The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-07-05
Going to Lick the Editor.


sanctum. As an explanation of this
terrible threat she says she has tried
our remedy for getting rid. of flies,
published last week: Well, when we
read what was going to happen to us,
our brain began to work at n light.
ing speed trying to figure some way
TO get out of town in time 10 miss
his attack She crur!ly kept back
he date Of her expected visit and W.
were on pins. Eut when we ar wed
at the explanation that Sh- had rri. q
our fly remedy. We laughed All "
laugh ID, We just bent duubl, and
laughed. We remembered cur own
experience with the cuncoctinn and
we laughed sume more 1t was too
good to keep and we went in and told
he printers about it, and called time
for few minutes, and stopped the
ponderous wheels OF progress-that
you know have their headquarters III
The TINES office-So we could all
laugh, we'll we laughed until we felt
the briny tears flowing, and we could
not find the Office towel to wipe our
weeping eyes, as the devil had prob
ably used it last to knock the SCOT
out Of the stove pipe, and had stood
it up in the corner somewhere, so we
had to shut off that current and turn
on the other, the business one. But
why were we laughing. Simply be-
cause we then knew we were not the
only fish in the creek. 1t is funny
how a fellow don't like to be alone
you know, And then we were Joyous
because we could not be held person
ally responsible for that fly business,
as it was signed "Sue," as any one
can plainly see, and Sue is the re-
sponsible party.
But as to the receipt, we are
kind Of biped that does not believe
in advising any one to try what he
does not care to try himself. So
when we got home after printing that
fly exterminating receipt, we told our
better half about it and the news was
Ijoyfully received. We at once began
preparing the concoction. A nice
fresh egg was broken into plate,
and, we began to at once envy the
hy's meal, so far as that egg was
concerned. 1t was beaten into nice
froth, and our little girl tried to per-
Suade her mother to make u cake--
| said it was pity to give that to the
flies. But we had set out to do those
| flies and We would not hold up, rext
won't In a good table spoonful Of
sugar, well beaten. | tell you it
looked tempting. We could see the
| flies sitting around on the ceiling, ap-
parently looking on with interest,
while their mouths fairly watered to
get at that place, they began to get
Impatient to give it try, and we
could hardly persuade them to wait
till we got it fixed. Next came the
spoonful Of nice rich butter milk
and lastly the spoonful of pepper
Our little one still looking on re-
marked that IL there was nor quite so
much pepper in 1t she Thought it
would be good fried.
| We finally got the mess beat up
nicely, and glancing around our little
one asked us il We wanted to get that
broom ready. But we saw it w S
handy. We covered up thing on the
table so the flies would not drop IN
it when the death scene hegsn We
sat the plate with the exterinnato.
in conspicuous place, and a numb r
of flies who were lazily loafing around
that territory flew up and made. a
circle OF inspection over the plate,
I'VE could not help feeling a little
sorry for the poor little things when
they, seemingly sati, fed that the
thing was not loaded, gracefully set
tied down around the edges, and tim
idly marched up and took taste.
They seemed to I've agreeally surp"iSf .
They then rolled up their sleeves
and went in with their bill. up 20 their
eyes and got good swig of iC. A dele
CATION was at ONCE sent off tn spread tn.
news to the battalion and they we're not
slow in responding. Soon ti,e edges nf
that plate were cuver-a with a swarm Of
files, and don't remembei to have ever
seen anything eat with as mIch seeming
Ieli II rs those flies did 1t aciu Ill y
made me hungIy TO see theu eat. W.,
patiently watch, for the dtai lii-s part If
The business. hut they seem d to have
too good Il thug, and did not even have
time to die. So we gently sat il to one
side to disturb them as little rs p ssibe,
and called for our dinner, We never like
to sec a good thing going on without
wading In to help push it along. AT er
dinner we took another look at the p'ate
and the exterminator(2, and the ti'es
who were AL bls,ly enga red and obi ,ct.
ed to even be disturbed We saw We
h I'd no use for the broom yet
When We went home that night the
n es bad ac' lially Cleaned up that whole
concOction and were licking the plate
I between the ernins of black prpper
while has looked up wisfully as il
longing Tor m're.
While it might he truly said that the
PREPARATION il gopd for II rs. we cannot
rec. 'nIm"nd it, as au eXterIninltnr of the