Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-12-17

- 'tlN4'h iat-tA Ahi'.l4
LII India, where the monkeys liv,
among men. and are the playmates ot
their children. the Hmdoos have growl
fond of them. and the four-handed foil
participate in all their simple house
hold rites. In the early morning. wheI
the peasant goes out to yoke his oxen
and the crow wakes up. and the dos
stretches himselfand shakes of the dust
in which he slept last night. the old
monkey creapS down the pcepul Tree.
only half awake, and vawns and looks
about Inn. pats a straw IN his mouth,
and scsat,hes himself coutemplativclv.
Then one by one the whole family come
slipping down the tree trunk. and they
all yawn and look about ami scratch.
But they are sleepy and peevish. and
the youngsters get cuiied for nothing.
and begin to think life dull. Yet the
toilet has 10 be performed, and whether
they like il or not. the Young ones are
steInly pulled up, one by one. 10 their
mather 10 undergo the process. The
scene though repeated exactly every
morning looses nothing Of its delightful
cou.icality. and the monkey brais seem
all 10 lie in the joke of taking III main
ma. But mamma was Young herself not
very long ago. and treats each ludicious
affection OF suffering with the profound
est uuconcern, and. as she dismisscs one
"cleansed' youngster with a cuff, stretch
Is out her hand for the next ones tail or
leg in the most busincss-liEe and serious
manner POSSIBLE.
The youngsters knew their turn quite
well. As each feels the moment arrive it
throws itself on its stomach rs if over
Whelmed with apprehension, the others
meanwhile sitting their satisfaction at
the way ''so-and-so is doing it, and the
instant the maternal paw Is extended Ia
grasp the tail the subiec; Of the next
experiment ujiers piercing shrek and,
throwing its arms forward in the dust, al
lows itseli to be dragged along a limp and
helpless carcass, winkinG all the time. no
doubt. at ats brothers and sisters at the
way it is imposing on the old lady But
the old lady Will stand no nonsense, and
turning the child right side up. proceeds
to put il 20 rights. takes the kinks ont Of
its tail and bnots out of its fur. pokes its
fingers into its cars and looks at each Of
hls toes. the irrepressiblc brat all the
time wearing on his face an absurd OK
preston of hopeless and incurabio grief,
those who have already been clennsed
looking on with delight at the screaming
farce, and those who are waiting wearing
becoming aspect Of enormous gravity.
The old lady. however has her Joke.
too, which Is TO cuif each youn"stor be
fore she lets it go, and, nImb!e as her Of
.-;.gi-----.- - --sbe .-ueglly, t----T-ir..-
1t said, manages to fetch them one on
the ears before they are ont Of reach.
The father meanwhile, sits gravcly with
his back to all these domestic matters,
waiting for breakfast. Presently the mats
before the hut doors are pushed down,
ami women, with brass vessels m their
hands, come out, and while they scour
the pots with dust exchange between
songs The compliments of the morning
The monkeys by this time have come
closer to preparations for food, and sit
solemnlv household by household,
watching every movement. Hindoos do
mol hurry themselye in anything they do,
but the monkey has plenty of patience
and, in the end, when the crowd has siol-
en- little. and the dog has had his NOR
sci, and the children are ali satisfied, the
fragments 81 the meal are thrown out on
the ground for the "bluudcr orguc." the
money people, and it is goon discussed.
the mother feeding tEe baby before she
herself eats.