Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-12-19

Ms gentleness. this creature A very In.
teiiiRent and easily tanned. becominr
90 attached to his owner that he Viii
follow like dog. He is not 30 rcst-
less as other monkeys OF that country.
but he Is ingenious in his devices. and
very persevering in carrying out his
plans.
A traveller. Mr. c. B. Brown. tells Of
the interesting way in which the
spider-monkeys managed to throw
upon his party large branches of trcos.
SO many OF them. indeed, that IL be-
came somewhat dangerous 70 pass he
meath.
AS to their perseverance,. Water
ton speaks of finding cases containing
Brazil nuts, which are hard. round
objects. somewhat larger than a cro-'
quet-ball, and very hard to break omen.
Inc monkeys knew very well what
was inside. for their fingers had been
thrust through the small opening in
the top and their nails had picked aud
broken the corners OF the nuts tightly
packed within. He knew IL was tho
work OF the monkeys for he came upon
them In the very act of pounding the
cases on branches and on fallen tree
trunks, and one was dropped n his
haste to get away by an unfortunate
creature who had already spent many
hours upon IL.
The grown-up coaita Is not hard 10
tame. but the baby Is never any thing
else than tame. or course n youngster
Is never caught except by the death or
severe injury OF its mother. for Il IL
never alone an instant, always riding
on her back. and holding on from the
first with four hands that never let 90.
When by the death of it's mother IL
falls into the hands OF men. il does not
iail. at least among the natives. to get
most tender care, even sometimes to
the oxtent of sharing the native baby's
natural food. IL Is said. It's great want
at this age is warmth. aud | heard of
one owned in our part OF the world
which was kept alive through cold
winter by being baggcd. literally.
every night with pair of fluffy pup
pies. Their owner opened the bag,
dropped puppies aud monkey together
into the bedding, then closed the
mouth of the sack and tied Il. TO
make sure that none should escape.
Throwing the curious bag-load into n
barrel. he covered that up closely as
well. Smother9 far from Il, They
throve and grew fat on IL, which
proves. ! am sure, that fresh air. or
even any air. is quite unnecessary TO
babies OF tho monkey and dog fami-
lies. The monkey baby is very much
like human youngster; like him he
sucks his fingers or thumb. sheds
tears when he is grieved, and cries
loudly when left alone. Like him.
too, he is fond of playthings. and very
full of fun and FRANKS. But sooner
than our babies he learns to 90 alone
and care for himself. and by the end OF
two years, il Is said. all the funnincss
Is out of a monkey. Rcv. Samuel
Lockwood tells the story of one who
lost his fun all In moment, and from
being full of tricks and very happy,
became "a sad, joyless creature, be-
cause OF his loss of faith I'm man IL
happened In this way. He lived i'm n
shop of basket-makers. and among
other tricks was expert at catching
sticks that men threw to him. When
this ceased 10 be n novelty, and the
workmcn were tired OF playing with
him, they took TO teasing. and the
cruel thing they did was 20 throw a
hot poker to him. He caught IL, hut
IL ended his fun for life. The voice of
the coaita is soft and musical with
tho he is fond of when In confine-
ment, and louder. with wailing or
mournful quality, when calling his fell
lows in freedom. He also utters a sort
OF barking grunt, and doubtless in
dulges in many other cries that arc
not reported.-E s. Archer. ia brakes
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