Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-07-09
A Bridge OF Monkeys.

torrent there =
30, no." answered the Frenchnsn
"mcnkeys would rather 60 into FIRE than
water. II they cannot leap The stream
they will bridge IT"
Bridge il srd how -
"S'OP , minute, captain, and you shall
see."
The bsllhumsn voices now sounded
nearer, and We could perceive that The
animals we're approaching The spot where
we lay.
Presently they appeared upon The OF
posite bank, headed by an Obj chiefts,n.
and officefed like so many soldiers
! They were, as Rsoul stated, OF the coma
drejd, or ring-tslled tribe.
One,-sn sid-de-canp,or chief pioneer,
perhaps. ian out upon o projecting rock,
sad. sller looking across The stream, as II
calculating the dis,sncs, scampered back
and sppested to communicate with The
leader. This produced a movement IN
the troops.
Cou.msnds were issued, and fatigue
parties were detailed and marched TO the
/ hont. Meanwhile several OF The coma
/ drel elss,-engInetTs, 10 Goubt,-rsn along
the bank, examining The tree, on both
sides.
Al length hey all collected around
tall cotton. wood, that grew over the mar
| rowesi part OF the stream, and twenty or
thuIy OF lhem scampered up lis trunk.
On reaching high point, the ioremosi,-
a strong felIow.-rsn out upon limb, and
taking several turns of his tail around II,
slipped off. and hung head downvsrds'
The nexI on The mb, also a stout one,
cIinbed down The body OF the ffst, and
whipping his lsII tightly around the neck
! and forearm OF the Iauer, dropped of in
iutn. and hung head down. The third
repeated the msEGuvsr upon the second,
and The fourth upon lie third, and so on,
unul the last one upon the slflng resed
hls fore paws upon the ground.
The living chsln now commenced
swinging back ward sad forward, like the
penduun in a clock. The moI'on was
.lgh, at first, bot gradually inereased.ihe
lowermosI monkey srking his hands
violently upon lie earth ss he passed the
tangent OF the osc,lsting curve. Several
others upon the limbs aided tie move
ments.
Tbs continued unll the monkey at
the end o: The chain Was thrown among
the branches OF tree on he opposite
bank Here. after two or three vISrs-
uons, he clutched limb and held fast.
This movement was executed sdroiIy,
just at the eliminating point Of the osclI'
laiIon, in order 10 save the intermediate
link. from the violence of too sudden
j,rk
The chain was now fast o, both ends
forming complete suspension bridge.
over winch the whole troop. 10 the mum.
Der OF four o. five hundred, psssed with
The rapidly Of thought
Iiwas one Of the most comical sights
| ever beheId. TO witness the qulzzrsI
expression Of the countensnces slorg the
living chan
The troop wee now on the other side,
how were tie animals forming tie bridge
to get themselves over! This was The
question which suggested Itself Mani.
ieslly by number one letting 60 his tail.
Bu, then the point 30 be reached on the
Other eide was much lower down. and
number one, WIN half a dozen Of @s
neIghbcrs. would be dashed agsiD-t the
opposite bank or soused in the water
Here, then. was a problem, and We
waited with some curiosity for ITS solu-
lion. Il wss soon solved. monkey
was now see attaching his tail 10 the low
est on lbe bridge. and another girJeJ him
IN similar manner. and another end go
on. Unul dozen more were added TO The
string. These las, were sll powerful
fellows; and running up TO high limb.
they lifted the bridge into position sl-
. most horizontal.
Then q scream from the las, monkey
Of tie new formation warned The tail end
that all was ready and the next moment
The whole chain was swung over, and
landed safely on the opposite bank. The
lowermosl links now dropped of like
melting candle, while the higher ones
lesped 10 The branches and cane down by
the trunk The whole troop then scam
pered of into the cnsppsra and dissp.
pesred.-Bwke's Hefkty for Boys and
Girls.
FRoH ONE or PonTER's APPcIsTEEs.
The following has been sent into the
superintendent Of Ihe Census Bureau.
Washington, from one Of POrier's sp-
polnIees t:
/ Contumaeious Conduct Of The sr-rebe'S.
OLE VIRoIsI, loon the 4, 1870.
Mister Rocks, ScrecrumteIh ob de iu-
fTerOur:
Sur 90 you de honah OBJ iOfOrmin'
you ds, de circums,sne Oh de case in
which are placed sm oaIng 10 de rebels
defin' de os.llers ob de 10. in De exuDsise
ob dsr juli'. DE sencus am al Rorn TO
De debbil; dst's so. De fos isnbIis svsr
dat dey WOO gb dsr names 10 emmy