The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-23
Il Fly MANUF4CToRT.
TIE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARB DOVE
IN NEW JERSEY.

PATERSON, where ala 2SEO Oclat1On Ol men liuFe
invested capital and are rgnning The Wol Ks
10 their fall capacity.
Flies are incubated from eggs, By an ar
tifcial matching arrangement. and the
yOung flies are taught all the deyiltry they
know right in the factory. Some y I'D look
upon this statement rs false, and wonder
why any association or men should ep-
gage in the artificial u opagatioa Of the t3y.
We viii explain. It l. well known thas
flies die at the ends sof ne season, and il it
were not for artificial propagation there
would be none the second season.
The parties that are engaged in this iu-
dustry are also sole manufacturers of fly
paper and fly traps. We trust that she OBJ
jeCt is now plain. In order 10 sell their
paper and traps, it Is necessary 10 have
game TO catch. The gentlemen had en-
gagged largely IN the manufacture Of fiy
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, rs IL was probable
they would not sell sheet Of paper tho
next year. So they organized the Great
American Artificial Ely lncubating AssO-
citation of New Jersey and issued . MI
lion dollars worth Of stuck.
We have not room to describe the hatch.
ing Of flies, IN the SUs, but it j. like hatch.
ing chickens by steam. SUIDe Of the bes.
old tiies are kept to lay eggs, and eggs ala
L
! They batch out in twenty minutes, auL
are ready in half an hour 20 learn the bus.-
ness. First they are taught 10 wade i-
butter. to swim in cream, and to ret int.
things around the kitchen. Then the
yOuug flies are taken to the dormitury.
where men aud women. engaged lor TIC
purpose are pretending to sleep.
An old fly aud hundred young ones are
placed in each room, and the old tly, after
lighting on shirt bOSOms OF female white
goods, in order TO teach the youug f.ies the
noble art Of punctuation, begins To get iu
its work on the sleeper. The uld fly, after
seating the Young flies on culfs aud collars.
calls Attention - and after buzzing
around little, lights on the sleeper's nose.
The sleeper pretends To be mad, and slapa
at the iiy-this is mere matter of form.
however, for if sleeper engaged by thl
association kills an OLD stool fiy, It is de-
Quoted from his OF her salary.
As the old tiygets away the young flies
laugh and want so try u themselves. Then
the old lily lights uIon the lazy sleeper's
big toe and proceeds deliberately to walk
up her foot, ankle aud calf occasionally
stopping to bite. This is very trying to
the alleged sleeperS. causing nervousness
and a twitching of the muscles, bat they
must not iniure the fy. The little flies
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 practiced on get St
day and board, as it is a very particular
and trying situation.
Then comes the expensive business of
distributing flies throughout the country.
Formerly ii was done through book agents
and lightning rod peddlels, but that was
found too expensive, SO the association
originated the idea of sending out regular
agents, called tTamps, 10 Introduce the
flies. The first year only about 10. 600
tramPs were sent out, but the business has
grown to suoh huge proportions that IL is
estimated that this year the association
has ont bali million tTamps leaving fiirs
around. They GU from house 20 hnuse
begging, and before they leave they mans
age To drop few flies.
Each tramp has a card with million
young flies on. After he has partakea Of
his meal and the woman of tie house IS
out after shotgun OF a dog 10 drive him
away, he slips his baud up his sleeve and
tears off piece of card containing perhaps
10000 young flies and drops u in the - ood-
box, or III some convenient place. That is
enough 10 start On and the 9:es breed rap
idly. The next day the woman will wui-
der ''whoTe on aiTth all them flies come
from"
The company has distributing points all
over the Cunntry. Chicago, s.. Lonis. ST.
Paul being among them, where the tramfs
go once a month after a new supply. 4
card VIII last a tramp thiIiy days. Tie
introduction Of the ily paper and the fig
traps Is easier, as the articles are sent di-
Tectly TO druggists, who sell them To CON
sumers. Stock ia the assaciation is worth
an immense amount, iayins quarterly
dividend of twenty per cent. The only
way that the fly nuisance can be abafcd is
to kill The ITampS as sspn as they entel =
community, or destroy the mann factory -
NeW Jersey. The SaB has expuSed thu
nefari"ns business; now let the people lise
up and crush 1t ont Of existence.
H5s MELONs.-A policeman Yesterday
discovered negro and big watermelon
IN close company in al alley off Fort street.
and, refusing the tempting slice handed
ont go him, he said
y on stole that melon a. be market -
"Dar's war yer off de tow path, buss-
way Oft one side. was thu calm reply.
Did yuu bay i2 Came alonp and
pelnt uuf the man you bnEghf 81 fisln -
No, I didn't buy dc melon, b0ss-I
traded far il.
What did you trade -
''Now. boss. what's de use Heah IS.
heah am de melon, an we am irs' o..iil
each odder MP like q turnady''
what did You trade 90 persisted the
officer.
s'WaH, boss. If mus tell den mrs'
/ traded male an q wRgin for dis melon. o,
81 don't believe it,
81 speCted you wouldn't, boss kase vpr
doan' realize like I do how oIeap mules
an WaEiuS lez bpealua an In,v 40 r,-.---