The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-01-25
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The honey bee IL an inaalnible b,,z.
ger, sudden in hiz ;npreshun and hasty
IN his conclusion, or end.
Hiz natral disposishun IL warm
cross between red pepper in tho pod
and fnsil oil, and hiz moral biaz IL sse;t
out Of mi way"
They have a long boldly, divided IN
the middle by waist spot, but their
Phisikal Importance lays at the tefmi-
nus of their subburb, in the shane Of a
javelin.
This jayelin Il always loaded, and
stands rsddy to unload ct . minnits
warning, and enters & man az still az
thought, az sPry az litening, aud 81 full
oph melankclly AZ the toothake.
Bees never argy case; they settle
awl Of their differences ov opinyun bi
letting their javelin fly, and are az GER
tain tew hit AZ mule IL.
This testy kritter lives in cenereea.
tions numbering about 10000 soals.
bat whether they are male and female.
or conservative, or matched in bonds OF
wedloclS, or whether they kiub together
and keep one wife tew save expenses. j
don't kno nor don't kare. l never ex-
arnined their habits nuteli: never
considered it helthy, for what wol,la Il
profit man to xiii Hinety-nine bees
and hay the hundradth one hit him
with his javelin7
The dselies seem always bizzv, bat
what they are about the Lord only
knows. They don't lay up enny honey !;
they seem tew be bizzy only eist for The
sake of eating all tie time; they are
always IN as much ev a hurry as tho
they were going for a doektsr. sup
pose this uneasy world. would grind
around on its axel-trces ofst IN twenty
four hours even If they wer1it emmy
drones; but drones must be rood for
something, but kant think now what
It IL. Thare haiat been bug rIaae
in vain, nor one thas sss.'t a GOOD lob
shere IS ever lots OF human drcnes loaf
ing around blacksmith shops and cider
.nnIs all over the country that don't
seem tew be necessary fer eIsnYtlIine
bat tew beg plug tobacco and swear
and steal watermeleDs, but You let the
cholers break ont onct, and then you
viii see the wisdom OF having list suei
men laying around loose; they help
count.
Bees are not leng-lived-i kant list
state how long their lives are, bat j
know from instink and obserxashun
that emmy kritter, be he bug or be he
devel, who is mad all the time and
stings every good chance be kan git,
generally dies away.
The only way tew git the exact fite-
ing weight of the bee Il tew touch him:
let him hit you with his iavelin, and
you viii be willing to testify in court
that somebody run l-tined piteh=ffork
into yer; and as for grit, 1 viii state for
infermashun Ov those who haven't had
chance to lay in their vermin wisdum
as freely az l hav, that one single bee
who feels well will break up a large
camp-meetingl
What the bees do for amusement L
another question kant answer, but
some ov the best readers and heaviest
thinkers among them naturaliSts say
that they have target excursions and
heave their javalins at the mark; but
don't imbibe this assurshun raw. for
never knu emmy body SO bitter as heart
as the bees are to waists blow.
There IL one thing that bee does
will give him credit for ON my hooks
he always tends tew his own dizziness,
and won't allow any body elss3 tew at
tend tew it, and what he auz he du2
well; you never see him alter emmy
thing; if they make enney mistakes it
is after dark and it amt seen.
In ending of this essay viii cum
tew spot bY concluding that if the
bee waz little more pensive and not
so tiarnei premtory with their iavelins
they light be guilty of less wisdom.
but more charity. But you kant alter
bug nature without splicing 1t for any
thing else, emmy more than you kan an
elephants egg.-Josh BiltiaJs.