Daily Republican., 1881-08-12
INCIDENTS OF CITY LIFE.
The Large BabOOn at the ZOO-Hia
Great.IntelllEence, strength, DC.

H. IE0 Large baDOOm ~ tno AOO-I1
81 Great.IntelllEence, Strength, d
= Just why the large baboon at the z,
& was named Henry Ward Beecher l
W fellow appears to be able to tell, y
that's hisname and he seems to reCOgni;
$ and appreciate the honor conferred vi
/. on him. This huge specimen of natl
raj history is about ten years old, an
: i've more summers must pass before /
will have reached the full baboonhoo
maturity. He is not beautiful to ga7
upon, nor are his movements OF tl
graceful order, but for all that he is a
interesting creature, very powerful
very agile and very intelligent.
For a considerable time after his a.
rival at the Zoo Henry was so tierc
that none Of the keepers dared approac
him, and when it became necessary
remove him from one spot to another Ii
was first secured with ropes and chains
which were got uppn him only atte
considerable effort and great deal o
strategy. When his keeper, Mr.. lsol
Inns, first undertook to subjugate tn
beast, Henry resisted with might AM
main. He was spiteful and ugly, an,
it was only by securely tving his hand
and feet and muzzling his jaws that i
became possibleto give him the primary
teachings. Henry was not slow to taxi
in the situation. He very soon felt anC
acknowledged that he had q master
who could and would be kind, bu, who
for all that, must be master in the full
sense of the term.
| Three weeks of that hand-and-fo
manaclinP and jaw-muzzling We're re
quired to bring IL Q brute to his senses
Then Mr.. Rollins venturei to remove
some Of the restraints, supplementine
the removal with little acts Of kindness,
which were duly appreciated. Henry,
with a keen recollection of the restric.
tlons that had been imposed upon him,
and realizing that they might and
would be again impo!ed in the event OF
his becoming refractory, deemed de-
secretion the better part of vaior, and be-
came very tractable pupil. When
ever he manifested u disposition to be-
come refractory, his chain was drawn
through hole in "a plank nailed to two
posts about three feet from the ground,
and before the unruly pupil knew what
was the matter with him his head was
drawn close up to the plank and then
fastened. This Oaboon pillory arrange
meht Of course kept him on his hind
feet, which position he was compelled
TO maintain until he gave evidence of
repentance, when he was kindly treated
and received into favor again. He soon
learned to understand what was meant
when the Chain VS. put through thai
hole, and low, whenever Mr.. Rollins
!rd dicates disposition to mete out that
kind of punishment, Henry immediate.
ly begins to beg piteously for pardon,
which is usually granted, unless he has
been behaving too badly.
An idea OF the immense strength of
the animal will be CLEARED from the
fact that his house, which is six by four
leet square, a,.d about five feet high,
strongly bull, and which, his keeper
says, is as much as a strong man can
move, is tossed about by
Henry almost without an effort. He
appears TO take special delight in roll |
lng it over and over. He never sleeps
IA it except in rainy weather. his rest
ng place at night being a pole some
'"enty feet in height, on top of which a
small platform is securely fastened.
lie has learned to manage the cnan
which iastens him to the pole with as
much intelligence az IA human being. If
t becomes entangled around the box he
II loosens it, and when he desires to as
END the pole, if the ring that encircles
I does not move freely he descends,
slips it up some distance from the
,round, and then quickly climbs to his
quarters on top.
lie sometimes wraps the chain around
him in such a way as TO impress the
pectatur with the idea that he will
lever bo able to extriGate himself, but
~ series OF violent contortions he al
most Instantly throws it Oft. If, "A.
vas the case yesterday, it becomes
,notted he sits down and patiently
pens it. MIR. Rollins said thas Henry
succeeded in undoing the ,
Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher at the Zoo {
ines at a less fashionable hour than his
distinguished namesake, the time for i
lat meal being II o'clock. AS the din {
er hour approaches he begins to mani p
'st llneasiness. His eyes are constant t.
; directed towards the little table in v
le plot in the rear of the monkey T.
)use. No sooner does his keeper make c
is appearance with the longed-tor re- a
lst than he becomes greatly excited h
arching up and down in frcnt of his v
,use with strides az majestic as those o
Salvni or Bernhardt when in fit of h
lblime passion. When Mr.. Rollins /,
'proaches him, after the table is set, Ii
enry's delight becomes unbounded h
I'd no child ever welcomed a parent u
ore lovingly. His embraces are Wig h
GUS enough to satisfy the most insati- "a
q lover of hugging, and when his a
lain is loosed from the pole be marches Sc
hind his entertainer to the dinner re
BILE with as much gravity and decorum al
though he were q foreign minister at
tering the presidential dining room in
state dinner occasion. h;
Arriving at the table, he does not W
lit for an invitation to be seated, but ID
Imrdiately moves to his place and pa h;
ntly awaits the fitting on of his uni ia
IN. All the viands are within easy 81
lrh, but he retrains from touching any al
them, just rs % we'll trained child re- h,
aims his inclination to pitch into din
r or breakfast until grace has be, II br
d. His repast on this particular oc- co
sion consisted Of boiled sweet potatoes
fee and soda water. h,
'lr. collins, seating himself on the in
poSitc side of the table, proceeded to co
up the sweet potatoes. Henry seiz il,
the slices rs rapidly as they fell tr,
IN the knife, and conveying them to no
chpacious mouth. At intervals he wi
$ given drinks of coffee, first rom - trt
}, but afterwards from the coffee not W..
per. In the latter case he drank alb
m the spout, draining HE entire con- fro
Is of the vessel before he let go. The tn,
III was washed down with u bottle +,
oda water, which he drank from the pr
!r, and in II Style that rrIuind.d ne IN;