The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-04-18

Your hrains to- slsell IL cut.
Isuppoae the man WIN named them
Grsnd.ddy Greybeards." did - -
caass they are such grey, wrtakted.
-seleaa.s backing !aseets, ehas ne
,h"uxht they were all old enough to
be Rrandia,hers aud grsnsiOoth~r'. f"r
II sour~e there must he s.ase grsnd'
mothers Among them-shey' would Dc
= ioneaOne set II there were mot.
used to think that they were the
grandfather spiders, but they are only
distant relations Of the spider family
forty. AMI, cousins, perhaps. The
sranrers. rs we sometimes call them
tor the cake Of rhortness, are - nu.
Mer0us hete la Kansas that they are
what the M's>sari people call -
mighty prsterment !" which means
that they are great trouble. ! do not
know that they siD any harm, except
hat they are every where aud xo Into
everything. | have sometimes seen
1t NJ gathered 0ll The ceiling in my
Kansas home, Thousands in bunch,
md so ciuee aud thick together that
,heir bodies we're completely hidden
t,y their legs. The bu'ches are some-
times = fs,ot In diameter. and they k,ok
like huge lunches OF hair, NJ II they
might make . very good chignon.
And when you touch them, oh J! what
. scattering and dropping
They have . very dlsagrteable habit
If dropping down whenever they are
frightened aud think they cannot run
fast enough: AUd they sre ~ sure 20
aiight on III. ir fes Z ~ cate are their
long legs acting like sprines, l sup.
pose, mr. II never seems to- hurt them,
even II they are thrown out Of two.
story window. But 1t il not very
pleasant to have them continually
dropping upon the b eak fast table, or
the water pail. or upon One's head.
They either have very weak eyes or
they are great towards, for they are
always hiding behind something. un-
der the pillows or under h dist t,wels,
under ones clothes AID under the
dishes. cab scarcely pick up or take
down anything hut the grandfAthers
4camper from under It.
l used to wonder very much what
kind Of food Grandfather Grey boards
iivei or, for they never eat ths ciothes
as moths and grasshopp-rs do. aud I
never could discover that they troubled
any kind Of foni. II unlisturbed,
they remain on the wall. apparently
in one position, for days. But ono
evening as I entered the room with .
lamp. l noticed that the long legged
fellows were scattered al over the
walls as lively ss crickets. $50 no!
you are night hunters, are y"u 2" l
exclaimed. / watched them awhile
aud learned they were cstchin the
sleepy flies. They did not carry the
dies with their long legs. but In their
mouths. When one caught ny the
rest chased him, like . br.nM Of chick
ems chasing the one which has found
y worm. As anon ~ they raw that
the room was lit up, tn y sll scalnpsr.
ed to their hiding places.
Each granite has eight legs bu.
the pair next to the ioreiess are much
longer than the rest, and are AlsO used
rs feelers; they appear to swing on
pivot joints, for he can move them In
\ circle almost around him. Unless
he is in very great hurry. he stops
every few minut .. aud puts each Of
his legs up TO his mouth aud ticks the
hottom of his feet. have often seem
flies do the same thing. Flies aIso rub
their feet over their faces. cat fashion.
Sod z sssougtss ehst they were washing
their faces ~ . cat washes hers. but
upon examining them with . micro.
scope. learned that they were putting
Q sticky gum on their feet.
Did you ever see little baby Grand
father Graybeard? I never did, al
though some IF them are lighter color.
ed. and look fresher aud plu,nper than
the rest. and supposed that they
were the younger ones, but was mis-.
taken. have often found dry skins
and legs hidden In dark corners, and
supposed them to he the iast remsins
OF poor old grsndaddies who died vt !
good old age. but was mistaken In
that also. One moi ming saw gran.
fer who attracted my attention by re.
naming perfectly quiet when I came
near him; and I observed what ap-
peaved to be little bunch OF feeIers
about his mouth. knew that gran.
f'ers had only two little fseler., and
thought they could not he lexs, for
there were his eight, stretched out ~
long as the legs Of any granf'.r. I
showed him . little, and he began to
turn and squirm. bat did not run.
poor fellow, he must have met with
some terrible accident" said j, for
noticed just then that hia back Was
bursting open, and that he seemed to
have no use Of his legs But my pity
wa, wasted, for after some aquir,uimx
and twisting. what should he do hut
tumble out Of his skin! What? Yes.
he actually tumbled over on his b ,ck.
leaving his old skin and legs behind
him; and what had supposed u 10
the little bunch Of feelsrs proved 70 be
y new set Of legs, which had been
curle'i up under him Ia little bunch
inside OF his old skin.
So you see that whenever q Or md.
father Graybeard thinks he looks too
old and gray, or his legs become weak
and rheumatic froi., long and frequent
falls, he can just pull of his coat aud
become ~ young aud strung ~ ever.
About the last Of August the gran.
rers Disappear. and their going Il as
mysterious rs their coming. I think
that they either emiyrxte or 70 into
winter quarters. for l never fiud their
bodies, dead or alive, or empty skius.
at that season Of the year Mrs. r. b.
Hastings. in Hearth and Home.
Wisconsin's Legislature. just before
adjourning. enacted . LIQUOR law.
which would Ia some respects h the