The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-03-17
jumbo on a Tear.

Jumbo is a sedate chimpanzee
and has received Christian educa-
ton. Visitors at the museum will
have noticed him, as he occupied a
cage in the third story of the muse
um, and was very vivacieus at times.
/ showing great strength in shaking
the heavy iron bar and swinging
with solemn cadence on the flying
trapezs. "Jum" Is a character and
his exploits recently showed him to
be schemer of no mesn order. The
/ fasteuings of MS 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 monkeyshiD
proceeded with great caution and
subtletv to unflsten his lock and
lioerate himself from the dreary con-
fines OF the cage. Once out Jumbo,
ike all true revOlutlonists, made l.
cense of liberty and commenced to
free the birds by running across TO
the other cages letting out the coc-
atocs. parrots and other rare birds,
and stirring them up with club. as
various marks found on the afOre-
said birds would indicate. There Is
large glass cage in the museum,
and on the same floor, in which are
kept several snakes of the construct
or species. \ Bunson burner, con-
nected with tubing and lighted TO
warm the occupants, was burning,
and the Gailic-lookiug ehampaazee
thought be would investigate. How
it occurred the keeper could not tell,
but coming up stairs, ne heard the
unusual chatter of the fsathered
tribe, and then suddenly a fisndish
yell, that Indicated something IN
usually Interesting, aad startling.
Bounding up stairs q strange sight
met his gaze. The monkey had just
leaped out Of the snake den end
large constructor was dragging after
him, his flng= fastened IN the un-
happy Jum's stump Of a tail. A.
the sight OF the keeper the howiing
monkey make for the stairs, the
snake still clinging ~ him, sweeping
dozsn sleeping parrots out OF MS
way, who set up perfect paademO-
mum Of sc.eeches az the disturbance.
Lowanca says Il was worth a man :
life to see that chinpanzse 20 down
the stairs and humping tue con-
strict0r after him, who ike ! bull
dog nevsr let up. Hastily closing
the snake den and extingUishing the
light, L0wanda ran down 70 the
second floor and then began the
chase. Over the freak stages, upset
ting chairs and smashing medicine
and photographs in a way that was
4 caution then crossing the hall.
leaping the iron grating that sepa-
rates the crowds from the theatre.
the monkey went at headlong gait,
leaving his snakeship stranded high
ard dry on the wire gratipg-a wiser
If not thoroughly awakened snake.
Down into the darkness Of the pas
sage went jun" and az the bottom
Of the stairs be collided with a col
ored girl who was working about
the building. and the now thorough
ly frightened monkey, ehattering
and gibbering, clung with might and
main to MS friend "in need.
Lowanda says ne appeared at the
top Of the landing Just as they rolled
over. and that the chimpanzee had
a lot of bangs and frizzes OF African
fashion and cut ii ms paws how
soever be it. jun was captured
and taken back to his den, docile
and wheeling slightly from his ex-
ertions- When a reporter saw him
he was esconsced demurely on his
launches, and at the approach of
the newspaper man he cooked his
eye and scratched his chinchilla
whiskers as much as to say "Old
ehsppie, IT'S cold day when We get
left. "-S. Paul Glo5e.