The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-08-29

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adviser. A dispatch, by agreement, was
finally sent to Governor Young, asking him
to release the witness from his professional
objections of secrecy.
The Wonderful Things That Are Done
in Paterson, n. ].
Peck s milwaukee SUM-
Flies are arti6cially ~propagated in
New Jersey. near Paterson, where an as
ISOLATION of men have invested capital,
and 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 rightin 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. It is
well known that flies die at the end of
the season, aud if it were not for arti-
fetal propagation there would be none the
second season. The parties that are en-
gaged in thisindustry are also sole man
ufacturers of fly 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 the game to catch.
The gentlemen had engaged largely in
the manufacture of fly 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 a sheet of paper the next
year. So they organized the "Great
American Artificial Fly I~ncubating As
ISOLATION of New jersey" and issued 3
million dollars worth of stock.
We have not room to describe the
Matching of flies in the San, 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 in
to 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
taken to the dormitory, where men and
women, engaged for the purpose, are pre-
tending 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, be-
gins 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 a little, lights
on the ~sleeper's nose. The sleeper pre-
tends to be mad, and slaps at the fly
this is a mere matter of form, however,
for if a sleeper engaged by the ~associa-
ton kills an old stool fly, it is deducted
from his or her salary.
AS the oldfy 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 deliber-
ately to walk up her foot, ankle and
calf, occasionally stopping to bite. This
is very trying to the alleged 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 practiced OF get six
dollars day and board, as it is a very
particular and trying situation.
Then comes the expensive business Of
distributing flies throughoutthe country,
Formerly it was done through book
agents and lightning rod peddlefs, but
that was found too expensive, SC the as
ISOLATION organized the idea of sending
out regular agents, called tramps, to in
troduce the flies. The first year abou'
ten thousand tramps were sent out, bu'
the business has grown to such huge
proportions that it is estimated that TIL
year the association has out half a mil
lion tramps, leaving flies around. The!
SO from house to house begging, andbe
faretheyfeave they manage to drop afey
flies.
Each tramp has a card with a million
young flies on. After he has partakel
of his meal and the woman of the hous
is out after a shotgun or a dog to driv
him away he slips his hand up hi
sleeve and tears off a piece of card con
tanning perhaps ten thousand youn
flies and drops it in the. woodbox, or i
some convenient place. That is enougl
to start on, as the flies breed rapidly
The next day the woman will wonde
"where on airth all them flies com
FROM"
The company has distributing point
t all over the country, Chicago, st. Louis
: St. Paul being among them, where tn
7 tramps go once a month after a new SUI
! ply. A card will last a tramp thirt
days. The introduction of the fl
! paper and fly traps is easier, as the al
) ticles are sent directly to druggists, VIII
: sell them to consumers. Stockin the a
e ISOLATION is worth an immense amour
paying a quarterly dividend of 20 pc
cent. The only way that the fly nui
, ance can be abated is to kilfthe traml
as fast as they enter the community,
destroy the mandatory at New Jerse,
The Sun has exposed the nefarious bus
. ness; now let the people rise up an
It crush it out of existence.