The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-23
A SIGN OF MAN m THE APE.
Knoekdown Argument for Darwin Afforded
by an Ancestor.

Kooekdoun Argument for Darwin Anorooo
by an Ancestor.
Showmen from New York and Boston have
swarmed in Connecticut all the season. Some
were street fakirs, who sold salye and bunlon
ointment, toothache drops, and fifteen-cens
razors, and delivered gaudy speeches under
gasoline torch in the streets at night; ou1
most Of these have been hand organ men, With
monkeys and performing bears, or bevies OF
canaries that ran up and down tiny and fral
wooden ladders in an open cart, and amused
people by doing audacious tricks. The last
general. assembly passed statute against
bears and other rowing animals, but they
come just the same.
The most novel show came this week. Two
Italians, hand organ, yellow performing
goat and monkey were washed up out OF the
storm, just as the clouds rolled by. The cool
sunlight and tonic autumn air stirred both
goat and monkey to do their best, and they
did it so very well that even the Italians, az
well as the populace, grinned with dellsn1.
Both were highly educated The monkey was
dressed in a buff colored coat, with Jaunty
pockets in it, and he wore bells; the goat wore
simply his own undressed kid.
performing pedestal, clunsily pulling his feet
after him, and did what be could do, rearing
and paving the air; but he looked foolish and
stupid, his wisp Of beard futterinS IN the
wind Then he got down and the monkey
got up. The latter made some funny grim.
aces, which excited applause, and his wrlnkled
little face put on woful or gleeful look ac-
cordingly as his master said Bravo" OF
poked him in the RIBS with sharp rod.
But the best of the performance took place
after the show. After the monkey got down
one Of the Italians slyly stepped out Of the
crowd, slipped into corner saloon, and pres
entity emerged bearing foaming glass OF
beer. he didn't imbibs any of it himself,
but With grin took it to his friends, the goat
and the monkey. He politely offered it first
to the goat, but that unsophisticated creature
turned away his face in disdain and would
not look at the flowing bowl.
"Ho, ho!" exclaimed his Tuscan master,
mona have beer-aa Ha! Goat-a no know
what ees goot-a, eh2 Monk-a ee have some
beer-a9 Say-a yeesa So, so. monk-a knoW-a
goot ting; goata damphool-a"
The ''monk-a" took no risk Of losing the
drink. With the skill Of a practiced topper he
raised the fluid to his thirsty mouth and
drained every drop in the glass. he even
held the upturned mug moment aloft, his
lips at the edge, so as not to miss globule
of the precious liquid. Then he gracefully
handed it back with polite bow, wiped his
puckered face on his sleeve and the crowd
roared.
'Cnly monk-a in ze Meriky, genshelmens,
zat drink-a ices beer-a zee ev'ry day." said
the proud master, glancing admiringly at
the little beast.
ssAll Of which shows" commented a street
philosopher, "the wide intellectual difference
between zee monk-a' and zee goat-a;' e1-
bibits the susceptibility of the monk-a to the
influences Of civilization, and is knockdown
evidence Of the origin Of man."
New Haven is still ina tustle with per-
forming bear. Both the bear and his master,
a shrewd Frenchman, were arrested and
lodged in the police station charged with vio-
lating the ''bear statute" Of Connecticut. The
Frenchrnan had money enough to pay the
fines imposed, but not enough to hire a wagon
in which to transport the bear from his
prison. He couldn't lead Bruin through the
streets without violating the statute again,
50 he had to go away without his pet. The
police station still has the bear, which is feed
ing on the fat of the land and IS happy, but
the police don't want him. They may be
able to sell him, and they may kill and eat
him.-Norw;ch (Conn.) Cor. New York Sun.