The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
The Anti-AGon0POliSt.

he will trample over them with feet I
never washed. He will seek his hu-
man prey when the sun has consplred
with the tasks of mans everyday la
Dor to lay upon the faces OF men the
salt moisture and excretory debris OF
perspiratiOn, to gall his victim IN the
very moments when most sensitive. {
1t will be no comfort to the average g
man to think that all the fly asks at
such times is meat and drink. which
he finds in such admirable lntermlX-
ture upon the dripping human brow.
Let him forage elsewhere; no noble
scientific devotion or self-denlal shall
prevent the average men from slap
ping his life out if Mr.. Fly can only
be once hit-this .'if' is fatal one
for the agility and elusiveness OF the
fiy is his most satanic attribute.
Could men but destroy all human and
animal and circumstancial that annoys
them. they would be as happy as the
ACCOMPLISHED yiolinist Nero. But to
bear and helplessly suffer is, together
with much adverse else, what makes
men all sad and gray before their time;
and the fly is no small part OF the cause
for this. Woe to the ''small boy
or man. either. now, who has sacrlfic-
ed his hair to the sun in hope to win
gifts from the god Of GOODNESS and
ease. Long hair is a shelter from the
fv. but great is his JOY in lightly
skipping over the polled stubble, and
great is the suffering and paving OF
hands and upstarting anger or the OBJ
jects of his walks abroad.
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necessary to speak further than to
hint that he is diffusely polygamous
and by reputation most Incorporate.
And thus it is that the nameless
Larvae which are the infancies OF all the
teeming millions Of these pests are so
innumerable. The fly does not sup
port his family, and SO can afford to
have it very large indeed. But the fly
is not an uninteresting animal by any
means. if his disagreeable relation to
man can be effaced from considera-
ton. He is very energetic. The ear
; Hest dawn arouses him, and nothing
abates his activity until dusk robs
him of his dear light and puts him to
roost on CEILING or wall. His move
ments are extremely quick and anlma-
ted. He walks about with a rapidlty
: to make one suppose he is engaged III
the most vitality useful Of tasks and
, has to get through to meet sharp
2 appointment When he flies it is not
the sustained dignity and directness of
the bee. for example. but it is a series
i of Zig-Zags, with corners very sharp.
reminding one very much of an auc'
; tioneer darling hither and thither up
Q on bidder. Even when he seems t6
K be taking his ease and shade in hot
e moons beneath the trees, his repOst
|. consists merely Of retaining prett.
If much the same position all the time
% by squaring it or flying off and return
5. ing at tangents to it, SO that yol
J. must wonder at the immense resource
ID the animal expends III never gettin;
re on and never wishing to get on. In
" deed. he isnever quiet save when he
t. eating or asleep. Doubtless his quie
u eating is only apparent, for from tn
in time he spends at it he must be Worf
IS ing very busily with his mouth. An
n. as for his quiet. when he is asleeplt
Mt very clear to mOrtalS that his leg
IS would be much more at ease II i
he went regularly to bed OH back lnstea
Mt of hanging by his feet in that ras
s. trapeZe-performe style. And the
Mt his acute sagacity in finding his meal
ir- How readily he finds his human pre-
in out as it lies asleep before the table
nd are set and the groceries are ope
nd How far-reaching his discernment
,se carrion! With what genius does
in find the weak. unprotected places
nd the horse and the dog and the CO..
ne. What discriminating contempt has
an for the cat, whom he rarely toucht
ras and is apt to get caught If he doe
he How admirable his easy ilnpro'
4 dence. which makes him live to G
XIV. and love and sleep. and his arde
the faith which entrusts his numero
i'm brats to the fortuitous kindnesses
that ever-reliable guardian, Futul
va Take him altogether, men can lear
the good lesson from him if they feel Ii
are it this warm weather: albeit. they C;
yes not learn it all until they see him {
.cts next fall in the first nipping adyel
ion breath.
aid And lastly. for the usefulness
,es. the fiy-not real apparent usefnln
rio which. after all. might win this e
the my some little esteem, but rather Il
dis usefulness which natures God
eaf. beautifully arranged to come out eN
from the selfishness Of the creature
honey from the dead lion S jaw. L
his voracity which makes him sc
enger. and most useful one. as ;
~ one who watches his feeding pla
ue. may see. And further than this,
!. VI rapid and cratic and net-like fig
u upon his forays for food and dix
pa sions of love and siestas in the sh
zen are said to be most useful in clear
'Isill the air of millions Of tiny insects
ahu germs which he gathers upon
inu giutinous case as he goes upon his
H un- Zy way. and which he scrapes off "
~ those forefeet of his into the dus
an death for mans benefit. With
.aa last. a moral may be pointed by
1 .;s; reader unless prevented by-.'the1
a alul that pesky fiyagainr'
now -
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