The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-13
1.-The New "AnniltlIator,'

| 1.-THE Now "Anniltllator.'
| Bright dnd early, before one tenth of tho
citizens Of Detroit had shaken off the eff,
tccts of the glorious Fourth, Professor
James X. L. Bnrlingamc made his appear
ance on several streets in Detroit almost at
| the same moment. You would have known
him to be professor, even if you had seen
| him tangled up with Il butchcr-cart. That
| tall plug hat, carrying the STAINS of years
that linen duster girtcd at the waist-his
long hair hanging down to keep his shoul-
dcrs warm, was dead givc-away Oh his
| title.
The Professor came here to dispose of
individual rights to use his ''Fly Annihi-
lator," :" and lie didn't let thoughts of the
next Presidential election SGT him down on
! bench. His piccolo voice inquired of a
woman at the front door of house on
Congress street cast
MADAME, have you ten seconds to spare
this morning1"
'No, Sir, was the prompt roply.
very well, then you will miss seeing
my Fly Annihilator,' y he remarked, as he
walked off. "Thousands have missed it,
TO their everlasting soTow-thousands have
accepted 1t and been made happy for life. "
't1t's some kind O. pizen!" she called
after him down the street.
warranted free from all drugs or chem
icals dangerous to the human system, and
recommended TO people troubled with
slccplossness, he called back, as he briskly
retractcd his steps.
i've got screens in every window, and
yet the f1ys get in, +" she continued, as he
| opened his satChcl Oh the steps.
''Of course they do-of course. A fly
Is like human being. Bar him out and
he is seized with desire to get in at any
price. Tell him he can't and he will or
break his neck. Fling away your screens
and depend entirely OH my fly annihilator,
warranted to kill on sight, and can be
worked by child four years old This Is
He took from the satchol an cight-ouncc
bottle filled with dark liquid and pro-
vidcd with small brush, and holding il
up continued:
zone twenty-five cent bottle does for
twenty doors, and / give you directions
how to make all you want. No poison
here-nolhing in this bottle to trot little
children up to the cemetery"
"Why, you don't put it Oh the flies, do
you2" she asked.
"Not altogether madam. Any child
can use 1t, as | said before. Just watch
me q moment"
He swung the front door open, and with
the brush applied the mixture to the back
edge, giving it thin coat from top to bot
tom.
"Now, then," he said, as he swung tho
door back, "flies like sweet. This mixture
is sweet The fly alghts on the door, and
you swing 1t shut, and he Is iummcd
against tho casing and crushed in an in
slant. Every door is capable of killing
1000 flies per day If you have twelve
doors, your aggregate of dead flies will be
exactly 1000. When you have crushed
about 1000 on door, take an old knife
and scrapc thom off, and begin over again. "
"Do you supposc-I' - began the indig-
| nant woman, but he interrupted with:
"Don't suppose anything about it, except
that 1t will mash flies and never miss All
| you have TO do is to open every door, apply
the mixture, and shut them in succession.
| If you have twelve doors and twelve
children, you can leave it all to the
children. And only twenty-five cents a
bottle"
"Do you suppose l want my doors
daubcd with flies and molasscsf' she
made cuff at the bottle.
"Just as you prefer, madam" ho quietly
replied. ''Some do and some don't. Some
won't have 1t at any price, and others even
set up extra doors in the back yard in order
to use lots of it. III warrant this liquid to
draw 'om, If you'll only open and shut the
DOORS"
81 won't buy i'll won't have I'll" she
shouted, as she jammed tho broom against
the door.
Every well, madam---vcry we'll. If you
prefer a fly on your nose to one on the door
| can raise no objections. Remember, how
ever, that this is my farewell tour previous
to appearing before the crowned heads OF
Europe, and you will not have another
chance to secure the annihilator. All you
have to do is to take your sewing on youl
lap and open and shut the door at regular
intervals"
'If my husband was here ho'd--ho'd--'
"Hcd buy the right for this county anG
make $40, 900 in two months; but, as hi
Is not here, we'll bid you good day and pass
on. Sorry madam, but some folks prefer
to kill their flies with pitchfork, and tho
man withpitchforks will call here in IF
teen minutes"