The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1901-12-18
BURGLARS, MOSQUITOES
~ AND clyRI0sITY 4 4

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.SKyHtLE the amateur ,expertmen Mt
al farm Is not ready to make.
ats FINAL reports On the subject Of
10 atseEsrossii1g the attention Of sell
ezlfis yeryHhere. it is abls 70 make
ashoW of su5stantial. iprogressaifFhe
mosquitoes forced themselves on the,
attention of the ANA teur farmer one
evening q couple of weeks ago while
he vas sitting out under the oak
trees near the house enjoying the
moonlight and the breeze. At first
ssae ageTv4 was Ff the direction OF cure
1fa abe1 tla preVen ton. a ishel vas
aEaaoelea ssRemedies for mosquito
bites.''' and was soon. half filed with
gtass tsaJtIes snd pastebeoaEds boxes.
Eyerysl.ing sl4sst anybady bad ever
recommended IS a cure for mesquite
bites va procured, and after. one had
eifointsa hinlself with half / DOZEN
of these preparations g mosquitoes
Mere the least of his troubles, The
cook 2aiS, ao was most persistent
in their use, soon developed face
>vaieh rese1nbled the psIette of an
alIapf eS sianisf pain teF,Gi and u she an4s
nouneed that L soE, atEings was not
slesne TO =. 7p her she was roing baclz4
sostswH. 1ss2- eompleaien was ruined,
:azty J, 50 i wss,e re- ffi1s4ss
re. -! agr;eulturist ca me over
Rne morning and chuekIed unpleas-
antly as he looked at the row of bot
ales. He had forgotten his false
Teeth and was, consequently. in q
snost sarcastic mood. g ft;6gas@ 4f5
ITS easy enough to get rid of the
kIxeeders,' he said "All you got to
Go IS To- take + chsw-a fine gut and
sub azieet1ie eufesenes ileT on syere,
saee, an there ye be, Not 5,fs 2 skeed.
FRI touch Us. -
An attempt was made TO get the
assistant aericulturist to apply the
fire cut and the kerosene, but he re-
fused to sacrifice himself on the al
tar Of science. Aecording 81 y,ssit is i'm
possible zCo state positively (fwhether
Or rsoq the rz,fatiey of the retired
egrieuiturist - an effective one,
though it sounds as If it would be
fatal. to the mosquitoes at least.
It was the lady of the manor who
finally. in moment of Inspiration,
devised what promises to be an
epoch-,naking invention in the mos
quito line. She drovesdowntown with
the assistaat experimentalists one
morning and returned shortly with
the surrey full Of lumber. and cyIin-
drica1 bundles. When the expert
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the assistant was already busy with
saw, hammer and nails. g Whsn he
askedawhat, wes being built he was
told to wait and see. ss:k II: fz3Js3z5
When he got back home that even-
sng the lawn near the house was dot
ted with what looked like. the un-
feshsd skeletons of small chicken
coops r.5s lie each was a rocking
clair ar q small table, on which
stood a candlestick and book.
Z = q Loes, aid the lady of the manor,
driurnphaEtly, those are individual
anti-mosquito cages. They are COW
cred with mosquito netting You
step inside. sit down and pull the
flaps together. and you may enjoy
the moonlight end the breeze as long
as ever you please without the slight
est danger OF being bitten by mos
,guitoes.'' ts@s.@.z
On his own motion the as sis stant
experimentalist had gone even fur
dher He had built for his own use a
cylindrical mosqnito-proof helmet
and pair OF gauntiets, incased in
which he could safely defy anything
(which flies, and which enabled him to
Ediapense with an anti-mosquito cage
and move about at pleasure. 80
i After dinner the entire family got
into their cages and proceeded to en-
Joy the eool of the evening, the glo-
1ies of the sunset and the splen-
dor ofsthe rising moon. This proceed
are acted as spur to the active
enriosity OF the retired agriculturist
and his wife, who live in the cottage
across the way The old man got
cut his spy glass and from point
.s,f vantage on. the roof Off his porch
efndied the situation long and care
fully. Then he went downstairs and
sa,rrendered the spy glass to his i'm
patien Ytfe.
.srTheae people are plum crazy. he
said. They've got whole lot of lit
tie chicl.en coops built and they're
sittin' outn ems like prize ROSTERS
to the county i1is:"
A Ioag distance view in the moon
Iight was not aa tiasactory to the wife
of the retired agricna tltrist.
I'm .gofIse II find 90 what's the
matt slae sad. Mebbe
fhsJ De 1ef E 2 one. -,