The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
For the Hickman Courier
Battle with sE">quttOes--EIOm
SCehr>---EiNsslsE On Bsue
Pond.

WOODLAND MILLS. Obion Co, Tenn.
know Of no place so well calculated
10 inspire one with poetic sentiments as
il Blue Pond GU still, cloudy, June
morning. The placid water lies motor =
less in it's banks as If asleep. while "A
light covering Of mist serves TO keep off
the dew. and the trees lean over il as il
watching It's slumbsr. a serene silence
rests over the scene. broken only by the
roar Of \ million aud a half OF mosaai-
toes. buzEIng within two feet Of your
ears, and. IL vain, trying to find H spot If
your skin TO light on. NOT sIready pre-
empted by one Ot those voraciou. insects.
had imagined that from an extensive
acquaintance formed in various and dis
taut port Gus of our ountry with the
mosquitoes, that / had acquired p pretty
accurate knowledge OF his habits and pro-
pensities 6ut the Is ne Po..d rnusquitoe
ia eniir ~ slsi ge1rTi5. have never seen
his like before, aud hope | never will
again. 10 sum up his Character, he is in
diVidualiZed by - yOrHclty that no amount
OF blooi seems tn satisfy. by perth scitv
and daunt'essness thai scJrns the least
suspicion of fatigue or fear b. u muscu-
lhriiy that could drive his singularly
keen bill. II ccas'on r quire, through 3
three ply carpet. l had supposed the
cnmstances. to be n solitary insect. bul /
found the Blue Pond species eminentiy
gregarious. They appeared to hy III
hoc&s like sck birds, and for multitude
the comparison OF their Numbers TO ,he
leaves in Va.iambrosa womb be very
cd Gus. The PunGeucy of tneir bite
ceeds in viru -ence- by many degrees, that
of any OF their relations thst have ever
anywhere met with. The animus with
which they insert their harpop IN pr IlueeE
n marked result Oh YOU Its effect on the
nerves, generally translated from thos
OF the ska. esI eciaIiy OF "a shersn u who
has Travelled tar and Is eager TO ply b
sport, IS peculiarly narrassng. No. un
til you have baIlei with incest care YOU
hook, AMI are intent on SEC .rin: tie
whale. tnsi has begun To nibb,e as 500
as you wet your iIne, do these cutuIn2
insects q tack ypu in tuii force. Previous
TO the very act OF hsh ng your hands are
comparatively tree - keep IN b )s I 4,ck
ers ~ b y, hut 500 AS ,oI co K ioa
they seIe the -picipus n "a at aud
RANK on lank come BUZZ ~ 10 trom tse
endless rear. Every avaitsta1e eit.'sth ot
an inch of skin is Uceupiea and
dIately pnnctured. b legioas t,4t ar
rived too cate To gain direct contact VITA
the mesh, range over yodr c,otH.Ilg .n
admirably in mining them. The IN
nnIary hInches you make announces their
success 10 You. Meantime GU sun'hon
all your tOrIiiude 10 aiI you ia the Stern
endedvor 10 hsh, winch requires quiet
ness. The minHow still nibotes III you
remove hand from the poie III orler TO
10 battle with your prosecutors, the fish
may seize the bIit. on cannot jerk the
hook successfully with one hand. and will
thus lose the golden opporl unity of catch
ing him. You finch rs motionlessly As
you can when some enterprising animal
Guile slabs you in u vital part, for instance,
just under the nth RIB. Bat the nerves
can endure only 80 mach. fhe fr.nness
OF the most Stubborn resolution meits
like ice vn this weather, when the sensI-
tional fbres give way in he unequal con-
test. The nerves Of the skin have stood
TO the front like heroes. They have cali
ed on all the other nerves for help, and