The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-03-23
NO. So.
4 New Way t. Piak ~sses.

IN 'Hf thiNe~tob news ~ ttffu.
AIRY II. we End. un.ssr the bead Il
Cotton Picking, quite an aniqne
letter from a man asmei i.eavest. 1t
the rres~n. time, living with biz fam.
,ly on the island Of Trinidad. and
the letter !. directed to his brother,
living on the Eclsto. This man
Uses monkeys fot picking cotton, and
says sir monkeys ~ill pick 1900
pounds in a day lie win raise 20
acre. Of cotton this y-sr, and have
il all picked BY monkeys Million.
of these animal. can b. obtained on
the island and IN the forests Of Ven.
ezuels, from the natives. At twelve
dollars a head We make the fol.
lowing extract from the letter re-
fcrred to, aud the writer !, Gems j.
q genuine yank-c,
The way | eemo to work the
monkeys va. ,hi. Sugar planting
played oat, and with II my wages On
the enrin. aud rollers, 80 | looked
around for what next wouldn't
90 home, for | wanted no par. in the
war, and ] beliesd the South was
half right aud any mau would think
so that could see this hno country
going 10 ruin, and free negroe. 90.
Ing to ruin with il, Well. ] looked
around and the FIRST thing | saw.
was that cotton was worth during the
war, = sd to b ID the pound.
II groW- on trees a. biz q. the sppls
trees to home wild all over the "a.
vannahs, aud stands from year to
year, no frost here to- kill il.
Well, how to get il picked, there
are two WAYS one Is to cut down The
tree. the other 20 climb it.
had a pet. biz brown monkey,
that used TO follow me like . dog
we'll, be went along, aud he b-a, rue
climbing aud picking too, thu, j., as
long as he would work, and | som
found on, bog 10 make him work
Brazil nu, when he done well. and
licking when he was ugly, that i.
the system, rewards aud punishment.
Well, it one monkey could pick
sixty pound, weigh, from the trees
aud fHio eau DO !, es-y-whA,
could ten Jseko. pick in Amer.
lean cotton, cultivated low. |
had heap of trouble to get New
Orleans sesd, bu, got them. and
put in twelve aeres--snd ! got Ave
more monkeys and trained them
we'll, when the cotton opened / took
the Geld with three pair--snd they
eau pick, the s,x monkeys well
watched aud tended. thousand
weight IN the seed hut You must
watch them all the time and empty
the bag. a ias, as they Gil ,heui, for
they won pack over ten or twelve
pounds at tims-and if the morn.
ing is cold and you look around =
spell, when you come hack all your
monkeys have disappcared---c oiled
up snug in the cotton bae..
| can get legions of monkeys,
Young, at dollar head, the noun.
'ains are full of them, and the In.
dams catch a. many a. they like.
The people ca, them, aud brown
monkey soup is = dclicaey II all
Trinidad was drained, | suppose you
might get millions from the main
and Ncnesucia il full of them"
In reference to the introductiou Of
monkeys to the cotton plantation.
Of the South, the edito. Of the
Ne~. very wisely remarks
We suppose that the monkeys
might be imported into Texn At
some si2 per head, and that sweet
potatoes sad pecans NIGH, b. sub
situated for cassayas and Brazil nut
aud if si1 of then can pick thou
sand weight per day their services
would be very valuable But what
security have we tina, so soon ss We
had imported large number aud
got them fairly to work, the Rcpub.
liean Congress would no, act them
free and give them vote.
These considerations make us
pause.
SUBSTANCE AND SHAaow.-A fell
low vent to the parish priest and
told him, with a long face, that be
had seen a ghost When and
~heref ssld tho pas,or. Lat
night, replied the man. IL was
passing by the church, and up ae.iu-t
the wall Of j. did behold the spec.
tire " "ln wha, shape did Il sp-
pear asked the priest. Nv ar-
Feared in the shape Of a great 49,.
Go home and hold your tongue
abou, it, rejoined the pastor, yea
are very ,iu.id man, asd yes have
been frightened BY your own shal-
o-.'