The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-07-31
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A Troublesome Bee.

A little yellow busy bee, which had been
loafing the greater portion of the day around
the syrup bottle in a neighboring soda shop,
CHANGED to stroll into q shaving saloon on
Common street. and in very short time
proved that a small thing can cause great
deal of trouble.
While the German proprietor of the
barber-shop was shaving fat man, and
saving at vas a warm day, and if it don't
get cooler We melts, the bee came and
buzzed around the ear of the fat man, who
became nervous and slapped at it viciously.
Then the bee scared around in short cir
Gle. and endeavored to make a landing and
rest on the German BARRIERS nose, who in
turn wiped the air with both hands in a
foolish attempt to kill the annoying insect,
but the bee darted at him, and he lodged
behind the chair and yelled to the shop
boy: CLANS, come here right away und
make de bee go away" Hans obeyed in
structions, and seeing the bee humming
lazily around, he opened on it with wet
towel, and the first swash he made knocked
a couple of globes off the gas-fxture, and
the bee retaliated by singing him on the
lip. This excited Hans, who charged
around the shop after the bee, and worked
his towel so vigorously that he Succeeded
in whacking every customer that occupied
a chair and caused an irate Frenehman to
exclaim "Sacre what for you beet me
when you knock at Eat leetle bug. Aha,
by gar, don't do Eat some more
About this time the bee, who should
have been employing his time sucking
flowers, saw that he had stirred up the
shop, so he flew along the line of chairs,
and coming to bald-headed man tried to
Craze around on his pate, but the attending
barber struck at him with hairbrush,
whereupon the bee hit him under the left
ear, and then charged the whole shop. 1t
buzzed in a way that indicated it meant
business, and after tapping the Frenchman
on the nose, the German proprietor over
the eve, and the fat man on the chin, it
managed to array the wounded men against
it. The Frenchman who was wild with
rage, clutched busting brush, the fat man
broom, and the German barber an UNI
brella. Each man kept his eye fixed on
the bee, and noticed nothing else, and
struck at it with all their strength. The
first volley of blows aimed at the agile honey
maker resulted in the Frenchman being
knocked down by the fat mans broom,
while the barber peeled all the skin off his
nose with the umbrella. The excitement
was so great and the fight was so hot that
neither the barber nor the fat man noticed
that the Frenchman had received the blows,
hit with their eyes still fixed on the bee,
and installing the yells of the PROSTATE
Frenchman for encouraging shouts, they
continued to strike at the bee with all their
strength, which invariably missed the bee
and hit the unfortunate man on the floor,
and had not policeman, attracted by howls
and the sound Of breaking glass, entered
the shop, he would have been beaten to
pulp. 1t is necessary to say that the bee,
as soon as it grew tired of parching the
head of the whole crowd, escaped without
bruise, and left the German barber and
fat man to explain matters with the I'M
fortunate Frenchman. = Ne,o Orleans
Times Democrat.