Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-01-26

II yo1l cannot do this IA laundress and cook
You can hire and little pay;
Eut )!uan'S heart and = wolnars life
ar not T. be won that
Monkeys.
The dog and the elephant seem often to
possess distinct conscience. to do right
or abstain from wrong out of love or re-
Spect for a higher being than themselves.
But a monkey appears to have Il pleasure
in mischief for mischicf's sake, and to tor
mcnt and vcX his friends or his master is
an object for which he will give himself
much trouble, much more his enemies.
For instance, on board an English man
otW there was a large black monkey
with a long tail. for which the master had
a peculiar aversion; he was convinced that
1t would some day get at and injurc the
chronometcr of which he was in charge,
and he always kept his room fast locked.
One day, however, the monkey crept in,
c'rried off the chronomcter 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 We're set to
try and catch the thief Higher and high
er they climbed, but still the monkey kept
above them, and when they We're within
an inch of him he dropped from one part
of the rigging to another. with only 4 .lanc
ing hold on the ropes, where nothing but
tourarmed beast with Il prchcnsllc tail
could follow. At last one active fellow
climbed closer and closer; there was no
outlet right or left above OF below; his
hand Wa, almost selZing the creatures leg.
when suddenly The beast, seeing he was
brought to bay. waved the chronometer
viciouSlv over his head, raised his arm as
high rs possible. and then flung it rs far
rs he could into the sea.
\ monkey on board another English ship
fell overheard in very bad weather; the
sea WAS 50 high that the captain refused to
allow boat to be lowered; but the feeling
of the sailors for the pet WAS so great that
at last he gave away. They rowed round
and round in vain and were returning sad
monkey. which had climbed up the chain
of the rudder. mecking and grinning at
them for their useless pains, rs he sat on
the figure head.
! Another monkey, one .Jocko, much pctted
by the sailors, was excessively Jealous Of 4
white kitten which divided their affections
with himself. One day the man on the
bridge saw him creeping very stealthily
round to where the kitten lay asleep in the
ncttinr suddenly he stretched out his hand
and chuckcd her overheard before any
body could ine;rtcrc. Jocko, said the
narrator anrrliv, ''was An abominablc
beast | 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 moth
er. however. would have nothing to say to
him, and would not allow him to enter her
dem One day. however, She had left her
children alone for 4 moment, and coming
back found Jocko sitting nursing All the
puppies together in his arms, great
fat. heavy. numbering Jumps which be
could hardly lift" After this proof of good
intention the log-mothcr used to take her
walks about the ship, contcntedly leaving
her children in his charge, Jocko seeming
to consider himself regularly installed as
nurse.
The malice of the monkey i. quite rs Of
tcu shown TO his own class rs to that of
man above him. 1t is painful to see the
intense pleasure in teasing and hurting
shown by the large and strong to the weak
rr and smaller monkeys. Other animals
are cruel and revengeful, but it is always
for some oblcct-tO obtain food OF to re-
vcnrc some injury. In the monkeys case
it is the mere pleasure of being spltctul.
An ape will push Il bit Of apple or bun
through the cage bars lst within the reach
of his nciyhhOr, and draw it back hfore
he can get ut it, going on for an hour at
:, time for the mere delight of seeing the
anger and distress and longing of the poor
a.. l. la,
the wit or the desire to imagine and enjoy
evil in this manner
Most Of the stories of monkey wit may
he traced to his power of initiating malf, 4
faculty which he alone possesses among
brutcs The accurate copy of our gestures
and actions which enables amonkey to work
out a screw with long pains and care, aftcl
he has seen it inserted, is L sort of clever
ness in one sense higher than that of the
elephant or the dog, but it is one purely
useless and obicctlcss. In fact, the imita
ton is often to its own hurt, rs when he l!
persuaded to fling down cocoa-nuts from
the tops of palm-trces inaccessible to MAJ
in exchange for the stones he receives in
stead.
Here and there he may be credited, per
hapS, with original mischief, rs in the cast
of the monkey which was discovered in
the deans house at Christie church picking
Goals out Of the fire by the black end an.
) carefully sowing them about the new car
j pet, for which feat he was pitilcssly rusti
0 Gated.
An orang- -outang on board a kings shil
returning from India with 4 Governor Gen
, eral on board was - most gcntecl per
| son. that put on flannel shawl every eve
ming as soon as it became cold, crossing i
E tidiv across its chest like lady, it was
, however, only copying the Governor Gen
; erals wife who was on board, and die
the same.
There is a very instructive story con
cerning the ways of apes in Africa, which
it is strange that the tcetotalers have no
cot hold Of. At Darfur it seems that ;
kind of beer is made by the natives. O
which the monkeys are inordinately fond
: this is accordingly set out in calabashes ii
} places where they can get at it. They soor
, drink enough to make themselves tipsy
when they do not know the difference be
: tween Il man and an ape, and allow a ne
! gro to come quietly among them. III
: takes hold of the hand nearest TO him
. which clings to some affectionate trlent
! next at hand: another and another te. low
) till whole string Of staggering monkey
may be seen led off by single negro
When they have been thus captured, bee
; is given to them in decreasing quantities
5 so that they only gradually awake to
} sense of their captivity.
The management Of such cargoes OF mon