The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-06-07

THIS happy understanding however ufl
NOT last long aud We sOOu hpgan 10. wage
biurr Hlr 900 each Glhur The cdsla bfH'
Wa Geld Of 4usar.caug had planted ia the
nrWly rrraidl Jungle. EVERY beast Ot the
Grld r'rmnl lnagurd against this devoted
pti4h ofsuglr-caur The wild elephant came
aul brpwsed 10 it---ihe Jungle hogs rooted Il
uH anl Wunrhnd Il a. their plrisurr-ihr
ial,als WgWcl thn stalks into squash-iHr
Wild decor htG the tops OF tha young plants
ApJiusi al these uIimudrr, therr Was au OBJ
,i0ut raluriT 10 huill a stout fence round
the cane Grld This Was done accordingly
aud q doom trench dug outside, chat oven rie
Wild elephant d'd not deem u prudent 70
cruss,
The VIA hogs came and Inspected the
trrush and the palisades beyond. 4 briHly
uti uaran .was observed taking a survey OF
thn iluirncCs bat AFTER mature drlibemuun
be- myqtwo short grunts, the porrupluci y
Imagined, Tor "nn Rp," and took himself OF a.
q round trui 90 pay q visit 10 my neighhnr
Ram Cluuder, and inquire how his hule plot
OF sweet vans WAS coming GA llia la1kAH
suillcd At every crpyirp, aud determined %
llt III k.4t- tl.a-, ,,..ttk luufhtl tlrt-
whole eptrenchmont a. scOrn, Day allor
,l1y was / doomed % behold my canes de-
,nurrl a. iAat'as they ripencd, by luops ul
ubilaut monkeys, Flesh Rnd blood could
Stand tlIia no longer, aud so "the war Ratchet
was dug up" Il was Of 30 use attempting "a
,,,-s--,r,- Nlfs-ff-tirrturIrr tfry
aiernly relocated % the Raarest tree, dragging
whole stalks Of suguH-cnuc along With them,
and then srurtrd the Chrwcd Fragments ~
nav five, ~ | looked up NJ them. " lll.-Mla--
hllin.zi-l-l.lt-4-- urvnHn' pdaluycly began
10 grow huutthirsty 40 the idea Of being out
wiitcd hy monkey. Tho case between M
might have been stated in1his wise-"l have
~ much trouble and expense cleared and
cultivated thi. iunRo land" said "Alor'
,/fool you" raid the monkeys. 81 have plant
\ ed and watched over the fuRircane'-
watched all al ~ have We, lor Tic mat
ter Ut TtnfT Nut surely ] have right Co
rcnp what sowcd" "Don't see IT," says the
monkeys; "tho Jungle, By rights perspective
aud iulcicasiblc, h ours, aud has been 40 cy-
err since the DAYS OF lam Ilonuman Of the
LONG tail II YOU cultivate the Jungle with
ont our consent YOU must look "a the consc-
qucnocs, II you don't like our customs, you
may get about your business We don't want
you,'
kent broodiup over this Notifying view
of the matter, until one morning ] hatehed
tllt devils egg" revenge, ~ particular
shane 4 tree, with about score OF mon
kcvs on it was cut down, and halt dozen OF
the youngrst were caught, 40 they Attempted
thon niixol with as much tnrtar-cmciic ~
coNld be- spared from the medicine chest, and
the Young hupciuls after being carefully paint
ed over with the compound, were allowed %
return 20 their distressed relatives, who, ~
snon ~ they arrived, gathered round them
md -ruuuuuurut iiCiytug them with iaa great
est rs-iduity Thr results had anticipated
were not long IN making their appearance
A cargo of sca-sict Cockncys IN storm Is
very disgusting but this WAS oven worsc; a
more melancholy sight IL was impossible 10
behold The poor wrutchcS. were groaning
IA attitude OF distress upur almost every tree,
rctching and ---- But spare the reader.
I icIt very much concerned, aud Il thought
u would hu acaaFtrd twas willing to stand n
mat (ur hot wator) all round SO cilicarious
va, this treatment that for moro than two
Years | hardly ever saw u monkey ~ the
q ncirhborhood 80
Monkeys are sometimes tanned hy the IA.
O. tNt' and taught to perform number Of very
amusing tricks. once saw exhibited, by an
old man who travelled about the country with
them, three monkeys who had been trained
To 90 through regular dramatic perform
anco, The FIRST representation was the WOO
ing OF a young bride by b0Ohdn Gold mani.
4 large male monkey, dressed in yellow
turbtn and diooiec, with shaggy eyebrows
and Wrklcd face, perroniicd the boohda,
willie two female monkeys, one of them close
i, ycilcd, represented the mother and daugh-
tor The bo1hda is first seen walking across
lii field. with a. Long -Aial Laid -aai4A-s LIZ
shoulders, and his two hands dangling lnzilN
o,rr the ends of it. Alcr-looking over his
khatcs, and finding that thu crops are thirty
iug he gets very sclt-complaccnG cnumorat-
inc his many acquisitions of oxen and horses,
his stacks of straw, aud his well filled gran
cries, III praaeeds TO enlarge on his own per
suna qualities, which he OF course finds un-
rxrrptiuuahic, and winds up with declaring
that he will marry a young wife TO gladden.
his heart. During the time the Snowman has
been reciiing this soliloquy, the boohda, in
the shape of an oldmale, has been strutting
up and down at the distance of few yards
from the fcmalcs lie now walks up to the
mother,nnd with much ceremony requests the
hand Of her daughter in marriage, repeating
10 her the same catalogue of qualities and
r-ossesy-ons we have before heard in soliloquy.
The mother objects 10 his age when lac d-
latos on his wealth, and goes through piece
of very natural pantomne IN counting imag-
mary rupees from his right hand 10 his lGil.
The mother appears little Modified, aud
calls her daughter Moonia, who has been
standing closely yelled bchtad the showmans
back; she5c comes at her mothers call, with
we'll iegned reluctance, and seats herself
win hef Dnck 10 tue bOOntlit NJ ttt HNulf lllli'
drawing her veil mora closely over heF Face
The mother then introduces tho subject of
his other wives, and says her daughter is too
young and come of too good house, TO be
made the servant OF the other tenants of his
zcnana Hereupon the boohda swears by
the sacred waters of the Gunga" that she
will never be asked even to pare her own
nails; but will. have numerous servants to
wait upon her Then, with the view of en-
psaing the young girls attention, the cum
ming boohda begins to enlarge upon the nnm-
Der and elegance of the jewels she will wear,
and the richness and splcndor Of her dresses.
The fair Moonia bitches slightly round, and
by a-ridr-tt lifts n corner OF her yeti. The
boohda is cnrapturcd, and makes a motion to
got noarcr her, but is prevented by the moth
er,who beStows sound buffet on the boohda,
reminding him that the marriage has not yet
taken place, aud expresses her astonishmcnt
that an old man like him does not know bet
ter. At this iuncture, too, the hashful Moo
MIA, speaking from beneath her veil, declares
~ -. La, at thnt ba