A Woman's Fight With Bees

Last Sunday two naarried ladies living on the West Side started for a drive to North East. When below Harbor creek they thought it would be refreshing to get a drink of fresh butter-milk, and for that purpose drove into a farmer's dooryard. One of the ladies immeuiately set out for the house, while the other prooeeded to secure the üorse. 3he had just gofc the animal tied when she was startledbyahum-hum-hum, and in an instant was snrrounded by a swarm of bees that somehow got their dander up and were out for blood. The hoase commenoed to rear and pluuge as the tormentors settled in squads upon his neck and head, and threatened lo kick the carriage to pieces. The lady was in about as bad a fix as the horse, and was severely stung about the face and head, and her hands, which were the principal object of aitack, were badly swolien. While flghtiug the bees she shoutod desperately, " O ! for a man, a man, to relieve me from these dreadful bees," but no man carne to her rescue, and her companion, seeing the desperate 3tate of affairs, started to her aseistance, but was driven into the house by the bees, wio made a bee-line for her. The farmer's wife carne to the door and shouted that her husband was not at home, and that there wasn't a man on the farm. The wonaan who was out among the bees finally untied the horse and ran him into the road. She stuok her swollen hands in the first convenient mud-hole and drowned saveral bees. She was rejoined by her companion, who had made a circuit around the house, and the two headed for North East. Their trouble wasn't over. A good-sized squad of bees started aftcr the carriage, and this we!l-nigh frightened them to death. They noticed a farmer coming up the road, and plied the whip vigorously, and requested him tor heaven's sake to jump out and flght the bees. The Granger didn't care mueh about doing it, but said he couldn't resist the ladies' appeal, and he went for the bees and 3Ot the worst oi' it. The pests settled on his head, and were putting in lively work. He shrieked with pain, and in some way got off his coat, threw it ovnr his hoa-l, and amid howls and curses whipped np his horse and drove on with the bees as company. We are ashamed to say it, but the womeü laughed hearüly to see the fellow flght the bees. - Erie (J'a.) Disna'eh. As FUHNiTüiiE in a tenement house at Fall IUver, Mass , was being transferred to a wagon, the wife carefully wrapped in a large comforter her little baby and put it on the bed in an upper chamber. A little later some one down by the wagon called to a man who entered the chamber to throw down something to lse for packing to protect some artioles. The man seized the rolled-up comforter nul flung it out of the window. It was caught by a womíin, who, iinding a lunip n it, nnfo]ded it lo flnd the (ihjj(ï unharmed.