St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-18
JUMBO ON A TEAR.
A Lively Chimpanzee Raises a Row
Among the Museum Collection.

''Jumbo" is the pet monkey of Mr.. E.W.
Virgins of the firm of Sackett IL Virgins
the museum managers. Jumbo is sedate
chimpanzee and has received a Christian
education. Visitors at the museum will
have noticed him, as he occupied the cage
in the third story of the museum. and was
very vivacious at times, showing great
strength in shaking the heavy iron bars
and swinging with solemn cadence OH the
flying trapeZe. ''Jum" is character and
his exploits yesterday show him TO be a
schemer of no mean order. The fastenings
of the cage were thought secure. his keeper,
LOwanda, always taking the precautiOn TO
carefully paddock the bars; but woe. alas,
TO careleSsness! A key was left in the
lock and his worthy monkeyship
proceeded with great caution and sublety
To unfasten his lock and liberate himself
from the dreary confines of the cage. Once
out, Jumbo, like all true revolutionists.
made license of liberty and commenced to
free the birds by running across
To the other cages; letting out the cocka-
toOs, parrots and other rare birds. and stir.
ring them up with club, as various marks
found on the aforesaid birds would indicate.
There is a large glass cage in the museum.
and on the same floor in which are kept
several snakes of the constructor species. A
BunsOn burner. connected with tubing and
lighted to warm the occupants, was burn
ing, and the Gallic-looking chimpanzee
thought he would investigate. How it oc-
CURED the keeper could not tell, but coming
up stairs, he heard the unusual chatter of
the feathered tribe, and then suddenly a
hendish yell, that indicated something unu-
sually interesting and startling. Bounding
upstairs. strange sight met his gaze. The
monkey had just leaped out of
THE SNAKE DEN
and large constructor was dragging after
him, his fangs fastened in the unhappy
Jum'S stump of a tail. At the sight of the
keeper the bowling monkey made for the
stairs, the snake still clinging to him. sweep
ing dozen sleepy parrots out of the way,
who set up a perfect pandemonium of
screeches at the disturbance. Lowanda
says it was worth a mans life TO see that
chimpanZie go down the stairs and thump-
ing the constructor after him, who like
bulldog never let up. Hastily closing the
snake den and eXtinguishing the light.
Lorranda ran down to the second floor and
then began the chase. Over the freak
stages, upSetting the Sutherland sisters
chairs and smashing medicine and photo
graphs in way that was a caution; into
the Whiteman'S casket then across the hall,
leaping the iron grating that separates the
crowds from the theater. the monkey went
at headlOng gait. leaving his snakeship
stranded high and dry on the wire grating
"a wiser if not thoroughly awakened
snake. Down into the darkness of the
passage went ''Jum," and at the bottom of
the stairs he collided with colored girl
who works about the building, and the now
thoroughly frightened monkey, chattering
and jibber ng, chung with might and main
10 this friend ''in need"
Lowanda says he appeared at the top of
the landing just as they rolled over, and
that the chimpanzee had lot of bangs and
frizzes of African fashion and cut i'm his
paws; hOwsoever be it. "Jum" was cap
tured and taken back to his den, docle and
wheeling slightly from his exertiOns.
When the GLOBE reporter saw him he was
esconced demurely on his launches. and at
the approach of the newspaper man ne
cooked his eye and scratched his chnchila
whiskers as much as to say. "0ld chappie,
it's cold day when we get left"