The sun., 1901-06-30
HKEETkRs. TBEY LIKE X1ROaENK.
vsitoss - Bayonns, n. J.. whsrs the Standard
on Works Are, Sure Of Il.


-Did!s hear Of that kerosene cure fer
stesters3' asked q Jerseyman OF THE Sun
reporter In the ferryboat
The Jerssyman had just skilfully nat
tened out ine specimen OF the insect a 1t
was about to pierce his trouser leg. and after
holding 1t up and admiring It's size. pride OF
his State besming In his eyes. he was pre-
pared to make conversation. The reporter
admitted having read something about the
value Of kerosene In keeping down the mos
quito pest
well, say said the Jerseyman, there
amt nothin' In it--not a thing The skeeter
likes kerosene lie He thrives on It. an
kin prove It right here Yessir. within FIVE
mile OF this here ferrybost there's skeeters
hnern this. livin' an fattenin and multi
plyin In their millions. all on kerosene lie
The reporter murmured that he hadn't
any ideas on the subject himself and being
open to conviction either way he'd like TO
hear more about it
Ever hear O. Bayonne1' asked the Jersey
man. We'll. that's right by here an that's
where I'm stoppin' with my mothers sister
Sue while see Moo York CITY. an right there
in Bsyonnes where the skeeters an the
lie are. millions an billions an trillions o.
'skeeters, an bar'ls an bar'ls OF lie Now.
then, up home | reads in the paper Arout
thi. lie extinguisher fer 'skeeters. an pap
says That's a good thing, John That's
what science Is doln' fer us An | says:
"rnat's right. pap
Comes vacation time makes up my mind
TO see MOO York city an then | thinks Of nv
mothers sister an her folks that allus askin'
me- to make 'em visit an | SAYS To pap.
Pap. says l. I'm goln ter see MOO York an
I'm not goin' ter stay outer the dear old
State while do IT, either. I'm goin, to stay
with my Aunt Sues folks over In Bayonne
It's right by the sea an its handy to Moo
York. 50 itl be city an seashore an our own
folks all in one, on a. the standard lie works
il down there an there's plenty OF lie. there
won't in conseekens be no skeeters
You see my mothers sister Sue was allus
writin' about the Standard lie works an
what noosance they was an how the kero-
sene smoke nearly smothered em when tho
wind was that way, an we seen piece IN he
With Nth the heb bathin. 80 With With me- me- consdentiy sdi
behevin' in science an kerosene | was sure
about there beiI' no skeeters. But / know
better now. you bet an amt fooled by no
Well sir. 1t was Saturday when got to
BayOnne by this very ferryboat an the troll
ley road. an il was one of them damp. muggy
days As soon as the car got near Bavonna
| could smell that the air was full of that
lie an smoke an ! says, bat bat good, no
way an though thev'r. a state lnstitootion,
So to speak. an no state in the Union has
dner. amt partial to EN-. But We hadn't
I'd gone. wrong II | wanted to escape the
Honest, the 'skeeters swarmed. They
was around that car ike bees round hive
an they was big as bees. You never
saw sich skeeters as they hay. down there
They. alnt 'skeeters IN fact, They've lived
on that keroseny atmosphere TIL they're
birds. The Teller ruhnin' the car had two
hnndk erChiefs round his head an so had
tho feler as took the fares. an them things
Jam lFtafI Erh N
The passengers was knockin' 'em down
with their hats an stampIn on EN- To Kill
'cul-a good whack only dazed em-an'
tho folks on the sidewalk was battin' en- oI
with tree branches tO make a way through
'em. All the porcheS Of the houses long
side the trolley track, had close wire nettn'
up round en- so folks could set out on their
pia7zss an the doors in the nettin' had
springs TO 'em To make 'em shut quick an
keep the things out. Say. yon,d ought"r
have biler plate suit made an go down
Tie reporter said he was very busy just
now and boiler plate suits we're expensive,
able experience in prospect
"Do." said the Jerssyman. It's great
When ! g@t to ny Aunt sues house | was
humps 20 mark the spots where I'd held their
funerals Seems as they like now blood
~ a variation from steady kerosene diet
Well | hustled inside my mothers sisters
hou4c an after savln' how-dy do. | says
~'You seem TO have quite few 'skeetcrs
down here, Aunt sue.
Yes, sHys sho. They are a trife pester-
some to-dny.'
But YOU have the lie Works here an
plenty ~ lie IN the air an | see son epin In
the paper bout that KILN ON m, SAYS |.
"1le| says she. Why. they like IL, seems 20
me Guess It's good fer 'em You don
pay no 'tention TO what the papers says. a.
youT
That's what she says, just like that An,
say, she's dead right, amt she'
The reporter murmured that he had found
the women Of New Jersey frequently truth
ful and intelligent
That's what sly" said the Iersevman
"Nos,ir," he concluded, "a the ferrvhoat
Jumped her way into the Jer4ey slip and he
celebrated the arrival by staying another
fnn entomologlca specimen There amt
rothiu'in that Kerosene business -'copt fer the
'skeeterS NEXT time you hear some dod-
gasted diit that's never been 10 those parts
talkiu' about that eNtingu sher fer a fact
you say to him cut that out An when
you amt busy an have a b ler plate suit
handy you 20 down 20 Bayonne an youll
prove my words true
When he has the reporter Is gong