The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-05
STARTING AN AprARY.
An Amusing story which Suburban
Re. idents Will Appreciate.


Re idents Will Appreciate.
| had an improved back yard | went
through a seed store, and bought a sample of
everything that would grow in this climate.
The result was perfect tangle of flowers and
things, from an over-grown sunnower to a
forget-me-not. Mrs. Bricktop is very proud
of our garden, and while gushing over it the
other morning happy thought worked its
way under her back hair. "What delight
full thing it would be to have hive of bees
and raise our own honey, as well as every
thing else" | have always thought that
woman inspired ever since she convinced me
that | couldn't do better than marry her This
was an original, bold idea-a happy thought.
promised her a hive of bees, and went to
business with a lighter heart and tirmer be-
lief in the genuineness of home comforts and
amusements. / bought hive of honey-bees
and took it home with me that very night
1t was one of those patent, hydrostatic back
action hives, in which the bees have peculiar
accommodations and all the modern improve
ments. 1t was little hive-none of your old
fashioned barn-sze affairs. 1t even had
windows in it, so that the bees could look out
and see what was going on and enjoy them
selves. Both myself and Mrs B. were delighted.
the garden, and opened the bay window so that
the bees could take an early start, and get
to business by sunrise the next morning.
Mrs. B. called me honey" several times dur
ing the evening, and such sweet dreams as we
had. We intended to be up early next morn
ing to see how our little birds took to our
flowers, but good half hour before we proba-
bly, should have done so we were awakened by
ba ya11 of ID
from her downy couch, exclaiming, sWhat
can be matter with our yellow Billyp' - The
yells of anguish convinced us that something
more than ordinary was the matter with him,
and so we hurried into our toilets We rushed
out into our back yard, and oh what sight
met our astonished gaze The sight consisted
OF yellow cat that appeared to be doing it's
best to make pin-wheel of itself. He was
rolling over and over in the grass, bounding up
and down, anon darting through the bushes
and foliage, standing on his head and then
trying to drive his tail into the ground, and all
the while keeping up the most confounded
howllng that was ever heard. ''The cat is
mad =, said Mrs: B., affrighted. "Why
shouldn't he be? The bees are stnging him.''
said l, comprehending the trouble. Mrs B.
flew to the rescue of her cat, and the cat flew
at her. So did the bees. One of them drove
his drill into her nose, another vaccinated
to lay out his work near her eve.
Then she howled and began to act nearly
as bad as the cat. 1t was quite an animated
scene. She cried Murder p and the neigh
bors looked out from their back windows and
cried out for the police and asked where the
fire was. This being a trife too much, threw
towel over my head and rushed to her res
cue. In doing so ran over and knocked her
down, trod upon the cat, and made matters no
better. Mrs b. is no child on a wrestle, and
had n Il. 90
ing down the garden walk with my head using
my ears for handles. Then Yelled and some
OF the bees came to her assistance and stung
me all over the face. In the mean time the
heighpors were shouting and getting awfully
excited over the show, while our servant, sup
posing us lighting, opened the basement door
and admitted policeman, who at once pro-
ceeded to go between man and wife The bees
hadn't got at Mrs. b. IS tongue yet and she
proceeded to show the policeman that [ had
abused her in the most shameful manner, and
That had bought hive of bees on purpose to
torment her into the grave. / tried to
explain, but just then a bee stung the
offcer on the nose, and he understood
1t all in less than minute He got mad and
actually lost his temper. He rubbed his nose
and did some official cursing. But rs this
didn't help matters at ALL he drew his club
and proceeded to demolish that patent bee
hiVe. The bees failed to recognize his badge
OF office and just swarmed on him They
stung him wherever he had no clothing, and
some places where he did have it, Then he
howled, and commenced acting after the man
ner OF the cat and its mistress. He rolled on
the ground for moment, and then got up and
made for the street, shouting ''Fire.' Then
the bees turned to the people who had
climbed the fence to see the fun. Windows
went down, and some of the neighbors
acted as though they thought twenty-inch
shell was about to explode. By this time
fre-engine had arrived, and line of hose
was taken through the house into the back
yard. One of the hosemen asked where
the fire was, but just then one of the bees
hit him behind the ear, and he knew They
turned stream upon that half-wrecked bee
hive, and began to ''play away'' with one
hand and fight bees with the other.
But the water had the desired effect, and
those bees were soon among the things that
were. A terrible crowd had gathered in the
mean time in front of the house, but large
portion of it followed the flying policeman,
who was rubbing his affected parts and
making for the station-house and surgeon
This little adventure somehow dampened
our enthusiasm regarding the felicity of
making our own honey. During The next
week we wore miik-and-water poultices
pretty ardently, but not a word was Slid about
honey; and now Mrs. b. has gone TO stay a
week with her mother, leaving me and the
conValescent tom-cat and tickled neighbors
to enjoy our own felicity.
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