The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
Where Plies Come From.

authority To send for persons and
Ptrs--hy papers. At Odd times We
have pursued the investigation, and
now we are prepared to report. Flies
are artiicially propaga,ed in New
Jersey, near Patterson. where an
association of men have invested
capital, AMI are running the works to
their full capacity.
Flies are incubated from eggs, by an
artificial Matching arrangement. and
the young flies are taught all the
deviltry they know, right in the
factory. Some will look upon this
statement as false. and wonder why
any asSociation~f men should engage
in the artificial propagation of the flv.
We will explain. 1t is well known
that tiles die. at the end Of the season,
and ii i, were not for artificial propas,-
ton, there would b.. none the second
season The parties that are enga. Il
In this industry. are also sole manu-
ficturers %! fly paper and ily traps.
We trust that the object is now PLATA.
Ia order TO sell their paper and traps.
IL is necessary to have game To catch.
The gentlemen had engaged largely in
the manufacture of fly paper and hy
traps. before they knew that flies oniy
lasted one season. AMI after Il year of
success they found bankruptcy staring
them In the face, Us 1t was probable
they would not sell sheet of paper
the next year. So they organized the
.Great American Artificial Fly lncu-
batin. Association of New Jersey"
and issued million dollars worth If
stock
We have not room To describe the
ha;chii:g of flies, hut it is some like
patching chickens by steam. Some of
the best old flies are kept to lay eggs.
and eggs are placed on cards and put
INTO an oven. They hatch out i'm
twenty minutes, and are ready in half
an hour To learn the business. First
they are taught to wade in butter. To
swim in cream. and to get into things
around the kitchen. Then the young
flies are taken to the dormitory, where
men and women, engaged for the
purpose. are pretending to sleep. An
old ily and hundred young ones are
placed in each room, and the old ilv,
after lighting on shirt bosoms, or !e-
male white goods, in order to teach
the Young flies the noble art OF pune
tua;ion, begins to get in its work ON
the sleeper. The old fly, after seating
the young flies on cuffs and collars,
calls attention." and after buzzing
around little, lights on the sleepers
nose. The sleeper pretends to be mai.
and slaps at the fly this is mere
matter of form. however, foI it Il
sleeper engaged by the Association,
kills an old stool fly, it is deducted
from his or her salary. As the old fly
gets away, the Young flies laugh. and
to try it themselves. Then the old fly
lights upon the lady sleeper's big toe,
and proceeds deliberately to walk up
her foot, ankle and calf, occasionally
stopping to bite. This is very trying
to the alleged sleeper, causing nervous
ness. and a twitching of the muscles.
but they must not injure the fly. The
little flies notice everything, and after
the old fly has carOused around, and
tickled and buzzed, then the young
flies are allowed to practice on them.
The persons practiced OH gets six
dollars day, aud board, as it is very
particular and trying situation.
Then comes the expensive business
Of distributing flies throughout the
country. Formerly it was done
through book agents and lightning rod
peddlers, but that was found too ex-
pensive, so the Association. originated
the idea of sending out regular agents,
called tram rs, to introduce the flies.
The first year only about 10000
tramps were sent out, but the business
has grown to such huge proportions
that it is estimated that this year the
Association has out half million
tramps. leaving flies around. They
90 from house 20 house, begging, and
before they leave they manage to drop
a few flies. Each tramp has card
with a million young flies on. After
he has pariaken of his meal and the
woman of the house Is out after shot
gun or u dog To drive him AWAY. he
slips his hand up his sleeve and tears
off piece of card containing perhaps
10000 Young flies, and drops 1t in the
wood box, or i'm some convenient
place That is enough to start ON. as
the flies breed rapidly. The next day
the woman will wonder where on earth
all them flies come from.
The company has distributing points
all over the country, Chicago, st.
Louis. st. Paul, being among them.
where the tramps go once a month
after new supply. A card will las:
a tramp thirty DAYS. Tie introduction
of the fly paper. and the fly traps is
easier, as the articles are sent directly
to druggists, who sell j; to consnm-
mers. Stock in the Association is
worth an immense amount. paying q
quarterly dividend Of 20 per cent.
The only way tina: the fly nuisance
can be abated is to kill the traml,s, as
fast rs they enter community, or
destroy the mandatory at New Jersy.
The nefarious business is exposed, now
let the people rise up and crush Il out
of existence.
Boston Responsibility.
1t seems that ROYAL B. Conant, the
defaul,inr cashier OF the Eliot bank,
though iniorsed As man OF ire
proachable morality, was not too NOR