Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-11-11
Josh Billing on Hornets.

The hornet j, an iuAtmibc buyer,
sudden !n his lmpre>huns and haisty ia
hi conclusions. or end
Ills natral po,ishcu is warm cross
between red pepper in the pod. aud
iu>il oil, and ms nalral bliss IL, ..glt out
a. WAY.
Ina have a long, black boddy, divid-
ed IN the middle ~ waist Dot, but
their phl,lkal Importance LAYS al tie
terminus Of their SUBURB, in The shape
OF harp jayclin.
Thl- jlyeIlu j, alwuz loaded, aud
stands rcdi, To unload Atainl..it, warn
ing, and cutters IA Iniu AZ still az -pr, ~
ltr"i',g. and AZ iuil oi mischief az The
toothake
ii'ilct- never argy case d: they set
Tie awl Nv their differences NV opiuu
bE lettin thcIi Jtveiln hy, ar az certain
10 bit AZ a mule IL.
Th, te-ts krit;cr lives in congre IA
tiOn- numbering about one hundred
souls, but whether hey are mail or lc-
mail, or conservative, or matched III
? 'nd~ Nv WedlocA, or whether tnev are
Mormpn>, and a good many Nv EN-
king together, AID keep husband to
save expense. | don't kno nor don't
karc.
never hay examined their habits
muchly. tor | never considered it would
be healthy.
HorIiet- bilG their nests wherever thev
take nu.hun to, and seldom are dis
turbed, for " hat would it profit man
10 Kill ninety mine hornets, and have the
one hundredfh oue hit him with hi,
stlngln JaNelin
liit bid tlIeir nest, NV paper. without
eunN wiuders 10 em or DacN doors. They
hay but one place oil admis shun, and the
nest Is the shape Nv an overgrown pine
apple. and IL cut up into Just as mcnny
bedrooms "a there IL hornets.
IL Is very simple To takea hornets nest
if ,u kan, bat i will wager any man
three hundred dollars he Kant bid one
that he could sell 10 a hornet Tor | half
price.
Hornets are az bizzv az their second
cuZzin>, the bee, but what tia are about
the Lord only khocs; they don't lay up
cull honey nor emmy money they seem
10 be blZZy only jIst tur the sake NV
working awl the time: tina are always
III as much NV hurry, as tho tina wuz
going iUr u dokter.
| suppose this uneasy world would
grind around ON its axle tree, onst in "A
nours, cven ei there want enIy h,rut,s
but hornets must be good ior suinlhiuS
but | Kant thInk now what it IL.
lnare haint been bug made vet in
vain, nor one that wanta good lob. Thare
IL ever lot, oi human mcn loanug about
blacksmith shops and cider mills, all
over tiie country, that dou't seem TO be
a. HING I'm IN hnty bIilu
tobacco, and sware, aud steal wafer
melons, but VA lei Inc koiery break Out
once, and then yu Will see the wisdom
vi having jist slch men laying around
| they help count.
Next tew the cockroach, who stand.
tew the mead, tie nJrnct uLs gJt the mos
waste stu. max, i'll reference tew, the
resi- Nv ais budy. than envy ot the i'll eek
| popuia,nun, uiiu here Is another my ste
! ry; what OH alrtn duZ a hornet want Sc
much reserved corps ior!
| l nave Jlst tnouSn,-Iew carry his ja
| Selin Iii, mus, u see, the more we dis
cover about tnlngs the more we are ap
~ .now.
IL is always good purchase tew pa,
out our last surviving dollar ior wlsdum
and wlsdum Is ike tiie MYSTERIOUS men
egg, II amt land IN ,ure hand, bu, il
Iaiu away under The barn, and Va nav,
got to sarcii IL.
The horne is All unsoshal kuss lie il
more nVugnty than he Is PROUD, he Il
IA thoroughbred bug, hui his bItedin;
aud rctiiicIneht has made INN like suii
other Iuiks knD oV, uIss a,Isfied VIII
nilnseiI, and every bodd. else, tvo muc
good breeding ackts this way some
| ,iuies.
Hornets are long lived-I k INT stat
jist how long th.ir nv,s aie, .ut 1 know
liom lnstlcAL anu Obser, aslull, tnaL en-