Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-09-20


Jersey, near Patterson, where an association
OF men nave invested capital, and are run.
ming the works 10 their iull capacity.
Flies are incubated from eggs by an artifi-
cial Matching arrangement, and the young
flies are taught all the devlltry they know
right IN the factory Some will look on this
statement ls false, and wonder why any as
sociatIon Of men should engage in the arti-
fclu propagation Of the fly. We will explain
1t Is well known that flies die at the end of
the season, and if it were not for artificial
: propagation, there would be none the second
season. The parties that are engaged in this
industry are also sole manufacturers of fly
paper and fly traps. We trust that the OBJ
ject Is now plain. In order to sell their pa
per 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 hat flies only lasted one
season, and after a year of success they
found bankruptcy s:ariug them in the face,
AS il Was probable they would not sell a sheet
of paper the next year. SO they organized
the Great American Artificial Fly lncuba-
ting Association of New Jersey" and issued
n million dollars worth OF stock.
We have not room 10 dekcrlbe the hatch
ing OF flies III the Sun, bat il is like hatch
iGg chickens by steam. Some of the best
old flies are kept to lay eggs. and the eggs
are placed on cards and put into an oven
They hatch 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 .aken
to the dormitOry, where men and women, en-
gagged 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 III order to teach the young flies the
noble art OF punctuation, begins 10 get liz its
work on the sleeper. Tie old fly. after seat
ing the young fll,s on cuffs and collars calls
"Attentinn =, aud after buzzing around a
little, lights on the sleepers nose. The
sleeper prciends to be mad, and slnps at the
hy is q mere matter of form, however
for if the sleeper engaged by the association
kills an old stool fly, II is deducted from his
or her salary. As the old fly gets away the
young flies laugh and want to try it them
selves. Then the old fly lights upon the
lady IL eper's big toe and proceeds delIber
atey to walk up her foot, ankle and calf. oc-
casionally stopping TO bite. This is very
trying to the alleged sleepers, causing ner-
yousness and twltching of the muscles,
but they must not injure the fly. The little
lies 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 practised on get So |
day and board, "a it is n very particular and |
trying situation.
Then comes the expensive business OF dis |
tributlng 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 ont regular agents, call |
ed 'Tamus, to introduce the flies The first |
year only about 10 900 tramps were sent ont, |
but the business has grow n to such huge pre- |
portions that it is estimated that this year |
the association has out half million trnmps. |
leaving flies around They go from house to |
house begging, and before they leave they |
manage To drop lew flies. Each tramp has |
a card with million young flies on it. After |
he has parinken OF his meal and the woman |
of the house ~ ont after a shotgun or u dog |
to drive Inn away he slips his hand up his
sleeve and tears oil piece of card contain
ing perhaps 10000 young flies and drops it
in the woodboX or an some convenient place
That is enough to start on, as the flies breed
rapidly. The next day the woman will won
der-"whcro on Hirth all them flies come
from"
The company has distributing points all
over the country, Chicago, st. Louis, st.
Paul being among them, where the lramps go
once a month for new supply. card will
last a tramp thirty days. The Introduction
of the-fly paper aud the 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 "a quarterly dividend OF 20 per cent.
The only way that the fly nuisance can be
abatedIa TO kill the tramps as fast as they
enter Il community or destroy the manufac-
tory at New Jersey. The Sun has exposed
the neilriuus business now let the people
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