Richfield Reaper | 1912-11-07 | Page 8 | Drunken Monkeys

drunken monkeys according to a recent letter from tho the congo region on the coast of africa the mon lrea there aro are inor fond of 0 a klod of beer made by the catnes who use the to capture their poor relations Jons having placed quantities of the beer N here the monkeys can get it the na abes until their victims are in various decrees of inebriation and when they then mingle with them the poor are too much fuddled cuddled to recognize the difference between negro and ape when a negro takes the hand of one of 0 them to lead him off some other fond creature clings to the hand of the latter one and another one to his hand thus a single negro may sometimes be seen carrying off a string of staggering when secured the beer to Is administered in decreasing quantities so that they may only gradually awa awaken ir en to the L ead ad results of their spree