The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-12-09
,.Josh Billings on the Hornet.

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The hornet is an iinfiaim1ibel bigger; sudden
in hiz impreshuns and hasty 10 hlz conclusion
or end. e ~ t''f'sa.3
H;z natral disposishcn il warm cross be-
tween red pepper in the pod and fusit OIL ana
his moral biaz il, git out OF my way. essa
e. "a. They fave long, black body divided. in
the middle BY a waist spot, but their physical
;mncrtanee laws. at the terminus Of their sub
gburb, in the shape ola jayelin, ella d tsssa
- This iay,elin IL alwuz loaded, and stands red
dv5to unload at mnnit's warning, and en-
i tors a man as still az thought, az spry az lite
ring. and az full Of melankelly az the tooth
axe. -, - ~ ~. 80 - q. - li'!s y
10 Hornets never argy case; they settle awl
oy their differences oy opinyun by letting their
iayeln fly, and az certain to hit az a mule
~ This testy .crtter' lives in congregations
! ,u,nherino about one hundred. souls but
whether they are male OF female, or. conserv-
r.t;va or matched in bonds qovo wedloek, or
whether they are Mormoas, and good ma
mn ov them king together and keep one hus-
band to save expense, dout kno ~ nor don't
.akare. 9ies IT. 5sta.s la sta!as go =Tay zig -
never bav examined their habits much, l
never considered Unhealthy. 53<12 1T
Hornets build their pest wherever they
take a .aeshun to, and seldom are disturbed
far what would it profit man tew klll99 nor
nets and hav the one hundredth one nls him7
with ais jaYelln. s.,y- ..,....-,.,.....
They hid their nests oy paper, without any
windows to Them or back doors: ihey nav
Int one Mace ov admission, and the nests is
the shane oy an overgrown pineapple, and Il,
cut up into Just as many bedrooms as their u
. hornets rs
81. It y yery simple to make hornets, nest II
e wi kan, but will wager eny man SUI doiiafs
q. he liant bid one that he kan sell to a hornet
fer half price: = xsg -. -
,. !. snnnose this uneasy world would grind
. ..o.nd On ;ts axsl-tree onst in "a hours, even
II there want any hornets, but hornets, must
2 be good for something, but KANT thiuk
(. now what It'll s4qi REQ. q
Thare haint been bug madeyet in vain
nor one that want good job, thare IL even
!. lots ov human men loa6ng around blacksmith
] shons and cider mills all over the country,
Il. that don't seem to be, necessary for anything
5 hut to beg plug tobacco and swear, and steal
water melons, but yu let the cholera break out
once. and then ytf will see the wisdom OF nav
ing jist such men laying around they he'p 10
counts a. 49, er,frff,i : ssqa 1T :alF..
\ The hornet IL an unsosholl kuss, he IL more
naughty than he is proud, he il a thorough
bred bug, but his breeding and refinement
y has made him like some other folk kno ov,
dissatisfied with himself and everybody else,
too much good breeding acts this way some
& times. ~ set1
9glg Hornets are long lived-I kant state jlst
g how long their lives are, but Iokno IRON IN
stinkt aod observation that any krtter, be ne
bug or be he devil, who il mad awl the time
and. stinlga; every good chance he kan git, gen
erally outliyes all his nabers. ~ Es
* The only good way tsw git at, the exact
d fteing weight oy the hornet IL tew tutch
him. let him hit, you once with his javchn,
snd you would be willing to testify IN court
that snmbody run one tined Pitcffoorfkk. j into
yer; and as for grit, will state for the infor.
= nation oy those who haven't had a. chance
: te~ lay itltu their verinin wisdom freely
AZ fav, that one single hornet, who feels ~ell,
will brake up large camp meetln.