Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
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Little Jack is the fun OF the whole cage.
and at the same time he il the plague and
torment Of the inhabitants thereof Ucis
about as large As halEgrown cal. and
though quite baby. lac has the face of
an old man. He is a rhcsus. the Blum
der or sacred monkey of India. He l.
remarkable for agility. His eyes are full
oi intelligence and as quick as Il hawk.
lie j. regular Paul Pry. and intrudes
himself Just wherever lac is not wanted
nus, when Tiny and Jenny have nestled
Themselves in corner. little Jack iumps
right into the middle OF the grotip and
doe. llis best 10 upset the party. Like ali
littlc people, he has great idea Of hi
own consequence, and he thinks that l.
his master am terribly afraid Of him. for
he makes at me the most hideous faces
and chaiters in a manner that one would
thinA hc was big gorilla; at least. per
haps hc j. in his own estimation. He
can't bear being laughed at. and If
laugh at him he gets perfectly savage. II
i "A curious thing. but ! ALWAYS know
when II Is getting on for one o'clock bv
the monkeys beginning 10 cry out for
their dinner. They ALI have different
Folces, and / know these voices as well
a. know the voices of people about me.
liny j. Moona monkey. and she almost
says the word 'MOo-na in her cry. IL
j. "A pretty, melancholy cry. when angry
she makes "A different noise: when eating
or warm she grunts with satisfaction. and
they SAY ! grunt like her. Jenny has n
trembling whine. Little JACK clattors
" kik-kik-kik,' and when hc j. in trouble
he screams most fcariully. The marmo
sets note j. very high. squcaky. plain
tive mote. like that Of bat. He has also
another note which ] cannot describe: il
i Of anger or fear.
When thc dinner Of boiled POTATOES il
brought up the monkeys sit round the
plate, each one eating a. fast as he can.
il is then that their sclfishnc.s il fl]ly
demonstrated. There j. AN old riddle.
hy does a dog carry bone in his
MOUTH Ans. Because hc has no pocket
Ia put IL in Most monkeys have check
pouches, and ! am sure the reason why
they have pouches j. as follows: Their
natural habitant j. in trees. They come
down on the ground for insects. NV
monkeys are particularly fond Of meal
worms. They collect their food on the
ground and put it in their pockcts-that
j., pouchcs-and 90 up into the trees again
10 finish their DINNER. They. therefore.
when the potatoes arrive, set 10 work eat
ing as hard a. they can. They fill their
pouches AT the same time. Little Jack hA.
very large pouches; no trace ofthcm can
bc seen at ordinary times. but at dinner
time ho fills his pouches Ia such AN extent
that the two of them put together are
nearly as big as his whole head.
Well. one day the two elderly MONKEYS
were sitting on the perch in the cage. fin
ishiDg of the contents of their pouches.
and their tails were hanging straight
down from the perch What must ras-
cally little Jack do but take Tiny's tail in
one hand and Jcnny's tail in the other.
and give both at the same moment n ire
mendous pull. This brought the two
beauties on 10 the floor Of the cage in AN
instant. They were both furious NJ be-
ing thus interrupted AT dinner-time:
they asked no questions. but each think
ing the other had insulted her. began to
fight in n most unloving manner. They
grapplcd and rolled over and over like an
animated ball. They don't hurt them
selves when fighting; their teeth are not
big enough. ! can always stop them
10y throwing cold water on them. While
they were fighting little Jack kept Jump
ing.down upon them. Ia keep them going.
as IL were. The rascal was much too
active ever 10 get caught. The noise O
the combat brought up Jenny the surri-
cate from the kitchen below. Jenny
was picked up by friend Of mine near
the Cape of Good Hope. lie is about the
size Of large rat. and not unlike mum
goose in appearance. lie always turns
up when n monkey fight is going on. and.
as usual, up my gentleman comes. tail
erect and fur all bristled up. to make
himself look big. II 50 happened that
during this fight Tiny's tail projected
through the bars. Jenny Immediately
bit IL with his sharp teeth. Tiny thought
ii was little Jack that had done this. so
she turned and hunted him all over the
cage. but she could not catch him. Little
Jack kept popping in and out the sleep
ing box. and then Jenny Joined in the
hunt. Jenny kept guard outside the
cage and hit anybody's tail rs their tails
happened Co come out from the bars. Al
together. there WAS nice row and little
Jack, rs usual, was at the bottom of it,