The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-01-08
TOLD BY AN OLD SNOWMAN.
Three Brief but Interesting Stories About
the WAYS of tho Monkey.

Three Brief bat Interesting Stories About
the Ways of tho Monkey.
"Speaking of monkeys, said the
old Snowman, ''ve lad about 50 of
them once in a big cage with q shelf
along each side, UP high, for thom
to lie on and a little dead tree with
the ends of the branches sawed off
standing in the middle for them to
climb up to the shelves by and to
hang on to by thoir tails if they
wanted to- One day we set in on
the bottom of the cage champagne
bottle filled with very highly fer
mented root beer, and with the cork
hold in with cord tied with q bow
knot. The monkeys got up on the
shelves and up in the tree and
looked down on this bottle very sus-
pioiously. Finally their curiosity
got the better Of them, and they
came down and moved around the
bottle to inspect it. At last they
got near enough to touch it and han
die it, and finally they upset it over
on it's side. Then one of the mon
keys began pulling at the string,
with the rest all clustered around.
AT last he pulled the knot loose and
bang went the cork and away went
the beer. The first rush of it knock
cd over three or four of the monkeys
nearest the muzzle of the bottle, and
itdronched half dozen ct them and
wet all Of them more or loss, for it
went through the bunch Of monkeys
like puff Of smoke, spattering and
flying in all directions. An instant
later the monkeys were up the treo
and lying along the shelves. There
was nothing left on the floor Of the
cage but the empty bottle.
IA number Of times after that we
! set bottles Of beer out in the sun to
fermont and then set them III the
cage, but the monkeys never would
touch them., We could set the bot
ties in, but we couldn't make the
monkeys pull the string.
"Thcre was lady standing in
front Of the cage ono day who had
on hat with a big bunch of red
cherries and a lot of flowers on the
top of it. A monkey reached through
the bars and grabbed the cherries.
The lady pulled back, but tho mon.
key held on and pulled the hat off
and tried to drag it through the bars
into the cage. Throe or four Other
visitors standing near rushed up and
grabbed tho hat, and they pulled
one way whilo the monkey pulled tho
other. They finally got the hat away
from the monkey and returned it tt
the lady. The cherries wero about
all gono, and what thore was left o1
tho rest of the hat really WASH t Q:
much account. The lady said she
would have to be paid for tho hat
and she made for tho box office.
"'Why, certainly, said the maj
in the box office. How much de
you value the hat?'
Five dollars, the lady said, ani
the box Office man handed out the
money.
1.-The lady smiled. She was evi
IDENTIFY pleased I didn't really OK
pect you would pay for it, she said
and she turned to go away.
"s Madam, said tho man in thu
box Office, and the lady turnei
around. We'll take tho hat now
if you ploaso.
'What?' said tho ludy.
F" The hat, if you please, sale
the box Office man. 'Wo'vo paid fol
it, and would like to have it.
"Of courso tho lady couldn't e
, away without a hat, and tho upsho
of it was that she returned tho S;
and went away with the hat.
standing III front Of the cage ons
day was a man who had on a pair O
gold speotaolos. A monkey reached
through and took the spectac]es Of
the man S nose. The man was great
ly surprised at this, but he was
great deal moro surprised when b
saw the monkey, still standing clos
by him, push the glasses out Of tn
frame and put them in his moutl
+ and stow them away, one in eac]
check, and then proceed to twist tn
frames up like so much wire into
small bunch. One of our mon wen
into the cage and choked the mon
key until he got the glasses out o
his mouth, and then he got tn
frame away from him, and we re
turned them to the owner. O
course they were not of much u.s.
to him in that shape, but it was tn
best we could do. New York Sun
The Golf Dialect.
A drive that went like rookie
high in the air and far, brasse,
approach and two easy puts CAV
Macdonald the hole in four. II
tapped his ball in tho drive for tn
second hole, but it luckily bounde'
over the bunker. His brassey sho
lacked good direction, but an idea
iron approach shot landed the bal
dead on the groen, and he holed ou
- in four. Sands also topped his drive
but he had the poor luck to g
straight into the bunker He wa