Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-09-01
''INSECTIFEROUS."

IL the Editor Of The MIR 4 courier.
Under the above head. the following
editorials appears in the Portland Star
of Aug 2lst.
II. ii. Seavey. NJ. d." of Bangor.
writes learned article in the Whig to
prove that there are no insects posi-
BILE To be found in switches. chiguons.
&c. No such case has ever oc-
Cured" oracularly pronounccs II. II.
>eavey, NJ. ID. Well, he doesn't tell the
truth, that's all We know they have
occurred, and H. II. Seavcy, NJ. d.,
evidently does not know what he is
talking about or has some radical OBJ
struction IN the way. More than
score Of ladies' in this city have found
these insects in their own property,
and have made no secret of the matter.
Several monster insects have been cx-
hibitei to the curious III such matters
and one lady in the city returned a
chlGnon after purchasing, in the bot
tom Of the box containing which, TWEEN
" parasites were counted And If
Mr.. Seavey will step into the shop of
well known hair worker IN tins city,
he can see some OF these anv time
The fact is this gentleman does not
know much about the case probably,
10 put il mildly.
More startling stories come 10 Us
about insects in switches. Onr Girl j.
reported to have diet in Lewiston last
week. as was supposed from sottcning
showed the cause 10 have been insects
from her switch. In a mandatory
not five miles from Portland the Girl
operatives have got frightened Mt the
vermln found IN top-dressing. and have
sworn To discard all these appliance.
hencctorth.
Judging from the tone Of the above
stHpendons ,ceiidHg ofthe 0,i1Lfp quiH.
it is evlden, the editor OF the Portland
Star has seen the elephant and cot
scared Assuagc your fears. Mr.. Star
no insect was ever Yet created with
beak sufficiently Formidable To prnc-
trate n good, sound, thick skull, y our
cerebellcum l. entirely out of danger
In commenting upon a late item of
my production. the above named editor
has done me the injustice to state. that
| denied the possibility Of parasite
existing in a ladies' chignon. On the
contrary, freely admit the fact In
-cCts u various characters may tie
found in various localities, and instinc;
directs each species to select a habita-
ton most genial To its nature, con-c-
quently nothing wonderful arises from
the fact that a lady's waterfall may
afford healthy abode for certain
genus Of parasites. What | do deny
is this that there has eUer occurred i.
THIS or any other state, one single in
stance tchere death, or eUea iadisposaioa
Of any sort has resulted from ,cearinq
the Jute Chigaon.
TO the distinguished Editor of the
Star, whose profound researches have
enabled him to make such shockingly
severe criticisms upon my Learned ar
ticle, and TO set at nought all regard
for the opinion of thuse who have in
vestigated the matter in question.
would suggest that, before again max
my any such ludcrous remarks reat-
I've to the ravages Of the jute insect,
he take the pains to obtain little ill.,
formation of those from those whom,
Ito put it mildly" the community will
quite as readily accept theory as
from one whose powers of deglutition,
like many others who belong to the
gaping crowd of the credulous. enable
HIM to swallow any 5ug-bear however
absurd its origin, or perposterous its
proportions.
! have very recently had the honor
OF comforting with the following emf
nent medical gentlemen in this State,
all OF whom in accordance with nv own
previous statement. "oracularly pro-
nounce" that no such case has ever oc-
Cured
lrefer his excellency, the editor Of
the Star, to the following professional
gentlemen in Portland-S ii. Tewks-
bury, NJ. d., j L. Gilman, NJ. d., L.
A. Foster, VI. d., b. q. Foster, NJ. d.,
Prof. w. W. Green, NJ. d., Prof. |. L. |
Dana, NJ. d.. Prof. W III Robinson.
NJ. and To any other gentleman,
whose commiseration will allow him to |
subdue the fears of one who stands in
mortal terror, lest the diminitive a.
mount of cerebral substance bestowed |
upon him by nature be preyed upon as
diet for the worms. The report of the
death of young lady in Waterville
last week, l am informed by DIR. Bou-
telle is unqualifiedly false.
So, then. from all facts, it appears
there is but one authenticated case Of |
the capture of the Jute Chignon '.Ani-
mile" The renowned editor Of the
Portland Star, and his friend the Bar
Der, have succeeded in securing one of
these horrUrs, and having entered into
a copartnership, according to announ-
in the above paper Of the Dist. |
have placed the ''creetur" on exhibit |
ions at the establishment Of the latter.
where all may have an opportunity of |
gazing upon the wonderful phenomen-
on Of the age.
In the name Of suffering humanity
for the sake Of appeasing the terrors
Of an agitated public, in the language |
of the lamented Artemus. we vocifer-
ously excIaim, keep up the Show u"
ODen to criticism, i am reSpectfullv.