The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-02
ARP SEES SIGNS
BUTTERFLIES ARE MOVING EARLIER
THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR.
Betvltens AN Early Frost~Spenks Of tho III.
rtinct In Grne,al--Thnt OF tho Insects
e and the Human Being.


thing.
Providence may acquaint them
with the times and seasons for their
own preservation, for not sparrow
falls to the gronnd without His no.
tice. Every day these canary col.
ored butterflies skip along through
the grove not in focks nor in pairs,
but singly and at their leisure, per
haps one in Il minute on an average,
and would never attract any notice
if attention was not called to it.
They nre all alike-the same mature
size, with wings about one and one
half inches Of triangular shape, and
they move southwark in graceful leis-
urely flight and never stop to rest or
to suck flower. A friend wrote me
from Milledgeville last year that he
supposed they wintered lin South
G 'orgia or Florida, but my opinion
is that they not only winter but die,
for they never come back. Probably
they lay their eggs before they leave
h,me, and SO we have sue ossive
flight every year.
The instinct of the birds and in
sects is science to be studied.
Neither the birds nor the butterflies
have any set days for their .migra-
tion. Some instinct tells'thcm when
TO start and guides them in their
flight Even the little spider weaves
his web in the night, knowing there
will be no rain in the morning. The
Lord answered Job out of tho whirl-
wind and made him ashamed Of his
lack of knowledge. "Who causeth
Z. it to rain upon the earth and the bud
Of the tender herb to spring forth
Who can star the bottles Of heaven
when the dust groweth into hardness
and the clods cleave fast together?
Who provideth for the raven bis food
when his young ones cry unto God?
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom
and the eagle mount up at thy com
mandi"
Speaking Of insects, tell You, my
Brethren, there are some hideous
kinds in this .sublunary, world. I
have long been friendly with Il to.
mato plant because it was insect
proof, but this rainy season has de.
veloped some horrible worms upon
the stems. Big, long, bull headed,
green worms with sting in the tail
can be seen all about among the
vines. These green worms are
covered with white pustules that are
about one eighth of an inch long and
stand up thick and stiff and 81 en- to
be eggs or embryo or germs or some
thing that is devilish. These white
robes are SO visible that they warn
you where the worms are The worm
itself is not only unlike a tobacco
worm, but has diamond back and
division cords to match. I have seen
pack saddles on green corn stalks
that were horrible but beautiful, and
this provokes me to remark that
most all the devils contrivances are
beautiful. Just what such insects
are made for passeth mprehension.
SO many harmless and lovely things
abound in nature that we are sure
our Creator loves us or He would not
have made the birds to sing, the
Il ,wers to bloom, the stars to shine
and the air to be filled with music.
We have use for the horse and the
COW, the dog and the cat, and for
sheep and fowls, and even for honey
bees, but what possible benefit can
these hideous insects be to an, body.
1t looks as though the good God
made all the good and beautiful
things anl then the devil got o
privilege and put in his handiwork
in the shape of venemous serpents,
wild boasts, tarantulas and finished
up with showers of mosqnitoes.
Cobe says that all these pisen and
stingin' things were made to keep
poor folks humble and make 'ern
enjoy their religion. That rich folks
don't know nothin' about bull nettles
: and pisen oak and pack saddles in
fodder pnllin' time and these daYila