Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-23
AN AsPINwALL TRAMP.
What Was Found in a Bunch of Bananas
Recently.
From tbs Macon tGa.) TelegrdDA.

From tbs Macon ,Gu.) TelegraDh,
'Look out for the tramp said Corrupt,
the fruit.dealer, recently.
reporter was admiring the bright
buff color or a bunch of bananas
recently, when big ugly spider crawled
out and ambled along on the counter. He
was bundle OF dun brown fuzz about the
size OF your thumb, INTO wnich were stuck
several long, black legs.
lie was tramp all the way from As
pinwan.
And like tramp who had stolen ride
under freight car ON "a brakebeam, his
legs seemed cramped lrom long Journey
in the ere vices OF bunch of bananas.
The poor fellow was at a loss where to 20.
Ee was thousands OF miles from home
and frieudless, for people DO not take kind
" to big ugly spiders. He was a tramp
and in a strange country.
1--WE killed one here the other night with
"A body as big as biscuit. His BODY pop
ped like torpedo. They come often IN
bananas, but we generally manage TO kill
them. Up at the Old store one made his
escape and made his home under the coun-
ter. Then another escaped, and Tor a
long time we lost sight of them one day
we found web under the counter, and
on looking closer Te found the home OF
the two tramps They had raised large
| family of spiders, and they were the
cutest little things you would care 20 see 4.
| They ran nimbly into the web il you made
a motion TO strike them, and many day
| we have watched them simply for the
amusement. They caught every fly that
came within range, and now and then a
! bug happened within their reach ana wa
RED their bill of fare. Although weknew
| they were dangerous pets, we dFi not dis.
| tuf6 Them for the reason lai they seemed
| TO be industrious hY-catchers and were
never inclined to sting. One afternoon a
| rev clerk saw one big fellow run around
| d corner OF the counter, and as be had
I neVer seen a spider OF such enormous size
| haimagined that to allow it 10 go at large
was equivalent to turning u tiger loose,
and he'knled the pet. The others ran out
and for about an hour the new clerk had
| about as much as he could stand up to
killing spiders"
{ do they ever bite?'
.t'Y es, but il is a rare occurrence. They
tight like wild cats, and they are high
! temperedB but they neYertrOuble anybody
/ unless aroused and leased. Although
| there are millions of punches of bananas
| brought TO this country every season, and
! many thousand spider steals his way
| across with them, you never hear OF any
| one being stung. They are very peculiar
things, and differ widely in their habits
1 from the common spider of this country,
which makes web like the centre-piece
| of rising sun crazy quilt. They make a
| kind of nest and then spread out lines of
web in every direction. On this single
/ line, which Is as small as silken thread,
they run with ease, hanging to it by their
! long, flexible legs. When danger threat
ems they have way of drawing in the
! lines, and. budding together, await the
attack OF the foe. When thus disturbed
| they make prOdigiOus leaps and arrange
| in circle around the nest which they
/ seem to guard with jealous care. Then,
| when provoked, they run all over the at
| lacking party. They are game and put
| up an ugly fght.V