The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-02-08
The Monkey Market in Rio.

From the poultry show 1t Is but step
or so to the establishment of Senior Jose
Mattos Almeida de Ribiero Comes Ca
valho, whose place of business is so
crowded with monkeys, marmosets, dogs
and other little animals that may be con-
verted into pets, that there surely can
not be much room left for his name. If
you want to buy monkey, Senior j. NJ.
A. de r. G. Cavalho can supply you
with almost any kind from his extensive
assortment. You can buy dear, cute
little pocket edition marmoset or great,
big, vulgar ape, that is good for nothing
but for making a show of himself. Some
of these diminutive monkeys are almost
little enough to be used as watch chain
charms. Seeing us so interested in his
stock-in-trade the monkey dealer tried to
sell us a " critter," but we were long on
monkeys at the time and wouldn't buy.
The ma or intimated to the senior that
we would like to buy few yards of his
name, but as he said it in English the
sarcasm was lost.
AT another monkey store we had the
pleasure of seeing how the wild "monks, ~
fresh from their native jungles, are broken
in for domestic use. This dealer,
whose name did not take time to copy,
had lust received new lot of "missing-
links" whole box-full, probably his
spring stock, and as we watched him
opening and marking the goods we
learned several things that would prove
invaluable to us were we ever to 90 into
the business. He would wrap his hands
in coffee sack and then care
fully reach into the box for one of the
uneasy little animals, who, having Just
come in from the country, felt back
ward at first contact with city society,
and they had no better manners
than to scream and attempt to bite the
friends who were about to introduce
them into metropolitan life. After
some trouble and a lot of noise a
little fellow is finally secured and brought
out, all the while emitting ear-splitting,
almost human screams. With their hands
protected by the coffee sacks, two fellows
hold the little creature while third cuts
off a foot or so of the monkeys long tail.
This done, the man proceeds to adjust a
leather collar on him, not around his
neck, as would be the case with other
animals, but about the smallest part Of
his body, which you may know is that
portion of his anatomy just above his
hind legs. This operation requires con
siderable time-more, really, than the
''monk" feels able to spare, and he sig
mites his disapproval in shrill screams,
which, in their agonizing tones, sound
like the wall of human baby. The strap
is finally affixed In scientific manner
acceptable to the manipulation, and q
chain is attached to it. Next, number
of little juicy green peppers, of the kind
that | know by experience to be alfred
hot, are put into the creatures mouth,
and he is made to chew them sufficiently
to get full benefit of the hot lunch.
After this he is chained to cage. Now
that the monkey is free from the hand:
of his tormcntors he shows his fear and
agony, superinduced by the rough treat
ment he received and the peppers he had
eaten, and makes frantic though futile
attempts to commit suicide by hanging OF
butting his brains out on the boxes. After
this it is supposed that the monkey be
comes docile, and if he proves to bt
wicked or degenerate later in life he can
not lay the blame on the kind people
who brought him from his forest fastnes.
to dwell among people who are, accord
ing to an eminent scientist, but his foul
millionth cousins. - WiU Maynard.