The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-14
A Bee story.

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OF everything that would grow in this eli
mate. The result was perfect tangle O
lowers and things, from the overgrown sun
flower to a for-gct-mc-not. Mrs. Bricktot
ls very proud Of our garden, and while gush
ing over it the other morning, hopp,
thought worked its way under her back
hair: "What delightful thing it woult
be to have a hive Of bees, and raise oul
own honey, rs we'll as everything else T.
have thought that woman inspired eve,
since she convinced me that couldn't do
better than marry her This was an origi.
nal, bold idea; u happy thought. prom.
lsed her hive of bees, and went to bust
ness with lighter heart, and firmcr belief
III the genuinencss of home comforts and
amusements
bought hive Of honey bees and br ought
1t home with me that very night. 1t was
one of those patent hydrostatic, back action
hives, IN which the bees have peculiar ac-
commodatlons and all the modern improve
ments. IL was nice little hive, none of
your old-iashioncd barn. sized affairs. 1t
even had windows in it, 80 that the bees
could look out and sec what was going on
and enjoy themselves. Both myself and
Mrs. Is. were delighted; and before dark
l arranged the stand for the hive in the
garden, and opened the bay windows so
| that the bees could take all early start and
get TO business by sunrise next morning.
Mrs. Is. called mo honey several times
during the evening, aud such sweet dreams
as we hadl
We intended to be up carly next morn
ing to see how our little birds took to our
flowers; but a good half hour before we
probably should have dono so we wero
awakened by the uncarthly yels of cat.
Mrs. Is. lcapcd from her downy couch, eX-
claiming, 'what can be the matter with
our yellow BilIy2" The yels of anguish
convinced us hatsomcthing more than ordi-
nary WIS the the matter with him, and so we
hurried into our toilets. We rushed into
our backyard, and oh, what a sight met
our astonishcd gael The sight consisted
OF yellow cat that appeared to be doing
It's best to make a pin-whccl of itself. nc
was rolling over and over in the grass, anon
dartlng through the bushes and foliage,
standing Oh his head, and then trying to drive
his tail into the ground, and all tic while
Keeping up the most confoundcd bowling
that was ever heard
"Fhat cat is mad" said Mrs. B. af-
frightcd.
"Why shouldn't he bc2 the bees are
singing him." said |, comprehcnding the
trouble. Mrs. b. flew to tho rescue Of her
cat, and tho cat flew ut her. So did the
bees. One OF them drove his drill into her
nose, another vaccinatcd her on the chin,
while another began to lay out his work
near her eye. Then she howlcd, and be-
gan to act almost rs bad the cat. 1t was
quite an animated sceno. She cried muir
der, and the ncighbors looked out from
their back windows and cried out for tho
police. and asked where the fire was. This
being trlflc too much. l threw a towel
over my head and rushed to her rescue. In
trod upon tho cat, and made matters no
better. Mrs. B. is no child on wrestlc,
and sho soon had me uhder her and wa ten
dcrly stamping down the gardcn-walk with,
my head using my cars for handles. Then
yelled, and somo of the bees came to her
assistance, and stung me all over the face.
In the meantime the ncighbors were
shouting, and getting awfully excited over
the show while our servant, sllpposing us
lighting, opened the basement door and
admitted a policeman, who at once pro-
cccdcd to go between man and wife. The
bees hadn't got at Mrs. BIS tongue yet, and
she proceeded TO show the policeman
that l had abused her in the most shameful
manner and that had bought hive of bees
on purpose to torment here into the grave.
| tried to explain; but just then bee
stung the officer on the nose, and he under
stood it all in less than Il minute. lie got
mad and actually lost his temper. lie
rubbed his nose aud did some official GUS
sing. But rs this didn't help matters sny,
he drew his club and proceeded to dcmol-
ish that patent beehive. The bees faiiotl
to recognize his badge of office, and Just
swarmcd on him They stung wherever
he had no clothing, and in some places
where he did have 1t. Then he howlcd
and commenced acting after the manner of
the cat and it's mistress. lie rolled on the
ground for moment and then got up and
made for the street, shouting "flrc." Then
the bees turned to the people who had
climbed upon the fence to SEQ the fun
Then they had some fun. Windows went
down, and some Of the neighbors acted as
though 90 inch shell was about 10 explode.
BY this time lrc-cnginc arrived, and
line of hose was taken thr )ugh the house
into the back yard. One of the hoscmcn
asked where the fire was but Just then
one Of the bees bit him behind the ear, and
he Knew. They turned a stream upon that
half-wrcckcd beehive and began to "play
away" with one hand and fight bees with
the other. But the water had the desired
effect, and those bees were SOON amongst
the things that were. A terrible crowd had
gathered in the mean time in front of the
house, but large portion of it followed the
| flying policeman, who was rubbing his af-
fcctcd parts, and making tracks for the
station house and surgeon.
This little adventure somehow dampencd
our enthusiasm regarding the delight of
making Oh own honey. During the next
week we w"rc milk and water poultlccs
pretty ardcntly, but not a word was said
about honey; and now Mrs. B. has gone tc
stay week with her mother, leaving me
and the convalcsccnt cat and the tickled
ncighbors to enjoy our own felicity.
! Shoep That Travel.