The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-26
FIGHTING YELLOWJ1CKETS.
The Mcanest Creature Known, but He Car
Get In Big Work.

Get In Dig w oEhs
"Oh. the ID, Didn't you never fight Q
yailew-acket's nest?' growled old Pete
Simmons. who came up to the fair every
fail from Gallatin county. Illinois, and al
ways has bis say in strong If not elegant
English at the Laclede. says the 81. LOUIS
Globe Democrat.
We'll. il WAS purity tough fun when was
q boy, but you had just had to have IT.
Fiudin' a weller Jackets nest set the whole
town a6re. and thar was no rest till the yal-
Ter devils was knocked out. The yalier-
Jacket is the meauest OF all flynn varmlnts.
He is q peculiar. sneaking sort OF cuss
and never gets in his work like other III
sects with stings IN 'em. Now. take the
honey bee: when be gets after you he buzzes
around good deal and sings purity sharp
note lust before he makes dab st you.
The humble bee-he's a great big: luni-
BERN Teller a. ways good Datured aud busy
with his own Affairs II you'll just let him
alone.
when he gets mad he gives you fair
notice and would d'ru,her fight black.
wolly dog r little niger any time. IL be
does come at you he'll cut "A half dozen big
circles IN the air ab ut your head before he
ziDs rou The wasp and the mud -dau Der
won't sting unless you put your finger on
him or give him squeeze OF some KIND.
Tho hornet-well. the hornet simply
comes out of his high hangin' nest some
SATURDAY. afternoon when the stones ana
clubs begin TO fly purity thick about him.
takes dead aim at the Httls boy who's settin'
back on the fence and hasn't thrown sin
Gle stone. Like rltl-shot he pings him
square in the face If that little boy don't
go backward. head over heels, on the ground
it's no healthy hornet. that's all I've got to
say. But the yaller-lacket Is vile. pesky
beast.
Maybe he's harmless enough buzzin'
around the kitchen whom Jour mothers
making preserves or putin up peaches and
pears in tin cans. He's very quiet. too,
while he's suckih' grapes and bitin' all kinds
OF ripe fruit. He never gathers any honey
or wax from the purity flowers that ! can
see. aud must say never saw him 90 out
OF his way to sting ANYBODY: but you just
stir him up at home once and you'll always
remember it. He don't come out like fair
fighter and 90 for your face or your hands
lou may pick up big elder bush or
pick up piece of fence rail AID thrash or
poke into his nest with great hurrah and
never get a sting while you're dom 1t.
When you get tired you go of with the
other boys and set on a bank or log and
tell each other how you shattered the yaller
devils. But In few minutes. like you was
struck With liehtnin', y bounce mp about
four feet IN the AR anu DeRln 10 clutcu at
your clothes and yell.
You tear of your roundabout. snatch
open your shirt collar. yank off your gal
luses and skin off breecbes. bowling all the
time like wild Injun. When you git down
to tho bare skin you'll likely find three or
four yaller-j jackets sittn' IN a soft place on
your hide. plugging it into you for all they're
", nth. tell you it hurts. too. more than
any other sting you ever had. You see
that's the way the yaller- jacket operates.
"Of course. he gits out of patience while
you are tearin' up his nest; feels kind o out
ragged. you know, aud tive or three quarts
of him pours out of the hole to see what's
goin' on He takes the matter quietly.
lights on your clothes. slowly investigates
and looks around for an opening, gently
slides hisself in between the button-holes,
and fually gets down to hard-pan When
three OF four of 'em on each boy git ready
they proceed to business. as YOU dictionary
fel ers would say. simultaneously
"Mebbe they like chorus singin by the
boys. | tell YOU I've been there fire.
quently. After one of these engagements
i've often seen dozen bOEs playin' in the
mud on the creek bank. stark naked. with
little dobs of blue clay all over their backs
to take - bison out whore the stiDgs
went in