The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-31

'Old Bee Fessler couldn't bide
Children on his place, says Ike
"Yit, fer all, they climb inside
And tromp round there, keerless like.
In their bare feet. Bee could tell
Ev'ry townboy by his yell
Sos at when they bounced the fence
Didn't make no difference
He'd jes' git down on one knee
In the grass and pat the bee;
And, eff t admit staid stuck in;
Fess nd set the sting agin-
N potter off, and wait around
Fer the old familiar sound.
Allus boys there, more or less,
Skootin round the premises!
When the buckwheat wuz in bloom,
Lawzy, how them bees nd boom
Round the boys at crossed that way
Fer the crick on Saturday!
Never seemed to me su'prisin'
AT the sting of bees 'uz pizin'.
'"Fore he went to Floridy,"
Ike says, "nothin bout bee
AT old Fessler didn know
WY, it jes 'peared like at he
Knowed their language, high and low!
Claimed he told jes' by their buzz
What their wants and wushes wuz!
Peek in them air little holes
Round the porches of the hive
Drat their pesky little souls
Could a skinned the man alive!
Al IL L IL. 4,
And squat down and scrape the gum
Outen ev'ry hole, and blow
N bresh the crumbs off, don't you knoNt
Take the roof off, and slide back
Them air glass concerns they pack
Full o honey, and jes' lean
~ grabble 'mongst en- fer the queen.
Fetch her out and show you to her
Jes', you might say, interview her!
"Year err two, says Ike. says he,
"'Fore he went to Floridy,
Fessler struck the theory
Honey was the same as love-
You could make it day and night
Said them bees O his could be
Got jes' twict the work out Of
Eff Teller managed right.
He contended eff bees found
Blossoms all the year around,
He could git 'em down at once
To work all the winter months
Same as summer. So one fall
When their summers work wuz done,
Bee turns in and robs EN- all
Loads the hives then, one by one.
On the cyars, and lowed ned see
Eff bees loafed in Floridy!
Said he bet he'd know the reason
Ef his didn't work that seascni
"And, says Ike, tits jes, F." says he,
Like old Fessler says to me-
ANY man kin fool bee,
Git him down in Floridy!'
Feared at fust, as old Bee said,
Fer to kindo' turn their head
Fer spell-but bless you. they
Didn't lose half day
Altogether-Jes' Lit in
Them-air tropics, and them-air
Cacktusses a-ripen.nin
N magnoiiers, and sweet peas,
N simmon and pineapple trees,
n ripe bananners, here and there,
N dates a-danglin' in the breeze,
IN figs and reezins everywhere
All waitin' jes' fer Fessler's bees!
N Fessler's bees, with gaumy wings,
A-gittin' down and whoopin' things!
Fessler kindo' overseein
En-, and sorto' 'hee-o-heein'r
" Fore he went to Floridy,
Old Bee Fessler," Ike says he,
"Wuzn't counted jes' to say
Mean er ornry anyway
On'y ev'ry tarnal dime
AT nd pass him on the road
He'd ketch up with ev'ry time
And no mortal ever knowed
Him to spend copper-cent-
LESS on some fool-speriment
With them bees-like that un he
Played on 'em in Floridy,- :.
Fess, of course, he tuck his ease,
But 'twuz bilious on the bees.-
Sweat. you know, nd jes' stand out
On their forreds-pant and groan
And grunt round and limp about
And old Bee. o. course, a.knowin'
'Twuzn't no fair shake to play
On them pore dumb insecks ner
To abuse EN- hathaway
Bees has rights, I'm here to say.
= And that's all they asst him fer!
Cleared big money! Well, I guess
Bee shipped honey. more er less,
Into evry State, perhaps,
Ever put down in the maps.
"But by time he fetched EN- bacl
In the spring agin," says Ike,
They was actin spicious like
Though they 'peared to lost the track
o. everyth ing they saw err heard.
They'd lay round the porch and gap
At their shadders in the sun
Do-less like. ontell some bird
Suddenly nd maybe drap
In a bloomin' churry-tree,
Twitterin' tune at run
In their minds famiiously:
They'd revive up. kndo', then,
Like they argied, We'll, its BEN
The most longest summer we
Ever saw en- want to see!-
AUST be right, though, or old Bee
'Ud notify rs. thsy-saysee;