Madison times., 1885-07-04
wAETED-A BULLETIN.

iIStIlS. IC IOtlDIi ~ VIII AA''S
been thoroughly investigated, and
and a bulletin has
been issued by the Agricultural
Department, giving full instruc-
tons how to deal with him. The
Rocky mountain locust, or grass
hopper, has been treated Of. The
Colorado potatoe bug, has been
exposed so fully, that he is no
longer dreaded, and the time has
now arrived when our peculiarly
southern pest demands a bulletin.
No one denies the propriety OF
the Governments undertaking the
investigation Of the class Of pests
referred to, and tits fully as proper,
for the government to protect its
citizens from direct annoyance and
indirect pccuniary loss, as to pro-
tect them from indirect annoyance
and direct pecuniary lo8s.Whcn the
law abiding, and tax paying citi'
gems, are assailed by q minute, but
persistent enemy, practically mum
bcrless, who lies in wait around the
very doors Of the citizens, who i:
SO small that he cannot be seen
yet, who is so energetic, that hi!
assault is at once, perceived, ther
the government should come to Tho
rescue. Need it be said in plair
English, that the enemy complain
ed of, is the red bug? What otheI
pest answers the above description
We all know the difficulty exper
iencedin counteracting the assaults
of the red bug. He turks in tn,
grass. Every picnicker knows him
He fills the woods, every huntc
knows him. He is invisible, unit
filled with the blood Of his victim
and is hard to be seen then. Hi
cummings beyond calculation. Th'
common tick, takes hold of tn,
first place he comes to. Not s
with the red bug. He hunts for
place where he can not be conven
iently reached, and then he square
himself for business. He will sc
back Of the knee, where he canno
be seen by the sufferer, or on tn
shoulder, or behind the arm pit, O
some other place, equally Difficult
of access. Who ever saw q re,
bug on the left arm, where h
could be seen and got at ? No one
No red bug in his right mind
would ever select such position
Some young and inexperience,
red bug might select such a place
or an insane or feeble minded re,
bug might, but no healthy, sane
red bug would do such a foolisl
trick.
Infnitesimal, as he is, he vii
surround himself with a large re,
spot as big as a silver quarter
which itches furiously, and max
the owner of the spot, want to tea
it to pieces, and he not only want
to do it, but does it. Then tn
red bug is safe, after the spot i
scratched and torn, the red bu
cannot be seen. His actions afte
this are only conjecture. No on
really knows what he does, O
where he goes. He does as h
pleases, with impunity. His effect
are felt for several days, and durin
that time, the party effected is ia
from pleasant company. He want
to scratch, and scratching is vulgar
The more he realizes this fact, tn
more he wants to scratch. Hi
temper is not improved by havin
to repress his scratching proper
sity, and he offends some one, b
being ill-tempered, not intention
ally, but none the less surely. Th
naturel sequence is easily followed
and is resolved into the propositio
that by losing friends he lose
business, and is thus financial
injured.
Therefore, it becomes importan
for the government to come to tn
rescue. No man afflicted by re
bugs can he cheerful and pleas
ant. No man that is not cheerfl
and pleasant can be successful
business. Hence, exterminate tn
red bugs, or discontinue busine;
in the South. This matter is ser
Gus. The South is awakening {
its possibilities, but if every ente