Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-10-12
How Jimmy Brown Studied
Wasps.

ceuse our people wanted to get even
with the people of the next to@n, who
had a returned,missoDary With whole
lot ofidols, the week before. Tie e
turer had a magic lantern and a micro
scope. aud everything thai was adapted
to improve and, vilrily the infant mind.
AZ our minister said when he introduced
him. l believe the lecturer was a wick
ed. bad man, who came to our place on
purpose 10 get me into trouble. Else
why did be urge the boys TO study
sasps, and tell US how to collect wasps'
nests without getting stung! The grown
up people thought it was all right how
ever, aud Mr.. Traverse said to me
listen 10 what the gentleman says.
Jimmy, and. improve your MUD with
wasps.'
Well, | thought | would do as | was
told, especially as 1 knew of tremen
dous big wosps' nest under the caves Of
our barn. got a ladder aud lantern
The very night after the lecture aud
prepared to study wasps. The lecturer
said that tie way TO do was to walt till
the wasps 20 to bed, and then to creep
up TO their nest with piece OF thln
paper all covered With wet mucllage'
and to clasp it right over the door Of
the nest. Ofcourse the wasps can't
get out when they wake up in the morn
ing, and you eau take the nest aud
hang it up in your room and after two
or three days, when you open the HesI
and let the wasps out, and feed them
with powdered sugar, they'll be so tame
and grateful that they'll never think Ci
stinglug you, and you cal study 'hem
all day loug AID learn lois o. u9eiul
lessons. Now is 1t probable that any
real good man would put up boy to
any such nonsense as this? IPs mY
belief that the lecturer was hired by
somebody 10 come and entice all our
boys to get themselves stung.
AsI was saying, got ladder and
lantern, aud a piece Of paper covered
With mucilage, aud after dark 1 climbed
up 70 DE wasps' nest, and stopped up
the door, aud Ehen brought the nest
down II my hand. l was going to carry
it up to my room, but just then mo'her
called me; so 1 put the nest under the
seat of our carriage, and went into the
house, where l was put to bed having
laken the lantern out to the barn; shu
the next morulng forgot sll about te
nest.
forgot il because was invited to go
on picnic with Mr. Travers and my
,ister Sue and a whole lot Of people, and
anv fellow would Lave forgot it il be
bod haan in my place. Mr. traverse
borrowed faiher's carriage, aEd he ana
Sue were TO sit on tie back seat ana
Mr.. Traver's auut. who is pretty ola ana
cress vas TO sit on the front seat with
DR.. Jones, the new minister and l was
10 sit with the driver. We all started
about nins o'clock, and big basket oi
was crowded into the car
riage between everybody's feet.
We hadn't gone mOrnamile when
Mr.. Tragers cries out : MY good grA-
cious Sue. I've run an awful pin into
nv leg. Why can't you girls be more
careful about plns?' 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 aha was killed, and began to jump up
and down and shake herself. Just then
Dr. Jones Jumped about two iee|
straight into the air, and said, oh, mW'
and Miss Travers took to screaming
Fire! murder !help! and slapplng her
self in a way that was quite awful 1
beoau to think they were all going crazy
when all of a sudden 1 remembered the
wasps' nest.
Somehow the wasps had got out OF
the nest and we're exploring all ever the
carriage. The driver stopped the
horses to see what was the matter, and
,urned male with fright when he saw
DR. Jones catch the basket Of provisions
and throw it out Of the carriage, aud
then lump straight into 1t. Then Mr.
and bis aunt and Sue all came
ayiug out together, and were all mixed
ND with DR.. Jones and the provisions
on the side OF the road. They dldn
stop long, however, for the waspS were
looking for them; so they got up ana
rushed for the river, and went into II as
if they were gsing to drown themselves
-oulyl 1t wasn't more than two iee'
deep.
George-he's the driver-was oosln-
ming 10 ask, rs thisyer some swlmmin
match that's goin' On!'when wasp Dit
him on the neck, and another bit me OIL
the cheek. We lett that carriage ID a
hurry, and never stopped till got 10
nv room and relied myself up IN 'he
hedclothes. All the wasps loilo"' q
M. 40 that Mr.. Travers and sue ana
the rest Of them were left in peace aud
might have gone to the picnIc' only
they felt as if they must come home ior
arnica and, besides, the horses had run
away. though they were caught aker'
ward and didn't break anything
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