Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1890 — A MONKEY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A MONKEY

f. . * " m * - w r m*. Ilia Cvwateat JStrvagt tt I* to Bt* a TAIV* Points ana Characteristics of the Animal Do strribcil.

, OCTOE, can you deAscribe a monkey foi |me?” ' The above was a quesi tipnfeske||ito AU»’4R|l4, inform the lady that 1 know next to nothing \ about a monkey. But 1 [ can give her a description of one as it was given to ni£ byjl young

pum Farm. He raised one once. I will tell it iD his own language. “A monkey, Doc., is.er small..annimile with .four, legs:J that.hiy lhAjipst thjpgia.uwjnfcey -hez.. “Xlich. .he liez es great long tail, which lie'winds' aroun’er broom lian’le and swings roun an roun every morniD before jest tew git P.p an apfife, I guess' , , - “Then he lies got two big ears, which he manages tew see threw. “These air ears are lotfgf scraggy h‘dirs. r ' >r, air' fodts‘*ir length and- jost tbei ! Iphant’s. “He also lies two eyes sot in Ms head sfloftotogether, wigiiai ttna|l|ilt|i|)l| Aftji’ deown ifixt |’in" ■ Till lfch ed oje W? ti 6 r l t lffvl “A monkey liesf got er mouth like ei aligad*.*or’s. habitg air .kbtchin , flies, dig gin’, roun’ eVerything he epetos tpw, crow ill* like er’fodst'ef, makitt'faces at thej wimlmiu' foltes, Ah’ 1 ■several ofhfer dirtj little; habits hvhtck aW-mot “Very joe . conuu! 4ft!W 03 nine.enepecimen pf hu manity es er . v -n". ; , “They will eat enything frum a fly up tew er good sized jack rawbate, but he is putty fond of bananas, kendy. epples, peenuts, coconuts, bred anc blitter, milk, eggs, old rubber* shoes 'fe.dsA.V iniSS,.* ’4ss articled eYti I , his bretn, es it wer. In fact, Doc, t monkey will eat envthing vew giv< .him-.-'-: -'-L %M>AA f 4ifr.AAAi “A monkey is ginnerely er kindei reddish brown in color. “Hjs'grptest s|;'reiisgth; < Drfcv 'isiin hE tail ■ ye.-f, Do>q,i hea-got -tail 4iek‘ an no - r, t4 f ; . .• t c,v v temper a monkey is ginnereL putty good, ~bpt .yfhiip.gr caj, near, then, yew kin be: Vour Ole dirty sock's'ther is er cirkis. “His fkcer belafS'an ftseiObfetfcl text' Mr. Mckfinty’s -of Noo Yooik.' , ' < Thefce< l if»-my Samafithi Janfe Eosebhsh, she he 3 ,got,a korcokbv monkey. ’Tother j, day_ it wps diggit, fer lice, and sister thought*thet Seoicl sniiff wes es good er remedy es any thin l , so-phe goes ter ej: f stpre jsvher; they ;sell' whisky ana where thei hev! d r ' ‘yalle? l bottles in ther witideb, anid bob sotnc straff. “'She took'it home and pu't it'oh 'thi monkey, and v say, Doc. yew* lied jesl ort few heV'biri 'thar' and’ seed them air liee rah and clihie 'overreach othet in tnpr haifet! thw r git eOut of thet aii monkey’s,hair. , s,. , » .. • , “But.npw, since,sister put thet snufv, on her monkey, it hes grown two feel in hepgth, by three in bredth. ... “WaJLU Doc, ef.yer. coom up ip this, keatry ergin fist’drop ronn an see me anpeihaps I, kin tell yer home' fnott v beout -my monkOys and Samantha Janets. w .b- I; 1 -.au. N-ow v hfr. Editpr, I wish you wpulc : please tell the vopng lady what X havi told you, and if shot is satisfied, theI am. : ; 7 ~ ' Th*> bumming bird is a bomiie bird; 1 ' ■ f c , < The flre-fly a flame; - , »j - , Th.e monkey has'no wings a.t at?, . But ha gets there just the same.

DOC ZIKLAG.

COBONA, Coley,