The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-19
Pet MONKEYS.

"Animal World" the following account of
two of his household pets:-
81 have two monkeys, of whom 1 am ex-
ceedingly fond. Their names are 'Hag' and
Tiny The Hags original name was Fanny,
but she has so much of the character of
disagreeable old woman about her that call
her the 'Hag. Tiny is very little monkey
indeed, not much bigger than large rat.
My friend Bartlett brought her to me from
the Geological Gardens as a dead monkeys she
was 'as good as dead'-a perfect skeleton,
and with but little hair on her. She
arrived tied up in an old canvas bag.
1 put her into the Hag's cage. The old
lady at once took to her, and instantly
began the Office of nurse; she cuddled up
poor Tiny in her arms, made faces, and
showed her teeth at anybody who attempted
to touch her. Tiny had port-wine negus,
quinine wine, beef-tea, egg and milk-in
fact anything she could eat; and the Hag
always allowed her to have first pull at
whatever was put into the cage. In time
Tiny stood up, then began to run, her hair
all came again, and she is now one of the
most wicked, intelligent, pretty little beasts
that ever committed an act of theft. Steal?
Why, her whole life is devoted to stealing,
for the pure love of the thing.
"The moment come down to breakfast
let out the monkeys. keep box of sar-
dimes specially for the Hag, who Immediately
helps herself, and.sits on the table grunting
with pleasure as she hcks her ely fingers.
The moment Tiny is let loose she steals what
ever is on the table, and it is great fun to see
her snatch off the red herring from the plate
and run off with it to the top of the book
shelves. While 1 am getting down my
herring, Tiny goes to the breakfast-table
again, and, if she can, steals the EGG; this
she tucks under her arm and bolts away, run
ming on her hind legs. This young lady has of
late been rather shy of eggs, as she once stole
one that was quite hot, and burned herself. She
cried out, and the Hag left off eating sar-
dimes, shook her tail violently, and opened
her mouth at me, as much as to say, You
dare hurt my Tiny!' If I keep too sharp
lookout upon Miss Tiny, she will run like a
rabbit across the table and upset what she
can. She generally tries the sugar first, as
she can then steal bit, or she will Just put
her hand on the milk jug and pull it over. If
she cannot get at the sugar-b basin or milk Jug,
she will kick them with her hind legs, just
like horse, and knock them over as she
passes.
''Tiny and the Hag sometimes go out steal
ing together. They climb up my coat and
search all the pockets. l generally carry q
great many cedar-pencils; the monkeys take
these out and bite off the cut ends; but the
great treat is to pick and pick at the door of q
! glass cupboard till it is open, then to get in
and drink the hair oil, which they know is
there. Any new thing that arrives they must
examine, and when hamper comes in let
the monkeys unpack it, especially if know
it contains game. They pull out the straw
bit at a time, peep under the paper, run off
crying in their own language, Look out,
there's something alive in the basket
"The performance generally ends by their
upsetting the basket, and, if they turn out a
hare, they both set to work and look feas'
| in the hare's fur. / once received snake in
| basket and l let the monkeys unpack it,;
they have a mortal horror of snake. When
they found out the contents of the hamper
they were off in double-quick time, crying
Murder thieves! and it was long time
before they would come down from behind
the casts OF salmon on the top of the book
shelves
''There is no trouble to catch the MONKEYS
have only to open the door of the cage and
say, Gage, cage go ihto your cage quick
march! and they go in instantly, like the good
beasts they really are. The parrot has caught
up these words and, when the monkeys are
running about, often cries out Gage, cage!
go into your cage' but the little wretches do
not care for old Poll. They sometimes attack
her. Tiny steals her seed and, while she is
pecl1ing at the little thing, the Hag will pull
her tail from behind. Luckily, the monkeys
are afraid of a stuffed Australian animal that
hangs in my room. When have any speci-
mems or bottles that do not want the mon
keys to touch, / simply set down the bogie
to act as sentry, as know the monkeys will
not come near it.
''Tiny is very attentive to the Hag, and
cries bitterly if she is taken from her. She
takes great liberties with her-climbing up 10y
means of her tail when it hangs down in q
convenient, rope-like manner. She also takes
| much of the nroduct9 of her thievino To the
Hag's cage when she is shut up, and pokei
papers through the bars of the cage. These
the old thing tears up into shreds to pass
, AWAY time