The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-16
A DRUNKEN MONKEY.
lie Swigs Beer, Plays Franks and Raises Old
Harry Generally.

lie Suigs Beer, Plays Franks and Raises Old
Harry Generally.
In q lager-beer saloon, in Third av-i
enue, near Forty.second street, kept by.
MIR. Bruno, is "A large dog-iaced monkey,
which for some time past has been a.
source of great amusement TO the pa!
irons of the place, but lately he has been.
acting very strange, but has brought.
himself into disgrace by badly biting one!
or two of the customers who attempted
to pet him. His owner then chained
him up for few days, when he
was let loose and seemed as do
cile as ever; but two days aiterward he
acted strangely, and attacked and bit
another customer who attempted to-
plav with him. Later in the day Mr..
Bruno, in passing through the back yard
of his place, and where is kept in large
tub the drippings Of the beer kegs, saw
Master Jack, the monkey, swigging
beer with the gusto ola tirst-olass topper.
1t at once occurred to Mr.. Bruno that
beer was the cause OF jacks strange
conduct, and he watched him.
The backyard of the place is used in
the summer time as a beer-garden, and
in it are several shade trees. AS soon
as the "monk" got beer enough he
started up one of these trees and began
his circus. He turned somersaults in
the boughs with a grace and elegance
tbat would Ipnt to shame a hrstAclass
.trapeze performer. He jumped from
limo to limb, swung from them by his
Hiul feeet, head down, and then, turn
inr adouble somersault, would catch by
his hands and do the horizontal bar with
the rapidity of lightning.
MIR. Bruno took great delight in watch
ling the movements OF his pet, and was
nj atT,l 49,
sum he ought to ask OF Barnum for him
as a performer, and had made up his
mind to call him down and train him u
little. but the monk" took different
view ofthe situation, and determined to
come down or his own accord, and he
proposed to do SO by what gymnasts
call the leap for life. ,..
Taking Mr. Bruno as the objective
point, he made his leap, aud Win The.
accuracy or rifle-ball he lit on the de-
voted head of the beer dealer, and that
gentleman went to earth scared almost
out OF bis senses. Jack, however, paid
no further attention to him, but at once,
put for the saloon. AS soon as he en-
Tered that place the hot air seemed to
affect him considerably, and in five min
utes he was as drunk as lord. and then
the fun did commence. He first stag
gered around the rOom until he got a.
little steady, when he flew;at "a hig Ger
man and hit MIN on the leg; he then at
tackled Mrs. Bruno, bur>the lady made
her escape before he could do her much
i@jury.
| After this he changed his mind and
seemed inclined for fun.
| Seeing the youngest of Mr.. Bruno's
hopefuls-a little girl of three years
seated in big chair mnncing a piece of
bread, he concluded that her head was
| quot pin, and, seizing a lot OF pretzels,
he began to try his hands at quot, but
he could not get a single one ON the pin.
| He then got disguised, and taking a
dish OF doughnuts he began game OF
ball on his own account, and SO accu-
rately did he counter on the glassware
behind Che bar that a new assortment
will have to be provided. Jack then
seized the cat, and after almost pulling
tue tail off ner, threw her up to the ceii-
ing, and when poor pussy fegshe lit in a
Kettle of hot water that was standing on
The stove.
| Mr.. Bruno made his appearance on the
scene by this time, ana with the aId of a
club NJ aster Jack was secured, and for
the future he will be as good a son Of
temperance as Can be found, his owner
vowing that he will never let him loose
again to get dlunk.-[E. Y. Dispatch.