Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-12
MANY-EYED MONSTERS.
And They Sleep With Their Feet Up
Yet Not Upon Their Blacks.

oh. those detestable tiies.' exclaim-
ed the neat housewife. and. the poor
little insect which was buzzing away
on her clean window was speedily
killed with Il weapon made of Il news
paper rolled into ball ut one end,
with. the other forming the handle,
says the Boston Herald. 49,.
1t did the work for the fly and did
not break the window.
Where in the world do they come
from? Screens at the window and
every door in the house How do they
get in?'
'Confound that fly" growled old
Baldhead as he tried to get his forty
winks" after dinner in the darkened
and quiet best parlor. Seems as if
when there wasn't but one fly in the
house it always lighted on my head.
There! take that" and he made des-
perate lunge at the little tormentor,
only to miss him and see him fly calmly
away with meditative and exasper-
ating hum. ..:.'
Still growing, old Baldhead put a
paper over his head, and thus out
whiting the fly dropped off to sleep.
1t is Enthusiastically fly time The
almanac tells us so, and to the bucolic
mind lit must be so if the almanac
says So"
One knows it is fact, for they can
be seen swarming in pyramids near
every garbage heap, in the markets.
round the sweets exposed to view in
the confectioners; yes, can even be
found ni"dsya'lym ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
found "in my lady's chamber which
is very apt to disturb her slumbers
and arouse her as would .Ae lark at
peep Of dawn (say about $50 a. No.
not with a sweet melodiOus call, but
with a persistent buzz and by crawling
over her fair face in such a teasing
manner that sleep is effectually van
ished for the time.
The question where flies come from
is asked many times during the sum-
mer. It is always a mystery to the
woman who has her house well screen
| ed how even one Of the little pests can
get in.
The parents Of good many of then,
were probably housed the year before,
when, in the autumn, vigilance was
relaxed, and perhaps door or window
left ungaurded.
With the instinct with which nature
warm house, into cracks not percep
tible, and there they hibernate. There
too, they lay their eggs, 1T to each fly
thus looking out for the propagation OF
the race; and so when the first warm
days come they surprise us by buzzins
away on the windows or around the
table.
In the meantime the eggs are hatch
ing, and by fly time" they come fortt
in swarms.
Sometimes in the dead Of winter 9
fly will appear, beguiled from his rest
ing place by the deceptive warmth o.
the furnace-heated house. He seems {
harbinger of spring, and perhaps on
may be inclined to pet it bit Don
do it. KILT and thus put an end to
prospective future generation Of flies
They are natural scavengers. Their pur
pose in life is to consume various sub
stances which are thrown out from tn
ceS which are thrown out from tn
human body, by articles Of food and b,
almost every animal and vegetable
produced when in state of change
These substances are given out In sue
small quantities they are imperceptibl
to common observers and not remoy
able by ordinary methods Of cieanli
| ness, even in the best kept rooms.
When fly persists In crawling owe
: ones face it Is merely taking care o
: the particles OF dead matter thrown Of
! through the pores and which helps t
keep the complexion clean. So it
! really doing good while 1t annoys