Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-03-11
THE ANTI-sLAvERY BUGLE.

sion, / became as ncomprehensiblc 10 the men Of
Pere, as If ] had told o Chinese | dislked stowed
dog.
They will even argue the point with you il you
press them closely and maintain that the hea is
like the elder Mirabeau-the friend Of men, They
will tell you that feas keep up irratation ON the
skin which is highly beneficial in hot country,
and prevents the accumulation Of morbid humourB.
On my demonstrating also with an hotel waiter
about finding them constantly in the bread (sone
baked and some alive), that individual, who spoke
all the languages Of the world in bad French, as
sured me the baker had n superstition about them,
and thought them lucky Pumping him with n
light hand, / found he was not quite free from the
same idea himself, and that il obtains generally
throughout the country lie said, that 20 allay the
irritation they occasioned at all times pleas.
ing occupation; that il was 10 be remarked, no nea
ever bit man in a dangerous place, or injured his
eyo or his car, or opened artery; therefore ieas
we're the friends of men, lie did not know (nor
do y what many Of the perote gentlemen would do
if il were not for the unfailng entertainment sup
piled by heas. lie believed they kept people who
had nothing to do out Of mischief. lie said that
the courteous catching of flea upon the person Of
another, offered frequent and pleasant opportuni-
ty of commencing conversation, or beginning an
acquaintance. That acquaintances so formed had
often ripened into warm and lasting friendships.
He had even known more than one instance OF Pc
rote marriages brought about by cheerful and in
OHcnSNc B0I0nTy Ol tIlS lie was mucn
surprised at the unjustifable anger Of an English
lady at dinner upon whose shoulder he had succee-
ded in catching flea by an adroit movement Of his
left hand while his right occupied in presenting
her a dish Of kid stuffed with chesnuts. She
screamed and her gentleman threatened to horse
whie him. lie confessed his feelings were hurt
and his reason conounded by this behaviour on the
part of my country people. No Poroto lady would
have raised her eyes from her plate during such an
occurrence.
l endeavored to soothe him by saying we were o
people who lived in an inclement climate, and to
whom, therefore, the utility Of the flea was com.
paratively unknown; but he would not credit it,
lie could not bring his mind to bear all at once on
a fact which appeared to him so remarkable.
was like the Christian knight who told an African
king that he could ride his horse dry-footed over
some of our rivers in winter; and who was immc
diately bow-strung.
remember parsonage Of no mean rank once
calling my attention specially to see him hunt and
kill two feas who were rcposing together on the
linen cover Of sofa. lie began by rousing then
into flight with the golden point Of his pencil, and
then pursued them in state of the livcliest excite
mcnt for some minutes. (lIe had n long white
beard, and was n man Of an august presence.) Al
length he ran down his game, and taking them il
the usual way between his finger and thumb, final
" slew them apon the pipesick of a brother sports
man who offered it spontaneously for the purpose.
In the mosques, in the marketplace in the pal
by the sweet coOl-sea-sidc AID in the coee-hou
ses in the hot and sultry town-wherever there il
Pcrote there is flea, and the Perote's creates
delight is to capture it.