The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-01
IT MADE A DIFFERENCE.
Is the Butler Found Who Delayed Boiling
q Wasp's Nest.

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There are many charming hooks in
Central park, and reporter few
days ago wandered into one of them
with an English friend. It was noticed
that the place seemed to swarm with
lbumblebees and soon they were seen
disappearing down a small hole, evil
IDENTITY the entrance to their nest.
What seemed strange was that the bees
seemed to be of all sizes. They could
sting, too, as was learned from an ex-
perience with one of them.
The find brought some "reminiscences
to the Englishman. when 1 was a
boy" he said, st used to be great
amusement for US boys to dig out
wasps' nests. First of all the wasps did
great damage to the peaches, plums,
greengages and nectarines, and, be.
sides, we wanted the grubs for fishing
bait.
''There is none better in the world
for perch, dace, Dream, gudgeon, roach
and, in fact, almost any fish. Our pro.
cess was to go out just at nightfall and
make our way to the nest we had dis
covered in the day. We would stuff
up the entrance with a naphtha soaked
rag, and after lighting it, put sod
over the hole, so that the wasps might
get the full benefit of the odor. In half
an hour every wasp would be harmless
and stupefied, and we would set ia
work to dig out the nest This is cir
cular in shape, and built with a kind
of paper made from the bark Of trees.
AS soon as we got home the nest was
placed in bucket of boiling water,
and left there for the night. Next
morning the grubs and wasps were all
nicely boiled.
Der of guests at the house, and some
wanted to see what a wasp's nest was
like. Well, we boys went out and got
one. 1t was beauty. After it had
been duly examined, the butler was
called and told to put it in hot water.
He thought next morning would do as
well, and just put it on shelf in the
pantry and closed the door. He was
down the next morning at the usual
hour and went to the pantry. 1t was
filled with swarm of Infatuated
wasps, which went for him at once,
singing him wherever there was any
flesh exposed. He tore out of the
house, followed by a swarm of yellow
and black stingers, and did some grand
eprinting until he reached the lake
into which he jumped without hesita.
ton. He was nearly drowned, but he
had escaped the wasps. The worst of
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ately spread all through the house, and
nearly every one in it was stung.
There was strong injunction put on
us boys after that never 20 bring
wasp nest into the house.
Another ugly insect is the hornet.
He builds hanging nest. Some years
ago party of us were out partridge
shooting in the beginning of Septem-
Der, and the ladies had promised to
bring out luncheon and met US at
certain spot. 1t was cottage just on
the edge of the woods, which was used
for storing hen coops. In this cottage
a swarm of hornets had made their
nest.
Among the party was a boy OF
about eleven, who. while we were en-
joying our luncheon, got hold of his
fathers gun and lie. fly at the nest,
and the enraged hornets swarned ont
of the open door. The women handi-
capped US and every one except that
blessed boy was stung. and when wa
got home we were all a sorry sight A
plentiful application of ammonia did
much to alleviate the pain. 1t was
said afterwards that the hornets that
had broken up the party were not OF
the worst kind. / have no wish to run
up against the worst kind. That even
ing the few of us men who came 10
dinner had to laugh at one another. so
distorted were our faces The women
did not appear and the choleric colonel,
father of the boy, found some ailevia-
ton for his pain b. soundly logging
the young rascal ~. Y. Tribune.