News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
Bugs in Bunches.

What has the country done that it
should be so afflicted by the vista
tions of bugs and reptiles? That it
is suffering from them there is ample
proof. In fact, it is plain before the
vision of every one who goes about
with his eyes open. There never was
time within the recollection of that
most veracious of chroniclers, the
Oldest inhabitant, when there were so
many sorts, sizes and numbers OF
bugs in the land. The varieties seem
endless. There are bugs that buzz
and hum around generally at night,
and there are holder bugs that stalk
about at MONDAY. There are bugs
that bite and bugs that pinch; bugs
that sting and bugs that simply
crawl over you and make you miser-
able; bugs that eat the foliage and
bugs that burrow under the bark and
kill the shade trees. In fact, there are
bugs to burn, the only difficulty be-
ing that they cannot be so disposed
of.
There are other pests. Frogs, for
instance. Ithaca the other day had
remarkable experience. Frogs
made their appearance in myriads,
Immediately after a sharp storm,
and the popular belief is that they
came down with the rain. At any
rate, they were so thick that the
street cars we're compelled to stop
running and business generally was
for time almost at a standstilI.
This was certainly more surprising
and extraordinary. But, after all,
it is not as serious matter as the
bug plague. The frogs seem to hang
around for a short time, and then
disappear to trouble the place no
more. Bugs, however, linger longer.
They are stayers. They are with us
all the while, at least through hot
weather. Watch an electric light for
half an hour any of these warm
nights and count the bugs that will
be drawn to it, if you want a little
exercise in enumerations. And every
now and then there is a special in.
cursion of bugs. The Rochester Her.
aid collates some facts on this creepy
subject
On Sunday the commonly peaceful town OF
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, was invaded by June bugs
IN such numbers that they put out all the
lights in the place and broke up all the ser
vi, es in the churches. 1t was the buggiest ex
perieECe that GAINESVILLE or any other respect
able Buckeye community ever knew. Now We
are informed by the reliable medium of the
Associated Press that dense clouds composed
of mYriads of mosquitoes with delicatey
sharpened fangs, and millions upon millions
of despised but assertive feas, darken the
streets and infect the homes of upper New
York. where they feast upon blue blood of t5t
dwellers in that aristocratic quaater. The
horror and humiliation of the quality there
are past the power of words to express with
adequate vigor. Fleas ingloriously fail tC
associate in thought tremendously with
wealth and beauty. but given the opportun
ity they get there Just the same, whether the
object of their attack is a child of the tenP
ments or the daughter Off millionaire. Wht
is the meaning OF the appearance of the frogs
the June bugs, the mosquitoes, and the feas
what lesson their dispensation is meant tc
teach an anxious world is DESTROYS of know
ing.
This is an age of invention. Where
is the great man who can devise a
method of tffectually getting rid OIL
the perniciously active modern bugi
There are millions in it for him if he
succeeds. No way TO fortune could
be more certain.-IrOy Times