Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-15
STRENUOUS srlNoeRs.
Tho Wasp Has More Real Executive
Ability Than Amy Other Hot-Footed
unae.S.

Tho Wasp Has Moro Real Executive
Ability Than Amy Other Hot-Footed
Insect.
II read in one of the magazines re-
Gently something about the sting of
the bee" said citizen, relates the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, "and l
was reminded of an experience had
with a friend some time ago while in
the country. He was plowing over
behind small clump of hills, and
they were well wooded almost down
to the fence line. 1t was a section
which is noted for making wildcat
whisky, and this fact threw me off
the track, as will appear hereafter.
l was approaching my friend from
the hillside. was riding.
Suddenly thought he glanced at
me, and at the time he rushed around
hurriedly to the singletree, unlocked
the trace chains, threw them across
the horses back, and the animal
struck out on a dead run down the
! turning row which split the ravine.
My friend followed, and it was race
for who laid the rail, as they say in
the country. could see through it
all in a minute. My friend had been
making moonsihine whisky, and he
thought l was a United States mar
shall. 1 split my sides laughing over
the thought of the thing, and then 1
struck out down the ravine after him.
l travelled some distance before catch
ing sight of my friend and his horse.
Finally l found them close to a
branch, and my friend was STOPPING
down occasionally, picking up some
thing and smearing it on his hands,
face and neck.
"'Hello, Bill I said smiling. 4
guess you thought 1 was United
| States marshall United States HI
he said, almost uncivilly; 'plowed up
a hornets nest And sure enough he
had, and both the man and the horse
were as knotty as hickory limb as
the result of it all. The bee may be
a good stinger, but the hornet is the
feetest thing on wings when it comes
to using the stinger with swiftness
and effect.
''That reminds me of the curious
methods of bees and things of that
sort of singing" the narrator contin
ued. Take the honey bee, for in
stance. Now, the honey bee is what
you might call lazy, clumsy, docile
l sort of singer. Really, the bee i:
awkward when compared with other
insects. The btxnble bee is trifie
more vigorous, and there is dea
more of what one may call action il
its movements. 1t is a striking sor
of sting, and have seen children nj
most knocked down by these heavier
members of the bee fa.iily. 1t is ,
mean sting to handle, too, and doe
not yield so quickly to treatment
The hornet and the yellow JACKIE
sting on the wing, as it were. The,
do their work quickly, but thorough
ly, and they generally leave recor,
behind them that they would hare n,
cause to feel ashamed of if they ha,
this element in their makeup.
"But there is my old friend, tn
wasp. 1 want to speak of him. H
is the prince of stingers. You ma,
not forget him SO quickly when h
stings you. He leaves a sort o
waspy taste in your mouth, and it i
anything but pleasant, and it is
taste you will remember even afte
the years have gone by. The was
is lingering sort of fellow. He loy
ingly and caressingly stings, perche
for a while on ones neck, may say
and then huns about his busines:
But really, Willie the wasp linger
longer than other insects while sting
ing, he also shows more anger, and
probably the most spiteful member i
the list of stinging insects"
Teacher-"Yes, revive means to com
to- Now make a sentence containing tha
word" Bright Boy-'If one apple cost
lhree cents whatll four apples revive?-
Philadelphia Press.