Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1957-07-17
Arthur
Says
By-Billy Arthur

JtSN 10 "oSquitSSS oAo >AS
gers"
In the preparation of my dis
course, have had the assist
ance of some friends and mos
quitoeS and chiggcrs. Only the
mosquitoes and ch;ggerS seem
ed 10 know what they were
doing. And only knew where
they were ooing it.
Now, what is q mosquito? l
say it's an insect designed and
created by God to give us n
better appreciation of flies.
But doSScy Battle in 1887 de-
SCribcd him thuSly:
Long suffering mankind h 5
ever been subject to the fierce
cncroachmentS of the gore low
ing mosquito. photographers
have handled him, and doubt
less nc thgm. His surname is
SpClt variouSly mosquito, mus
quito and muSEketo His aG-
grcSSivc capacity begins early
III life. He is borr with war
paint on and tomahawk whit
ter. Each generation springs
out more fcrociouS than the
immediate predecessor, and the
generation averages two ard
two-tcnthS a minu,c."
Battle is supported by the
Washington Gazette Of 1890
which reported that a party o.
youths spent several days down
the river last week on a hunt.
ing trip. They killed one dove.
three Sap-suCkCrS. tCTTaplr
and one million mosquitoes
In that section they grew
large. According 20 the Wilson
Advance. George G. Creole of
New Bern rcpnrtGd Sco!nG a
dead Hyde County mosquito
whose long ribs la. &c a hun
drCd panels Of fence and who,
legs were long enough To max
lcChctS To bind n all"
Yet the most troublesome in
sect is the chiGgor My fricnGS
tell me that Chiggcrs delight in
the SucCulcnt tender hide #
people who 80 places the
hadn't ought to To that
agree, because CnIggcrS took
residence on me while ! was
moving the lawn.
am also advised that tie
itching comes when the CHG
gers first arrive and begin bur
rowing. that they get whcI c
they're going the itching ccaS-
cS. The trouble about that the
CRY is that my friends seem t.
know. but they haven't told
my ChIggerS
To keep from getting any
more. II Is suggested that my
ankles and wrists be tied VIII
a kerosene soaked string. OF be-
bathcd in kerosene before
venturing out. Another preven-
tive, they say, is sulphur APP
piled TO the hands, ankles AID
neck. Thatll keep them away
And when you perspire the
sulphur gives off an odor that'il
keep everybody away.
You will note, fellow scra,
cheers, these suggestions are al
together preventive. None cur
alive. However, Louis Graves
of the Chapel Hill Weekly once
suggested a killing prescription
which called for bathing IN
briny water and not putting on
your clothes, shoes OF socks for
three days.
That would keep one inside
the house and away from those
minute moles. Ana that suits
me. Once rid OF these pesky
things. / intend 10 vow never
to get behind a lawn mower
again.
Henceforth in the summer ]
will be as the late II. II. Brim-
ley, curator OF the N. c. State
Museum, who informed the
world:
IL have sung the glad song OF
the woodlands
When the delicate hues OF the
Spring
Clothe the trees ana the bushe.
with verdue-
When the great Luna moth:
are awning:
But I've always kept well in
the background
The warm days when the Rec
Bug is ripe,
For, to me, ne is Woe incarn.
ated,
And of everything bad is III,
type.
There are some who object I,
the Rather;
There are others the Moccasir!
hate;
To a great many Spiders ar,
poison,
And Mosquitoes are constant a.
Fate;
But to me the unspeakabl,
horror
That the woods in the Summe
contain,
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