"When he went to the second story window the young man offered him whisky soaked bread."

This story about a soused monkey originally ran in the Louisville Courier-Journal and was reprinted in the August 2, 1901 Brooklyn Daily Eagle. An excerpt:

“The unusual spectacle of an intoxicated monkey, gaudily dressed in red and gold, throwing nickels and pennies at a crowd of children almost resulted in a tragedy on Chestnut Street the other morning.

The monkey was more intelligent than most of his race. He wasn’t young and his queer behavior could not be attributed to his inexperience. Of course, he was the property of an organ grinder. Up beyond First Street, the ‘musician’ stopped and ground out ‘I’d Leave My Happy House for You,’ always a favorite with the neighborhood students.

At a second story window, the little beast saw a young man standing. The stranger beckoned and the monkey quickly climbed to him. The window was opened and the little climber disappeared within. Five minutes later he climbed down the lightning rod. After that the whole monkey family would have been scandalized could they have witnessed his actions. For a block he was unruly. Then he began to separate himself from the money which he had collected . Nickels flew in every direction.

But the animal kept on jabbering. It was not his fault that he was drunk. When he went to the second story window the young man offered him whisky soaked bread and the animal ate heartily.”