Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-03

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The staas'd IOWA aisass skstohss
Ia aaisteslosSsInut,sl 4 avs Atas ',sssa
-. s.s's : parlsfdas. 10y i, August 1852
forgot b ~ sonsshlsg u Tho see. ss.s ,Usas
s ssis ssA y fSsucfs Ssa ssgef i3ss ,sssss
efthis eodnlf1 Ne ifsvsrt s0anay wa6 ourssd
with insssts. Shls u ths 90. Al kinds iEaeins.
Die and nntn.Giaasas szi.s q Ne utmost psufd.
of hcuss ~. bus ssrylieAs sad with winss
about Ays eighshs Of an Inch long. which h ~
nsrtably aetlys. = fhsy ny ~ Niek thai you
might simost sscut thsts wlth tle knife < They
nourish about sunsst n ths evening. and whom
you attsmps d ~slk they simmsdiaisly all your
noe % thss ySs cannot sss. Ihs{ d. not ligh.
remarkable agility, swlthin aaquartsr Of an inch
Of your fAce. TYoa rash Sotw~fd ~ run, think
lug 10 outrun them They 70 just exactly. ~ iast
~ you do. You dodge your head down and strike
OF ss tangent. II is "no ec," there they ars,
right IN your face; you stop, they ssop, you run,
they run. 700 dodge. shsy dodgs. hithfally :.
rid Of them. Go up to q high post Or side q =
houss. and theY win leave 700 and 1y around the
post These arc dog fiss. While I am writing
this. abnut tsa-cdp-fall Of very small Ay has
collected on the desk around The lamp. burning
their wings In It. They are about ono sixtssnth
oeaa inch in length. and supposs ono quart Of
ara A. vhIte :. rrn,v- or /. c.l,r gnlssssnt 49,.
nine tho ar /, literally Allsd IN eyerv direcion
with an inpumerabis host Of insects Of ali sises,
kinds and coiors. - =. : l.s' ''a's e'Ts S"'''
- ] have never seen houas 6lss Ia such numbers
"a have seen In Iowa. l believs there are fully
moisture Of the atmo,phere. which teeps eyery-
th;nr In : damn c.n5;.ior h. SsvonrahIa n IA
nrodnction and snrrort NJ ~;nssd ;rsActs ~ ava.
rv,birc m ~h;ch tbsv fs.S IA = ssri.d,.soIysa
cond;tcn.. n scems x ma that ths honss fies .re
NM. s.~,,.sc,,s h..s NM, ~. Ihsss sysr s.sr
narticusrlv when they Arss arrive and iust befre
he coid In Tho nil I'M. fhsm Thev kise drnr
bu,s and gnttsr nm Won, fsce A snoh : iick that
b.ic. -do,sn ~ thcw rna;slu,hea m, cht roadiiy
tb,cv .tronr mn into cnrvr is;crs Won hru.h
him oG and he darts bect uke lichtnino 10 the
.anns .rot and vou can or,v ~ IA of him nv
L;ii;r : Mn N snr ;,rs wirsn ns.ch f,ct tn ha
...onr .ia,,I .rJ.h,. s.rs- - r.r,d r,otior tho
r,on.i,inr ynwa, M m. II trvinr to make o.
ros ~ r,,rrc,,s w,,,. e.y,. ~, ~ have son,s
IA. a.. n....,;. y.nn..;n. 't.SI,n. . ssr..t;nr
rroa.sad ,uys y, NJ PS"""'' a"''s' NA''s 80"
We hsvs mn ,,,x,rd. ror turt AZ. hu,s.rd. hsre
and br. az. ~ .ro,ss MT s,s .,ss, .r..nsL Lssdss
fror sr;s,s h count,sss rmmhs,s fhey do not
vyo,v n snv yreat s;,s INT thsv ara nn,nerou. In
the felds IN Re- fall Of The x"a, 7. l.. ..,Icustsa
r,s.. aaia 'vona x;.ia sho,, .h..s h".hs,. ~ .,s
acre. The hovs colIcct tben and ssil than, In tho
msrLat Th.y .lso ,n.L. .,ooa hs;, Cav c.,oh;nc =
bss. and c.t.S.h - go ''s''' ''' ~ ~ '''s
Another specie, Of vsrm;p I. remsrkahlv pum..
of r,nmnd shon, ,.y .,.,,. th cS,,;.s po,s
e.S a dax or t~o sf,srrrs,Iy. - h.rs sss.t + nav,
thrar.h y. ,.;naa.. s,r... sss,..S..a 80. Az
einv m INV cnrn I onsnsd .hs Soor hIa.sd svsy