The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-29
JOCKo's SUNDAY OUT.
He Released the Parrots aud Other Creaa
lures. aud. of Course, There Was n TIms.

lures. aud. of Course, There Was n Time.
from the Boston Erening Transcript. 80.
A sad-faced monkey with a fringe of agfi4
cultural chin whiskers got out OF his cage in T.
bird store on Bromfleld street yesterday aftera
noon, and. owing to the absence OF every ono
from the store, he was not put back in it again
until about - o'clock at night. When he did
go It wGs AZ the instance OF two policemen
armed with long poles. who had broken through
the door I'm order to stop the devastation which
he was causing in the interior, and he returned
to Imprisonment with the proud consciousness
that lie mad done everything which a monkey
could do 10 make It interesting for the othsP
occupants of the store.
His first act m escaping from his cage ap-
pears to have been TO let out the parrots. There
are many brilliant-hued African Parrots in the
store. and the color scheme created by their re-
lease seemed to please the monkey immensely,
them. The parrots, however. were coy. and
sought the cages at the top OF the store. so ihaB
OF one of them. After this. the ariistically
arranged cages in. the window caught his eye,
these up in u heap on. the floor, but soon he
lonsed a:ain for tho pleasures Of the chase.
There were several rabbits IN the store. which
he let out and Chusea round ard round. finally
choking them tn death. About his time he
itght on the GOLDFISH which were wimmi
about III glass globes in the centre of the store
ho Thought thai they would 10 Tor n meal. lie
first Tried to snatch them out. hui this process
was too SLOW, and he pushed one Ot the globes
over; IN 'hinE 1t, and scattering the ish about
on the floor.
The monkey picHed them up and ate them.
and then pushed over NHother globe. perhaps
JUST 10 see II IL would max" as pretty AZ noise
a. the other. Then he chased The parrots
some more, and pushed over more ElOles nntl
there were none LETT. Alter this he seems TO
have discovered the supplies uf Ulnurcnt kinds
OF bird food ut the back Ut the Shop. ana hogan
pulling these pack ages 10 pieces and throwing
then at the parrots.
IT was this performance which attracted the
Attention.. OF twO policemen. Looking through
the window, they saw what was wrong inside.
and Ms the door WAS locked, and there was no
time 10 20 for the owner, they broke the glass
in tho door and gained an entrance in that way.
1t hardly seems cr"Gi Dl" that "A man Of ordinary
girth, TO say nothing ut a policeman, could goy
that the two policemen did actually 20 In this
way, for they chased tho monkey AT least an
hour before they succeeded in getting him back
into his cage. lie showed marked agility In
avoiding them. bounding from the floor TO the
cages at tie side Of the ROOM, and from one
side 10 the other, until their cyes stuck out of
their heads IN the attempt 10 follow his moves
mentS. Finally they determined that the mon,
and, hunting around, they found two stiCk0
about elk or eight feet long, With these they
stirred Up the monkey. when he got upon. the
cages at the side, but the trouble was that al
tho sam" time they stirred up tho parrots, and.
when they Lad done this the Eolse and confu.
sion were 50 great that they could hardly tell
which Was monkey, winch were parrots, and
which were policemen.
Finally tho monkey wOs cornered and then
driven along the wall and into his cage, and the
policemen Crawled out again through .ne hole
like moving day, hut the cause of II all was
wholly uu!njurcd, and in as good condition as
ever, except that he was drinking . good deal
ot walsF. d.