The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-10-14
From the Toronto Leader, Sept. g.
THE. MOSQUITO QUESTION.


THE MOSQUITO QUESTION.
Tho change that has como over the
spirit Of the weather these two days past
is one which must be very gratefully
recorded. The burning, swelt"ring heA,
to which the citizens have been subjected
has been broken by welcome thunder
storns; and seldom indsed have VIZ with
greater dsligh. witnessed 'ibe Zig rain
come dancing 10 the ground" The
parched folds are fteskened under the
iu6Aence, and for the seuson, at less +,
We have got rid OF that incarnation Of
human t"rment-,he musqu,o. We
write fcelnSiy, and under the painful
consciousness Of many war'y lumelac-
lions which sill linger upon the scenes
Of the assassin's work. During the ffc
queu, and long invasions which this
croature--this "serpenl with Tiny wing"
---ias made upon our sleep, We luve
been forced into some reflections upon
its peculiOr psychology, aud have 'houghl
thai GONE one more skilled lhan we pre-
tend 10 De in entomology, nigh. favor u'
with sn interesting paragraph upon it's
nature, chorao,er and habits. As, first,
"whal is il, asd from whence, and what
its aitnr We demur io the suggested
solution If psycbosis--ws refuse
TO believe that it g Ap,iiusl Influence
of evil we cling to nalurA! causes, and
supp!icu!e tho nalu,aIs, 10 develop to us
i's origin, lis family come c,ions in iuscc,
society, and most especially what is It's
oljec, and motive thu, il
"Revists thus the glimpscs Of tho moon.
Making nghl hideous, uad us toolR Of nature,
So horribly 10 shake in our conceptions"
"Wlat profit hath il in our blood?" Ii il
ho essentially canlvorous, and most en-
phalica|ly humaniVerons, under what laws
suSpens,ve Of it's own nature, has il main
Hined and transmitted its existence
,hro' ages OF time and worlds Of space
before il could be g'a'ifed by 80 exalted
feast! Is il simply tho mose.nen, %,
ambition which. in Il universal d"velope
ment Of progiess, becomes ina,inc.:ve in
some Of the inferior beings, 80 soon ss
the era arrives Of their coming Into com-
nunicaiion with mrnkind? We haye
watched ,hem in myriuds lowering ovsr
tho herbage before sunrise, drinking dew
from the calices Of the i-ld a .we's, aud
resting like some g'ucsIul agile nymph
upon their penslu ssms--appa'en,ly the
most innocsn! Of created being. lis this
their mode Of demonstrating among us!
Doubtless wo are alive 10 the friendines.
ofsuch all intenion.-S"condly Do they
over Seepi BY whu, law Of the animal
economy can they dispense with This great
bRsnl in the renovation Of existeuc~ -
that law SO universal among s,ilna,e
creation! Or do they in fac. sleep as
individuals, (a.hough as We all we'll know
the whole body never even slunb"fs) by
relieving guard, so that the summer snf-
Ferer shall know no interval Of repos" 3
Thirdly: However tonurous and painful
,hHK infections upon us, are these by any
process Of nature rendered. beneficial to
Us: are the wounds in our mental pa
tience minsiran, 10 our physical sdvan
sagei . -..
"Are ,hsy the spirits Of health, or COLLINS dHmndi"
Thirdly: What is the cause of their
supersbundance in our lair city, whore
Of lste years they have been merely vlsI
tsn.s--no, angel ones-yet like them
fow and far beiweenl Some lmpnte this
to the railroads. The plague is fond OF
heat, and nigh, attach itself TO the boiler
and it's attributes, but for the "smudge, "
towards which, our farmers have practical
knowledge, the mosquito is polite and
leaves wide berth. Besides We know
that they lave performed the fea! Of fly
ing away with sugar pan, and could the
bsilsr of the engine have been safe from
shem? Lastly: Do they ever dje-ex
cept when, once for thousand wounds,
they are killed? "Ye under,akers, tell
us!" You, naiuralisis, who know the
habits Of this minute Oregon. Crushed
like The moth, unable TO withstand the
breath of even cool atmosphere, where
do they hy5crnates Tell us, oh! tell
US, that wa may know "in which par, Of
their body (corporatv) we may destroy
then!" We have 60, another question
regarding them, which wo should, per
bups, propose 10 the photographer OF
eiymoloaisi. Where have they obtained
their name? In the midst Of SO much
igaonRce, Sc much that we want enquiry