Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-30

When the no.ksys and don, had O.
.ahed thsir pessesaaness, an 81 ~
hundtsds Of people lset tho Aous,;.-
building, OF saaitered in vnriors H..
lions. among the tanks Of 49, h.s :
vas not astisAsd. Ivsnted 10 - - :
man vho had taught thea an;,'ss
such astonishing tricks. 80 a ms...
ger started Oh behind the staee IN 49,
him. while I hurriealy gathered =.
years together. and put them on a. ~
comingly - ] could. ready to be M
spectacle and middle-asvd aeain on n.
approach Of Signor TAddei. He 60
before long. quite surprised 1t bav;,s
been sent for,-a kind-lookiug. sohs,
gentleman, Who couldn't sneak a rosS
Of English. Hos fortunate that 7 -
grown mp again! Perhaps I could m
derstana him. As he proved 10 sps.L
Freach. Ne got along very we'll, "a
/ always shall he grateful for sh. n.
ten; way in which he answered evs-,
question, often adding some velcors
bit Of information.
Hal Monsieur owned these animal.
long? Oh yes. some OF them for tSelv.
years; lac had been training animals Tor
fifteen years. Did he have TO xhip
them? oh no, indeed; thar would
do no good; it would brighten them.
Kindness was m uch the best, - and no
on until we obtained many interesting
facts. / shall repeat them 10 You in
very much the same jerky way in whish
they came.
Signor Taddei had come 10 Ame1
few months before. bringing his ami.
mails with him; his daughter who came
also, assisted him very much, and his
pets are as fond of her as they are Of
him. She stands behind the scenes to
receive them when they run off the
stage. They are fed and petted after
each performance. The dogs like meat
or sausage; the monkeys sometimes
take meat, but generally they eat bread,
milk, and rice. They like to drink
raspberry and strawberry juice mixed
with water. His monkeys tasted bana-
mas in New York for the first time in
their lives, and were delighted with
them. Where did he get his animals !?
Certainly, Madam should be told, with
great pleasure. The dogs mostly were
obtained in Austria, but his mon
keys he picked up at circuses and 20.
illogical gardens-in fact at any place
where he could find the right sort. He
selects his monkeys usually by what he
sees of them at the menageries, or 20
illogical gardens. The best ones are
always active and on the alert. We're
monkeys as intelligent as dogs? Well.
yes; no; he couldn't say. Sometimes
monkeys are brightest, sometimes dogs;
it depends entirely upon the individu.
al animal. Monkeys often forget their
tricks whom they como to new place,
ARE distracted by new sights and
sounds; dogs don't forget at all. A
long time generally is needed to train
either, but this, too, depends upon the
animals intelligence and the difficulty
of the trick; it may be three mon4
six months, nine months, or year4 ID
took more than year to train the chief
ladder-dog. Madam wouldn't believe
it, but another dog has been trained
for the same trick for whole year
and cannot perform it successfully
yet.
Patient Signor Taddei! How he
works! How his pets work! and how
together they amuse and astonish us!
And how they help us to understand
Gods dumb creatures, and teach us
again and again that kindness is the
best law.--St. Nicholas. ,,