The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-08-14
From The Boston Loungtr.
cts Kill Kim boldly but MOI wrathrnlly.

Lets Kill Kim boldly but NOT wrathfnlv.
luIius CFsAR
have heard many complaint.
within few years of the slosrnh
n unwoikmanIikc manner in viii Il
dorbugs aud musqnetoeS and othei
insects are manufactured. pcoptt
pretehd ~ say the material III which
they are composed is of an interiot
quality and altogether unfit for the
purpose. For my part. MIR. Editor.
l have made no suCh observations
II seems to me as If our d rbugs
we're altogether as Corpulcnt and
clumsy tins year as they ever were !;
aud "a Tor the flies, those intolcrablc
pests al the Ncason, never, sir, havr
ihe.t hren half ~ huigry. ~ expert
on the wing, or 50 laxative. Fer
sons must he slngniarly disposed Ia
find fault. that talk about the inctii
cheney oi flies. Why. sir. they viii
pick the bones of man AID horse
sooner than a CoSSaCk and Ger
tainly the sucker Of modern nus
qdetoe draws stronger than the hose
al hydraull0n, when IL ~ worked
by thirty four men.
Speaking of muSqnctoes, sir, pnts
me IN mud of a good story which |
heard the other day al the Gooscber-
~ Hotel. You know old Josh Sans.
the veteran nystrrmau. whose bench
looks, for all the world, like toad
stool ! You certainly rcculIect Josh
has a red noSc--largc pen Packet
face Of The CO our and substance
oi IA muscle shelI--sci's oysters do~a
bs the sign of the .lunk bottle ! Well
IT'S OF no consequence. vou set
Just dropt it,to the Gooscberry the
other day aud who should bc there
but old Josh Samp IN the act oil Ia
kng a glass oi gr0g. Just as Josh
bad thrown out his tobacco ana got
the mug np t. his lips, a hnge mus
quetoe IA on The end 0l hts Hase 1H
began 10 bore away Akt a well ID.
ger. Josh tclt him Hna nrrt -
Stake the rogue OF by mHs4.g h
head aud disto,,iu- .as 'catu4s faf
he hated badly 10 stop drips ne. =.
ter he had began to taste. But ,ue
mus1ulto held on, aud AT last stuns
josh 81 keehIy that he let fly his fist
AT the place ~ age. without t'lnk
ing To take the mug from his lips.
Miserable Josh most unto uuate
! ble"8i Never under no circufHstaa-
Ces should We attempt IL do tim y
| IN a passion ! ! he blow ipuk eifacl
upon the Gppe, part of he mi. anil
crushed II /" atoms, lay open Josh
nose IKE "A shcllcd o, sltr, beside
cutting his fist and bnnging ~ a.
eye Poor josh biaUbrr,d ,tkc 4
whale, aud II vas with MuGh ada
that mIne host Iugged him OF Iula
| the gairct 10 tahe IA snooze, for ht
Was blind as a bat.
l his event naturally led the PEG.
| pie IN tie bar room e. speak OF nus.
uultoes. Sir. said d coarse salldl
| looking man III "A corner, the mus.
qnli0fs We have IN this country arc
not To be comp red to those IN tn,
south. Damme. sir, they'll cdt up
4 Yankee, ~ y0u would IA raddisll
without salt, ~ Georgia. Talk "a
bout these Iltllc, sICkiy, caiIco-olng.
ed things Why, sir. Wha would
you thInk ola .NeTC 0ricdns musqui.
toe Ihey fly about the room a.
large ar u goose, and carry brick
| bat under their wing 20 sharpen
! their bills. on damme T.
Most ot the company in the room
stared out their eyes al tins relation.
but nine host only raised his Stag.
" eyebrows. aud touk Il large pincl
nj dry snuff. 4 have heard, sail
he. blowing his nose. a great dfa
OF southern mnsquiiues, sand flies
locusts, aiilgatnrs. aud snak =. aud
such things always re'nn,d ~ a
Mmgo Mackay's UaiiInlppcr. -
know there IL nothing lHat ,ting4
like 'gaIIInipper. II !p0 ne,eI
heard die story, viii repeat it,.
Mine host lhen gave the following
Every body recoil,Go Master
Mungo, the prince Of "a4, and pr,c
teal lokets. The t1me IT MS cx-
pIoits will last as tuu- ~ mankind
shall Continue TO s,uiit d lie lofty 81
the worid.-Capt. ia kay VAS ouce
! y ing at anchor at New Orleans
WHEN The vessel, crew, aud cdr%,
were well nigh eaten up by sand.
flies and mosquitoes. II Was 10.
wards the middle Of a hot AFTERNOON
aud the deck VAS almost co>tret