Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-04-22
DISSERTATION ON MAN AND THE
MOSQUITO.
Contributcd

(Contributed.)
The following is description of
the relation which the mosquito bears
to the human family. First-we
will ask what is man? Man is an
amphibious, plantigrade, hyporetted,
qusdruped of the genus felix or
genus rama, carniverous in some re-
spects, herbivorous in some respects
and jubiverous in the rest. He lives
principally on goats, behring's, water
and bread. He does not live alone,
but usually has another man living
with him called the wo. man. Now
let's proceed to define mosquito. The
mosquito is high-bred, carniverous
dlgitigrade, indentate biped animal
of the genus-homo, closely allied to
the Arnadillo. Habits precarious,
similar to those of man. His food
is chiefly rare meats, but he is also,
like man, very fond of ham and eggs,
ice cream and oysters. Another
point-man sings; ditto the mosquito.
What music is more charming or so
touches the feelings, or SO arouses
person from drowsiness as the sweet
toned and melodious voice of the mo-
squitoy Who, on hearing this sweet
gentle voice, will not instinctiyely
reach forth and try to gather the
singer In that he may come in closer
contact with him?
But / will not dwell longer, as |
have only one practical remark to
make in winding up, the extreme
force of which you will all see.
Shakespeare said that John Milton
told Lord Byron anu Ben johnson
that Beaumont and Fletcher were
heard to whisper that Sir Walter
Raleigh and John Ford had said that
Lord Bacon aud Edmund Spencer
had responded to a question which
Sir Philip Sydney had been supposed
to PROFOUND to Thomas Sackville,
who seemed to be satisfied that John
Lyly had never thought that Robert
Grecn and George Peele would be
surprised if Edmund Waller and
Francis Quarles had heard that Sir
Thomas Brown and Thomas Fuller
were under the impression that Jere-
my Taylor had remarked to Samuel
Butler that John Dryden was heard
talking to William Congreve about
the remark of John Locke to friend
In which Sir Isaac Newton was be-
lleved to have imagined that Sir
humphrey Dayy had suggested that
Liebig might have known that Ed gar
Poe had said that Alexander Pope
and George Washington had told
Henry Clay that President Arthur
was heard talking about a report in
which the Honorable 2ebedie Simp-
klns was heard to repeat the fact
that mosquitoes are related to the
human family.
Man is the ingenious animal who
makes things. He has reason, which
philosophers tell us, no other animal
has: thought, reason, logic are the
overseers of his powers. He looks
about him and sees the products of
nature and he thinks how he NAV
turn them to his own use, comfort.
pleasure and service. But all this
would avail him little more than IT
does other animals, did he not possess
an instrument which other animals
nave not-the hand. How partial
providence was in giving man a
hand! 1t is the one physical mark
OF his divine origin aud kinship.
900 is the maker of all natural
things. "The heavens declare the
glory of God and the armament
showeth His handiwork." Man is |
the maker of nearly all artificial
things. There Is scarcely any natu-
raj force or thing on the earth that
man has not already put his hand |
upon and transformed and fashioned
lt into thousand things aud shapes
OF nse and beauty for his kind.
MORNING GLORY.