Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-08-11
A GnnpOMder Plot.

How many OF my young friends who are
going to read this have ever heard of or seen
the bald-faced hornet Not many, will
venture to say unless they have been in the
country good deal. But everybody knows,
whether he has seen him or not, that
the hornet is fierce little fellow; brave,
though small, and always ready 10 defend
himself. The naturalists call him respd
chdridria, and he is cla.sed among the
paper-makers," IA those insects are called
that make their nests of paper itself, or of
material which look. like it, fabricated 10y
themselves
| will give a short description of him, and
then tell you something that happened to a
colony of hornets aud some young friends Of
mine.
The baldfaced hornet is about the size of
humble bee his color is black, with white
bands around his body. lis eyes are black
and CLASSY, and his face looks as if it had
been dipped in meal which would not stick
to his eyes aud this is the reason he is
called bald-faced" His nest is a wonder
full structure. 1t is made of scraps of paper,
the " fuzz on fences or wooden buildings
-sitO,, i,,,tg exposed 10 t.a weather
aud the smaller lichens which grow on the
trunks of trees. This nest, which is some
what in the shape of the TASKS in which
olive oil comes, though much larger, is built
stem downward, on the limb of a tree or
the rail of a fence, and generally not high
from the ground.
Now ia my part ol the vuH'ry' ooys are
very fond of attacking and destroying these
nests, and they almost always get stung in
uoiig So >,
why boys llke 70 go thi'' wheh the norm
e's nave zone them no nar'l' ! 10 not Nnow'
l was BOY once ana knew theh, put thai
haS neeh so lo's ago tn"t nave forgotten
50 VIII give inc adventure Already Promised
ihsIeau Oh tle reason
Aeudie niu kuu t"oei'y oolS (these are
the shorIs Tor their Names OF courSe'l
W.T. sleuu'',s ;igi' tao"''oi WIN " i'!enu
Oh 'helr i'lotner III tI'e country lou may
DC sure lhat they hal nice tlhe' ior thefe
were great many thlhgs 10 interest tleh'
- nu, among 'lie mos. interesting ,nl.n9s on
1ne ace, az le',s' 20 'I,e!'', Ws ao'lsl!lui
n''ie IalAey vaiieu Dat pioo"oy NICE
name lor nar.I3lohe"'
Dat no, oiiy hne" every hoie aha corner,
.iee anu push on Tue pace, out 'lau extended
us AnoMieuse 70 we surrounding piahta-
lions lie Woulu coiiS'antlS nave some such
J13lul news 70 si'o 'ne ooys' as tle uls'orery
vi sulheaheh nest on tie Iarih, ths hiu-
sP'S'iuic hoie III tne creek l'tl Oh in,hhoWs
ana eathsh' lie TOOK advantage OF ms ire
qnent errands TO the neiighborlng farms TO
acquire information OF tins sort.
Dat came 10 'he boys WIN" lay Oh thelr
faces under the great oaks IN the yard ana
read Tor the hitieth time their iaYorite stories.
-, Marse Lud' i oohe louhd sumthh
Inc boys instantly changed 10 upright POSI-
t,ons' ana saiu together, what whist
.heli eyes shstehed al the prospect OF some
unihs ne" Times having oeeh niue duil
WIN them OIL iate'
IN ue WOODS over yonder' tndder sac de
pioohl-straw heiu, answered bat' dustin
Dig noriickS ness org as haii-peck measure
"eh saio Lud' "did any one OF theu
sung you
LAW no uidn tetch de thing put
though' come ana tell ye all, SO We KIN 90
over ana dow II up
10 you mean 70 dow IL TO pieces wi'h
the gun inquired Lud'
-, NO no! SAM Dat, quickly oiow itnp
IKE you gwine piaSt rock. fut de powder
uh1er II, ana ueh ilght itwia de SLOW match
pat was ruihinasing III ms very ueep ana
uncertain pocket WHIST saying ulis' and at
las. suceeeuea III shtractihg nom tangle
VI Sunny, marques ~, ni'l, STONES, ana RABBITS
Pay, = P'Io1 VI ''ie n,a'ol useu ia the mines,
sa,,n W ;nS i p "Ae s'ian rope "Dont
''" a. MI, 1871 lo ~ 49,
pJ' ~e - us W onei a. :; NC Soai,Pl.' whar
a littio ,,;e 90 o' ~, ioI Jess MAKE
van mt p ono Nv Jo u,,uei ue hess' uel,
Ink IA udder dan to CIV in ntoh IN w. anu
dsr an wLo,ee mn ones dar a I" We pow
bus, ~ n;aces on IA horni,Ls al n liz M ai'
delivered tbis description with gr naat a'