The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-12-22
How Jinnie brown Studiod Wasp

How Jimnie Brown Studied Wasp..
We had a lecture at our place the o,hel
er day, because our people wanted 20 Sc
even with the people Of the next town, VIII,
had a return missionary with awhole lot o
idols the week before The lecture VA
all about wasps and beetles and suel
things aud the lecturer had magic Ian
tsrn and everything that was adapted Il
improve aud verify the infant mind, a,
our minister said when he introduced him
! believe tho lecturer was bad, wicked
man who came TO our place on purpose L
get me into trouble. Else why did he
urge the boys 10 study wasps and tell us
how TO collect wasp's nests without being
stung? The grow-up people thought il
was all right, however, and Mr.. Travers
said to me: Listen to what the gentleman
says, jimmy, and improve your mind with
wasps."
Well, thought / would do as | was
told, especially as l knew of tremendous
big wasp's nest under the caves of our
barn. got ladder and a lantern the We.
ry night after the lecture, and prepared to
study wasps, The lecturer said that the
way to do was to wait till the wasps 60 10
bed, and then to creep up to their nest
with piece Of thin paper all covered
with mueilage and clap it right over the
door OF the nest. OF course the wasps
cant get ont when they wake up in the
morning, and you can take the nest aud
hang it up in your room; and after two or
three days, when You let the wasps ont and
feed them with powdered sugar, they'll be
so tame and grateful that they'll never
think of stinging you, and you can study
them all day long and learn lots of useful
lessons. Now is it probable that any real
ly good man would put boy up to any
such nonsense as this? It's my belief that
that man was hired by somebody to come
and entice all our boys to get themselves
stung.
As | was saying, | got a ladder and a
lantern and piece of paper covered with
mucilage, and after dark ! climbed up to
the wasp's nest and stopped up the door,
and then brought the nest down in my
hand. | was going to carry it up to my
room, but just then mother called me so 1
put the nest under the seat of our carriage
and went into the house where was sent
to bed for carrying the lantern to the barn;
and the next morning ! forgot oil about
the nest
forgot it because was invited to go
on picnic with Mr.. Travers, and my sis
ter Sue and whole lot of people, and any
fellow would have forgotten it if he had
been in my place Mr.. Travers borrowed
fathers carriage aud he aud Sue were to
sit on the back seat, and Mr. Trayers' aunt,
who is pretty old and cross, was to sit on
the front seat with DR. Jones the, new min
ister, and | was to sit with the driver. We
all started about nine o'clock, and big
basket of provisions was crowded in the
carriage between everybody's feet.
We ha Int gone more mile when Mr.
TraverS cries out: "My good graciousl
Sue, I've run an awful pin into my leg
Why can't you girls be more c.reful abont
pins?' Sue replied that she hadn't any
pins where they could run into anybody,
and was going to say something more,
when she screamed as if she was killed,
and begun to jump up and down and shake
herself. Just then DR.. Jones jumped
about two feet straight into the air and said
"Oh N.Y. and Miss Travers took to
screaming: Fire! Murder! Helpl" and
slapping herself in way that was quite
awful ! began to think they were all go
ing crazy, when all of sudden | remem-
bered the wasp's nest. Somehow they
had got out and were exploring all over
the carriage. The driver stopped the hor-
ses to see what was the matter, and turned
pale with fright when he saw DIR. Jones
catoh the basket of provisions and throw
it ont of the carriage and then jump right |
into it. Aud then Mr.. Trayers and his |
aunt and Sue all came flying out together, |
and were all mixed mp with DR.. Jones aud |
the provisions on the side Of the road |
They didn't stop long however. for the
wasps were looking for them, and they |
felt as il they must come home for arnica,
and besides, the horses had run away, |
though they were caught afterward, and
didn't break anything.
This was all because the lecturer adyis-
ed me to study wasps. | followed his di-
rections and it wasn't my fault that the
wasps began to study Mr.. Travers and his
aunt, and Sue and Dr.. Jones, and me aud |
George. But father when he was told
about it, said that my 'conductlwas such, /"
and the only thing that saved me was that
my legs were stung all over, and father
said he didn't have the heart TO
do any more to them with switch. .-Hr-
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