New-York tribune., 1905-04-12
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

a monkey not, IOTJUIaLeIy1
one was brought. nevertheless to a young woman
Of this city by a friend returning from voyage In
the tropics. From the moment Of his entrance INTO
the house the monkey showed that ne would oe
strenuous pet to look after and for the next hour
the family was kept busy trying to repair the dam
age he did. The monkey made his way TO tne
kitchen and in the temporary absence OF the e99a'
Coming in presently the cook missed the chicken
and looked about in surprise to see what had pc
of 1t. Suddenly she gave WILD snrleh 9L IeI
ror ard rushing upstairs. she burst into the 1aliS
oh. maaIn. the divil hirnsf is downstairs. sittin'
on the washtubs pickin the chicken!
Alongside the piazza OF house In The Bronx
there is a gigantic wistaria vine which has grown
in a most curious fashion. Its main trunk which
Is six or eight inches in diameter rises fairy
straight to a height OF about eight or nine rect
from the ground Then it turns and stretches
horizontally across to a pine tree fifteen feet or
away. Clnging to the trunk OF the pine tne
wlstara chIlOs l 70 tne very Sop, q Heisr u s
everywhere among the trees branches. AS a re-
presents a wrecked and forlorn appearance.
Two college students. who were evidently doing
initiation stunts for fraternity. furnished
plenty OF amusement for a large crowd at one OF
the railroad stations. The first thing that drew
general attention to the pair was their being led
by group of their fellow students to conspicuous
position in the middle Of the waiting room. Hav-
ing taken their places side by side they told
to sing Teasing" They obeyed to the best Of
their ability but easy to that they would
of deight when thew got more than usually of the
key, they persisted manfuly TO the end OF the
a baby's nursing bottle full OF milk The crowd
roared the two youths. striving 70 appear quite
pull at each Of them. The performances finished.
and the last seen OF them was in anotneT pads o.
the station. where each was having ms ears neauy
and artistically tied up in empty tobacco bags
He was real little Johnny Tetterby. and he
might have stepped bodily out OF the pages OF
Dickenss story, as he staggered along the street
under the weight Of tremendous tat BABY IN
fact the baby was so nearly his own size that
1t was a marvel how he could carry her at all
To make matters worse. she was squirming Wig
orousIy and giving utterance to mournful hoWls.
The poor little nurse was Temarka6y patientI @ II tu I'M
hope Of finding some position that would SUIT heI'
Pnaiiv Fin 5 he looked despairingly down into her
face. and said with sigh and pathetic en-
BABY. what you always cryin' fOr?''
The blind beggar and pedler is no longer content
to sue for patronage in silence making public his
infrmity only with placaTd Another jangle has
been added to the 1argon Of the citys streets In
front of a busy Harlem market stands a newsHan-
A sign his cap announces I am blind In one one
hand is a bundle of papers, and with the otner
all day long he huslIily rings harsh ton toned bell bell
the 81 same neighborhood ringing a bell and blowing
trumpet at the same Tune II rs uouo ~ any
'I don't believe I'll be able TO hnd the room
alone" frankly admitted the guest. as he took his
key from the clerk. He was accordingly intrusted
to the care OF a belIboy and for the tenth time
since his arrival escorted to one OF only twenty
rooms on the fifth floor. THAT man." said the
clerk lis perfectly sober. and il he were out IN
Wyoming he could lose the plains in day
light. and do il easily while he would find his own
through Stygiau darkness, but he has been
In EOuSe for three days and is still unable to
f1nC alone. il only suggests the perpleXtty
OF the cat IN strange garret"
An Englishman, who lives IN British Guiana. is
In New-YOrk now, visiting his brother, and the
other evening the conversation turned upon the
wonderful South American insects.
Il wish that. when you SO back you'd send
some OF those gorgeous butterflies and luminous
beetles and things remarked the New-York
brother I'm interested in them and it must be
easy fer you to get them. ] suppose you've
caught some hne specimens. haven't your
The man from Georgetown smiled Catch them"
he exclaimed; you don't fancy trouble
selves to chase those things. If wanted any, all
should do would be 70 call ccolie boy, give him
a killing bottle'-ona with poison in the bottom,
you know. TO kill them as they tn-and
tell him that when he brought the bottle back TO
full Of fine insects I'd give him ten cents.
OF course lot cf the specimens broken, from
you can always find some perfect ones which make
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