Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-11-21
STRENUOUS STINGERS.
The Wasp Has More Real Executive
Ability Than Any Other Hot-Footed

II read in one of the magazines re-
Gently something about the sting of
the bee" said a citizen, relates the
New Orleans T'mes-Democrat, "and |
was reminded of an experience | had
with 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.
| was approaching my friend from
the hillside. / was riding.
suddenly L 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 a 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 moonshine whisky, and he
thought | was a United States mar
shal. | split my sides laughing over
the thought of the thing, and then /
struck out down the ravine after him.
| Travelled some dist9Nce before catch
ing sight of my friend and his horse.
Finally | found them close to
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, Il
guess you thought / was United
States marshall United States h-!'
he said, almost uncivilly; 'plowed up
hornets nest And sure enough he
had, and both the man and the horse
were as knotty as a hickory limb as
the result of it all. The bee may be
good stinger, but the hornet is the
fieetest 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 stinging," the narrator contin-
ued. "Take the honey bee, for in
stance. Now, the honey bee is what
you might call a lazy, clumsy, docile
sort of singer. Really, the bee is
awkward when compared with other
insects. The humble bee is a trife
more vigorous, and there is a deal
more of what one may call action in
its movements. 1t is a striking sort
of sting, and | have seen children al
most knocked down by these heavier
members of the bee family. 1t is a
mean sting to handle, too, and does
not yield so quickly to treatment.
The hornet and the yellow jacket
sting on the wing, as it were. They
do their work quickly, but thorough
ly, and they generally leave record
behind them that they would have no
cause to feel ashamed of if they had
this element in their makeup.
"But there is my old friend, the
wasp. l want to speak of him. He
is the prince of stingers. You may
not forget him SO quickly when he
stings you. He leaves sort of
waspy taste in your mouth, and it is
anything but pleasant, and it is
taste you will remember even after
the years have gone by. The wasp
is lingering sort of fellow. He low
ingly and caressingly stings, perches
for while on ones neck, L may say,
and then huns about his business.
But really, while the wasp fingers
longer than other insects while sting
ing, he also shows more anger, and is
probably the most spiteful member in
the list of singing insects"
Teacher-"Yes, revive means to come
to- Now make sentence containing that
word" Bright Boy-"If one apple costs
three cents whatll four apples revive!-
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