The sun., 1916-12-22
ascended up and up till they seemed to

.:;ssna:s up and up Till they seemed to
They have all been transformed into
the iumberine business was closed and
f:,;'r s:As SS't IL; , r,.: :sd hi. i.:s INDUSTRY, S%S"%s. ]:
rather . new idea. Acres and acres under
glass are devoted TO this cucumber Dual
nsss and It 10 said to be sxceed'ns'' p''"'
o, q MY N.Y., arrival ,,,,, ; bout }Sn: , x sn' t s's S IL:
Of the WIN head s" Of SAS Din. Most inomensivs
little fellows apparently. they landed upon
any exposed 81 Of cuticie. You ar. even
s Sos"a nn,, q y sss'f id Rye' p : sS hand over
your neck or. face and you are literally
dripping with blood.
Arrive n June; Disappear In July.
These little pests seem to be 81 inc
beetle class. Examined with a magniIyln1
somewhat resembling. the claw Of a lobster.
They sink this Into the skin and pinch oW.
n! pl so,. Of sDs ga; al , in.y s sSiE 'S with blood blood.
that you experience no pain and are Sn,
instii a most viruient poison which begins
to work about the second or third dsy.
The part poisoned sweils and itchee worse
than any mosquito. nudge or hea oite;
Then Inflammation sets in and the wound
testers. Even after the bite SEEM, TO be
cured they will begin to itch and htt'e
uFNhiNS u SVIt1 "a
nv experiences was in June. To-day. in
December. those old bites viii appear and
Itch and exuds ; wstery matted the ~ .s cS,
them on-washes. nets. &C. but they are
such persevering little cusses the smallest
the shirt and wander and as likely bite you
in the small Of tie back. your thigh or any
These pests IN the northeast par. Of
Maine arrive about June and mysteriouely
disappear about. the first OF July. advise
sn ags Who tnin,: OF tsysns .n ne T Sinrs
hies. for no beauties OF nature. no oppor-
~tunities for sport will repay one for tho
apparent never ending misery Of these little
1t IL quite unnecessary 20 saw that in tho
allurins advertisements spread over the
IL made OF this busy little product. II
seems to mo that II would he n bit fairer
to state the time Of their coming and coins;
heard of q guide who died last year from
these bites. possibly blood poisoning from
his nails. but these posts are a serious
IN engaging your quarters rest assured
mine host falls TO mention such a little
matter. so the innocent get It literally In
New York. Dec. "a.
A Yarn from David Jones's Locker.
In these dubious DAYS. when one can only
believe half Of what he sees. only q small
fraction. OF what he hears and hardly any
Ah'h| w NhuN Nv aus ~ WI ''h|
standing 10 much to be desired, az In
stanoed In the following story;
Two fishermen, whole proceeding homo
ward after q days devotion to catching
ling, finding their combined load somewhat
heavy. turned in among the shrubbery of a
certain cemetery and while resting divided
their catch.
The darkness Of night was fast falling and
the light was somewhat uncertain. A SIN All
Su-he. and hearing tn. dronins count,
There's ono for YOU and heres on" for
me there's one for YOU and there's one for
me-" became frightened. ran away and
meeting a friendly. policeman exclaimed.
There's n couple Of devils in the cemetery
dividing up the dead ones" adding in a
whisper. Come and hear them"
The policeman. somewhat amused. h"-
came interested and started to investigate,
their approach to the boxwood shrubbery
they failed to notice two skates-cnc largo
anil another somewhat s~maller-that the
fishermen had left out on the sidewalk.
There's one for you and here'~ one for me:
here's one for you and there's one for me"
Erowled tho voice from the bushes. and
monotonous dra~i. Stopping and listening
the count came to an abrupt end.
Then a raspins voice OF Fisherman No.
:,G Hs:s' In "H"" about the two skates out
You AXE the small on. vhu. grab
Not, Wills ,h... i,ttl. fee, Of min. hold
nui." sasped the policeman as ne sped for
Fort Hamilton.
'uuHt III Nu's NellNu tne iAu as ne
Nen FOR home and mother
Brooklyn. Dec. ls. DAVID JONES.
The Anglers Failacy.
We are taught In early youth
Nv our elders to speak the truth;
And our parents. fond. keep wishing
That their teaching will he reaching,
50 they send us TO Sunday school.
Where we are taught the Golden Rule"
Here nrst We hear OF rsh and fishing.
or boats and nets and Dead Sea- teach
ings;
And Of Jonah. while out for n sat,
Wound up In the belly OF a whale.
Thus II II. dear brother anglers,
That nrst We learn to spring our tsngler.
For three days In this monsters belly
Pooh Jonah became almost a Jelly.
Until the lcviathan. from want ~ air,
Spswed him up from NAL de mer:
Thus n little nonsense, now ms then,
Has always been rel!shed by all sorts OF
men.
so to-day. dear brother anglers.
when your yarn IL at It's height.
Seriously think OF the New England
That for the ''whaie" 70, In n plight;
Then II IL you may consider
Our youthful teaching was surely right.
UNCLE DrDIY