Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-18
householo Copies.
TO GET RID OF FLIES.
To be continued.

The domestic fly, so called. is probably
exotic in the northern States of North
nerica. The conditions of climate tell
MERELY against him. If he had not
en protected and maintained in eXis-
nee by Il hundred arrangements of civ
cation, it would be difficult, if not i'm
ssible, to find specimens even for the
Iseuns. Hence the scientific name,
lsca domestica, the domestic fly, which
licates that this destructive and diSa
eeable animal is simply an appendage
life i'm houses. When the micrOphone.
e ingenious instrument for magnitying
und. was exhibited in the famous Old
nth Westinghouse in Boston, though
the middle of summer, it was found
possible to catch IA single fly in that
rge building for that curious expert
INT which shows the sound of a tly's
hp as he walks across sheet of paper.
proved necessary to send to the neigh
ring hotels, which had Il plenty in their
traps, which they were only too glad
spare. This exemption of the meet
g-house was due to the fact that it was
cupied only as Il museum and that
ere was nothing for them to eat there
ii nothing for them to drink. \ fly
nnot sustain active life without drink
pre- than a man. If you do not give
II his drink he must 90 and find it
lere it is
If then. for Is hours, you can keep
ery drop of liquid from room. the
- in it will leave it. But the prohib-
II is absolute. \ drop of dew on Il
tc leaf. still more the CONCEALED breath
Il windoW-pane, gives quite aS much
id as the thirsty little fly will ask for.
t a good housekeeper will remember
ter uncovered in Il room which she
shes to enjoy II nap in. or in which she
cans to place Il guest. And she will
|ctully cover amy other cup, mug,
- or other vessel which contains
ud>.
observe. next. that the fly is tropical
~. For the same reason, probably. he
disconnected. even ON very warm day,
a draught of air. DR.. Franklin. YOU
II remember. proved that a man might
killed. "a if frozen to death, by
lift draught of air. even at the temper
Ire of l0O- Fahrenheit. For practical
rposes. the fly knows this as well as
Franklin did. So soon as your pa
mt leaves room. open the windows
ough to start all the draughts possible.
I'VE paper weights in abundance to keep
oks, handkerchiefs or all other nova
Is in place, that no one may have an
cuse for closing the windows.
The old New England housekeeper sup
ses that flies dislike darkness, and the
treatment of summer rooms is to keep
I'm dark when they are not occupied
men, women or children. But think
is an error. The fly, in darkness,
nplY recedes into his dens and caves
d holes of the earth. SO soon as the
Int comes he is out again, seeking his
ey. 1t may be observed, also, that the
parent reason why he annoys your pa
Mt as he does. in the early morning.
zen no one else is awake or wants to
is. simply. that he has been chilled at
ght, and now seeks the warmth of the
low or the cheek. lie is not at that
pment seeking food. If you have been
relies, enough to permit any flies to
ep in the room with your patient, you
j draw them to another corner by
hting one or two kerosene lamps. with
ch an arrangement, for instance, as
cry oil stove gives.
This by the way. You should not
We had any fly in the bedroom. Nor
Duld you if the whole house had been
pit in proper condition. If the estab-
hment is large, the superintendent. if
elligent, will certainly detail compe-
At person early in the spring to the
.cial business of keeping out the flies
d seeing that no more are Matched. If
u are in Il private house, read this arti-
to the housekeeper, and concert with
r thorough measures, taking pains to
crest and instruct the servants.
What you want, is to do your work in
ril and May so thoroughly that in
lgust and September you shall have no
IS to contend with. This is quite posi-
if you devote persistent thought and
re to this detail. But it must be per-
tent care. The wild raids made by
gligent housekeepers early in Septem-
r, on the armies which have grown up
account of their own carelessness in
'ril and May, are of no real use. They
merely the struggles of a defeated