Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-26
THE CHILDREN.
Funny Facts About a Cute
Little Performing
Monkey.
HIS NAME WAS JOCKO..
Harry's Visit to His Friend, and Hon. He
Deporied Himself and Made
Friends.
Neatmess Of Monkevs.

When was at Yarmouth, thut great
fishing town on the southern coast of
England, few summers ago, 1 made
the acquaintance of a monkey, which 1
shall not soon forget. Hewas delight
full little fellow though he belonged to
an organ-grinder and earned his living
by dancing and collecting pennies, and
though he had only the common name
of Jocko, which is really no name at all.
He wore little jacket and skirt of
scarlet cloth, with lots of brass buttons
upon it, and red cap held by q strap
under the chin, and whenever he took
off this cap, as he would always do most
politely whenever anything was given
him, he showed furry brown head
much like sealskin 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 snatched of his cap, and, climb
ing into my lap, rubbed his furry head
against me. gazing up out of pair of
merry, intelligent eyes in way that
quite won my heart. A minute after he
curled down and went to sleep, or pre-
tended to do so. l 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 attitudes.
When any one gave him anything, his
first motion after Selling it i'll his small
black fist was to bite it. If it was eat
able (and he was fond OF nuts and can
dies), his Joy shone all over his wrin-
killed. face as he munched at it, watching
all the time lest somebody should take
the sweetie away; but if the gift proved
to be hard penny, he leaped to the
top of the organ at 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 as possible from the
monotonous music.
His master seemed very fond of him,
and would carefully take him under his
coat if rain OF cold sea wind made
Jocko SILVER; and well he might for the
monkeys lively ways and pretty tricks
brought crowd OF children about his
miserable organ, and earned many a
coin which otherwise would not be
given.
The prettiest of all Jocko's tricks was
his love for brushing his 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, fiat brush like a
shoe-brnsh, which he grasped in his
right hand and used with the greatest
diligence, chatting all the time in mon
key talk, the tone of which seemed
complimentary, though I 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 shout
der, and brushed away at the hat with
all his might, leaning over the top, and
looking here and there, until not par
ticle of dust remained The look of
satisfaction with which Jocko received
sixpence 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.-Harper's Young People.