The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02
TRUCK 2O'S PET.
Jennie. a Monkey With Many had Traits
and Some Good Ones.

Hook and Ladder Company 20, which
is stationed in Mercer street, has monkey
for its pet The monkey Is years old
and is named Jennie.
She was brought TO this country from
Sumatra when she was only few months
old and became the property OF restaurant
keeper on Mercer street. For time she
was quite an attraction,
Then one day the restaurant keeper opened
his place 10 find it a wreck Jennie had
simply smashed everything she could.
After that she had to go and she was given
TO Chief Croker. whose rooms were in the
Mercer street fire house.
Once launched on her career OF crime,
Jennie couldn't stop and one morning Chief
Croker found his rooms looking as If an
explosion had occurred in them Then
Jennie was relegated TO the bare gymnasium
hall on the top floor and chained to post,
where she has remained ever since.
Being chained TO a post does not agree
with her wild monkey nature and at times
she grew vicious. There are a few of the
men for whom she shows real affection
and these can do anything with her. The
others usually keep their distance. Fire
man Frank Riley was laid up three months
with bite she gave him when in one of her
cross moods, but on the whole she is even
tempered.
For quickness and agility she is far su-
perior 70 all the dogs and cats in the neigh
borhood and makes life miserable for them
whenever she gets loose, which happens
occasionally. One night she got loose
and was crossing the fence into the ad joining
yard when she came face to face with big
tom cat.
There was a moment Of mutual inspection
and then the cat headed for tree with
the monkey close behind Round and
round they tore, until the whole neighbour
hood was awake and shoes and other articles
began to fly from nearby windows The
cat escaped, but Jennie spent the night in
the tree to her undoubted delight.
Along with her bad traits, the monkey
has many good ones. The fire house cat
has had several ltters OF kittens during
Jennie's residence there, and after the cat $
first enthusiasm over her progeny has
worn off Jennie usually becomes a nurse
to the kittens and takes entire care Of them
the mother only feeding them
Once she got loose and carried two kittens
down the outside Of the building from the
fourth-story window-a performance that
in no wise disturbed the mother--then
climbed a tree and sat on limb fondling the
kittens in her lap.
One of the prettiest sights to be seen al
the fire house is at the time when the horses
are curried. 1t very often happens then
that Jennie gets the halter of a horse TO
hold during the currying. She leads the
way to radiator, leaps on top OF II and sits
there quietly holding the horse, If the
horse will not stand quietly the monkey
runs up the halter, slaps the horse on the
nose and goes back TO her perch-and the
horse usually behaves after that
Jennie won't sit for picture Phia-
delphia visitor attempted TO take her photo
graph, but the monkey objected and he
took his camera away in ruins She also
has quilt she wraps herself in, and when
ever any one points a camera at her, she
gets under her quilt, if she can't reach
tho cnmarn