Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-10
THE BABY MONKEY.
what Tender Care lie Receives from His
Watchful Mother.

WatchfuI Mother.
/ never went to Central park in sum
mer or autumn without expecting to see
that dear child. Here he comes" !
would say to myself, getting trundled
along in his baby carriage; and since
the sun is so warm, ho' thoughtful of
his nurse to put up the sunshade, so
that his complexion may not be
spoiledr'
l was disappointed every time. He
never did make an appearance. Then
reasoned it out to myself:
HE must be year old now. and the
idea of his permitting himself to be
tucked up in a baby carriage is absurd
Why, not one nurse, nor item of them,
could keep him in a perambulator. The
first thing you knew he would be wrig-
Cling out and'riding on topo the hood,
or hanging down under the axle and
before you could say Jack Robinson
he would be climbing a tree and turn
ing summersaults, and going through
horizontalbar tricks on the uppermost
branch; and the nurses would be troop
ing around the tree, shrieking and cry
ing and wringing their hands, and the
policemen would come tearing in, and
there would be such a hubbub and con.
fusion as never was seen or heard OF
be fore in Centralppark. =
1t was year ago that paid my first
visit TO Mrs Jenny Macaque and to
Yawcob When ! paid my respects
then to the baby monkey, it really was
ceremonious affair. 1t was not
every body who was invited, for Yaw.
cob was only three days old at that
time. You had to 90 in on tiptoe, and
were requested to make just as little
noise as possible, and TO be careful ia
shut the door, and not to be familiar,
nor cluclS, nor chirrup, nor whistle, nor
say, "Pooty itsy sing" nor as much as
blow a kiss To the baby. Being sc
small and feeble, Yawcob's mother re.
scented anyone approaching her nurs-
ling, for she would get in a rage if you
even winl1ed at her.
Mrs. Jenny and the child still occupy
the same apartment in that fashionable
fiat commonly known as the monkey.
house of the geological department of
Central park, New York
Yawcob a year ago had body barely
five inches long, but his tail would
measure fully an inch more than his
body. To-day the baby monkey is a
foot long, and as to his tail, it has
grown quite out Of proportion to his
size Mrs. Macaque is just as atfec
Tomato as ever TO her baby, but her re.
spect for the rest of the world has not
increased.
Just now there is a man who thinks
that monkeys have some kind of a
talk and he is trying to find it all out
He does not believe that ordinary mon
keys ever did talk any thing like those
polished and cultivated monkeys in the
Arabian Nights. In order to study
their chatter, Mr. Garner takes down
on Photographic machine the sounds
real monkeys make when they ask for
banana, or milk. or their dinner, or
for naplSin-ring or fnger-bowl-
the last 10 play with, of course. Now
Il Mr. Garner could only interpret
Yawcob,s mother stalk, | think this
would be what she keeps saying most
of the time:
"Oh, the horrid mani What is he here
for, anyway? Tell him to 60 away and
nap Yawcob. l know you. You are
an organ-grinder. And you, children!
you are organ-grinders, too You can't
fool me. There is that other man, who
seems to be kind enough giving me
banana and apple. don't mind
him SO very much, because he is
our keeper. l do not put too much trust
even in him. He may be wanting to
90 tomorrow into the. organ-grinding
business, and the first Nchance he gets
he will carry off my dear Yawcob.
know that all men, women, children,
and nurses, live for no other purpose
than To steal monkeys and exhibit
them"
For all the fuss Mrs. Macaque makes
over him Yawcob seems happy If he
longs for palm trees and cocoanuts. he
does not show it. lie likes to play by
himself with a little piece Of wood
and pretends TO lose it, SO as to find it
again. He is very spry, and occasion
ally, when his mother viii join in with
him, the two have regular game of
hide-and- The minute, however.
you want TO see which of the two Yaw.
cob or his mother. is in or out. Mrs
Macaque puts ON airs, and becomes ter
ribly dignifed. She despises intrusion
Yawcob is by no means timid, and he
looks as if ne wanted to pick up friends,
but his mother viii not entertain the
idea Of his making any stray acquaint.
ance; she is that exclusive.