The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17
The Flight Of the Potsto-Bug

From the New York Times -..
Not many days ago a few potato bugs,
looking discouraged and seedy, arrived in
Fifth avenue. They crawled where they
could not fly, and asw where they could
not crawl. They looked curiously into the
open windows OF brow n-stone mansions and
seemed to lie making mental comparisons
between these and the less ostenta,ious hab.
itations OF Colorado, much to the advan,
tage Of the latter. Except the domestics
from the "Gim Of the Say" left in charge
there was nothing green TO be found. Here
and there pale nasturtium growing on a
sindow-sill attracted notice, and was lam
suidly snapped up as an unconsidered trife.
In early mornings lew Of these distin-
guished visitors might have been seen rid
ing on the Third avenue cars. Whether
they were attracted by their native dirt, or
BY the odor which streams behind one of
those useful vehicles like the tail of q
comet, does not appear. Others we're OBJ
seryed summing themselves, with-the other
nuissnces, on the benches in Union Square
Park, regarding with mild satire the gray
coatsd guardians who patrol the walks, and
drive infant tre4passers from the Whitley
brown tufts courieous'y called grass. Dis
gus;ed with the sterile inhoepitaiIty Of the
City, they spread their wings, and scaled
the heights of Bsooklyn. The gossip bu-
reau had closed It's doors for the -ssason,
and even The ne~s-boys had ceased 70 ad-
verti.e "statements" Then they took fight
seaward sI ii
Until the methods of the Colorado beetle
are more thoroughly understood, We shall
never know Why he plunged into the vase
and committed teo de sc. 1t has been
thought BY some Ihat, in q frantic endeavor
to get away fron the noise and sumult Of
Presidential campaign, he fell into the Al
lsntic and vas drowned. A more reason-
able hypothssis i, that, driven by q mani
fest destiny, be hes reversed the coupe Of
empire, and has been moving forever east
vsrd aimee his ravaees in Colorado, until
he has fo0od his grsvs Ia shs ssa..l Hke
the rats of Hamelin town, he has beea led
by . spell unto . tatefv death. Some few
of these wandering children Of the Rocky
Mountains ssesived % enjoy Life bT the sad
sea waves and aud shst rapture BY the
Lnsly sh1s whsch The populons solitpdes
of Corr Hand and the poverty stricken
coasts Of Nsy. Jefsey yield to the penslve
visitor. IAAsa clustered thsmaalvss On
waits Of seofm toesed potatoes east
UP by ., As tides, or on decep-
iiSs SsPiDeappas1 1ssps from the vide-wan-
1eing 0alf'slream, and indulgvd In de-
plhsAg u pssniniAcer ces of their distant
bo0s.I 1e for The most part, the hapless
inseeh w1shed upoo the beaches we're in
kla<k And yef1og vinrove, where they
vaO psosoasd sperfecsly horrid," BY the
dear eieasus6s Who had imorously ventur-
Cd dsvh 70 DE dubious verge OF the deep
Is - pashesie, iooe could forses the dep
edatioas q 3She ColoEsAo beetle, to see
him dssperatSly cineing to the blue flannel
suit of ths baahsR. II drowning ~ cstch
at stravs, Why should not droynisx DO
tato bog, land-pirate though II be, enaich
as . naaf Tke emssging bather dripped
with sea-vater and beetles. This nuisance,
added to the ebb and flow Of d, city ofi
fpoa the garngs scoss, At one time threat
esed - deolats Cooey Islaod, and make
Sandy Hook > bowling wilderness. Hap
PLY, the laDdlords have annooaoed that
the bugs have disappeared. Perhaps they
were sickeoed by the offAi. l: is barely
pos.ibh ahst9Asy hsd heard that &C. W.
b" vas taking neaslres Tin the pevspa-
pen) for tbek destruction, - impedinenu
% aasiea6oa.1ozs. - -.
. In fuSurs the student of history
uil b ahle u sfndy on . map this singu-
hr suto0a1aRieA movement iust n We
nov a2k ths slles of the migration Of the
Hs1aaeic sacn0 he coQsse Of the ailuvial
drift q IL P!s.Doess period. Bezinning
q - baa sfae Aociy. ,Nouns.iss, tAis
elond, % hese thaa n had, and re-
NJ sUnefnl uWfioa Fl hur,an