The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-07-20

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only not more than some three inches
long. You are very apt to put one upon
your face in towel which you apply
thereto after washing If you do. you
will find it about equal to that of wasp
nothing worse. They are far lass poi.
sonous than the scorpion Of The East; in
fact, none except newcomers dread them
! at all.
But the tarantula! You remember the
elasticity with which you spring up in the
air The time you were jus, on The point Of
putting your raised loot dow upon snake
coiled in your path You were then
frightened through every fibre Of your
body. Very probably the snake was as
harmless as it was beautiful. Spring IS
high, be as utterly frightened as possible
when you just avoid stepping upon tar
antula, however. Filthy, loathsome
abominable and pti'onous, crush il TO
atoms before you leave it. II you have
never seen it, know hencelorIh that il is an
enormous spider, concentrating in itself
all the venom and spite and uglness of all
spiders living When standing, il covers
an area of saucer. Attack it with a
stick, and it rears on its hind legs, gnash-
es at the stick, and fights like fend. II
even jumps forward foot or two in lis
rage. and if il bite into vein, the bite is
death! | have been told ofhe battle fought
by one on board steamboat. Discover
ed at the lower end of the boat, it came
hopping up the saloon, driving the whole
body of passengers before it; it almost
drove the whole company, crew and all
overheard.
It's body is some two Ginches long, strong
legs, red mouth, and abundance Of stiff
brown hair all over itself.
The first | saw was at the house Of a
friend. spied il crawling slowly over
the wall, meditating murder upon the chill
den playing in the room. Excessively
prudent in regard to my finger, ! at last
, however, had it safely imprisoned in a
glass jar, unhurt. There was flaw in
the glass, as well as hole through the cork
t by which it could breathe, but in ten min
D utes it was dead with rage! Soon after,
killed three upon my place, crawling abeu
ground uodden every day by the bare fee
a of my little boy. A month after, killed d
' whole nest of them. They had fotme(
' their family circle under door step, upoI
. which the aforesaid little fellow play
D ed daily. Had he seen one Of. them hi
+. would, Of course, have picked it up as
e remarkably promising toy and | woul'
IS have been chdless.
was sitting one day upon log in tn
!. woods, when saw one slowly crawl on
d 10 enjoy the evening air and the sunse
n scenery. He was the largest, most bloat
:, ed one ever saw. As | was about I
n kill him, | was struck with the conduct Q
N a chance wasp. IT, too, had seen the taru
d la, and was flying slowly around il. Th
v tarantula recognized it as a foe, and throw
y n ing iiselfon its hind legs breathed defiance
IS For some time the wasp flew around i
"a and then, like flash, flew right against /,
y and stung it under It's bloated belly. Th
Il tarantula gnashed its red g. venomed jaw
:, and threw its long hairy legs about in i'm
,r potent rage, while the wasp flew roun
il and round it, watching for another oppoI
,s mniiy. Again apl again did ii dash il
i. sling into the reptile, and escaped. AIlf
,. the SIKH stab, the larantula. actually fe
over on its back, dead and the wasp, a
q. ter making itself sure of the fact, and il
nicling a last sting to make the matte
n. sure, flew Of, happy in having done dut
\. assigned ii in lis creation. In an hou
s more, colony of ants had carried ildowr
70 piece meal, and deposited ii in their calt
N combs.
,s But, deadlesl and most abhorrent Of d
Ia our reptiles in Texas, is the cenlipcde.-
A This is kind of worm, IRON three TO 81
~ inched long, exactly like an enormous ca
!, erpiller, II is green or brown, or yellow
al some being found of each of those color
h. AS it's name. denotes, it has along eac
| side row Of feet, or horny claws ralhe
,lr Imagine that you walk some night acroi
your chamber with naked feet; you p'
as your foot down upon a soft something, M
"a Instantly il coils around your foot in
. ring, sticking every claw up.lo the bod
in your foot. The poison flows ,hrou.
each CLAW, and in few minutes you "
have tainted with agony, in few mo
yyu will be dead! The deadly thing ca
not be torn away; ii has to be but OF, N
cl,,y hv ola W nictcd ont Eran ;c