The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-08-01

,v;II any one can beat the following story, he
VIII undoubtedly be entitled to ''rHE HAT ),
an ARMY OF MoNKEYs--A Novp1 g.
PENSION BRIDGE. s.They are COMM, hL oUs-
ne orldge they will most likely cross by The O" 'on
yonder," observed Raou inc locks
| there p II is torrent
"oh, p answered the Frercbman
Keys would rather 60 into fire than yyatar mon
0annot reap the stream, they will bridge it,, 'iey
bridge 1t ! and how;''
sop moment, Captain--you shall coo ;, nv
nan human voices now sounded noaro. ne
Couu perceive tiat the animals were approached .ho
sPo' where we lay. Presently they appearad .lle
one opposite bank, headed by an old grav cb;ogp Gn
3nu oIicered IKE SO many soldiers ihev wero a''n
0na ''a'eu 81 tne comadrsia or ring-taed triba
ran ont ras or chief pioneer perbans
ran out upon projecting rock, and aftor GInnaps
acress the stream, if calculating tho a;".g
sIanpered back and appeared to coInmun;cat
.ne leduer' Inns produced a movement in .hn
troop Commands were issued, and fat;ano - tie
were detailed, and marched to the fro5, Paiues
S Iinle several OF the comadreias-enoineers ~
uoaot-ran along the bank, examining The troo. NO
ooth sides OF the ARROYO. ~ "eeS On
AZ length they all collected around tall COTTON
'lia1 grew over the narrowest part of tho
stream and twenty or thirty of them sc.an ~ 'ne
Its trunk. On reaching high noint the peleo up
strong fellow-ran out upon limb and uiIA .oT,:
several turns OF his tail around if sI;nnaJ es
hung mead downwards The next on fPe 1h ~ "iiu
9.out one. climbed down the BODY of the fret ,sI
whipping his tail tightly around the neck and Gro au
9l le latter, dropped off in his turn. and hnn l
oown Inc third repeated this mannuvr4 n5o r'e ta
. ~ ana the fourth upon the third. and 60 On
"nen ,e last one upon the string rested his fore na,vs
The living chain po,,, o
wards and forwards, like the pendnnn, oe DICK
Inc motion was slight at first, but qradna
eu' le ioWermost monkey striking his b.nds ,;o
ieh!y on the earth as he passed the tanaant 90 ~.
osond'ing curve. Several others unon Tho T,,aLS
above aided the movement. "P0ii 'iie limbs
nie continued until the monkey at the ond or III
elidih was thrown among the branches IF tra
ne oPPosile Dank Here, after two or three y;bra
mont ~ slu'oneo hmb and held fast This move
nont e4ecuea adroltly, just at the eliminating
punt OF the oscillation, in order to save H. ;.S
olate links from the violence of too suddo
Inc chall was now fast at both ends fa -
complete suspension bridge; over which tho -
a:p ~ ue number OF four or five hundred oossa5
with the rapidly of thought. "''dieu' passed
bad was one Oh the most comical sights ever he-
nea' 70 witness the quizzca expression Of connte
names nee along that living chain 0O""'0-
80 nc uooP was now on the other side. bnt bo,v
selves ovor M! turning The bridge to get them
itself Ma;c ms was the question that suggested
ta; Rn maaleSty, by number one letting 20 his
,nl But then the point d. appui on the Other sds s
dozen of his 0% nes SS~n and number
opposite bank, or soused into the wafer ains' 'ie
1iee' tnen, was problem, and ,va ,,,;.o1 81.
mon nffflUssy y. fo its solution 1t was soon solved
lowest nc was now seen attaching his tail 70 tbe
morn manner and another, and so on, until DOZEN 9
powerful aoaed to the string These last were all
they lifted g the S,i3 and running up to high limb,
zonta posiuon almost hori-
forma t% scream from the last monkey of the new
and the ne warmed the tail end that all was ready;
over and landed safely on the Onn elan was SWING
dls bi1 inks now dropped off like melting cane
uDd @ oas the higher eaped to the branches e
then scamp ep@n o Py the trunk The whole troop
Psa5ed Capt Reds advena4es IN aS Son alsap