Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-12
MONKEYS IN INDIA.
dG'S.

In India, where the monkeys live
among men, and are the playmates of
their children, the Hindoos have grown
so fond Of them that the four-Landed
folk participate in all their simple
household rites. In the early morning,
when the peasant goes out to yoke his
pillow, and the crow wakes up, and
the dog stretches himself and shakes
off the dust in which he has slept all
night, the old monkey creeps down
from the peepultree, only half awake,
and yawns and looks about him, puts
straw in his mouth and scratches HIM
self contemplatively.
Then, one by one, the whole family
come slipping down the tree trunk, and
they all yawn and look about and
scratch. But they are sleepy and pee
wish, and the youngsters get cufed for
nothing, and begin to think life dull.
Yet the toilet has to beperformed, and,
whether they like it or not, the young
ones are sternly pulled up one by one
to their mother to undergo the process.
The scene, though regularly repeated
every morning, loses nothing of its de
Iightful comicality, and the monkey
brats never tire of the joke of taking
in mamma" But mamma was young
herself not very long ago, and treats
each ludicrous affectation of suffering
with profoundest unconcern, and, as she
lismiSses the cleaned" youngster with
r cuff, stretches out her hand for the
Gext ones tail or leg in the most bust
ness-like and serious manner possible
The youngsters know their turns quite
we'll, and as each one sees the moment
arriving it throws itself on its stomach,
as if overwhelmed with apprehension,
The others meanwhile sitting their
laughter at the capital way so-and-so is
doing it, and the instant the maternal
paw is extended to grasp its tail the
subject OF the next experiment utters q
vail, and, throwing its arms forward in
the dust, allows itself to be dragged
along, limp and helpless carcass,
winking all the time, no doubt, at It's
brothers and sisters, at the way it is
imposing on the old lady.
But the old lady will stand no non
sense, and, turning the child right side
up, proceeds to put it to rights; take:
the kinks out of its tail and the knots
out of its fur; pokes its fingers into it.
ears, and looks at each of its toes, til,
inexpressible brat all the time wearing
on it's face an absurd expression Of hope
less and incurable grief. Those WIZ
have been already cleaned look on Will
delight at the screaming farce, while
those who are waiting wear a becomin!
aspect of enormous gravity. The oil
lady, however, has her joke too, whicl
is to cuff every youngster before she let
it go; and, nimble as her offspring are
she generally, to her credit be it said
manages to give each of them box O.
the ears before it is out of reach. TIL
father, meanwhile, sits gravely with hi
back to all these domestic matters, wai
ing for breakfast.
The monkeys by this time have com
closer to the preparations for food, an
sat solemnly, household by household
watching every movement. Hindoos d
not hurry themselves in anything the
do, but the monkey has lots of time
spare and plenty Of patience, and in Il
end, after the crow has stolen a it'll
and the dog has had its morsel, and Il
children are all satisfied, the poor fra
ments of the meal are thrown out on Il
ground for the "bhunder-logue" I'll
monkey people,, and it is soon di
cussed, the mother feeding the baby b
fore she eats herself.