Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-12-09
To JAMES WHIrcoMp, Esq, Commissioner.

"A MONKEY DISTRIBUTING rYrEs.--A printer,
who served his time in Londonderry, Ursland,)
tells very good story of the initiative genius Of
monkey The animal was the property Of m up
prentice hoy, who having won him al arsAing
match, brought him home and tied him to his StusS6
Thore MIR. Shpjack, who was an observing char.
actcr, had fine opportunity 10 learn the Prints.e
trade ut least far itcoud DO learned by msrs.
ly watching the movements Of others. How fAs no
profted by it, will presently be seen. IL he did
not, in the end, make tho most Satisfactory pro-
gross, it certainly not for the want Of closs %.
servaton OH his part.
lilo watched the movements of his young mAstsT
with the most profound attention. He observed
how he set the type and how he distributed them.
But il was the latter which most especially struck
his fancy. He saw the lad throwing the bits Ufms-
tai about him, into the various departments Of tho
case, n down to .dnlpcrsa1d: and his monkey
fingers itched to DO employed in similar maansf.
AT last an opportunity was afforded him. The
apprentice and all hands having gone % disnss,
the monkey carelessy left on 80 long sssins.
that he could easily leap upon the case, and haye
abundant room for his stree and easy,' moyemente
when there.
On the upper case, were a couple Of gnllsys FIN
of type already set for the next paper. Upon toeo
the monkey commenced his distribution. He waS
not at all careful about taking single word q Q
time; or distributing them according to the alphs-
D"s' Nv ssAO u0 CluW6O SnoM OO 0Y WU043
handfuls, md distributing them IL the mose pre-
posterous manner, throwing them about him on III
sides, without caring whether A went into b. boz,
into C's and G into D's--.or III how srsat disocA
dor the various Letters became mingled tpgsthee
LIZ word, the monkey, with al his l.nitseivs
ingenuity, was doing nothing better ttan making
P, Of the whole galieys full Of type. And ME ks
accomplished in the most rspSd and saectaai mas~
ner. Afraid lest the Printers should return from
their dlnner before he Fad accomplished his jos!AS
threw with might oi,d main, and had nsasly hn-
isned ms pieca Of joumeywork, when the bsyp
master, VINO bad FIRST returned TO the once OPeAs
ed the door and beheld the now Printer 1t work.
So tickled was tho man, IL spite Of the misehte3
the monkey was doing, that he burst into rear 9
laughter, and called al hands to witness 70 ludis
crous movements Of their brother typo. They eanto
lust il tmo 10 800 him throw the last hadful -
tvs columns Of type, which il had taken unAnso
whole days labor in setting.
i TIE monkey having completed his joy maeh -
his own satisfaction, turneA round and locked -
Prn.en in the face grinding arid chattsIiag, asif
70 congratnlats them on the access,on d he saeg
they had gained 70 their Office.
l Bit the dscredit he suffered in that u =
no little service 70 his reputation out q &; ~
story Of his distributing the swo ealuaAnA eell ~
wind through LoncendarFy, III r II
htablc object for q new faAaipf - ~
q putting him nj tor fdliS = 4 = (
each, 81 ten pguAda ~ g g r. Z e.
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