The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-09-20


MOSQUITOES ON A BENDER.
Night before last, in order TO sleep. e
placed a piece OF raw beei steak on plate
at the head oil our bed. In The morning IT
was by the mosquitoes sucked as dry OF
blood as an old sponge, and our skin saved
at least Two thousand pertorations. All
about the room in The morning we're mos
oui.os. plethorIc with blood, loaded ill they
could no: fly We killed few bul the job
was TOO sar mary, so We lefl them 10 their
least
Last night in order TO ge. even with the
serenading devils. we stepped ball pound
of fresh beei STEAK 10 some Old rye whisky,
and left.ii on a plate near The bed Nothing
like being Hospitality inclined. ln Ten mIn
uies after the light was ex,ingui>hed swarm
Of these back biting bin po>lers made an ad-
vance movemeni. One oi them caressed a.
sweeiiy on The hose-he sent IN his bill
there was slap-a diIu'eA Gamma dead
fnosqniIoI Soou We heard tremendous
buzzIug about the whisky y-soaked beef The
entire mosquito family came singing in, and
such am cpera--eood Lord deliver US! But
they did not disturb as with niles-we fell
asleep 10 be awak ened in ten minutes by the
woss, mosquito concert ever editor, moral,
devil, angel. divine. Dutchman or any oiher
man listened 10. We raised a light, and the
greatest show OF the season was there TO be
reen Every mosquiio was drunkas blind
fiddler. and such an nprosrons night as The
ionS-biIled wheips had never was seen be-
fore this side of--seiohg The worst aniicsi
Some were playing circus on The plate. =
One big fellow, with belly like Fsl<laf,
fnll nf blood and whisky, was dancing luba
on The Bible, while tat ffieHnd os his Tribe
Iay on her back beating The devils dream
on an invisible tam borine with one hiHd
leg! Two more were wrestling on the foot
hoard of the bed eacI with his bill stuck
fast in the timber. Another Was tying the
legs OF our pants into a bow knot 10 iIe
about the neck of Anna Dickinson, which
h,res against The wash stand, while another
red-ssomached customer was s-trying 10 stand
on his head in The wash bowl.
All over the room were drunken mosqui-
ioes! One long bill. eauni representative
was trying TO ram the mucilage bottle full
of newspaper clippings. Another chap
was drilling hole through a revolver han
die and singing s'My Mary ANN while
another was limping across the. window sill
in search OF fresh air, 10 the asoniZing tune
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS One itlle ram
of skeet was trying TO jam the cock out OF
Ben Buffers eye with a tooth crush, as his
picinre hung IN the room beside that OF
Kidd the pIrale and few other lhieves.-
Another drunken statesman oI The Mosquito
family, reminding rs o: Zach Chandler, was
talking Russian TO Ioi OF drnnken coppan-
ions as they lay in a heap on plate, while
another one SAT on tae handle of our bowie
knife, doubled mp with cramp in the stom-
ach, and trying 10 ualie his tail with his bill,
which seemed like Lincolr's back done
when Anna Dickinson said il wanted stiff
ening He was sick looking skeeter. and
died in three minn:es after we sa hm, her,
or il. as the case may be Two others took
a bath in the iuksiand. Aroiher one with
bill like the devils narrative was frying To
wind our wach with the pen- wiper while
another had Just died As be was sitting on
the rim OF dish in the room, ifying to
chaot--"Molaer I've come home 10 dieiv
Poor skeeter A nice skeeter, Dut.3Iwas a
p7ty he drank, An old veteran with
paoncb full Of 'alf and 'alf--blood and whis-.
ky--sai on iha table reading Les MiserabIes,
while his wife was under the stove trying to
mend her broken wing with a1impsey tooth
pick, She looked disgusfedl Another one
'combed his hair with a paper Of pins. tied a
piece OF white paper about his neck. pasted
4 fve cent internal revenue stamp on his
last words were
s.Tell lhe traitors all around you, re
Auo,her drunken. scamp has inst started
am, ~ ti,e rvindow for Joha B Gouoh. or a
.,,marh. nnmn worse behaved sci of
nnmmers We never saw. They have acted
fearful. Abopl two thousand lie about dead
but sadness seemed no. TO break in upon
sh..;r b;I,r;ons r;o,;no u1on blood and whis-
Lv Half : dozen ot them set on our new
"a, nIaSiag d<aw. ,olker using worm lozeu
res Tor checks. while one of the par.v got
.eIsap .bpefed bx making "a Ss,v dollar blind
good on fonr fitsss, which dfint fill! He
will be aY, 10 wear co,lon socks next winter