The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-03-22
A PUZZLED MONKEY.


The 81. Louis Republic thus pleasantly de-
urribes an incident of the fair :-'Yesterday
vas q good day for the monkeys at the fair
mounds, and they liked it. They frisked
about in the sunshine, and cut their merry
antics with an abandon that showed them to
be bubbling over with the spirit of fun and
mischief. There is one of the number that
BY some amusing peculiarities of disposition
and name becomes m immediate fayorite
with every spectator, and attract more at.
tsntion than any other. A gentleman who
vasamong the crowd y~esterdaythat generally
surrounds the monkeyhousewhen the ground
IRE open. happened to have a small pocket
mirror in his hands, and ~justfor sport passed
1t through the grating to the favorito. The
monkeys behavior onseeing bisface reflected
in the glass was amusing in the extreme, and
kept the crowd in a roar of laughter for
nearly an hour. The monkey, of course
failed TO recognize the refectionof himself in
the glass and took it for another monkey and
his anxiety to get hold of that monkey WAS
what made the fun. He would look behind
the glass for il, and feel for it in such a com
ical way While he was looking in the glass
that one could not help laughing. While the
glass was close to his ryo he gradually bent
over, casually, and noticing that the evRnes.
cent monkey was on his back apparently Y, ho
dropped tho glass and made IA sudden grab
for him. When he didn't get him he look. d
surprisod and commenced looking nnder the
straw to sec what had become OF him. He
WAS then seized with a luminous idea. He
picked up the glass and ran with it UP TO the
topmost branch of t~hedeadtree that iserected
in the cage, and climbing TO the extreme end
again looked in the glnss. II seemed tLDt he
reasoned that in such "A position the monkey
could not elude him. He felt for II. gabbcd
at it and tried all sorts of strategy to capture
Il, and Notwithstanding his repeated failures,
seemed loGth to give it up"
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EJ A writer in the Sporting Go=,ti, trlls an
amusing storyabout the late Srmu Warren,
&C. He says a young law siudout some year
ago camo up 10 London furnishedwith letters
of introduction to several eminent men. both
ia md out Of the protection Among thu for
mer was Samuel Warren Upon him the stu
lent called, AID h. was cordially received
After some conversation on the yOntl's pros.
poets, allusiOuwas made to the litter of intro
duction. Your father. said Mr.. Warren.
was a very liar mud valued friend Of min.
and for his sake ! nm going to do for you Fl
thingwhich | should dnfor frwoth"r Tcople."
The students heart lear within him ut the
idea of obtaining the int res. If 50 powerful
a patron. Gone with lue - moment, con
tinued the great man: and l." led the way in
W III Alllt WI AAhhHaAH NfAAhANl1N NlbHAAl
the door behind him. he turned once more to
his young wrot,ge aud said Now rnmcmb'r,
1 do this for your father sake, aud | can as
sure you ttcrn ARE very few people in TIN
world foI whom INould do 30 much Greatly
impressed, the y%oungman looked onin silenc
as his Mentor tool from his pocket buncho'
keys, and. selecting one, proceeded to unlock
a venerable looking desk. He turucd ho key
but, before lifting the lid, he once more ad
dressed himself To the young student. d" Not
remember. this is IL thingwLich | do for youi
fathers sake, and which / have done for vcfy
fewpeoplc besides yourself. THE nwrstrickeI
youthwaited q in mute expectancy for this my
sterious token of friendship at last the lid
was solemnly lifted, the youth was hidden to
draw near, and Mr.. Samuel Warren, r,isinga
bundle Of solid manuscript. said, ''Thcre!
You see before you the originalmanuscriptot
Ten 7hsu. ID Year,"