The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-05-02

} read in the Sun The other dsv An "A
count g a French physician Who has ais.
covered that he can cure rheumsti.r, by
the slines Of bees. said New York rail.
read man reccnlly returned from . trio 10
Menice. The doctor says he has me. With
great success 10 treating that obstinate
disease with bees. the only difficulty with
the treatment being that hc has TO use
s'uoh large number of bees before he can
Introduce sufficient conntcr irritation, or
what ever Il may be, to the affected spot
want 10 give lac French doctor pointer
tha, will let him on, of that trouble Al
once II he will follow II. Hc doat want
10 fool with The ordinary, every day so,t
OF bee any longer, All be has to do is 10
get An invoice OF cheerful wasp that
makes Mexico iis homo aud hun,ice
ground. aud be won't need more than QUO
of them TO knock ont the wors, case of
rheumatism any man ever struggled with,
II there is really any virtue in the bee.s,ing
treatment
The Mexican wasp is built entirely for
business. Ho is over two inches long
when he is OF age, and is sbou, tho color
OF q bay horse, His plnnecr ia q full inch
long, and as fine as a spiders xeb. Un-
like The stinger OF the common bee, the
singer OF the Mexican wasp in non for
ietable. He doesn't give II up after max.
ing one plunge, but has IL always in read.
ness for an all days job il necessary. Tho
mission OF the Mexican wasp seems TO be
merely to hunt up people aud run ,hst
stinger OF his into them. The natives say
that he will so ten miles out OF bis way 10
get wbsck at person. The natives seem
to get fat on snake bites, centipede bites,
and scorpion shngs, but il they discover
one OF these wasps Ia the neighborhooi
they hunt for cover without delay.
! had the pleasure Of personal contact
with Mexican wasp ose day. 1t sampled
me on the cheek. have been actively Ia
the passenger business Tor many yssr,
but that wasp loved my cheek. The sting
er went clear through IL aud about quar-.
ter OF an inch into the side OF my tongue.
Instantly the whole side OF my head and
face felt like foot asleep. l didn't know
what had bit me. The cheerful numbnem
lasted but a minute, and then turned NJ
cold as an icicle thought ! was dying.
| pinched my face, but there was no feel.
ing IN it. bit my tongue and II didn'I
hurt. There was some feeling o minute
later. though. for such pang as no man
ever felt, unless he was hit by ono OF these
base burning insects, shot to tie top OF my
head and then shot back again. Then il
grabbed me in the throat, tackled the root
OF my mouth, and dallied with my palate
II you can imagine how il would feel 10
have wires drawn into the most scnsitiy
parts OF your person, and then have tla
wires heated 10 white heat and left there
to simmer, you can have some idea how
ielt. A native told me, then. what allied
me. ! would willingly have laid down
and died, and l felt sorry whom they told
me that the Mexican wasp was so cruel
that it never killed persons with its sting
bnt just dipped them and lot them enjoy
sbe aftermath. The most sgonizing psin
with me two hours, which is tie
regulation time for il to torture i's recip
ents. When ii passed away my cheek
md tongue were rs sore as two stone
bruises, and remained so for two day,
But, strange to say, they didn't swell.
Let that French doctor get few Of
hese Mexican wasps, and II there In an,
rood in the bee.sting cure for rheumatism
10 will have every one Of his patients
ut OF bed before ho has used up o,s
wasp.