San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-09-21
where all the Files Com. From.

Flies are artiicially propagated in
New jersey, near Paterson, where an
association OF men have invested capital,
and are running the works to their full
capacity. ur..t .r.......
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-
ton of the fly. We will explain. 1t is
we'll known chat flies die ut 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 fly-paper and tly-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 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
sociatien of New jersey" and issued q
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 TWEEN
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
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 buzz
zing around little, lights on the sleep
er's nose The sleeper pretends to be
mad, and slaps at the tly-this is mere
matter of form, however, for if a Sleep
er 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 want to try it
themselves. Then the old fly lights up.
on the lady sleeper's big toe and pro-
ceeds 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 a 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 is
g very particular and trying situation.
Then comes the expensive business of
flies throughout the coun-
try. Formerly it was done through
book agents and lightning-rod peddlers,
but that was found too expensive, so the
originated The idea of send
ing out regular agents, called tramps,
10 introduce the flies. The first year
only about 10000 tramps were sent out,
but the business has grown to such huge
that it is estimated that this
year the association has out half mil
lion tramps, leaving flies around They
20 from house to house begging, and be-
tore they leave they manage to drop a
few flies. Each tramp has a card with
a million young flies on. After he has
partaken of his meal and the woman of
5he house is out after shotgun or a
dog to drive him away, he slips his hand
up his sleeve and tears off piece of
card containing perhaps 10000 young
lies and drops it in the wood-bOx, or in
some convenient place. That is enough
10 start on, as the flies breed rapidly.
The next day the woman will wonder
IS where or airth all them flies come
from.' 7...a.L
The company has distributing points
allover the country. Chicago, st. Louis,
St. Paul being among them, where the
ramps 90 once month after new
supply. A card will last tramp 80
lays. The introduction of the fly-pa-
per and the fy-traps is easier, as the ar
,icles are sent directly to the druggists,
who send them to the consumers. Stock
n the association is worth an immense
amount, paying a quarterly dividend of
70 per cent. The only way that the fly
nuisance can be abated is to kill the
ramps as fast as they enter a commu-
nifty, or destroy the mandatory at New
Jersey. The Sun has exposed the nefa-
-ious business; now let the people rise
I'D and crush il out of existence. - MI