The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-11
JERSEYS SONGDIRD.
The Hackensack Mosquito
DeScendS Like a Plague
on the City.
A PICNIC BROKEN UP.
Swarms Of Violent Insects in
Bayonne, Greenville, Bergen
and Lafayette.
Mosauitosl
They ''busted0 picnic last night.

Mosduitosl
They busted" picnic last night
oh. how they came up from the Hack
eDsack meadows, and in swarms made
their way to this city. Hoboksn and Bay
onne
With excellent Judgment they sought
the aristocratic Bergen FIRST, aud when
few thousands to each breathing thing
was lodged in the places where they could
attack suffering humanity with the great
est degree of success, millions continued
their forging expedition to Greenville and
Bayonne.
Like a stormburst they descended on
these places carrying pain and torture
with them. At the Greenville Schuefzen
Park the S:huetzen picnic was in pro-
gress. This event is annually the great
est picnic held In this section aud last
night the park was crowded at about eight
o'clock the advance guard of the blood
thirsty Invaders entered the park They
kept the pleasure seekers Ia a lievelier
condition than dozen brass bands could.
BY 930 o'clock the advance guard was
reinforced by the main army. It was
under good generalship. for the army
made but one charge and victory was
theirs. The picnic was busted.
and men, women, and children.
handkerchiefs and their hands concealed
In pockets or beneath clothing rushed
madly for the street cars. Swear
ing for the time being ased to
be sin and the tortured
men indulged in it so vigorously that any
felt pity and, overcome with remorse,
committed suicide
HoRsECARs RAIDED
Not 80 with these pesky insects. Made
more ferocious because their prey had
fled from them, the winged army pur-
followed them TO this city. So
great was the rush to get away from the
mosquitoes that the Jersey City and Ber-
gen Railroad Company placed five extra
cars at the disposal of the picnickers.
Mosquitoes" said Cond netor Walsh. of
the Greenville line. when / asked him IL
he had seen any. You should
night and Sunday night ] have
lived there seven years. and / never saw
so many, and such large fellows. Bite!
Lord, they would bite through man's
shirt sleeves as easy as II he had none
Look at my neck"
/ looked and counted twenty.three
humps that had been raised BY the bills Of
the little winged tormeutors.
"By Jinksl they did find you" ejacu-
lated.
"oh, that's nothing; Pm quite comfort
able now" murmered Walsh with
thankful sigh. He added: ''One man
got on my car with two eyes that
reese Inoied the wind mp OF a bare knucEie
fight. The pesky 'skeeters had bitten
him beneath each optic and dis
colored them. A woman dressed
in thin white gown got on
k.~-
The sleeves of her gown were spotted
with blood caused by the pests. And so
it was all the time was on duty. Every
one used fans and handkerchie IS
growled and fretted. When | went to
bed / could not sleep for the little devils.
although I had plenty OF mosquito net
ting over the window. My room was so
full of them that If had tried to could
have filed a quart bottle in half an
hour"
Ibid the other employees complaint
81 should say they did Joe Mulford
the stable boss, did not go to bed at all.
There were many others who sat up all
night, too. Ask my driver what he
thinks of them"
I sought the driver, W ho is an English
man. He has lived in Greenville two
years.
IBID Hi see b'any h'of the bloomin'
blood suckers? Yes, sir: HI did, hand
OldSI uo II eyesB II II Wauto W sec
h'any more"
The dri yer complained that the insects
bothered him greatly while driving. He
exhibited his face, hands and neck, which
fully corroborated his complaint.
Jeffers, the starter at the ferry. who
lives in Greenyille. positively declared
that the mossquitos were as big as
flies.
Conductor Motion told story similar
to that of Walsh aud said he round the
most of the pests in Currie's Wood and
Bayonne.
last night and Sunday mig bit the mos
quitos were HORRIBLE" he said.
IN SELF-DEFENSE.
met District Attorney Winfield soon
after. and asked him if he saw any mos
quitos lRat night.
" Yes, sir: / saw one at Asbury Park,
and killed it In selt-defense. Twas not
in Creenville Sunday aud Monday"
Everywhere in Greenville and Bayonne
people and cattle. dogs and cats, suffered
from the Invasion, which all declare was
the worst they had ever seen
The same cry went up from Lafayette.
where the PEOPLE all last night were
kept awake fighting the little hends.
Druggists sold more pennYroyal 10 rub on
the hands and faces of people last night
than they did in an entire week before.