Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — Peculiar Insect. [ARTICLE]

Peculiar Insect.

The insect known as the water boatman has a regular pair of oars, his legs being used as such. He swims on bis back, as in this position there is less resistance to his progress. Don’t think because a man advocates temperance that he never smiles.