Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-06-13

\ So1rS SoAkkS th' & Ell tttkS IA Iu6 llOa'
dcggish of dog-days.i This was the
prophets chamber to which the mar
of God may retire after the Sabbath s
| labors, and rest in the serene con-
seriousness Of duty done and peace
with God and all mankind. But
was not 10 be alone. A distinguished
foreigner was to be my bed-fellow. ]
could easily distinguish him, by the
two senses that would naturally be
most active in such a place. He was
fresh from Germany and had net yet
become contaminated y-eontact with
American" language, manners, Or
odois. He lay In innocent slumber,
with his face up and mouth open, at
an angle Of sixty degrees. He was
dreaming and snoring Of the father
land. He snored in three syllables,
divided by hyphens, mingling the gut
tural, Iingual and dental sounds, in q
liquid melody. The light was with
drawn and the door was shut. Like
Noah 1 was shut in. / disrobed and
sought repose. Not seeking in faith l
did not find it. The bed was made
of corn-husks (shucks"), with the
more unyielding parts hunting, their
level on the top. Five or six OF
these hammocks touched the most
sensitive parts Of very sensitive
body. Every effort to bury one Of
them brought two more into painful
prominence. My German friend
snored on. l soon found that the bed
had numerous other occupants.
These aboriginal residents began a
series of reconnoissances-in-force that
soon developed the weakness of the
invader. After an hour of, attacks
and repulses, storming parties and
sorties, with divided ,laurels, / was
once more on the point Of yielding
TO. the pressure of weakness and
sleep. My German friend snored on,
There was music, in his roar. Per-
spiration had now become my nor
NAL condition. If / were a fashionable
person, ! should say that 1 glowed;
but as am plain, blunt man, ] will
say, that my whole body was bathed
in sweat. was in a strait, having q
desire to depart. But my strongest
trials were not yet past. A new dam
ger became apparent--or audible.
From the hole in the wall at the west
Of the room came wierd, unearthly
sound. Buz-z-z-z-it came--straight
me. 1 sprung half way up in
the bed, my two strained eye-balls,
not exactly bursting from my head,
looking eagerly in the direc-
ton from which my new. enemy was
Buz-z-z-zip he came, strik-
ing against my head and holding fast
to my hair. 1t was droning beetle
about two inches long (perhaps. } and
indefinitely large and strong. 1t be-
came somewhat entangled, and / be-
came somewhat excited. My Ger
man friend snored on. / seized the.
bug bodily, but he had as good q hold
As i, and better grit. Every one of
ts legs, arms and antennae was firmly
around an indefiAite num-
Der of my hairs and like sailor On
\ hen-coop seemed waiting for the
Ipulled, the beetle kick
ID and held on. 1 lifted him Q little
dug down little lower. |
With both hands tore him out. He
eft two or three of his worst entang-
ed legs behind; I pulled them out
md sent them with their owner with |
Eild force against the wall. My
German friend snored on. Day
,ame. With empty stomach, throb-
,ing pulse and fevered brain / hur-
led home. A week of sickness fol-
owed, and till nov hepecuhar head |
'che and nausea Of that night has pc
'iodical returns.