Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-25

nearly equal to that of the dog,
and were it not for his unwieldy
shape and his great weight and
tendency to corpulency, could
easily be taught to do all the
jumps and liollings-oyer and.
other feats Of agility in which
the dog so much excels. The
most that is required Of him,
however, is to climb poles and
posts, to pass around a tin cup
for pennies, to go through semi
military maneuyers with a stick
in Imitation of a gun, and oe-
casionally to take part in a SIM
ulated sparring-match, in which,
slow as he is. he is certain to
win. Sometimes poor Bruin
will perform a peculiar slow Sc
ries Of steps, which is called
dance, and a well-trained bear
will even waltz with his master.
Beyond the rough training
elephants receive in the countries
where they are caught, which
teaches them to mind the words
Of the keeper and to submit to
its necessary bonds, it has to
undergo a special educat on to
enable it to go through its many
tricks in the broad arena Of the
circus. Being more intelligent
than a dog, as tractable as a
horse, as full or pride ard yani-
ty as a woman, and quite as
willing to learn as his mas
ter is to have him, his teaching
is Il matter of but short time
lie learns by imitation, and will
adopt a new trick from seeing
other animals perform it far
more readily than 4 dog will
4 little coaxlng, feeding with
mneh-lovol deIicacics lhe is
passionately fond Of sweets Of
all kinds and lruits.) appealing
to his vanity by gay trappings
and dresses, ard Mr.. Elephant
soon learns TO trot, walk, lie
down, get up, go lame, sham
dead, climb steps, stand on,tEba,
walk the tight rope, stand on
his head, and in fact to under
take anything which the keep
cr can make him understand
are worth from ST.
600 to $4,000 each, according
to size, age, docility, amount of
etc.
1t being natural to monkeys |
to climb, it is very easy to teach
them to run up balconies and |
second floors to collect small
moneys from the little people, a
sharp jerk from the long cords
attached to their waists soon |
brings them back to Garth if |
they seem disposed to wander
out Of bounds. They are taught |
to hold little sticks in lheir
hands in imitation Of a gun by |
placing the sticks in their bands
and rapping them sharply if |
they let them fall before the
word is given. A great adyan-.
tage is also taken of the mon
keys faculty elimination. The
trainer will handle the stick or
fire off the pistol or pick up |
pennies from the ground and
put them into the red cap, and |
in short fine, If lcltfto him |
self, Mr.. Monkey is sure to i'm
itatc all the operations, thus I'M
consciously learning all the les
sons which are TO earn him his
living in after life. The little !
street performer with his red
military suit, or the little lady |
with her fine embroidercd pet
ticoat, are corrected much more
severely for losing or overlook
ing a penny in the collections
Of the day than for forgetting .
or bungling any OF the tricks.
This accounts for the restless
eagcrness with which a street
monkey will scratch over every
inch Of dust and gravel, and.
the great sigh Of satisfaction he
will give when be at last picks
up the last of the scanty dona-
tions. Losing a penny means
to him also losing his supper as
well, to say nothing of a sound
whipping thrown in gratultous-
Iy.
Conversation being dull at an
evening" nartv--thp no SteSS re-