Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-12-14
Remarkable Antipathiee.

Remarkable Astipathies.
The following il au extract relating
10 this subject from CAsssb~1 yoss~el
tor August: ''Somstines, Tor no very
apparent reasons, animals will evince
special antipathy towards one out Il q
crowd Of persons. Thess animal aver-
sions, % Ne will oall them, are not q ell
times easily accounted for. seeing that
the object Of antipathy may BE- . child
or. - in the following cass. lady. who.
~ are assured. had never given the
animals the slightsst cause for Jealousy
or ill-feeling. Our correspondent writes
- follows: some time ago, in com.
pany with some Of my relatives and
friends, paid visit 70 the Geological
Gardens at Clifton. One lady Of the
party, Mrs. NJ, had travelled with
her husband in foreign countries. and
expressed herself very fearless about
Wild beasts. Before entering the mon.
key house she informed rs there va
one monkey which had taken . great
dislike to her, and however long q
period elapsed between her visits.
it, recognition OF her WAS almost in
Simultaneous. The house in which these
monkeys were confined had cages round
the wall, and . huge one in the centre,
in which were . large number OF oil
sisss and shades. We entered on the
tiptos Of expectation TO SEQ il this time
it would recognize her. We we're moi
long in determining which was the enc
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perch and chung to the bars nearest to
Us, chsttering and grinning in fright
full manner. Whichever side Of the
cage We stood the monkey followed, Ill
the time intently Watching Mrs.. NJ.
who had with her ginger snap nuts,
with which she proceeded to feed the
other monkeys. Seeing this. Mrs.
4-s enemy sprsng upon them,
seised the food, and threw it back an
grily 10 her faoe, ohsttering aud soreeoh.
ing in great fury; and / am not sure il
was not the same monkey that succeeded
in tearing of some deep lace Mrs. M
wore round her mantle and climbing on
to the topmost perch, commenced tear.
ing it in pieces. I was not sorry when
We left his ugly grinning face and
screeching voice behind US, and paid q
visit to the lion and tiger house. Here
Mrs. NJ informed 10, was . tiger
which would show its dislike % much
a. the monkey had done. On seeing
her it began to growl heroely. and turn.
ing, walking slowly to the other end OF
the cage; then facing US again, he threw
himself with great force against the
strong bars. which had they yielded to
the shock, would have involved certain
death to Mrs. NJ, who, fixing her
eyes on the enormous beast, and shak-
ing her umbrella at it. exclaimed, i
should like to tame you Agentlemsn
standing near watching the proceedings
said, 1t is your eye it does not like.
And here l should mention Mrs. M
has very dark and prominent eyes. AT.
ter visiting other parts OF the gardens
we returned to take last farewell OF
the tiger. It was agreed Mrs. NJ
was to stay outside, while some of our
party entered. myself among the num-
Der. We stood before its cage and com.
mencel to make remarks about it.; but
beyond looking ut US very quietly, no
further notice was taken. On the en-.
trance Of Mrs. NJ, nearly the same
scene ensued as at the first visit; at
length the huge animal gave = loud
roar. in which all the other lions and
tigers Joined. Nearly all rushed from
the place but Mrs. NJ, who stood
her ground before the cage while the
roaring continued, while the keepers
ran in haste to learn the cause OF the
disturbance. We then left the gardens,
commenting on the strange conduct
and knowledge Of the monkey and
tiger, which after SO long q period had
recognized and 80 Enthusiastically ex-
pressed their great dislike to Mrs.
M-."-Nevcastis Chronicle.