St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-19
Josh Fittings on the FYy.

III ny l. hlh plliy IL uOliC>llCk, Dlt 4
friendly inscck, without brancs, but hap
PLY without guile
They make tharc appearance among
mankinc a good deal ~ the wind duz,
''whalc it listcth."
How they are cxazactly born haven't
hjm able ct tcw investigate, but they are
- universal at times that bay thought
they d;'n't wait tcw be born, but took
The lust %ood chance that offered, and
cum Just ~ they am
They make their annual visit about
the iu-t oy May, bu; don't get To buzzing
cool till the center ov August.
They stay with Us until kold weather
puts IN appearance, aul then leave Il
GOOD deal az they cum, Just rs they am.
Meuny ov them are cut oph in the
flower uv tharc youth and usefulness,
but this dent Interfere with tlare cen
suS, for thar il another steps right into
IhGrc place, and heirs lharc property.
Tie fly IL no rcspector of pussons he
lights onto the pouting lip oy Il sleeping
darkcy Just ~ easy ~ he duz onto the
hnzzom OF tia queen ov huiy, AMI will
buzz an alderman or hoI-carrier, if
thy 2it ia hiz way.
Flys mo.raiiy kon-idcrcL, are like
large share OF the rest of human folks,
tha went settle on good healthy spot
in Il man, not il tia can tini spot that
IL a lccllc raw
Tuarc principal food IL everything,
they will pitch into dead snaik Or a
/ quarter ov beef with the same anxiety,
and Will ect from sunrise till seven . clock
in the evening. without @etting more
than phull.
They will ect more and hold less. than
emmy bu9 We know oy.
Ike fly haz Il remarkable impoverisII-
II memory; you may drive him out ov
your ear and he will LIGHT on your fore
head, hit him aeainly, and lie enters
yure nose, the ot!cncr you cit rid ov him
in one spot, the more he gets onto anoth-
CT the only way tew inculcate him
with your meaning i trw mash him up
fine.
Naturaii>ts don't tell Us about the So
-hull habits ov the fiy, but believe they
hav temperate habits, and although they
hang round grocery Il good deal, never
saw fly the Wa, Tor liquor, hut hav
often seen liquor tie WIS, for flies
They hav Il big aPfytight for getting
in,o thing, they are the lG>t at the din
ncr table, and aiwu~ take soup and don't
leave until the cloth IL removed.
Fly see Great deal ov good society,
they are admitted INTO all circles, and if
they remember one half they see and
hear, what word OF phunny >ekrcls they
could untold; but flies are perfectly hon
orabi., and never betray a lonlilence.
What would some lovers civ, if they
coul only git a fly 10 blah, bat fly is
pcrtcck gentleman, he cats oph from
yonr plate, enjoys your conversation,
sc's sights, and haz more plum, and
privileges than Il prime minister or Il
dressing maid, bat when you come to
pump him he IL AZ dry in the mouth as
4 salt kodtsh.
There IL something 4 fly will blow,
bat hc won't blow u sckret.
i'lys, think, must be born whole, for
never saw halt-born fly, they are all
OF >zc whcn yu tust see them, like Il
paper cf pins, aud never yet any smaller.
dent know Of more happy whole
souled honest krii;cr among the bug dis
potassium, than a hanSum, square built
fly. taking ircc ride in Central Park,
with the mayor anl his wife, or Il free
lunch at u lmunico'S. with the minister
from England, anl then finishing up the
business oy the day 10y sleeping upside
down CA IA. ceiling oy mi lady's bed
chamber.
But there Z pIyniy oy rhoIhs who
krnt -cs cuny plum or rIi-ion in 4 fly
whose whole aim il tcw st mola>scs
traps ior them, 10 cha@, them cut of the
house with a slcl stake and then clear
across I piow,I lot onto the next farm, few
get up nights in thlre stocking feet, tcw
worry them with the ton2s, tew drive
them tcw The brink ov despair, and
finally ruin them with dcth.
Flys tickel me, but they don't make
me swarc.
\ fy, the dear, little, so,iai innocant,
kant make mr -warc. not even nn abbrc-
Waited dam.
dcspi>c cnay nam vino swarcs, it i
not only wicked, bat aIwn' smells OF
whisky.