The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-03-13

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keep tellin' on you,, here interrupted
JUPITER de bug is a goole bug, soldid
ebery bit OBJ him, inside an oil, sep, him
wing-nebbers feel SO hebby abug in all
my life. al bsbasaiaoasl bG4 .zoa;
We'll, suppose it is Jup,' replied Le-
grand, somewhat more earnestly, it seem
ed to me, than the occasion demanded it,
SIS that any reason for your letting the
birds burn?s The color'--here he turned
to me lis really almost enough to, warrant
.Tupiter's aideal You never saw more
metallic lustre than the scales emit--hut Of
this you cannot judge till tormorrow. 6 In
the peantimes can give you some idea oi
the shape. Saying this, he. seated him
self ION small table. on which were pen
and ink. abuts-Eo paper. He looked fol
some in drawer, but found none. sys
fo'Never mind SAID he at length, this
will answer and he drew from his wais.
coat pocket a scrap of what took to be
vesy dirty, foolscapo and made upon it q
rough drawing with, the pen. While he
did this / retained my seat BY, the FIRE, for
Twas still chilly. When the design was
complete he banded it to me without ris,
iags As 4 received it g. loud growl was
heard, succeeded by a scratching at the
door. Jupiter aopeaedit. and q large
Newfoundland, belonging to lLegrand.
rushed in and 9leaped upon my shoulders,
and loaded me With. caresses; for ] had
showed him much attention during preyi-
Gus, vlslts.zaisze sno44s saq ne,l 4isoe1o *
/ 10 When his lgambols were over looked
at the paper, aud 10 speak the truth, found
myself not o little puzzled at what my
friend had depicted sd i.saez6s sys .ss
Well I said, contemplating it for some
minutes, this is strange lscaraboes, !
must. sconfess-new to me1never saw
aagshing: dixie it before---unless it was a
skull or desth;s head7wwhichs 1t more
nearly resembles than anything else that
has come under my observation esd,
Il "A deaths head2 echoed Legrand,
.0h, yes 7-well. it has something, of thai
appearance upon paper. no doubt. The
twoupperblack spots ,look like eyes, geh?
and the. longer one at the bottom like 2
mouth. and then the shape Of the whole llle'
is oval. 'bea 1ss,s ii 37otsr Of Es,gas sfsI
Perhaps so,' said I; but, Legrand. I
fear yon are no artist. must wait until
see the beetle ITSELF if ! am 70 form any
idea of its personal appearance s.a,9 Fl,
WE'LL don't know said he,q little
nettled, Il draw, tolsrsbly--should do it
at least-baye bad good masters, and aat
ter myself that ! am lot blockhesd,'i
q .Bnt my dear ifsilews .youa are joking,
them said i, this is avery e xcellent skull
acc ording to- the vnlgar motions about
such speeimens7of physiology. 8 and Jour
scaraboeus must be thelargest scaraboeus
in the world difsitresemblesdt w by, we
may get up q thrilling bit ofjsupersti-
tion upon sthisa hint, / presume oyon will
.caHathe bug scaraboeus Ieap,As homiais, OF
something of that kind there are many
similar ties ain the Natufal Histories.
But where nre The antennaes you spoke OF!
The aantennaef said Legrand, who
seemed to be getting unaccountably warm
upon the subject; 4 am sure lyon mHs'
Esee the antennae. Ismads them as dis
stinct ass.hey are ia the original insect
and 7 presume that is sufficient ;a2
81 We'll. well, / said perhaps you hay.
-still don'tssee them,n and i handed
him the paper without additional remark.
not wishing to rnff1e his temper; but
was much surprised At the turn affairs hat
taken--his. i'll humor puzzled ms--and, al
for the drawing Of theabeetle, there .wer,
positively no antennae visible, and tn,
whole did bear : very close resemblanc,
to the ordinary. cu,s Of asdeath's head.
aa He received the paper very peevishiy
and was about to crumple il, apparent,
to throw it. in the FIRE, when a casua
glance at ihe design. seemed suddenly t,
rivit his attention. In an instant his fac,
grew violently red--in another aseexces
sively pale. For some minutes he con
ttinued TO scrutiniza thesdrawipg minutel
from where he sat- AT length he arose
| took candle from 8the table, and pro
ceeded to 9 seat himself uponaa sea ches
Iine the tfuftherest corner Of thefFroom
Here again he made an anxious examine
Etion OF the paper, turning il all direc
Etions. 9sH He said nothing. however, and hi
conduct greatly astonished me; yet )
Thought it prudent not to- exacerbate th
growing moodiDesse of his temper by an
(comment.rs Presently he: took from hi
tcoat. poekstia wallet placed the paps
.carefulIy ini iits and deposited both in
writing desk, which Tho locked. he no,
lgrewmo composed in hisa ademesner. .sbu
his original air of enthusiasm had quit
Idissppeared. Yet ihe seemed not 8
much sulky as tabstracted. AS the even
ling wore away be became more and NOR
absorbed in reverie, from which no sallie
of mine could arouse him. n 1Ityhad bee
my intention to pass the night atnths hu
az had frequently done before, but, see
ing my host in this mood. IL deemed
proper to take leave. He did not pres
me to remain, but as I departed, be shoe
my hand with even more than Ibis susus
cordialitya yajahs8 sd4 fa tashis.7a sas Ia
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