The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-11-15
MORRISEY'S MONKE Ely.
Evidence That in Him Evil Was
Not Unmixsd With Good.

- At this late day it is impossible for
mo to say. with any degree OF accu-
g,,cy. just when we first called him
Marriscys Monkey. But really it is of
little, consequence; he always Uas a
monkey. sna monkey by any other
name would be exactly as mischiev-
GUS.
can remember that the youngster
possessed a name which, suppose,
was bestowed upon him by his god
father and god-mother Zone Or all OF
them), but it certainly did not stay by
the boy after he had reached the ma
ture age of nine years.
In the eye Of the law and upon the
records of the church he was Patrick
James Morrisey. Jr. His paternal par
ent was simply Patrick James Nor
risey, and his paternal grandparent
was Patrick James Morrisey, Sr.
These names were only INDUCED in,
however, upon official occasions, such
as christenings and weddinss-they
have none OF them yet got as far as
funerals-anl to prevent the family
name from becoming buried in the
oblivion Of vulgar familiarity. two at
least of those who bore it permitted it,
not unfrequentlF, to adorn the police
blotter and TO appear in the columns
OF the daily papers under the peculiar
heading Of Five Dollars aud Costs"
But in private life Patrick James
Morrisey, Sr., was familiarly known
as Old Man Morrisey; his son, Patrick
james Morrisey, who held the i'm
portant and authoritative position OF
section boss, was recognized by his
friends as Pat Morrisey; while, to pre-
vent confusion, Patrick James Nor
risey, Jr.. became very speedily con-,
densed to Jimsy Morrisey. As the
youthful Jimsy's mouth, limbs and ca
pacity for mischief enlarged. the neigh
bors (who, as rule, were by no means
unanimous in their opinions Of pass
ing events and Of one another) were
unit in voting Jim sy Morrisey an awful |
and wonderful living exempli6cation
Of the Darwinian theory Indeed, theyf
went farther still when they asserted |
that "thc divil himself wor IN Pat
Nlorrisey's Jimsy." Morrisey's mon
key was undoubtedly solid chunk of
mischief. In other words,
he was 7ure cussedness" incarnate--
or, to state. it another way, he was
double-distilcd. compound essence of
dcviltry.
II he could make baby cry by
pulling faces" or tease little. girl
by pulling her hair, he would take
such action every time. II the oppor-
tunity offered for a quarrel or fight
with some other small boy, you could
safely bet enormous odds that Nor
risey's monkey would seize the oppor-
tunity. II the opportunity did not
happen to offer. he was generally equal
to the effort OF forcing a quarrel upon
some unfortunate and unoffeuding
youngster-either plan being perfectly
to the Junior Morrisey.
II fhe could sit on the railroad track
until locomotive came within two
yards OF him, or stand on his shock
head in tho cross arms OF q telegraph
pole, within sight OF his mother and
her feminine cronies, Morrisey's mon
key was reasonably happy, and his
mouth would expand with keen SEN
sation Of pleasure and delight.
But in his ledger account with the
world Morrisey's monkey had one or
Two (only one or two) items to his
credit.
Upon one occasion Old Man Nor
risey was languishing in the "works, y
rs the Immediate result OF abusing an
officer, and Pat Morrisey, having been
laid Off for an indefinite period by
he railroad people, was absent upon
\ protracted jomboree--if he had not
arcady pulled up short in q patrol
box.
The mother Of Morrisey's monkey
was in bad plight. During her hus-
bands absence a new baby (number
Lwelve) had arrived. A week later
The old baby (number eleven) was
;trlclxcn down with scarlet fever, and
The neighbors, who were usually kind