The Mosquito at Laramic.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 229, 19 November 1887, Page 3

The Mosquito at Laramic.

The mosquito is a 1 -^ a long, hollow bill. < « 1 [It is a native of NewVJeivsey and the Laramie Plains. . It follows tho same business some gentlemen in Wall street follow. Thoy aye a different kind of bird, though.' There is more business to the square inch of mosquito than there is in a 40 stamp mill. That is, to reduce both to the same size. In business relations tHe mosquito is closely allied to the buflalo gnat and the flying ant. . Some say the flying ant is the common ant before it sheds its wings. Others say it is the ant angel. 1 have got an aunt, but she is not an angel. I wish she was. She owns a grocery store and a house and lot. I'm her next of kin. Until Jay Could came west the mosquito had the business all to himself. The only competition was the wood and the tie contractors and the city undertakers. The mosquito is a mean bird to catch. The best trap I know of for them is a bare arm. It i^er fails if properly baited Ws /' The mosquito hasaveryfamiharvoico. bo familiar, indeed, that I firmly believe _ I would recognise it in California or the Mississippi Valley. It's fun to b ee a " tenderfoot" when he first comes to Laramie Plains. Ho tries to catch all the mosquitos in the territory. One stayed all night at " Dirty Woman's "Ranch " last summer. Next morning his face was like a painted picture. It was red— in spots. He said " he'd be hanged" if he lived in Wyoming. He told the truth. He had only lived here a month when he was hanged to a pitch pine. He was trying to catch a mosquito and made a mistake and caught somebody's mule. I don't know anything- more inteiesting than the study of the habits of the mosquito on a warm evening in August, a. p. 1887. To those desiiing to engage in thi? study I can cheerfully recommend the Laramie Plains. — "' Laiamie Boomerang. f>