The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
The Polite Monkey.

When was at Yarmouth, that greaA
fishing town on the Southern coast of
England, a few summers ago, made
the acquaintance of a monkey which
shall not soon forget. He was de-
Ightful little fellow, though be be-
longed to an organ-grinder. and earned
his living by dancing and collecting
pennies, and though he only had the
common name of Jocko, which is really
no name at all.
He wore a little Jacket and skirt of
scarlet cloth, with lots of brass buttons
upon it, anti little red cap held by
strap under the chin, and whenever he
took off his cap, as he would always do
most politely when anything was given
him, he showed furry brown head
like a seal-skin cap.
The organ-man told me the little fell
low was about five years old, and knew
his name. So said: ''Jocko, Jocko.
come and see me-" The monkey at
once Snatehed off his cap. and climbing
up into my lap. rubbed his furry head
against me, gazing up out of pair of
merry, intelligent eyes in a way that
quite won my heart A minute after he
curled down and went to sleep, or pre-
tended to do so. | think his nap was a
real one, though brief, for it is likely
he was tired with his long trotting.
about and dancing in unnatural atti-
tudes.
When any one gave him anything his
| first motion after Selling it in his small
black fist was to bite it. If it was
eatable (and he was very fond of nuts
and candies), his Joy shone all over his
wr;nkled face as he munched at il,
watching all the time lest somebody
should take the sweetie away; but if
the gift proved to be a hard penny, he
leaped to the top of the organ at a
single bound, and gave it to his master.
This done, he would hurry down again
and stay at the farthest stretch of his
chain, as though trying to get as far
away as possible from the monotonous
music.
His master seemed very fond of him,
and would carefully take him under his
coat if rain or q cold sea-wind made
Jocko SILVER; and well he might, for
the monkeys lively ways and pretty
tricks brought a crowd of children
about his miserable organ, and earned
many coin which otherwise would not
be given.
The prettiest of all Jocko's tricks was
his love for brushing clothes. He
seemed to be uneasy as soon as he had
made friends with any person until he
had gone carefully over their whole
suit. He had small fat brush, like a
shoe-brush, which he grasped in his
right hand, and used with the greatest
diligence, chatting all the time in
monkey talk, the tone of which seemed
complimentary, though 1 could never
quite make out what he meant, and so
did not risk any reply.
One day he evidently thought gen.
tleman had not brushed his hat before
coming out, for he tugged at his chain
and scolded until his master let him
scramble up the gentleman's arm.
Then he perched comfortably on his
shoulder and brushed away at the hat
with all his might, leaning over the top,
and looking here and there, until not
particle of dust remained. The look of
satisfaction with which Jocko received
sixpencc for this careful work, and
the last glance out of the corner of his
bright black eye, to be quite sure he
had done his brushing thoroughly, were
very funny. Ernest IfsgersoH IN HGr-
per'S Young People.