The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-14
Monkey Stories.

there was large black monkey with a
long tail for whom the master had par
ticular aversion; he was convinced that it
would some day get at and fnjure the
chronometer, Of which he was in charge,
and he always kept his room fast locked.
One day, however, the monkey crept in,
carried off the chronometer and rushed
up the rigging with it in his hand, the
poor master following with the tears in
his eyes, while all the sailors in the ship
were set to try and catch the thief. High
er and higher they climbed, but still the
monkey kept above them, and when they
were within an inch of him he dropped
from one part of the rigging to another,
with only a glancing mold on the ropes,
where nothing but a four-armed beast
with prehensile tail could follow. At
last one active fellow climbed closer and
closer, there was no outlet right or left
above or below, his hand was almost seiz-
ing the creatures leg, when suddenly the
beast, seeing he was brought to bay,
waved the chronometer viciously over his
head, raised his arm as high as possible
and then flung it as far as he could into
the sea.
"A monkey on board another Queens
ship fell overheard in very bad weather;
the sea was so high that the Captain re-
fused to allow boat to be lowered; but
the feeling of the sailors for their pet was
SO great that at last he gave way. They
rowed round and round in vain, and were
returning sadly up the ships side when
they saw the monkey, who had climbed
up by the chain of the rudder, hooking
and grinning at them for their useless
pains as he sat on the figpre.head. :
Another monkey, one Jocko, on board
the -, much petted by the sailors, was
excessively Jealous Of a white kitten, which
divided their affections with himself
One day the man on the bridge saw him
creeping very stealthily around to- where
the kitten lay asleep in the netting; sud:
denly he stretched out his hand and
chucked her overheard before anyone
could interfere. "Jocko," said the mar
]. could not bear him; he used to get
drunk and play underhand tricks; still he
was not altogether bad. A spaniel on
board had had puppies, with which Jocko
was extremely anxious to play; the
mother, however, would have nothing to
my to him and would not allow HIM to en-
Ter her den. One day, however, she had
left her children alone for moment, and,
coming back, found Jocko sitting nursing
all the puppies together in his arms-great,
fat, heavy, numbering Jumps which he
could hardly lift.' After this proof of
good intention the dog-mother used to
take her walks about the ship, contentedly
leaving her children in his charge, Jocko
seeming to consider himself regularly in.
stalled as nurse.-Good Words. 49, 8.
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little children of a gentleman
living near Marysville concluded few
days since to have little fun by playing
Webb. The arrangements as made and
agreed to were as follows: A Sheriff was
named who was to do the hanging; one of
the party agreed to be John Webb, who
was to be hung by the Sheriff: and when he
had hung lcng enough he was to halloo
that the Sheriff and others might take him
down. The Nmaifder Of the crowd were
to be friends and mourners of Mr.. Webb
The arrangements all made, the: would. be
Webb was launched forth betwixt heaven
and earth, with promise to halloo when
he had enough, and the friends set up a
general lamentation for their friend Webb,
who was expected to halloo pretty soon,
but nary halloo. Webb continued to
hang and the mourners continued their
didOes, when the performance happened
to be noticed by some of the women of
the family, who arrived on the scene of
action in time to save an obituary in the
Marysville Republican. Be it said. to the
little ones credit that he was dying like
his predecessor-the genuine John Webb
without as much as a groan.-Marysvil1e
(l"eJ esetsotsaess aIaGsSYgwn4
I "A Pawlet (Vt) doctor who had been
paying attention to an aged spinster Of
that town recently transferred: his ale:
glance to a young widow, which + SO
aroused the other that she used to station
herself under the widows window dur
ing the doctors calls, whereupon the wild
ow waylaid her one night and, when she
camein sight, assaulted her with a, lot of
ancient eggs; the result was q lawsNif, III
which the spinster recovered damages. -