The yello jacket iz ov the wasp purswashun, and iz about one size smaller than the common blak hornet, and iz az mutch hotter, in hiz coolest moments, than enny other bug, az jersey litening iz hotter than ice kream. They are the most krewel fighters in existence, and will hit a man, or beast, four times in a seckond, in the same spot. They are az yello az gold, and when they are good mad, they blaze like a kandle. When a yello jacket gits mad all the way through, he will fite a brush heap on fire, just az quick az he will a mile stun. I hav seen them pitch on to each other, and having killed their man, close up the fite by stinging themselfs to death. Dont go near a yellow jacket's nest in the month of August, unless yure life iz insured, not even a hard shell Baptist, or a missionary, would be safe in that naborhood. They kant tell a friend from a foe, and I think would sting a potash kittle, a dozen times, and not mistrust it waz iron. They make homes for themselfs out in the lots amungst the ploughed ground, and i hav seen them bile out ov their nests like a distrikt skool let out for noon, or a smothered fire, and pitching into the oxen, farmer, and plough, drive the whole party, on the jump, off from the premises. _EMBRACE._ Most men are like vinegar, the older they gro, the sourer they git. * * * * * Lazy men, and black ants, are allwuss hunting for a job. [Illustration] Thare iz no phun in gitting kikt bi a mule, but thare iz lots ov phun in knowing that he kant do it agin.= How is this, Josh Billings [Illustration] Falling in luv, iz like falling down stairs.--we never kan tell exackly how the thing waz did.= In haste, Josh Billings 31 Days. OCTOBER. 1876. Q.--Deskribe old maids. @ @ @ A.--Embers from which the sparks hav fled. [Illustration] _Our hero soon found out a place, With a farmer, kind hearted indeed, Who let him ho corn for nothing, And only charged John for his feed._