Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-29
FRANKS OF A MONKEY.
Some of the Antics in Which He
 Delights to Indulge
The Diplomacy Necessary to Keep Him in dood Hu@or-His Remarkable Att sempes ae Jugglery-How He Gave
 Vent to Ills Jealousy,

l kept sacred, remarks writer in Chambers
 journal. was sitting one day in my office
 char, looking out over the bay beyond, te
 collect my thoughts for dispatch then ir
 hand, when espied Celestial coming
 along the veranda with some dark obieci
 showing it's appreciation of the attention il 1 was receiving by placing two arms of inor.
 didate length round the mans neck. nat
 urally rose up to see what this phenomenon was, and having been told that 1t was rare animal I at once made overtures for hi. l purchase.
 As soon as negotiations were concluded
 fastened my purchases black gibbon-to
 my copying-press, instead of sending him up to my house, being anxious to introduce nlm myself to my two dogs and to Joseph the cat. could not intrust rare animal to my servants lest the introduction through their agency to Joseph and the rest might result in some disaster. When fastened
 the gibbon to the press took no account of the length of the animals arms, and was therefore not 8 little surprised when a black hand took possession of red and blue pencil and . black mouth began to eat it. Nature is said, in her benehcence, to instruct the lower animals what to eat and what te avoid. That, no doubt, applies to an animal
 in the wild state, such animal being direct
 ed by instinct where to find an antidote to II nave
 eaten. An animal in captivity must, how. ever, be treated differently, and must not
 be allowed to do as it likes So reasoned. ana as l had no herb ready to correct the evil which knew would result from eating pencil, proceeded to recover the stolen artlcle. Though my new pet did not mind being touched, though he would jump into your lap and make himself at home, he strongly objected to part with any thin g which he had once got hold of, and good deal of diplomacy had to be used before re- possessed myself of the pencil
 Scarcely was this fun at an end before some black fingers were dipped into the ink |; and when the ink was removed out of reach the gum bottle was next turned over, the gum being particularly appreciated Think Ing that the animal might be thirsty, put saucer of water before him, but though easy to put the saucer down it was impossi- ble to pick it up again, even though there was not drop of water left in it. It seemed to me, on reflection, that had made a bad purchase. did not clearly see how I was to feed an animal that was so intractable, and had serious misgivings that my new pet would give me lot of trouble and quite likely would die in three months. Monkeys are generally supposed to be troubled either with heart disease or with consumption, and to endure captivity for a short time only. Thus, had given my git- bon three months to live, and fully ex. pected that before four months had passed ne would be under glass case in my drawing-room. am extremely pleased to say that at the time I write-more than two years since Ipurchased him-he is still alive, qeseue Rim 1f6m ths o deatsG 5h eral occasions.
 At first the name of ''Sambo" was given to the gibbon, on account of it's jet black color, then this was changed in course of time to Samuel" the little fellow becoming too respectable to be called Sambo. At the last port at which was stationed the lower windows of my dwelling house were pro- vided with iron bars-about five inches apart-as protection against thieves. These bars were 8 great convenience to me, as could attach Sam to them at meal times, thus keeping him out of mischief while giv- ing him plenty of freedom The question of feeding Sam was not an easy one to tackle. If we sat down and began eating before he was served the most noisy protests were made, and when the saucer of rice was put down there was no one courageous enough to recover the empty saucer. The point was often settled by Sam himself, who, having finished his rice, would throw the saucer into the air few times, catching it very cleverly, and then hurl 1t away from him. A wooden bowl was found to answer bet ter, but this also received much rough usage, and had to be repeatedly renewed.
 One very noticeable feature about Sam was his extreme jealousy. If stroked the cat in his presence he used to get into par oxysm of rage and make great efforts to bite me. He would be almost as much vexed if patted the dogs. When guest came to luncheon he was so angry at the in- trusion that he often had to be removed He would absorb all the conversation until removal, it being quite impossible to keep him quiet He had @ singular objection he has it now in a mild way-to any thing being removed by the servants; and had he been fastened to my chair instead of the window no plate once put on the table could have been removed. When in the drawing room with me-and he was often there-he would even fly at my wife n she attempted to touch the tea things. At this date he has sobered down good deal; but even now, though servant may bring me letter, he must not take away @ reply if Sam is with mo. He objects to any one coming near me; and if my wife shakes my coat, or even touches my shoulder, he catches hold of her, though now perhaps more in play than in anger.
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