Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-24
THE UTAH VOLUNTEERS.
MONKEYS THE MAIN PART OF sESAstRll
Your Pri,atcs Are ON Their Way Home
Presentation to Lieutenant Critch-
low and puartcrmaster

Special Correspondence.
Wei. we've had a payday. Tho pay
master came around last Saturday. and
.ufnCd over 10 the troopers Of the two
bat,alIons \ aud II. near on TO 800
00O. and since then. this L. Wednesday,
the boys OF batteries a and u have, 1
should Judge from splck span new
things around these barracks. turned
over to the merchants AMI vendors Of
Manila. near on to 10000. The average
soldier has 90 more idea % the proper
uses Of money than the ancient
lsraeiitts had OF virtue. lie buys while
his money lasts anything that In any
way appeals to his fancy, from shoe
strings and Ftfety-pina 90 costly and
delicate silks ana stuts CONSISTENT only
with large incomes. They are all Inn
pu.d with the idea that IN the cNpcndi-
ture VI one dollar. more fuu can b. had
Than iu She nrnlng u ten, The lawns
enclosed hy the walls Of our barracks
have been converted into q mouagvrlc
ur geological garden. with monkeys us
the chief attraction. No fewer than six
10 these ever cute. anectlunate and dis
reputable pets. Sport on the graat. climb
ihs trees ana guns ana pgrcheH, and
NHH.NN wv HNNNNNn NNANN NHHNH NHH NNA"HA
hands on. There 10 one monkey here
thDy clll battery" and he b. au utterly
without conscience as an Alpine snow
slide. uc eats. drinks, smokes and
steals like "a pirate. ana has The most
Innocent ana childish look u any
monkey / ever saw. Battery Do f1th-
or and q friend TO every new monkey
that comes 10 the barracks. Every
time soldier furggta h.mfut and
doesn't know what 10 DO with his
MONEY. b. buys u monk y,bruEs % here.
Ihy aud tIml. at tlmOd frightened
nearly 90 death, and battery does the
rest ile takes the newcomer Ia his
arms. aud there they will st and hug
and Clatter 20 each other Tor hours at a
time. The other day ! was writing 20
sitsCr Uf a friend Of mlna. when ''Bat-
tory" jumped on the table, csrrcascd
my hand, scratched my hand, ana when
/ stopped writing, 10 say poor little
monkey" and make other cOnslllng and
nnouuunate remarks. the rascal HwIprd
my fountain pen ana was through the
| bars Ui the window before 1 could frame
an objection. once through the bars,
be- proceeded TO unscrcw the cap and
/ drink u dry 0f ink entirely, regardless
10 any prOtcatatlona. pleaded
aud threatened In vain, Tot
! " course 1 could not Ect through
/ shat window, and when l wcut round
10 tho door Battery passed bctNc-r
| alblc manner, watched me while hi
! rtkcd his teeth with the sold pen.
| the bars again aud, IN the corcst pos
hate bars anyhow, and l wouldn't Elv'
| three cents Tor d whole wilderness o
monkeys My only show was TO- en-
! l.ri the HympathloS Of dozen soldier
and even after l g1t chem mustered. q
was no funny matter. though there wa
| n good deal Of Laughing, some fQlk
laugh 40 nothing. 90 recover my fillcf
property We had q chase uncqullcd Ut
iiH mentally painful and hnmlhat,nl
features ~ anything w M0nkeydom
We monkeyCd for an hour. more o
les. when battery gave IN. ran 60 hi
master and buried hta Irish mug ia hi
arms like child with a broken heart
| When l returned 90 my writing, the let
t,r 90 my friends sister was IN tn
guuE. 4 moment iaicr Gergcln
Young pet boat would have lunchc,
on .. aud a sweet moucl 70 would hav'
made.
Dos Pasos o. another monkey. tn
property % Sergeant Johnuon. VII
gria a friend % kick him every tin,
he htara the monkeys name. IL cam
about On shia way Johnson was dow
town, the weather was warm and buHi
meas was dull. 10 fact. the ucrgcan
hadn't made a purchase IN ten minutes
D NN|NH MN hH'NNNN"" a WNHNNN win = NANAhhl
Go Hell. How much Tor that monkey
INQUIRED the veteran Of tho late war
"lsas3 meadiA'=ii.sQ answered tn
Hhir,lraH, hhoriyaa. hatloa amigo, bu
ihe nrfgcluta knowledge ~ Spanlul
was limited and the natives repll
sounded Ike a great Dig ale. BESIDES HI
reasoned u isn't reasonable 70 pay thcni
follows all they ash Tor they nrc
thclylng oct, They place their prlcw
Way-up with the expectation OF bc.uI
"lorkrd" down, "iluru you, "a pas.
mcadia n 100 much, you cheating
rascal, IN give you dos pasos--i2-an,
nlt another cent and with that HI
sllpoi u into the hand 81 she astonishe,
native. and bore away his prize via
they sort of air tina
pleased no one as much 40 u did IN
vonler OF monkey. "Aluchniokol Much
al0ko," he said tapping hia black hea,
and following with hls eye the vanish
Ing soldier. besides monkeys, a goa
and dog, the boys have qufe a mum
Der Of birds In cages hlrda and cage,
arr good things % buy when you eat
think of nothing else, and you atill havi
few cents In your pocket. 10 would b,
hard 10 think of anything better, be
cause when you get tired OF the bird
yJu can leave the cages open and thcS
VIII ny away. They don't leave a bat
taste In your mouth Nike Filipnol
vino or sin, \ man with a bird may
not have as big o. head next morning
as the man with "a jag, he may mol
think he owns the earth and controls
the destlnlcs Of uauona M
does the man who imblbe'
too freely; sim 81 the two sensolcsi
methods of gpt,ing ria " ones hard.
earned money that u buying blrdi
Is TO be preferred, hut there are other
ways of relieving uur's pockots. Here
In she barracks We have loads and
lads % new things that have come 10
since pay day. Easy chairs. slippers