Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-12-14
M0ZKEYs IN INDIA.

STRANGERS are very rsuch surprised t.
.oa ,,ooL-avs romping about on the tops o.
bouees in Madras. or dashiug across I'll.
streets: and sailors, on lahain@' are great
10 amused with them, and Try to calci
them. ar lit them with sticks or stones
hnt mi in vain, az they soon ia NJ cut
the ,vay. and then she" their tech as Il ~
cn,,t..n,Dt for the assali@nt. Some years
a., ,Ease animals were 50 numerous, So
MISCELLANEOUS, and SO destructive 10 prep
ertv. especially ID pa. lang of tiles, and IL
sterling from people m the market and
the bazir~, thtt it was determined l."
catch the dcs0craia os, put them - cages
and czrrv tlem oi7 to the distant iangies :;
Er tho peoDic hal a great aversion - hIli.
,,r tham. tticr much trouble many
were caught bat th y we're - very re.
fracfoy. that some OF them received do.
%, Iashes each, and were sent far away.
MANY Of faafn found their WY baa K again
and now the inhabitants .Te as much troub
led as ever.
Within Tie last eight or ten months they
have PLAYED all kinds IF FRANKS IN our
house. for As we are obliged 20 allow the
doors and windows TO open on account Of
the heat, thew can very easily gel into a
nv apartment. had the modification TO
find one day that q young fellow had Got
holI nf nav Pilgrim Progress, and had
actually torn down the plate where the
Pilgrim receives his parchment roll. and,
a. he saw me, he loisureiy marched of,
seeming to say, as ho TUNED round 10
look at me, fave moi done It! Aaoth-
tooth br-sh: and he carried Il completely
Of. Mg waters they are pe-petuIliy
stealing. and several times lhcy have ia
ken away the box. Nay, the the steel
pens are quite In their way; and ore day
" hen was nearly blaming a servant, IT
was found that ii monkey vas the thief.
A. for tgmblers aai various carthern YES
seIs. know not how many they have
broken; and loaycs Of bread, if not watch
cd or locked up, Gre ~ the hands Of these
oentrv; and when the creatures have
gone a short distance, they sit down to
look at us, and then BEGIN 10 cat. /
ought 10 have said before that they de-
light in nv letters and notes; and after
locking grayc,y at them FOR a short tiuc,
they tear them in pieces.
Sometimes they get on the bed and
stret,b tbc,,sc!ra. .tbar ron about II tGefr
oanbors. and leave a plenty Of marks be-
hind. 1t other times thev admire them
selves in the looking g'ass,eRd tn 70 touch
what they believe to be one Of their own
kin. Not long ago they broke one and
carried oTa beautiful silver witch. They
were soon on The top Of 4 ne.ghbor's house
aud commenced their experiments; the
glass was forthwith broken, The seconds
hand. which no doaht asto0:shad them by
its movements, was torn of, and the 9th
or hands were served IN the same way.
The '.ticil-tic!l'' ot the watch was tie
greatest puzz1eT of all. the servants
were after them a-t no, saco coaid rER
well, and did not wish 10 part with lis
prize,
A fine Ioaror bread however was hrg't
and placed AT some distance. and nng
could nos rcsis. that. lie left taa watch
for what 10 him was much better. and the
,v,tch was reoala.d sh.,,,-b Sadie .-,-.,,.l
This unfortunate transaction, however,
had only excited their curiosity: ard thgy
one day succeeded in dragging from a IA
be large geld watch belonging 10 the
writer OF tins paPer, and carried It to the
top Of The hoIs.; bat they #c5c detected
~ their yIi!any, aad were frightened n
way.
"WcH. hut why rot XII tt.oua'' say n,,
not soon do It again, he looked 50 much