses Life, Man Loses Life's Good Regards

BLOUNT CORNERS, N. Y. - Mrs. Martha Joslin says he is through trying to keep a canary. Mrs. Joslin states that if her husband would keep his mouth shut when he takes his after-dinner nap she could keep a bird, but that he won't do it and that she has bought her last canary.

A few weeks ago Mrs. Joslin bought a young canary. She brought it home and placed it in a cage. According to Mrs. Joslin she opened the bird's cage to feed her pet and before she could close the door the bird flew out.

Joslin was asleep in a chair in the kitchen. The bird flew to him, circled over his head several times and flew into his wide-open mouth. Mr. Joslin brought his jaws together and killed the bird.

Mrs. Joslin expresses the opinion that her husband's gold tooth attracted the bird. Mrs. Joslin says she has lost six canaries within four months by the same means and that she is through trying to keep a bird.

Mr. Joslin says he is innocent of bird slaughter and would not have killed the bird for ten dollars if he had known it was in his mouth.