Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25
An Amusing Bee Sorry.

DouShC u sample OI everything INF
would grow in this climate. The
result was perfect tangle of flowers
and things, from an overgrown sun
flower to a for-get-me.not. Mrs
Bricktop is very proud of our gar.
den, and while gushing over it the
other. morning happy though,
worked its way under her black hair
"What a delightful thing it would
be to have hive of bees and raise
our own honey, as we'll as everything
else" I have always thought that
woman inspired ever since she con.
vinced me that I could't do better
than to marry her. This was an
original, bold idea-ah happy thought.
1 promised her hive of bees, and
went to business with a lighter heart
and firmer belief in the genuineness
of home comforts and amusements.
I bought hive of honey-bees, and
brought it home with me that very
night. 1t was one of those patent,
hydrostatic, back action hives, in
which the bees have peculiar accom-
modations and all the modern i'm
pfovements. It was O nice little
hive-none of your eld-fashioned
barn-size affairs. 1t even had win
dows in it, so that the bees could
look out and see what was going on ,
and enjoy themselves. Both myself
and Mrs. B. were delighted, and be-
fore dark arranged stand for the
hive in the garden, and opened the
bay window, so that the bees could
take an early start, and get to busi-
ness by sunrise the next morning.
Mrs. B. called me honey" several
times during the evening and such
sweet dreams as we had. We in
tended to get up early next morning
TO see how the little birds took to
our flowers, but good half hour be-
fore we should probably have done
so, we were awakened by the un-
earthly yells of a cat. Mrs. B.
leaped from her downy couch. ex-
claiming: What can be the mat
ter with our yellow Billy p" The
yells of anguish convinced us that
something more than ordinary was
the matter with him; and so we
hurried into our toilets. We rushed
out into our back yard, and, oh!
what sight met our as.onished
gaze! The sight consisted of vel
low cat that appeared to be doing
Its best to make a pin-wheel of it.
self: 1t was rolling over and over
in the grass, bounding up and down,
anon darting through the bushes
and foliage, standing on his head
and then trying to drive his tail into
the ground, and all the while keep
ing up the most confounded howl
ing that ever was heard. "The cat
is mad!' said Mrs. b. affrighted.
" Why shouldn't she be? tho bees
are stinging her." said 1, compre-
hending the trouble. Mrs. B. flew
to the rescue of her cat, and the cat
flew at"her. So did the bees. One
of them drove his drill into her nose
another vaccinated her on the chin,
while another began to lay out his
work near her eye. Then she howled
and began to act nearly as bad as
the cat. 1t was quite an animated
scene. She cried Murdsr!" and
the neighbors looked out from their
back windows and cried out for the
police, and asked where the fire was.
This being trihe too much, I threw
a towel over my head and rushed
to her rescue. In doing SO, I ran
over and knocked her down, trod
upon the cat, and made matters no
better. Mrs. B. is no child on the
wrestle, and she soon had me under
her, and was tenderly stamping
down the garden walk with nv head.
using my ears for handles. Then I
yelled, and some of the bees came
to her assistance. In the meantime
the neighbors were shouting, and
getting awfully excited over the
show; while our servant, supposing
us fighting, opened the basement
door and admitted a policeman who
at once proceeded to go between
man and wife. The bees hadn't got
at Mrs: BIS tongue yet, and she pro-
ceeded to show the policeman that
l had abused her in the most shame.
full manner, and that had bought a
hive OF bees on purpose to torment
her into the grave. tried to ex-
plain, but just then q bee stuns the
officer on the nose, and he understood
it all in less than minute. He got
mad, and actually lost his temper.
He rubbed his nose, and did some.
official cufsing. But as this didn't
help matters at all, he drew his club,
and proceeded to demolish that pat
ent beehive. The bees failed to re-
cognize his badge OF office, and just
swarmed On him. They stung him
wherever he had no clothing, and
some places where he did have it.
Then he howled and commenced