Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-07-24
An Army Of Monkevs.
a NOVEL SUSPENSION BRIDGE

they will most likely cross by the roel
yonder." observed RaouI.
How-swim il" asked. IL, i,5.
torrent there -
d "Oh, no." answered the. Frenchman
I =" monkeys would rather 60 into FIRE The
water. II they can 40. leap rLe stream the
will bridge it,
" Bridge ii, and how 7"
Stop moment, Cs3;ain-you shall
see." The half human voices now souu.
ded nearer. and we could perceive that the
animals were approaching the spo, where
we lay. P-esenlly they appeared upon
The opposite bank, headed by an old era =
chlel'an and officered like so many sol.
dlers. They were, as Raoul stated, Of the
comddrJa or ridgiailed tribe.
One-an aid-de camp, or chier pioneer.
perhap'-ran out upon projecting rock.
and alter looking across ,he stream. as If
calculating the distance, scampered back,
and appeared to communicate with the
leader. This produced movemeo, in tie
troop. Commands were issued, and "a
igue parties were detailed, and narched
to the front. Meanwhile several of the
neutrality-suspicious., no doubr-ran
along the bank, examining The trees on
both sides Of the arrOro.
At length they all collected arouud
tall cotton wood that grew over the narrow.
est part Of The stream, and 20 or 80 OF
Them scanPered up its trunk. On reach
ing a high point, the foremos,-a s,tcnp
iellow-ran out upon limb, and, taking
several turns Of his tail around it, slipped
of, and hung head downwards. The next
on The limb, also stout one e,clmbed down
the body of the first, and whipping his tail
tightly around the neck and forearm of
The latter dropped off in his turn. and hung
head down. The third repeated this man.
9uvre upon the second, and the fourth
Dron the third, and so on, until the las: one
upon the string rested his lorepaws upon
nc e1ouno, .auuaay increased, The low
rmos, monkey striking his hands violently
N the earth as he passed the tangent oil
he oscillatinc curve. Several others up
m the limbs above aided the movement.
This continued until the monkey at the
nd of the chain was thrown among the
ranches of tree on the opposite bank.
lore. after two or three vibrations, he
utched limb, and held fast. This
novemen, was executed adroity. just at
he eliminating point Of the oscillation, Ir
rider TO save the intermediate links from
he violence of too sudden jerk
The chain was now fast both ends, form
ng a complete suspension bridge, Oses
which the whole troop, 10 the number OF
our or five hundred passed with the rapid
ty OF thought. .
Ii was one of the most comica! sights |
ver beheld, to witness the quizzical ex-
preston Of coun'enances along that living
.hain
The troop was now on the other sile.
,ui how were the animals forming the
,ridse TO get themselves overt This was
question that suggested ITSELF Manifes.-
y, by number one letting go his tail. But
hen the point d'arpcd on the other side
vas much lower down, and number one
silh hali-adozen of his neighbks. would
De dashed agains, the opposite bank, or
,oused into the wafer.
Here, then, was a pio5lem, and we wal
ed with some Curiosity Cor its solution. !,
was soon solved. A monkey was now
seen attaching his tail to the lowest on the
bridge, another girdet him ina similar
manner, and another, and SO OF, unti! a
iozen more were added TO the string. These
last we're all powerful fellows and runn.
ing up to high limb. they lifted the bridgs
INTO position almost horizontal.
Then a scream from the lasl monkey Of
he new formation warned the tail end TIA,
al was ready; and the next moment the
whole chain was swung over, and landed
safely on the opposite bank. The lower
nos, link now dropped off like q melting
candle. while the higher ones leaped to
the branches and came down by the trunk.
The whole troop then scampered of into
he chapparal and disaspeared.-CCaptain
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produced clocks, ghos, stories,and printing
France, cooks, caposs, s,compIiments. Rus
,ia. mad emperors aud hemp Africa, iSc'
ry and ebony-blacks. England. roast
beef, pudding and beer. and the blessings
OF conquest, taxation and good adsics.-
Lond. Weekly Times.
And America has produced pumpkins.
dollars, The Fourth Of July, the ''pecul'ar
institution. ""manilest destiny" and "Bun-
kum'' politicians.
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