Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-05-10

bug so handled on paper: and never a
set of Jug-itcs displa,ed so much clo-
quence and learning. Some of the
students were Suiky enough about it.,
but all were buggy. One thought it
was this; another that; and third,
neither; while fourth insisted that it
was a" singular freak Of Nature, Sui ge-
neris, and remarkable alike for its pc
culiarity, and the fact that it had re-
manned So long undiscovered" Alto
gether, it far out did the Madagascar
Bat, sent to the Philosophical Society,
as we read in "Niodcrn Chivalry;"
and from bare bug, it promised to
become, to the perplcxcd student, a
vexatious bug-bear.
Finally, when the bug had gone
round the Institution as never did bug
before, the students were all assembled
by the Professor.
"Gcl tlcmcn," said he, "the bug
which las enlisted all your attention,
represents a species Of The genus Bug,
which. if not entirely new, bids fair to
exceed in number the vcrnin that in
tested Egypt 1t is already curious
subject of speculation for the philoso-
phcr and student. Its habits are pc.
cular; it is confined to no locality
but, with a boldncss and vigor equal TO
those Of the cdacr ruric0la, OF land
crab, it penetrates from the howell Of
The beggar TO the palace ofthe million
airc.
ats fecundity, too, is astonishing;
for if you destroy one, hundred ap'
pear in its place. The wonders of Tho
tabled hydra sink before it to insignia
canoe. That monster of mythology
had a sclf-rcncwing power limited t'
its preservation in its original shape
but this remarkable bug is so extreme
~ and singularly multiparous, that Tho
very act oil destroying one seems to Of
feet the termination of hundred!
"The choice offs location seems t
be governed by none Of the rules, an,
affected by none of the accidents
which usually have influence in sacl
cases. II haunts the city, and in rura
districts, is not unknown. 1t appear
in great numbers at the seats of GOV
eminent, National and State; crecpin
into executive apartments, or raisin
its triumphant chirp in legislative hall.
Even the Army and Navy have expert
enccd its destructive influence.
cit dcsccraies the pulpit. II pre-
vadcs tie bar. 1t eats into the "woo
sack" 1t abounds in our literary an
scientific institutions.
"Thc wallis OF trade are scenes G
its ravages. II prcys on the boards o
direction in railroads and other corpC
, ra,ions. Banking inslitutions-l spca
from cxpericnce--are dreadfully inicc
ted with it. Ii almost destroys tn
: usefulness Of the prcss,and shows itse
t potcntly in the magazine literature.
} at is worshippcd by the bea
: monte, with an idolatry unaccounti
, bly, singular and revolving, and seem
, to play the part Of divinity OF fashion
while, at the same time, it "plays th
DcmE' with fathers, husbands an
) brothers purses.
ain The operations Of political pal
ties, whether local or general, il Seems
if not prime moving agent, 10 be a
least most important auxiliary.
"ln short, gentlemen, rs you will q
once perceive this is HE great BUG {
modern times. Need | say further {
to this intelligent circle that it is
HUM BUGr'-T';cyeillc.
BODY AND MlND.--BY cARLyLE.
| ! \ - tI+.I