The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-12
F Citing Yellow Jacke.s.

20, the deyil; didn't you never fight a yaller
Jackets nest?' growied old Pete simmons, who
comes Up to tue far every fall from oaliatin
county, Illinois, says Jhe St. Louis Globe-D Demo
a. Wei, it was purity tough fun when
was a boy, but you just La to have it. Findin'
yalier Jacket nest set The whole town afire
and thar was no rest till the yaller devils was
Knocked out.
The yalier jacket the mealest Of all fyin'
VaTmluIs. he Is d peculiar, sneak a sort OF q
cuss and new gels IN his WORK Ike other IN
eectS " TN stings IN EN-. Now take honey b e
when lie geLs atter you he buzzes around a
CO. deal and sings purity sharp note lust be
I re he makes dab at you The bul BILE bee 49,
he s great il, luInberIn' Teller, always go1 d
natured AMI busy with his own affairs, il you'll
Just let aim one Whsn & gets mad he gives
you falr notice. and would ruther fizut a
black. wOOlIy dog or a little niger any time II
ne dos come at you. he'll. cut half dozel big
circles in the air about your head be ne tips
you. The wasp and tue mud dauber won't
sun you unless you put your finger on MIN, or
give nlm squeeze some kind.
, The hornet. well, the hornet simply comes
out OF his high-hangin ST some turday
al eruoon when the stones and clubs Uegin to
ny purity thick about him. taxes dead aim at
me little boy who's set in back on Q fence
a d lasn' thrown a single stone. Like rife
shot he pings him square IN the fac. Ii that
Little boy don't 90 Backward, heels over head
on the ground it's no healthy hornet, that, all
We cot TO lay. But the yailer JAG e. Is a VILE
pesky beast. Maybe his harmless enough
lzzln around the kitchen when your mothers
naHlug reserves or putin up peaches and
pears IN TIN cans He very quiet, too while
ne SUCKING grapes and biJin ali kinds # ripe
UT. lie YER gather, any honey or wax
from the purity flowers TIA / can s e ami |
must say never "a ~ him 20 out of his way to
sting anybody; but you Just stir him IN at
nome once and you'll always remem Der it.
tie don't come out like air fighter aud 20
FOR your face or your aaHds.
I GU may take a BIZ elder brush or pick I'D
pee OF ence raj and rash ur poNe into
Is net gi-u era auTrah and navar oar a
sting while you're dnin' it. When YOU Ct tired
you go oG with tue other boys and set on a bank
or a 'OG and tell eacn other how you siatherei
TIE ailer evils, But in a few ininut =. ike
YOU as struck with likhtuin', YOU bounce nm
ABOUT -FOUR teet in the air and begin to clu ca
at your clothes and yell. You tear IF your
roundabout, sna open your 8 irt collar, yank
OIL your alluers aud skin off your rec mes
howhn' all the time like VIVID | Jun w en-
you IL down TO tue bare skin you'll likely find
rec or four yal jackets settin' in a soft
theE re worth. tell you it hurts, too. worse
imam any otlEr ting you ever hal. You sc
that the way the yaller jacket operates
or course ne gifts out of patience while YOU
are tearln' up his nest; cells kind O. outraged
you know, and two or three quarts Of him pours
out of the ole to what's goin' on He takes
Inc matter quietly, lights on your clothes,
slowly invest sateS and looks O ound for an
opening, e ntly slides hlsSe.f in between the
6uttonuoles ami finally gifts down to hard pan
Nhen three four c. EN- on each boy git
ready, they proceed to business, as you dction-
airy el ers would say, 'smulta eously.' Mebbe
they Ike chorus 81 gin by tue BOYS I tell
you, We been there frequently. After one of
these engagements I've often seen dozen BOYS
settin' in the mud on the creek bank stark
their backs and bellies to take the poison ont
where the sting went in