The Ottawa free trader., 1872-10-12
The DeceisiMl N7u>quiIO.
BI REENUS.

There is scarcely bird that Ioaras the forest
that is 80 wholly unreliable and utterly vicious
SIS the musquito. What Is peculiar about this mu-
steal beast is that the female only, does the mis-
chief which has made her family infamOUs-to
put it more mildly, somewhat unpopular. Her
masculine partner is woiully henpecked lndi-
vidual. He never sings, he dare not in the pres
euce OF his i'll natured spouse; he even dare not
forage for blood when she is cross. lie has no
will but by her high permission he has not six
pence. but in her possession.
We have this from the highest lug-ologist
in the country: that the male "skeeter' Is
scrawny. weak, unmusical nope OF q, fellow. He
is content to feed on leaves of trees. weeds, CT
drill for oil in soft mud holes and swamps, while
her ladyship breakfasts, dimes, sips, lunches and
revels on the best blood in the country at her
royal pleasure.
The musQuito is not fine musician-to our
thinking. We are sort of one ourself and there.
to,e our opinion is worth considering. As poorly
educated in music we are, we can beat the best
operntic musquito that has ever given public
their best artists.
The feme'" musquito comes around you in
her pslsvering Wy. She gets wonderfully So
ciable on very slight acqusn 'anoa, she fans you
with her wings plays her best tune on her clar
ionette, and amuses you sometimes for hall IN
hour with seren ade YOU wish you had
never heard aud yet one that you dread to have
come to an end because W hen she ceases her mu-
sic she at once invites herself to supper When
the tune stops you are il, state of nervous tor
ment to know precisely where she will locate,
but she attends to hat. She may choose the tip
of your nose, your -" your f,rehe i'd your hand
or your chin. and b. l,.,. you are s..te
Of evaporation because ypu re sure in ~ sac has
alighted and may be at tn very uG help.
ing herself slyly tn It yuu c,nt fad her to yet
revenge Like e!ery fem ale she is coGuette,
she fools you uiae ti:le- out # ton. She often
gives you concert and you lever know wheth.
cr she my have presented her bin for the music
or not.
The musquito is the most vorac, ,i,s OF beasts,
she is the ..reeli-st OF Ill o,raverpus u,rnau-
dizers, she Will ,,ons to yoo mere tiny atom,
not hrger u u pas heA4 'nt inf<'' herself
like bal''oa'
Strau!p -r....u. ,.v. ,rrn told as IN IN. ,y,s.
tromonic ats OF mu-quitos We remember of
one we have DOUBTED. 1t is said that H man in
New jersey went out one morning to md his
COW, th,. useful amin Il .vin. ,tr.yed off dur.
ing the night He did not iud her. but found
a mueqGjto sitting in tree picking her teeth
with the COWS horus: I'll this may do for New
Jersey, bu, out here it looks rather large, n,
least ia the Case referred To, it must have been
4 very h'se iuu'qulto or very small CIV. We
have an inss'no' ne srer home that would seem
more rel Tno n H. who told IL, 1--we, On
La Sale ne c,n,l bridge He s4M
what he o. .un,,f; ne Va. s,t.iay GA the
raj wurn ur -,w canal o,.t
appr .....of .rawn T., tie usual three null
team, put ny .au-qut', I'd the mu-quito WAS
in poor health at that. The way that musuuito
cussed the brj ice tenders w,sa c,pt,o, AND
when che close to her tuneful voice in song,
the efforts of the loudest engine whistles faded
into mere whispers! The man who told us this
isperfectly reliable. He offered to borrow ten
cents OF us and then treat to the beer. Who but
an honest and reliable man could have done
more?
We have a way of foolrg musquitos. Though
plan that we cannot ask our readers to adopt,
we can assure them of its never falling efficacy.