Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1893 — THEY ARE POISON. [ARTICLE]

THEY ARE POISON.

logansport Pharos: There are few people in Logansport, Derhaps, who nave not seen the hundreds of large bugs which gather around the electric lights every evening of the week, and little attention is paid to them. There is something in connection with these bugs, however, with which few people ar- acquainted, it is not generally known that they are capable cf inflicting a sting almost as i oisonous as that of an adder. The bug is a species of the tarantula aDd its sting is as poisonous aB that of the latter. They seldom sting any one, and never do so except in self defense, but people should be careful about handling them. At Tipton, last week, a young man lost his leg from the sting of an electric light bug, the physician I eing campelled to amputate the young man’B limb in order to save his life.

White County Democrat: Geo. Perrigo caught % snapping turtle ast week, cut off its head and had it for dinner. Three days afterwaids he heard a chicken squalling under the house and upon investigating found that the turtle lead had caught it. He had to pry tho jaws open to release the chicken which was so badly injured that it died. Commenting on the above the Delphi Citizen recalls a scrap of White county court records in which the Cieik of the court lecorded and read in,op?n court that Ihe jurv ; n a certaiu was composed of eleven good and truthful men p.nd George Perrigo.

A fellow in Montice Id who hud been critizisej by his local editor applied to a lawyer of the town to know how he should go to work to break up tie paDer. He was advised to buy the p iper and run it six months, and was charged two dollars for the advice. The lawyer had been a stockholder ifa the late Moutic 110 Times and knew whereof he speke.—Delphi Citis zen. South Bend Times : Senator Tur F ie says he commenced deliveri. g Fourth of July speeches when he was a mere boy. Tne ora-ion d> livend by him at Lib gansport on the Fourth was his fortieth effort at eulogizing and lauding tße founders of the best and greatest government ever cres ated for the benefit of man.