The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-02-02
soLD SERIES wos- .ss. no.
TE8Ms,-se 90, ln ,Asssssnssx. }


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70 AsoseEnga Monkey.
r. Twas streain gthrough ,awood ebiet
up IA CHE eoantry," in Iatlia, with M
manton on nay shoulder, when I heara -
curious noise, in a tree, almost im-
med'ateiy above me- I looked up
and founG that the sounds proceeded "a
from white monkey that skipped from
branch to branch, schattering away
with delight at beholdine A. ,s'fellowr5
creature of larger growth,'' for SO heIs7
lseemed. to- consider me- FOR a fe,wuo
moments I took no notice fhis antfcs,sr
and walked quitely along, till sudden
ny large branch fell at my feet, mar nar- ~
|rowiy escsping my head. i again
paused, and found that Che missile, lad =
been dropped BY my taikativne friend. lend ~ =.
Without consideration, instantlx
turned round and fred at atfRflls Him. Y s7ssI
b The report had Scarcely sounded S n led q q
t~hen hen 4 heard s the most piercing ths,g
| most distressing cry that ever reaehediO,
my ears. The agonized shrek of ara
young infant burst from the little ioreasiis
ture whom ! had wounded IN :Ttrwag
within thirty PAGES Of mel I could see Of
the .wretched animal, already stained oi
with blood; point to its wound, and a.noi
tgain hear its dreadful moan. The last
agony of hareis narrowing to a tyro,I
and have seen a young sportsman sh'
turn pale on hearing it. The present ="
cry was, however, more distressing. I'm =
l turned round and endeavered to hur -
ry away. This however, found ns
easy task; for as I moved forward the,ob
unhappy creature followed me, spring,
ing as swell as it could from bough to Cd
bough, uitaring low w ailingt mo any,
and pointing at the same time at thsshi
spot whence the blood trickled. Them
regarding me steadily but mournfaliy !,
in the face, it seemed to reproach me;c.
with my wanton cruelty. Again pei
fastened on, but stillit pursued : fite.''''' me-
When | stopped, it stopped; when I -
attempted to go forward, it accompan-l
led me. Never in the whole course =
of my life did I feel so much for a
dumb animal; never did I SO keenly
repent an act ofuncalled for barbar-
ity.s .t.. u. -,.s... ,a.. ,...s,.;.. NJ. ~
Determined not to allow the poor ~
monkey thus to linger in tor.ue, and na
to at once endthe annoying niscene,T
suddenly came to a hiatt, and, lowering ''a
my gun, which was only single.barer.o r.ooi
ed, | was about to re-loadit for the SIS
purpose of dispatching the manned =
creature, when springing from the
tree, it ran to within half q dozen pac.
es Of me, and began to cry most pite-
ously, and roll itselfin. agony, oeca- q
sionly picking up earth, which tati =,
tempted to stauneh the blood by stuff
ing it into the wound, that. in spite, Off
my resolution, when 1 fired Twas so an
nervuos | almost missed my aim; infict,
ing another wound which broke the "a
animals leg, bat nothing more Hot. 70
rifed beyond . endurance, Iothrcw na
down my gun, and actually fed. .arsog 90
I In about half an hour Ireturned for
the purpose of fetching my .manton, ,fa
fully expecting that the poor antmal.e'q
had left the spot" What, then, wasaHa
my surprise to find a crowd of mon nl:e'7q
keys surrounding the wretched suffer
Ier. As I advanced under the shade
of some trees, stole almost close tx, O."
them before they perceived me. -,
took advantage OF this circumstance,
to watch their movements. The stricki 81
en- monkey was crying out in the most AZ
piteous manner, thesothens were busily
employed in tearing up the wound, enT
deavoring to destroy the already decades
fully MANNED creature A shout drose..1
them all away save the dying animal
| advanced--the little monkey was -
rolling in agony, l. took my gun7o9
which lay beside him. fancied he
cast one look of supplication on me,o4
one prayer o,.be relieved from his mis-
cry. I did not hesitate---wittre one gl
blow of the butt end I dashed out his
brains. Then turning round, Islowly
returned to my quarters, more pro-is
foundly dispirited than I had felt for
for months. s' s..s4 .s"n'Ifh
Take my advice sensible reader, If !
you must live in India, never shoot
a monkey.
AT Weston, on the Missouri riyer,.si
last week, five six-mnle Governmeut
teams, attached to wagons heavily
loaded with bacon, which they were 3
unable to hold back while descending n
the hill ran down upon the ice at tull
speed. The ice Immediately gave
way, and the teams sank, only leaving
a few I'm hh1aS apd a hnla IN fhn snasf ~