The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-17
FROM THE FOOTHILLS.
HoMeslcK FOR SOME CHEERFUL
TROPICAL PRODUCTS.
He yearued for The Society of tho oe"',
nodes and Scorpions OF Berm"d"-"
Graphic Description Of the Get Up ana
Habits Of tho Tarantula-

tnow .hor I'm headed iuri Bet ye dontl
I'm n'in,ed straight fur Nassau and Bermn'
Az Never ont among tho foothills. reckon'
Thought We wasn't It's great country h's
thore hnin't no contipedos out thar. nll-'"
the ccni,pelc1 vas kind O used 10 en-
bovin spent year Or two With en- down n
p.r,nujv and Nassau. Another draw back
70 the fooi..i country IS That lte a hs'o
short o. scorpions. Thurs few out tnaI ms
not enough 10 make it cheerful, ana va nave
been n tribe duh for me II 10 hadn't been for
me torautuiios Know what tafantuiy Is
don't yol Course ye know that
REGULAR LADY KILLER
"cuoss sc never see ono o them biz spiders,
,bonrh. did yol Thought not They slze mp
0rst rate out on tho adobe grounds OF the
Sierra foothills, but they amt moren han as
lilo nc tarautulics Is in Dormudy and Nassau
rye seon 'em down thar ne big as your nat
Rut cues they hain't got no moro IRE ~
their laws than tho foothills tTantuly car
rios Tarautnlias Is thick as flies out thar
mon. the foothills Whom the nights Is warm
they sally out Oh the promenade 20 numerous
That We hayo 20 watch out or yen step on
sone Of EN- and hurt EN-. Many fine
norniu' I've cot up and seen tarantuly hair
enough on the ground 10 temper a square roo
o. mortar. It's hair they she'd in free lights
tween themselves durin the night You
might walk over the adobe grounds OF tho
foothills FOR month and wouidnt notice ye
wns walkin' over tarantuly settlement
Maybe ycd 500 what ye thought was dead
leaf or = piece o dirt make n sudden mp KIND
Ct a movement. but the CHANCES r that yed
think il was OWN TO the wind a stirrn
gometnin' or other on the ground. III bet
that's what we'd think But il wouldn't b.
the wind n stirrin' uothin' It'd be the trap
door of a tarautuly's den closin' shet gooI
MANY folksd think, when they first see q
tarantuly's den, that it's a dice box some
bodv's dropped III bet you'd think so yer
SELF. now. Tarantuly's dcns looks a powerful
ot like dice boxes but don't ye never go and
pick one up. thinkin' YER found little curl
o.itv. or ven sec that yer found a curl
osity tie.oru . heap, md maybe thsfe won't
be whisky enough in yer aask 20 out pizon
lie rizen the tarantuly has socScd into we
gut when ye see What Sc might think was
g.. wind a stirrin' a leaf or soncthn', that
Do n tarantuly shcttin' his trap door. Hes
been a-peeking out 40 ye, and, not hkin' yer
cut las shet himself in and yo can bet he's
lollin' the door, too. That door is htted on
20 the den by hinge on one side. It's made
,ut o. leaves and sticks sad dirt, which Is
z'ucd together with souo patent cement the
taran'uly mako- HIMSELF
81 haInr no sign thar mo tsrantuly is TO
l0mr when bis d0arsshot for heal"ayssie'S
10 whom Bee goes out on Tire war path or on the
mash. Didn't snQY Oh" ;nraniuly was great
nasl-r, dd yef Cert"ly ye didn T. ny,
he's regular duls Oh" 'n' 'l''s' ne IL '''' ",
Oh TIE corners 10y ln' n''i' S''oN'" u9"i' ~
rhisl ers win some Oh "'s l'"s~u,''' =" Va
1ntu' 3 Close on 10 d" "U'sNe' I.'u Pa
and "a'chn o1l lot l'.'y .''' ''.'.' '''1'
one inie' along toward "iii '' sl''''''7' 'lo :,
pull Is cnn WHISPER ana ''Iln' '''7.- "'''
h'nd> SKIN Ills eye sil-"-1 - ~ -i'a' i ~. ''
tuiy O., sAe pfomelAiei UP DIS WY ~ ''''
passes close enough Orb hln Dee IL sloo. Guy one
Of his long tore'ess an her ana give IL ill,''
twitch, AL dTa" 10 BACK quic.' JUST as u NJ
war hm;in' with her ana sayn' 'On' you
nssy thieg, you. III strike $50 real haid
Noudnf hardly haieFe lunt' "ouiu le'
Course le wouidn q Dut IL true as some
preachin' I've heard but iis when the "a.
rantuly of tho adobe ground ioo,Aiiis come
home iaat hss great. ii' comes nome WIN
q rush lie sails up on the aenl rum ana ue
fore so can begin 20 SEQ ho" he does DO h.
throws that door % ILLS Il oi'ei. ANA i' ii-ii+ d
bis sb 'hans with the door slet ana i..Aeu
quicsern The brown Afuh .f lhe iooln'iis
can shake 6h Us TAN --l. t"'i '''''
thls', too t1at heiis 10 ulIFo ""a"e9 oui OUT
thar mons Size lootnAs
a LIZARD TALE
"yon wouldn't b..Ioyo ,hat there's o. lizard
o,,f thar chats built SO THAI /. can Zip iis tail
oP MS oasl as sou can Snap ser fingers, and
@ rn SCI right in aud grow another inside OF "a
week. woih SEQ Hardly, ya wouldn't But
mats the kind OK "a kzard that sprouts out
Char AND tho fun oi 10 is that there hain't
notliui pat wi-cles that tho alO0o ground
farantuly dotcs ON more'n be docs on that
brown d arI Te'i wais ten milo any time
o. day Oh night o. sock bis jaHs into one %
'em. And git it ihia't morg.n once ina hun
droI times tDat ho can mai.t Dis meal on olc.
"Iisn iinris is swift OF ileirfeet, but the
tarnuuiy is s"iiier. ana when he siis ON tic
trail of lizard he's sure To haul up with IT,
But be always grabs f0r its CAL. Qllchern
ou luiin can steal Yerblankct The lizard gives
that tw.ich o. hisn anil the tail comea Oh and
the lizard GOES b. -lt 0u. Thur never Wa5 %