The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-05-09
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Malicious Pet.

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sHe,s the most canfankerous, ill-con-
ditiened and badftempered brute I ever
had any ything to osdo witt" said Mr.. ellis,
yesterday, as he pointed out to a Press
reporter vicious looking little monkey
was seatediona dry-goodss boz, Ito which
grinning, jabbering and showing his teeth
IN way that indicated raging temper.
He was about two feet long, gray and
blue III color, and had a face fadicrously
human when IN repose, but 3diabolically
ugly and repulsive when excited by
anger.fi This was his condition at the
time OF the, reporters visit, and it was
only the stern rebuke Of his master that
prevented him from spfinging at the
visitor,s thBoat2 sThaf fellow has been
in captivity since he was, q baby" con-
tinued Mr.. Cills, stand, has, I have no
doubt, received very kind treatment, but
to-day he is as fierce, as wild and as
treacherous as any of his brethren who
are still tlargel in the forests Of the west
coast of Africa.Fi He belongs 70 ia tribe
that is hard to tame, and thatis possessed
Of. an Unborn treachery and cussedness
that can never be cured. This fellow-I
call him nJockoLhas history Of his own,
and is hefe among nay collections because
of his bad conduct. Al When he was
brought over, seyerel years agos The was
presented to Mrs. Tifman, of, North
Fourth street, newly married. young
lady, and was adopted at once as cher
ished pet, He was good -hunnored and
fairly obedient for some time, keeping
his bad temper, in. control and rapidly
learning the ways of the house; but not
long since he became morose and discon-
tented, and more than once escaped to
the street and clambeIed over the roofs
of the neighborhoods7 eYsti On
70 "His mistress, who was wrapped up in
him, as the saying is, was greatly dis
tressed, and redoubled her kindness in
order to keep him at home. The last
time he escaped he made q tour of the
whole neighborhood, peered into the
dwellings of many families, frightened
some of the, women into Mysteries, and
finally broke through q garret window
and coolIy proceeded to inspect the house
he encountered young lady of more
than ordinary pluck Il who threatened
him4with poker, and held him in q
corner until Mr.. Brown, . schoolteacher,
Iassoed and bound him, Then she de-
Iivered him to Officer Callahan, of the
New Market street police At the police
| station Joeko made himself uncommonly
troublesome, and came very near clean
| ing out q whole platoon OF officers, so
| that in self defense he was sent to me. l
knew that the only way to tame him was
to give him q sound thrashing, and did
it, but thepovery next day he revenged
| himself by seizing my little tthree-year
old girl by the ears with his paws, draw
| her near to him and leaving the prints of
| his tusks in her scalp This time / gave
him a second thrashing that he will not
soor forget. D,afE dsfE ~ gH5zei
II 3f"When Jocko had been in my posses
sion for q few days Mrs. Tffman, his
late owner, called upon me and demanded
/ his return. I told her was willing to
I give him up if she would reimburse me
for expenses incurred for keeping him
| but this she refusedito do. Mr.. Tffman
next called, but MOTTO demand the return
of Jocko. He wanted me to keep the
animal, and told me that he was afraid
he would some day kill his wife if she
was allowed to keep HIM Some time
ago he bit her on the wrist, and she was
| disabled for fourteen weeks; but in spite
of this her liking for her fierce pet sur
| yived. Mr.. Tifman often turned Jocko
out into the yard in the coldest nights OF
winter, but the monkey seemed, unlike
| others of his race, to care nothing fol
weather or exposure, and always turned
up bright and early and ready for any
| sort of mischief. Altogether, he was not
/ good inmate, and Mr. Tiffman, after
irving to poison and to shoot him., and
I after being foiled in both attempts, was
| delighted when he at length fell into the
hands of the police and came to my
| store. One sure way have of frighten-
| ing him is to show him one of my tame
turtles, of which have several. Watch
him nov" - Ii1'3
i Mr. ellis went to large box, glanced
in front, and dipping into it much al
though he were diving into barrel aftei
loose tobacco, brought forth beautiful
turtle-headed snake, about seven feet
4 long and as thick in the middle as the
| wrist of man. The reptile twisted and
4 wriggled as he was removed, and darted
forth his tongue rapidly as if angry, but
q gentle rubbing of his head soothed him
and he coiled himself slowly around the
\ wrist and arm of his owner, and seemed
perfectly contented The minute Jockc
caught sight of him he turned and diveC
into his box, with face as horribly dis
| torted with fright and terror as to be al
| most pitiful to look at. For the time the
snake was in sight the monkey. could moi
be persuaded to come out, bat when he
peered forth to reconnoiter his face would
have made study for abject fear and
dread, Jocko is clever scholar, and ha'
already learned several tricks. He stands
on his head like 8 circus acrobat, and
shakes hands with as much grace as 8
popular politician dOne drawback to any
great sociability on. the part of strangers
is that he generally tries to supplement
the hand-shaking with vicious bite
Mrs Tiffman is resolved to recover hel
pet, while her husband Is equally re
solved that she shall not. Thus the mat
ter stands to-day, but further develop
ments may be looked for speedily
Meanwhile Jocko is in, the center of {
little. colony of snakes, white rats anG
mice, and other rare animals, and spends
his time in vain efforts to escape and il
iigrinning with q depth and width anC
general ugliness that no pen can describe
| -Philadetphia Press. 9arFl visr
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