The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-08-22
NO. 20
A FLY MANDATORY.
THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE DONE
IN PATERSON, N. ],

IN PATERSON, N. J.
Flies are artiicially propagated in New
Jersey, near Paterson, where an association
of men have invested capital, and are rum
ming the works to their full capacity.
Flies are incubated from eggs, by an arti-
fetal 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 Of men should engage in the ar
tificial propagation OF the fly. We will ex-
plain. 1t is well known that flies die at the
end of the season, and il it were not for ar
tificial propagation, there would be noGe the
second season. The parties that are engaged
in this industry are also sole manufacturers
oftiy paper and fly traps. We trust that the
object is now plain. In order to sell their
paper and traps it is necessary to have game
to catch. The gentlemen had engaged large
ly in the manufacture of fly paper and fly
traps before they knew that flies only lasted
one season, and after year OF success they
found bankruptcy staring them in the face,
as it was probable that they would not sell e
sheet Of paper the next year. So they or
ganized the ssGreat American Artificial Fly
Incubaeing Association Of New jersey" and
issued a million dollars worth of stock.
We have not room to describe the hatch
ing of flies, in the Sun, but it is like hatch.
ing 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
arc Matched out in 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 fly and hundred young
ones are placed in each room, and the old
fly, after lighting on shirt bosoms or female
white goods, in order to teach the young
flies the noble art OF punctuation, begins to
get in its work on the sleepers. The old fly,
after seating the young flies on cuffs and
collars, calls ''Attention!" and after buzz
zing around little, lights on the sleeper's
nose. The sleeper pretends to be mad, and
slaps at the fy-this is mere matter Of
form, however, for if sleeper engaged by
the association kills an old stool fly. it is de-
Quoted from his or her salary. AS the old
fly gets away the young flies laugh and want
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. stopping occasionally to bite. This is
very trying to the alleged sleepers, causing
nervousness and a twtching 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 practlced on get Sc
and trying situation.
Then comes the expensive business OF dis
tributing flies throughout the country. For
merly it was done through book agents and
lightning rod peddlers, but that was found
too expensive, so the association originated
the idea of sending out regular agents, called
tramps, to introduce the flies. The first year
only about 10000 tramps were sent out, but
the business has grown to such huge proper
tons, that it is estimated chat this year the
association has out halI a million tramps,
leaving flies around. They 60 from house to
house begging, and before they leave they
manage to leave Il few flies. Each tramp
has card with million young flies on.
After he has partaken of his meal and the
woman of the house is out after a shotgun
or dog to drive him away, he slips his
hand up his coat sleeve aud tears OF piece
of card containing perhaps 10000 young
| flies and drops it in the woodboX, or in some
convenient place. That is enough to start
on, as the flies breed rapidly. The next day
| the woman will wonder ''where on airth 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
90 once month after a new supply.
card will last tramp thirty days. The in
PRODUCTION of the fly paper and fly traps is
easier, as the articles are sent directly to
| druggists, who sell them to consumers. Stock
in the association is worth an immense
amount, paying quarterly dividend of 20
per cent. The only way that the fly nuis-
ance can be abated is to kill the tramps as
fast as they enter community, or destroy
the mandatory at New Jersey. The Sun
has exposed the nefarious business now let
the people rise up and crush it out Of exs-
tence.-MizacGukee Sun.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE CHINESE
QUESTION. -Representativ Luttrell, of CAL
fornia, who is in Washington, has had an
interview with President Hayes on the Chi
nese question, which he said was very salts
factory. While declinin to state to an in
terviewer what The President said about the
matter, Mr.. Luttrell said the President is
perfectly alive to the great evils resulting to
the country from the inflow of the Chinese,
and that if he could tell the people OF Call
fornia what the President said to him on the
subject, sit would send thrill through the
whole Pacific region" Mr.. Luttrel was
asked what effect the newly-arrived Chinese
embassy would have in determining the
course to be pursued by this government
81 Think was the reply, ''that after they
come here and have an interchange OF opin-
ions with the President, and ascertain ex-
actly how he stands, they will be satisfied
that some limitation must be made in the
emigration of their countrymen to the
United States, which now contains by far
too many of them for its good"