Show monkey monkey was the name of a dimina alve slave who was the pet of andrew jackson monkey was a jockey and a judge of horse flesh and it old hickory had any weakness at all it was tor horse flesh because of him any victories on the turf monkey was permitted many privileges one of which was to indulge his firm con that the two greatest men on earth in the order of their greatness were andrew jackson and moni ey A man named drown who was op posed to the jackson wing of the par ty in tennessee had the temerity to offer himself for governor he re calved only a handful of votes A few days after the contest was settled r mr brown aas in the market at gasn ville monkey was also there with a big basket on bis arm monkey so carried the basket as to push mr drown off the sidewalk the irate politician raised his cane and shout ed don t you know who I 1 ama how dare you push 7 the little negro looked up innocently and cried well it it aint dat mars drown I 1 wat dun made a little sperl ment tor guvnor jes a little ment |