Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-02-16
JACKO'S HUMORS.
The Franks of Pet Monkey on Board q
British War-ShiD.

DOIu0 years aSO, JlloC UoIOIo C1lo huS-
sian war, there was on board her Males
TVS ship Bellerophon an ape, which be-
longed to the captain Like all the rest
of his tribe he was very fond of mis-
chief, and therefore was kept chained by
the waist to kennel in which he re-
sided. This he used to drag about with
him On the main deck, where he was
kept, always taking care to hold the
chain in one hand to keep the strain off
his belt. He was very fond Of sitting
before the galley fire, warming himself,
sometimes much to the inconvenience
of the cooks, who, however, were on
very good terms with him in general.
He saved them q good deal of trouble
at last, for one day, finding the galley
quite clear, JACKIE tried his hand at
cooking, and very nearly succeeded in
producing a dish of boiled monkey. A
kettle was fizzling away merrily, and of
course Jacko began to examine it with
his hands, and the result was he turned
the boiling water over himself. He was
on the sick list for sometime afterward,
and lost good deal of hair and some
skin. He could not bear the sight of a
kettle after that, and the cooks found
it out, SO when JACKIE got in the way
they used to show him kettle full or
empty)-this was quite enough to start
him off for an hour or so. He nearly
came to grief once with another exper-
iment. One cold night he found the
oven door open, and though the fire
was out the oven was warm. Oh, no !!
thought JACKIE, here are snug quarters
at all events, SO in he walked unperceiv-
d and was soon comfortably asleep
By and by the cook came and lighted
the fire, and not knowing there was a
stranger on the premises, he shut the
oven door. The fire grew brisk, a most
extraordinary noise emanated from the
oven; when the door was opened by the
sentry-out jumped Jacko grinning
and chattering at a tremendous rate, no
doubt feeling unpleasantly hot. He
never tried that sleeping apartment
again. After a time he hit upon an
other safer way Of keeping himself
warm at night. He discovered that by
standing upon the top rail of the sheep
pens he could reach the fowl coops,
which were hung to the beams above
them. Up he went, and watched till
the fowl put his head between the bars.
JACKIE at once made grab and pulled
the unfortunate fowl out by the neck.
Finding the fowl was warm he dragged
his kennel back to his place before the
fire, taking his game with him, and
there he slept all night with the bird in
his arms like a baby. Next morning
when the fire was lighted out he came
with his living blanket. He allowed
the fowl TO walk about, but the moment
it showed signs of going out of the
reach Of his arm he pulled it back
again and gave it a fresh start; and so
ON, till the fowl was returned to his
coop. After that JACKIE often took a
fowl to his bed with him, and, strange
to say he never did them any harm,
though the process of being dragged
through the bars could not have been
pleasant to the victim. The officers
used to smoke near the galley, and
JACKIE was very fond Of getting inside
our monkey jackets in cold weather.
He was very fond of smoking too, but
We could not teach him to draw the
smoke.
We used to put the stem of a pipe
in his mouth and blow down the bowl,
and he would smack his lips over the
smoke. am sorry to say he now and
then got drunk when the grog was
being served out. He was very anus
ing when In that state, but [ think the
poor fellow had a bad headache after
ward. On the whole he was a good
tempered animal, but he had great
dislike to some of the boys, who, no
doubt had given him sly blow now
and then. By way of revenge, JACKIE
used to look out under the ladder when
the boys were bringing down their ham
Knocks in the evening, and suddenly
pounce upon one Of the hammocks.
The unlucky owner, knowing that JACKIE
could bite, as a rule would drop the
and thereupon JACKIE
would sit on it and grin and chatter and
Jump till he was tired, when he would
give up possession without further
trouble. OF course, now and then he
got loose, and then there was grand
hunt. One day he disappeared for
some time, and no one knew where he
was, as he kept quiet, which was not
usually the case. At last one of the
clerks went into the Office, which was
under the poop, and no sooner did he
open the door than he saw Master
Jacko going out of a window, which
had been left open, and by which he
had got in. He had been making up
the ships books after his own fashion
The ink was splashed about all over the
place, and JACKIE himself was nearly as
black as an Ethiopian serenader. He
did not 60 empty-handed, for he took
the Articles of War in his hand, and of
course he took to the rigging. Boys,
catch monkey" was the boatswain's
pipe; but before he was caught the
Articles of War were torn to shreds
Fortunately for the discipline of the
ship, there were others on board. / bet
ieve poor Jacko was at last killed in
5he attack on Sebastopool; but / left
The ship, SO [ cannot be sure about his
end.
A Singular Prognosticator.
The Louisville Commercial says:
: The goose bone predictions are
perhaps more closely watched in Ken
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