Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-14
THE EVENING STAR
WEDNESDAY August Ii, 1873.
A Fly Mandatory.
THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE Don
PATERSON. N. /.

THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN
PATERSON, N. J.
Flies are artticially propagated in New Jer.
sey, near Paterson, where an association Of
men have invested capital, and are running
the works to their full capacity.
Flies are incubated from eggs, by an arti-
hclal 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 aSSO-
citation OF men should engage in the artificial
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 prop
agation, there would be none the second sea
son. The parties that are engaged in this in
dustry are also sole manufacturers of fly pa
now plain. In order 10 sell their paper and
traps it is necessary to have game to catch.
The gentlemen had engaged largely in the
they knew that flies only lasted one season,
and after year of success they found bank
ruptcy staring them in the face, as it was
Rroba bic they would not sell sheet of paper
American Artificial Fly 1ncubating Associ-
alton of New jersey" aud issued a million
dollars worth of stock.
We have not room to describe the Matching
Of flies, in the SUM- but it is like Matching
chickens by steam. Some of the best old flies
are kept to lay eggs, and eggs are placed on
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,
H..
Then the young flies are taken to the dormi-
tory, where men and women engaged for the
purpose. are pretending to sleep. An old fly
loom, and the Old fly. after lighting on Shirt h
bOsOmS or female white goods, in order to
teach the young flies the noble art of punctua-
ton, 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
buzzing around a little, lights on the sleeper s
nose. The sleeper pretendS to be mad, and
Ct OF 10 TO- yAff
however, for if sleeper engaged by the assO..
from his or her salary AS the old fly gets
the young flies tba and wan to try
lady sleeper's big toe and proceeds deliberate
ly to walk up her foot, ankle and calf, stopping
occasionally to bite. This is very trying to
the alleged sleepers causing nervousness and
iniIure the fly The little flies notice every;
around. and tickled and buzzed. then the
young flies are allowed to practice on them
The persons practiced on get S. day and
board, as 1t is very particular and trying
situation.
tributing flies throughout the country. For.
merly 1t was done through book agents and
lightning rod peddlers, but that was found toe
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 proportions
that 1t is estimated that this year the asSocia-
ton has out half million tramps, leaving flies
around. They go from house to house beg
ging, and before they leave they manage e
drop few flies. Each tramp has card with
million young flies on. After he has par
fakan q lis mes,, end the woman Of the house
is out after a shotgun or a dog to drive him
away, he slips his hand up his sleeve and tears
off piece OF card containing perhaps lO,OO(
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 mex
all them flies come FROM
The, company has distributing points all
over the country, Chicago, st. Louis st. Pau
being among them, where the tramps go once
month after a new supply. A card will last a
tramp thirty days. The Introduction of the fly
paper and 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 quarterly divi
derd OF ~ per cent. The only way that the fly
nuisance can be abated is to Kill the tramps as
last as they enter community. or destr ~ the
mandatory at New jersey The Sun nas ex
posed the nefariOus business; now let the peO-
pie rise up and crush it out of existence
TMilacGukee S,iTa.