The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-04
MOSQUITOES ON A BENDER.

MOSQUITOES ON BENDER.
Night before last, in order to sleep. we
placed a piece of raw beef steak on
nlate at the head of our bed In the
morning it was by the mosquitoes snck-
ed as dry of blood as an old sponge, and
our skin saved at least two Thousand
perforations. All about the room in the
mDrnipg were mosquitoes plethOric
with blood, loaded till they could not
fly. We killed few, but the job was
too sanguinary, SO we left them to their
feast.
Last night in order to get even with
the serenading devils, we stepped half
Mound of fresh beef steak in some old
rye whisky and left it on plate near
the bed. Nothing like being Hospitality
inclined. In ten minutes after the light
was extinguished swarm of these
black.biting bill posters made an advance
movement One of them carressed us
sweetly on the nose-he sent in his bill
there was a slap-a diluted damn--a
dead mosquito Soon we heard ire
mendous buzzing about the whisky
soaked beef The entire mosquito fami-
" came singing in, and such an opera
good lord deliver us Bat they did not
3isturb us with bites--we fell asleep to
be awakened in ten minutes by the
worst mosquito concert ever editor, NOR
tai, devil, angel. divine, Dutchman or
any other man listened to We raised a
light aud the greatest show of the sea
son was thera-Eo.ba oIlndi fiddler, and
such an uproarous night as the long
billed whelps had, never was seen before
this side of-selahi The worst antics
Some were playing circus on plate
One big fellow, with belly like Falstaii,
full of blood and whisky, was dancing
iuba on the Bible, while fat friend of
his tribe lay on her back beating the
DEVILS dream on an invisible tamborine
with one hind leg. Two more were
wrestling on the foot board of the bed,
each with his bill fast in the timber An
other was tying the legs of our pants
Ia Dickinson, which hangs against the
wash-stand. while another red-stomached
customer was trying to stand on his head
in the wash bowl.
All over the room Were drunken mos
quitoes One long bill, gaunt repTesen-
tative was trying to ram the mncilage
bottle full of newspal er clippings An
other chap was drilling hole through a
revolver handle and singing My Mary
Aun," while another was limping across
the window sill in search of fresh air, to
the agonizing tune Ot--tramp- tramp
tramp One little ram of skeet was
trying to jun the cock out of Ben But
ler's eye with a tooth brush, as his pic
ture hung in the room beside that of
Kidd the pirate and few ether thieves |
drunken statesman of the mos
quito family, reminding us of Zach |
Chandler, was talking Russian to lot |
Of drunken companions as they lay in a |
heap on plate while another one sat on |
the handle of our bowie knife, doubled |
up with oramp in the stomach, and try
ing TO unite his tail with his bill, which |
seemed like Lincoln's backbone when |
Anna Dickinson said it wanted stiffen- |
ing. He was a sick looking skceter, and
died in three minutes after we saw him,
her, or it, as the case may be. Two 9th
srs took bath in the inkstand Another |
one with bill like the devils narrative
was trying to wind our watch with a
while another had Just died |
IS he was sitting on the rim of dish in
the room, trying to chant Mother I've !
come home to die" Poor skeeter. A
nice skeeter, but twas pity he drank"
An old veteran with a paunch full of |
lif and 'alf-blood and whisky-sat on
the table reading Les Miserables, while
bis wife was under the stove trying to
mend her broken wing with limpsey
tooth pick. She looked Disguised An
other combed his hair with a paper of |
pins, tied piece of white paper about
his neck, pasted a five cent Internal rev.
enue stamp on his rump, and died like a
loyal citizen. His last words were
Tell the traitors all around you" etc.
Another drunken scamp has lust start
ed out OF the window for John X. Gougb
or Q stomach pump. A worse behaved
set OF bummers were never saw. They
have acted fearful. About two Thousand
lie about dead, but sadness seemed not
to break in upon their hilarious riotiup
upon blood and whisky. Half dozen Of
them set on our new hat playing draw
poker, using worm lozenges for checks
while one Of the party got clean busted
by making fifty dollar blind good on q
tour nuse, which didn't fill He will pc
apt 70 wear cotton socks next. winter
and Keep away from church on collection
days. Another ohe sat Oh toT,- Of a BRAN
1y bottle. reading Baxters Call IN the
Cnconverted, Willie his mariner lies
lead ct his feet; evidently forced To close
lOers, bysthe failure of ketchum e. Son
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