The Osceola times., 1877-08-25

presumc' where he would have q good
opportunity with Sir James Drumm md,
Of the Besika bay heet, 70 watch for the
opening Of the Boephorus.
lie was found also at Mulheim. a
league from Cologne or the Rhine. He
was about four strong, but land be
couldn't have reused tie German empire
quicker II be had seen the Pope. They
went for him, Bismarck, and the rest Ct
''em, ,-horse. foot, and dragons. Mr.. J.
Boyd, an Englishman, was there, and
tells the whole story In the London
News. Three of the four werc captured,
but one "took wing" "One," we are
veraciously informed. "was sent 10 Bis.
mark, tho other to the minister of agri
culture, and the third rests iu the possess
sion Of the burgomaster Of Mulheim on
the Rhine "Mein Gott, abcr," chuckled
the rotund official a. he set down his
mug Of Bsirish. "And you would have
mine ksrtohel, chs Sor And what
should the lie Of Rhinish burgomaster
be with the supply Of kartofsl-soup and
kartofiel salat endangered, two a. vii
lsinous dishes ~ the most villainously
fed nation could devise from the smallest
and meanest potatoes that ever ranked
under the sun The American sover.
eign potato bug wouldn't have lived
"on them things," even II they hadn't
bottled him i've refer 10 Mr.. Boyd's
acccunt) in large-mouthcd glsS jar,
twelve inches deep BY nine diameter"
temporarily diverted. Mr.. boyd might
have added, from holding the noon tide
draft of beer tor his excellency, the
burgoulaster Mulheim. am. Rhine"
Those srss, glass heakers, most "A big
as mpbuctcts, they come handy when
the dusty troopcr ride in from the long
Quadrupe,lAnte putrem OF the drill field
and the tavern window goes up and the
bar maid pours out one OF those vessels OF
brew. to be drunk in the saddle, lit Is
like hot locomotive stopping under the
water-tank and taking In the whixring
through q tour-inch nozzle.
But to return 20 the bug who "took
wing" the farmer OF that innocent two
acre patch had a suspicion Of IL. The
burgomaster he was reused, too, his
blood was up, and the minister Of sgri.
culture, we presume, thought this was
rare opportunity In his line to " save The
country" They went for" that patch,
till II was a sight TO sce. They fred II
with petroleum and sawdust. aud after
ward drenched Il with vitriol. Mean
time the local entomologists were making
models Of the larv@ and OF the full-gUwn
insect,--they couldn't make them fast
enough 10 supply the demand. There
was a high premium ON the eggs also
Burgomaster Steinopf (translated into
Mayor Harihead) had some promising
larva which were expected 10 hatch In
twelve or fifteen days" Mr.. boyd glec
fully promises TO irward "a beetle ol
two" to his London journal II they
hatch, and lest one or two should seem Il
be a small stock for q great daily with
$4,000 circulation, he promises that 'sh,
10 estimated TO lay. from seven hundred
to one thousand two hundred eggs
What chance for Gen. lie Dac 10 threw
himself into the breach and seek for
eign market iorour surplus! lfhe doesn
believe II let him notice the following
personal" from the Liverpool Morning
Post:
win any one kindly lend lady liv'
Colorado beetle for few dayss Gws
care shall be taken Of it, Payment IL de
sind. Address X. H., Office Of this paper