Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-27

the grand windup OF the day wol,I,
fight among themselves. If the -
had been here when the pilgrim g..
landed, the fathers wouldn't nav.
line TO take off their hats and bo,s
.oses after getting ashore, and If q,
.5tandish had ever met one when r.
out after huckleberries his relatives NJ.
have been advertising for him yet
In these days the gorii'a is found =.
in Africa. He seems to fave get ma
all the rest OF the woslf and seIsetsa
dark forests of the alrk contI5s5,
which to live out the rest OF his dsv,
is the widest spot he can find ana -.
he builds his nest in a thick tree ana
tends it to the last. There Is yerv Ia.
TO De found in books about THIS mons.
but sailors know all about him ana
glad to sit and talk with you by tina h.
Only last week / met a sailor who gss
hero of a strange adventure on the aha,
of Africa. He had been sent asbor.
the captain of the ship TO shoot !
dozen lions that their hides m5rb,
used as bedquilts for the crew, and he )
killed eighteen when a gorilla sudds,
appeared before him. The sailors m
ket was not loaded, and he had given n,
self up for dead when a happy thought
CURED to him. He had brought some 4.
works ashore with him in order 10 ID
bate his birthday, and he struck a MAJ
and lit a Roman candle and pointed 4
candle at the gorilla. The first ball Of a
struck the beast fair between the an
and sent him flying into the forest an
though the sailor hung around until !
had killed two or three dozen more liz
he was not again disturbed.
Another sailor. who had lost three I'm !
ers from his left hand kindly told me 10
1t happend. His ship was on the coast |
Africa and one night he scented eno}
and swan ashore to get a few dozen
make some lemonade. He landed safe
and after a walk of two or three miles !
had Just discovered a tree loaded dow
with lemons as large as teacups when Il
was suddenly seized from behind an
thrown twenty feet high. As he can !
down it was to face a full grown gor!
and at first he gave himself up for los
Then he suddenly remembered a story Il
lated by another sailor, and reaching 4
his silver handled umbrella, which Id
been bought at a marked down sale q
s1.9S, he opened it with shout. The q
rilla fled In terror, and the sailor Ia
only to stuff his pockets with lemons al
swim back to the ship. On the way ba1
a sark bit off three of his fingers, b
he looked upon it as only trlfllng
cident and did not hold any grud
against the fish.
1t is asserted by naturalists that 4
gorilla is always mad and ready for ap
but this is probably a mistake. A sail
named Truthful Bill Topsail told me tn
while his ship was sailing along the Goa
of Africa the captain asked him TO
ashore and shoot few Quails for dime
Truthful had killed six dozen and VI
wondering II the captain would like son
turkey and venison as well when d
rilla suddenly appeared beside him an
looked into his face with a smile. i
sailor returned the smile, and the gor |
then took his arm and conducted him IN |
the forest to his nest. The nest was
the top of a tall tree. and the sailor vi
carried up as If he had been & feaths1
He was made comfortable in the nes1
given bananas and oranges to eat and
three days he had a real good time an
taught the gorilla how to chew plug
bacco. Then he was carried back to ~
seashore and given to understand that
was free, and of course he lost no tinI
in getting aboard of his vessel. The cay
tain was mad because Truthful forgot \
bring along the quails. but 1t was an
venture the sailor will always rememosI
with pleasure and one that proves the
rilla to be a different beast from what 4
Is generally supposed to be.