Sharp County record., 1878-09-13
Where all the Files Come From.

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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 of men
should engage in the artificial propaga-
'tiOn of the fly. We will explain. 1t is
well known chat flies die at the end of
the season, and if it were not for artif-
cial propagation, there would be none
the second season. The parties that are
engaged in this industry, are also sole
manufacturers of fy-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 largely in
the manufacture of fy-paper and fly
traps before they knew that flies only
lasted one season, and after a year of
success they found bankruptcy staring
them in the face, as it was probable they
would not sell sheet of paper the next
year. So they organized the "Great
American Artificial Fly Incubating AS
sociation of New jersey" and issued a
million dollars worth OF stock.
We have not room to describe the
Matching of flies, in the Sun, but it is
like Matching 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 in twen
ty minutes, and are ready in half an
hour to learn the business. First they
are taught to wade in butter, swim in
cream, and to get into things around
the kitchen. Then the young flies are
taken to a dormitory, where men and
women, engaged for the purpose, are
pretending to sleep. An old fly and a
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 sleeper The old fly, after
seating the young flies on cuffs and col
lars, calls Attention." and after buz-
zing around a little, lights on the sleep
er's nose The sleeper pretendS to be
mad, and slaps at the fy-thiS is a mere
matter Of form, however, for if a sleep
er engaged by the association kills an
old stool fly, it is deducted from his Oh
her salary. AS the old fly gets away
the young flies laugh and want to try il
themselves. Then the old fly lights up
on the lady sleeper's big toe and pro.
ceed5 deliberately to walk up her foot
ankle, and calf, occasionally stopping
to bite. This is very trying TO the al
legged sleepers, causing nervousness,
and twitching of the muscles, but they
must not injure the fly. The little flies
notice every thing, and after the old fly
has caroused around, and tickled and
buzzed, then the young flies are allowed
to practice on them. The persons prac
ticed on get So day and board, as it il
very particular and trying situation
Then comes the expensive business Of
distributing flies throughout the coun,
try. Formerly it was done through
book agents and lightning-rod peddlers
but that was found too expensive, so the
association originated the idea of send
ing out regular agents, called tramps,
TO introduce the flies. The first yeal
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 mil.
! lion tramps, leaving flies around. They
90 from house to house begging, and be
fore they leave they manage to drop 9
few flies. Each tramp has card with
million young flies on. After ne has
partaken of his meal and the woman o.
the house is out after shotgun or
dog to drive him away, he slips his hanc
up his sleeve and tears off piece Of
card containing perhaps 10000 young
flies and drops it in the wood-box, or ii
some convenient place. That's enough
to start on, as the flies breed rapidly
The next day the woman will wonde
"where on airth all them flies CONF
from"
The company has distributing point
all over the country. Chicago, st. Louis
St. Paul being among them, where tn
tramps 90 once month after a neU
supply. A card will last a tramp q
DAYS. The introduction of the fy-pa
per and the fy-traps is easier, as the ar
ticles are sent directly to the druggists
who send them to the consumers. Stool
in the association is worth an immens
amount, paying quarterly dividend o
20 per cent. The only way that the Il
nuisance can be abated is to kill tn
tramps as fast as they enter commu
nitv, or destroy the mandatory at Ne'
Jersey. The Sun has exposed the meta
rious business; now let the people ris
ND and crush it out of existence Nh
aCaukee Sun.