The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-02-08
MONKEYS. ~ an a

Willie would STOP. anywhere EiS7 IL sesssl
mon key and his funny tricks. W.Sen,
those miserable looking fore nsrs enc
about with the red iackatedanJl irpnty.
capped fellows-who swept with ciiInnll
ming little broom. danced on a small
table, took of their caps and boved
like gentlemen, and performed al sorSz
of tricks, Willie was always oyeriovadda
and would almost empty his BOD kets q
pennies. for, the fun OF seeuag the mon
key Jump for them ahtilp IN Her Is bia
'p6eke t.s CIV hen1e gHesss 10 be s.Tran he
stu Rad the same liking for the cufe,
knowing anlmals,a and'NvaS interest ssgsR
their performances. When he was q
London he, of -ceuFsey-visited- the Ioea
logical Garden -or. the ION ,asgthevealB
it there and, although there WERE ani--
mails OF all kinds, from aolsarteFgtan
the globe. he was most entertained in
the home of the monkeys. ssaa
And what kind of a houses tlosWpa
think they hadg why nothing more
nor less than q real crystal lpafSs9; a
house made. ahg0f glass about, two hun
dred feet square and sixty feet hief. ia
it were several large trees and mo nke1s
of all kinds and all sizes were friskiRQ
about. climbing the trees, swinging
IRON the bran hes, hanging their
tails jumping across rom s6te tres to
another chasing each other in all dirss-
lions, and hay ng the best time possibie.
! OF course, the h19hkeJsE could not efssE
at home away from trees, and III there
had been large forest III which tllley-
could climb aud chatter. they would
| doubtless have been better saaisfedH
said there YeIe all kinds Of monkeys in
/ this glass house, and YOU know tllere Is
a great variety IsTeF of thesEnaiE hhizas.
They had been brought. from Asia
and Africa, and the forests OF
tropical America. There were
bowling monkeys, nilwitu pofbtedI
heads aad beardeds faces which make
night hideous. with their fearful noises
there were little oileesgeoeh, wild .AFad
monkeys WHICH sat back in some, quiet
corner, aud grinned slightly at The an
tics of the bo.sterous ones; there were
reddish brown NOR keys,I with longahair
and beard, and dismal, blpesh,aek faces
there We're Jet BLACK monkeys which
SWING 50 Inuch " .tHe - 4IOlia tne sees'es
u they are esellea tne. p9aerr menkeyi
there were monkeys with short, bushy
tai like squifrelsy there Eeisre1others
with long, SENDER aeaHdal appendages.
sonnetimes.maeh longer than thsir bod
les; there were some pretty, gray mon
keys. with well FORMED hahds. Avh5aare
great climbers, aRd4etheEs Withthe four
myers ana NO tnu lll.eS lhere we're
oilVe Drown lnonse1 y. VIII, 4'n - q:
crown hEe q hlGhE Slgcals iapQYs Aagir
eyes; ana 50 caliesl Capuenlns, az alter the
MONKS q, q thapofeler ial'i'als'.a 80
lhere were, 7otffer herce- ieoAlng lei
lows with claws. who eat meat IS wei
as Yegei ableSIgand insects Ike the 9TH
ers There were narrow iiosedTaonkeJs
from America, ands fgneat. bfoad slaosed
fellows from Asia there were proboscis
monkeys, with noses several inches
long, and faces ihatll resemble d9Kesi
there were short-legged and long
legged monkeys, and seyeraE lof atle
hlag mon seaSAf wnleh nave lon 81 eoalfe'
flowing hair On the the head, theiF bodies
SHINING black. and their va rs. issre
WiiIue' anu tllisl 9 q = q f5'
with white bands over thelr heads;
They all looked 50 knowing and
played so many good tricks o. each
other, that it was very amusing coMatch
them Most Of taem'wege cry lively
ana PLAYFUL out We noticed one GIG lei
low, very iarge anu STOUT, VII ys, ~.
hairs and bgrayi leshagg y bear sEho
looked upon the frolicsy Of the others as
though he thought they wefe wender-
fully silly set 6of psenkeyeS and hsFon
in 5is. corner, would sly UP IN me most
d gnited manner possI0le sEItllAsiA AZ
pof;censeious sHpeFiarilgi glaneing oeca-
sionally at their sports and then turn
away IN q sdam. as tiiougaalAe Alaolgne
to himsefa 4 AfRt friEelo scFsaknres
these are, to speRa all tnelr tlne IN
ollcrand pass wplle ny Alp - AZ oec,i-
pied with nigh ana nHfghty i@1,ignIs
lahOntodr race a5tssNspa ersh e. e.
/ opment and future ,pQssI Dlllties: re
shah one day RUE = ne universe tl@ as
these meat who are 9nly ~ e g. ad-
vance of us. do now"
Two very risky little fellO#ss who
seemed to- sapprseiase the sliaaAon,
chartered to each other, and seemed to
plan to take down thfs Old fel ~ and
/ maks him lapg#ln sRlie OF hIs q Sasled
manner. Then, looking very knowing.
they stole dp Softly behind b mi ieaea BIT
Es,,S o,, Tho aa1 sianflv, isfillDed, -ozilCkly