Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-22

planks. The fact is the protested refonncrs have
no common ground except their animosty to
General Grant, and when they try to organize a
party on that basis their real weakness win be
come apparent.
There is something worth a little study in the
efforts of the so-called reformed republicans"
and their democratic allies to "talk up" Senator
Trumbul They have turned his head by talk
ing of him as a candidate for the presidency;
but e;ftv years talk of the loudest kind could
not transform him into a great man. He has
never in all his life said or done anything to i'll
dictate that such a transformation is possible
Mr.. TRANQUIL is man of respectable ability and
a good lawyer; but he is narrow and selfish.
His mind is not comprehensive. He is not pro-
foundly versed in political economy, information
al law, nor in any other study necessary to ac-
complish statemanship. He is very far from
being like tremendous Upton OF Nebraska, a
donkey; but there is a large number of men in
congress who could more easily be "talked up
into great men and trained to the motions re-
quired of those who have GREATNESS thrust upon
them" He is respectable senator; but il is
extremely absurd to talk of him as if he could
become great man and great political leader.
Some of the Boston papers few days ago re-
ported that the furry Of snow on the 18th inst.
was attended in Somervile by shower Of small
white worms. Some specimens of these were
sent 10 the museum of comparative zoology al
Cambridge, and now Mr.. Thomas G. Carey of
that institution reports on them as follows:
Ihave received your letter containing speci-
men of the worms which you saw apparently
falling with the snow" during the storm Of the
18th inst l have shown the specimen TO DR..
Hagen, who says II is the larVa of a beetle be-
longing to the family IelephOrjd@, and probably
to the species ChdngliOgHGtb}tS PeRRSgtCdn{cUS.
Similar extraordinary appearances of insects
during snow storms have been recorded in Eu-
rope. The earliest notcejwas given by Moler
in Hungary, in 1878, the description being still
eXtant in a very rare pamphlet These appear
ances occur in winter when there have been
several warm days in succession, followed by q
snow storm. In Sweden, Germany, and in the
mountainous parts of France numbers OF the
Larvae Of these insects together with other living
insects, mostly POdUridG, have been found, aud
were supposed TO have fallen with the snow,
but the phenomenon has never been satistactor-
ily explained. Some think that the insects have
been swept up into the upper is.ratum OF air by
violent gales prevailing before the snow storm,
while Others suggest that the insects, being at
tracted by the warmth to the surface of the
earth, and then being covered lightly by the
snow, still endeavor to keep at the surface. As
this late appearance has been accompanied by
warm weather, high winds and then snow, either
of the above suggestions would hold good.
Whatever the motive of these insects in max
ing their untimely appearance, they could not
have been tempted from their winter retreat by
warm weather. Even the proverbial early bird
was not soon enough this season to get these
misguided worms.