The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-09-03
Al DAYTON NEUsE.
Bill Angler Has Bad Blood for Mos
quitoes-.--E. Lee Rogers
Marksmanship.


Yesterday morning G. Green Ross,
e. L. Rogers, Clyde Dickson, Plain Bill
Angler and the old man Of this sheet
went out TO Neuse River on the O. q G.
train on fishing and hunting expeli-
ton. The party succeeded in landing
about a half-bushel Of the lnny tribe
and got one squirrel, II was day Of
events and q great many thing Of inter
est happened.
As soon as the party reached the Glow
grounds whole regiment OF mosqui-
toes waited upon them and seemed to
vie with each other in their efforts to
draw the red fluid
Soon they began TO thin out, however,
and upon investigation 1t was found
that every one that stuck his bill in the
rosy cheeks Of Bill Angler went off and
died" as Maj Jack Sellars would say.
When this discovery was made il was
irregular bonanza for the party. "Bili"
was securely fastened to tree and the
rest Of the party retired from the scene
Of action. When they returned about
twenty minutes later 1t was found that
every mosquito in the whole bottom had
actually killed themselves by drinking
his gore.
This great difficulty over come We
then proceeded to business. -Four Of the
party looked after the seine and fish
while Lee Rogers hied himself OF TO get
squirrel or two. Presently be began
10 shoot a. rapidly as possible This
rapid firing was kept mp until he had
shot twenty-five times and thinking
that be had found an elephant or some
larger animal up IN the woods, COM
mittee, composed Of the other four went
10 see what was the matter, and rescue
him Il possible. When We got TO him
be was loading and shooting into 4 tall
tree IS fast As he could, The committee
iegln 10 look for the squirrel but could
SEE nothing. Lee was then asked to ex-
pain why he was shooting all the ann
milton away At the tree top ard lie said
there was "darned squirrel up there
but cant bit i'm" After explaining
10 him that We could not see thing he
began 10 point Il out. There be Isl
doa't Won see I'm moving; look there"
be exclaimed Is fast Is possible.
Sill We could see nothing In the
shape Of ! squirrel and Green Ross sug.
ges,ed that perhaps bis eye sight was
failing His ewes were Immediately ex-
amined BY Clyde Dickson, who claims
70 be somewhat d an opticisu. and re-.
markabie discovery was made One Of
the mosquitoes that had "bif' Bill An.
gicr had dropped dead and ii falling
lodged in Lees ''eye.winkers" and
when ever be would wink his eyes be
would see the mosquito and thought IL
was squirrel jumping.
Later in the day Clyde Dickson got
los. and when found Il was after dinner
time and he was sitting on stump in
corn field eating roasting-ears lie had
already half dozen cohs bY bis side aud
was making the corn on another one
disappear a. fast As possiu.e.
Green Ross acted d guide Of The
party. He said he us.d to fish and hunt
in that section Of the country about the
time George Washington gave old Corn.
wallis such licking The HERALD man
was kept busy most Of the time plant
ing fall subscriptions and cleaning hsh
The party arrived home safe about s
o'clock last nigh, and every one promis.
ed faithfully that they would not tell,
on The other. II vas glorious day.