Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-15


broke ,a.a.a ia California.
poisoal in th Western addition
have slept suuudiy for y,ais in ig.
uoraucc Of the fact that no amy mo.
mcnt a plague worse than the luCUsts
OF Egyp, might come crawling into
open windows and under Loosely
hung door % plaguoat fierce blood
hungry lucyhos Tl.u D. AN cN.cn.
-ivc lc1ch fum &C l,lg5 Bush street,
whore 10000 oil tho rrpul,ivo mon
STEERS arc confined awaiting purohas.
Gus. Tho farm i5 ono ul two b.
the United States, the Other being
in Now York and thcro at times
$4,000 lcechC3 agWUn ccusclessly
about, over and through swamp
muck, constantly searching FOR some
hgpla- animal that chance may have
mirod down 10 furnish u feast for tho
inStiato nnuclilal
Tho lccches at tho san Francisco
farm broke away tho other night
and over prcad thonc.phb1aing tcnu-
mcnt IN a very short time. Hun
dreds Of them crawled up tho walls
and tried every window and crcyicc,
seeking am c1trauco because OF some
instructive knowledge that in tho
house thcy.could find succuleut pas.
turggo upon the forms Of glccpcrs
who rested without knowledge of tho
threatening danger
But u minority found their way
into the sleeping rooms--uot more
than l,OOO-but even that number Of
snaGy, pnccnish black, crcvpy worms
suilicgd TO tc.gify thu occupants al.
most into fits when they felt tho
eager suction Of tho lccghcs and
uwokc 20 iind themselves fpstooucd
with thcuglyp products Of tho swampy
Oozo OF Bordeaux.
Tho first TO awaken wa3 a young
lady, and she was not long IN an
nouncing her distress and Gruusing
her fellow occupants Of tho house,
only TO find that each Of thcm had
for room companions from u score TO
hundreds Of tho lcechcs,
Brooms were savagcly Piled in
every corner and under every piece
of furni.urc. Bodclothiug was shaken
and closely examined. Loech bites
We're dressed with soothing applica.
tons, and after several hours Of &c.
tivity tho household again settled
down TO rest.
Next morning an examination Of
tho premises and those adjacent was
madc, and when the locch farm was
discovered tho secret was out aB well
Us tho leCchcs.
Tho worms arc brought from
France, whcro about Bordeaux there
arc wide areas in black, light oozo in
which lcochcs of tho horccst sort
multiply unstinted, Tho ooZc fairly
hcavcs with their writings ut tho
season Of tho year when they AFRO
most active, and it is then that one
OF the cruelest sights possible may DO
seen.
Old horses worn out in faithful
service AFRO driven INTO tho marshes
and arc soon covered with tho hun
cry leGchcs, which faston 20 lips,
cyolids, nose or any other tender
part and hang on until glutcd with
the life blood Of their victim, or UNI
I'll tho wrctched horse wcaisens un-
der the drain and falls 10 sui'ocatc in
the slime Of The leech morass.
Whom lcechos ure desired 10 sond
TO Now York or san Francisco men
are hired whose poverty compels
them to accept any chance. Tho men
walk barolegged into the borders OF
tho leoch swmmp3 and are immodi.
atoly covered by the ropulsivo crawl
ers, but before they can moro than
pierce tho skin Of tho men with
their sharp somilunar teeth THY are
swept Oh into pouches, from which
they are counted out into beds Of
wet moss and boxes of their nativo
oozc imbcddcl in which they aro
transported safely any distance.
Cranberry riuoc or fruit iellyto be eaton
with tho mglt j, placed vi che table b,fnIa
the guests take thcit placed and removed