The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-08-11
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THOSE BOTHERINO LocUsrs.
How They shouid = Met. Dossd and
| Persuaded 20 DIE.
With the intention OF observing
The home life OF the cicada, q re-
porter for the New York Sun went to
Staten Island one day and walked
along the terrace for q mile to an ac-
compartment OF crunching insects.
Staten island is one mass OF the in
sects. They are overhead and under
loot and tho trees are obscured by
them. A mathematician In Blooming
dale has calculated that II q mans
vocal abilities were as great in pro-
portion to his size as q cicada's he
could make himself heard three times
around the world and have enough
voice left over to tie In double bow
knot at the ends.
What is bothering tho Staten
islanders now Is to find some use TOR
their visitors. This Is particularly
Interesting, AS 1t may be that q Sec
ond instalment will arrive later in
the year. The reporter interviewed
q number OF Staten Island men on
the vital questions What are you
going to do with themP" and here
are some OF the answers:
'.Set the place on fire. and burn
EN- out"
Poison 'em with paris green and
use the bodies for fertilizer"
Train 'em up to hunt mosquitoes.
..Hire 'em out In gangs to Western
land Improvement syndicates to clear
away underbrush."
"Emigrate to Europe and let them
colonize the island"
"Damfino."
Most OF those interviewed con-
Cured In the opinion last given.
But the oldest inhabitant-thevh have
separate Oldest inhabitaut for
every important occurrence in Staten
islanG--gives a still more hopeless
reply.
faint the question. said he.
what we're goin' to do with them
vermin The question Is what's
them vermin goin' to do with us?"
This particular oldest inhabitant
is IN ex-sailor, with little home
near the waterside. He says he
knows all about cicadas, as he's
seen swarms of them in oil parts OF
the world.
There's trouble COMM" said he;
"sure 'nough trouble. Somethin'
terrible always happins when them
animiles heaves in sight. When l
was travelin' acrost the country
oncet out on the plains there came a
swarm SO thick 1t stopped the train
and near threw it Off the track The
very next week lost wallet with
81. SO in It..
Have you ever seen the insects
on Staten island before?" asked the
reporter.
"Yes, ! seen 'em more'n fifteen
year ago, an that very year my
brother William fell down and bust
ed his leg plumb off short, Il knowed
these were comm and got all
ready for 'em an closed my house all
up. My little sloop lies out there in
the bay, an / slowed away all her
sail under lock an key. What fer?
Why, young man. the las time we
had them animiles here a swarm OF
'eIn few out to schooner belongin'
to mo an my brother an ate every
stitch OF canvass off'n her. They
didn't even leave the ropes an stays.
! amt runnin' any risks like that
ag'in.
They're cute devils. See that
ellum tree out in my yard' Well.
that's slippery ellum an on Sun.
day mornin'. when the animiles first
came up from the ground, they
spotted that tree. They went to
work an eat all the bark oil in limo
up an down. an then they went slid
in down the slippery place jos like
toboggan slide, an they was SO
many of 'em that it was Just one
long line. roun' an roun' until got
so dizzy had to get out my garden
hose an wash 'em off. That's the
reason you don't see many OF EN-.
for when they sees / meant business
they left.
"Speakin' of locuses. I'll toll you
how they saved my life once when /
was climb bling q South American
mountain by gittin' in between mo
an a avalanche an stopp;n' the ava
lanche. Talk about big swarms!
Why, that was tho biggest What's
that? Your train. Welcome down
again any time you want to know
anything about them animiles."