The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-08-17
From the Boston Lounger.
Gentle friends

Gentle friends
Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathtuily.
julius CAESAR.
have heard many complaints within
few years of the slovenly and unworkman-
like manner in which dorbugs and mus
Quitoes and other insects are manufactured.
People pretend to say the material OF (which
they are composed is of an inferior quality
and altogether unfit for the purpose. For
my part, Mr.. Editor, | have made no such
observations. II seems to me as If our dor
bugs were altogether as corpulcnt and
clumsy this year as they ever were and
n for the flies. those intoerabe pests of
the season, never sir, have they been half
% hungry, 40 expert on the wing, or so
laxative. Persons must be singularly dis
posed to find fault, that talk about the in
efficiency Of flies. Why, sir, they will
pick the bones of a man and horse sooner
than Cossack and certainly the sucker
oJ a modern musquito draws stronger than
the hose of hydraulon, when it is worked
b. thlrty-four men.
Speaking Of mosquitoes, sir, puts me in
mind Of IA good story which heard the
other day at the oselerry Hotel. You
know old Josh Samp, the veteran oyster
man, whose bench looks for all the world
like n toad stool You certainly recollect
Josh has u red nosc--large pealacket-
face of the colour and substance OF u mus
Gle ll--sells oysters down by the sign
Of the Junk bottle Well it's of no conse-
quence, you see--I Just dropt into the
6oosebcrry the other day and who should
be there but old Josh Samp in the act OF
taking GLASS of grog. Just rs Josh had
thrown out his tobacco and got the mug
up to his lips, huge musquito 1t on the
end Of his nose and began to bore away
like n well digger. Josh felt him and tried
to shake the rogue oil by moving his head
and distorting his features, for he hated
badly to stop drinking after he had began
TO taste. But the musquto held on. and
al last stung Josh SO kecnly that he let fly
his fist at the place in rage, without
thinking to take the mug from his lips.
Miserable Josh most unfortunate blows !;
Never under no circumstances should we
attempt TO do things in passion The
blow took effect on the upper part of the
mug and crushed il to atoms, hay open
Josh's nose like shclcd oyster, besides
cutting his fist and bunging up an eye I!
Poor Josh blubbered like whale, and il
was Wiln iuuSu huo tlldt hllHt HOSl lukkSu
him of into the gurret To take a snoozc,
for he WAS rs blind as bat.
THIS event naturally led the people IN
tie bar room ~ speak of mosquitoes.
Sir said a course sailor king-man IN a
coraer, the mosquitoes We have in this
country are not To he compared to those
in the south. Damme, sir they'll eat up a
Yankee, as you would a radish without
salt in Georgia. Talk about these little,
sic xiv, calico winged things. Why. sir,
what would you think of .\tu Orleans
musquitoe They fly about the room as
large as a goose, and carry brick-bat un-
der their wing TO sharpen their bill on
da,nrne ~
Most Of the company in the room star
cd out their eyes a: this relation, but mine
host only raised his shaggy eyebrows, and
took large pinch Of dry snuff. 81 have
hesrd,n said he, blowing his nose. ga grca,
deal of southern musquctoes, sand flies, To-
costs. alligators, and snakes, and such
shinOs always remind me of Mungo Mac
laws GaIlinippcr. You know there is
nothinp that siiags like u gallnipper. II
.ou never heard the story, will repeat.
rs Mine host then gave the following
Every body recollects Master Mungc
the prisee sf wsgs aud prae;ieaf jokeTs