Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-07
THE TALE OF TWO MONKEYS.
One Committed a Burglary and the
Other Enters a Church.

London and Paris are ringing lust
now with the exploits Of two remark
able monkeys. SO intelligent were
these SimianS and 50 hlman-like were
their deeds that it is q pity Mr. Oar
win were not alive to discover in
them two excellent eXemplifcations Of
his theory. The first monkey came in
the gul@e of a criminal, a professional
thief, and terrified an elderly Partisan
janitress out of her seven senses.
The Rue PigalIe was electrified the
other morning by the appearance of
this Nine. Carquet with her garments
aWry and her face full of terror, rush
ing like a mad woman out of the
courtyard of her house, with the veil
of 'Au voleurSr' which is the French
equivalent for "Thieves. Thieyesr'
Several paSserS-by tried to discover
the extent of the depreda tons, but
the excited ianitress, despite her
giItth, fled like a deer until she came
to the office of the nearest commits
saire of police. There, breath she
told how she had just discovered in
her room an elderly person, who, with
his back towards her, was rifiing her
chests of drawers at a tremendous
rate and finging everything in a heap
on the floor.
Two GenCa1meS went around to the
house ON a double trOt, but no elderly
burglar could be found. In 4 room in
the attic, however, the mystery was
unveiled. a large white bearded ape
sat calmly there engaged in investi-
eating the warp and wool of Nine.
CarqC cts best dresses. Politely the
policeman tried to get him to leave
the attic, but the monkey resisted.
The fact that he was a common ami
NAL did not save him, however, from
ordinary police methods. JOckO, for
that was his name, probably arrived
nearer the dignity of humanity than
any other monkey has done in the
history of the world. -Four other
mer were called, and he was con-
veyed to the lookup surrounded by a
large and enthusiastic crowd, as if he
had been a human criminal Of the
deepest dye.
st. Stephens is a quiet and digni-
fed church in Hampstead, which dis
trict of London is chiefly remarkable
for being the home of the man who
wrote "TriIby." Mr.. Du Maurier,
though, had nothing whatever to do
with Hampstead's latest episode. 1t
was a large, dark-brown monkey who
had come, no one knows from where,
to extend his experiences and evil
IDENTIFY to get some accurate knoWl-
edge concerning the established
Church of England.
For this intelligent Simian, with a
black kid glove in one hand and a
book in the other, entered the church
! while it was being swept and in
Spected the pulpit in the first place,
and later on the organ, actually at
tempting to play upon that instTu-
ment, but finally deSiSting after Il
futile experiment with the blower.
! He wandered i'll and out of the
churchyarG, and his presence there
assembled a crowd of OnlOokerS, who
were very DESTROYS of accompanying
! him in his expedition, but could not
climb sufficiently we'll.
He mounted up to the belfry with
the evident intention of sounding the
chimes, but this he did not accom-
plish, owing probably to the fact thai
darkness was setting in. He finally
climbed to the ledge of one of the up
per windows of tlne tower and sat
there in solitary state an object of the
| greatest interest to the youth OF
Hampstead Heath.