The sun., 1901-08-10
LIVNGIN
THE COUNTRY

Will ttleIl. GU lihy Do nui ~ "
hear it, but mo quiloes at - VILE
never come into the house. They Will
often be plenty outside, but they disap-
pear the moment your foot touches the
piazza.
Another strange thing about them Is
that they may be abundant in the grass,
and, as you walk through, may rise NJ
in thousands, but they seem to be fright
ened at man, and fly away at once with
cut waiting to bite" ! wish | knew the
man who told us that! But We found
flies abundant. Now it may be that Il es
are great scavengers, and save ns from
epidemics, and noxious smells, and dan
gerous vapors, and that their presence is
sure indication OF a healthy locality;
but in the early morning, whea one is n
bed enjoying that most enjoyable season
for seep-the forbidden hours between
sunrise and 8 O'Clock two or three
hundred flies buzzing about, alighting
ones face, crawling into ones nos
trils, tick ling every inch ofeXposed skin.
are aggravating enC ugh. In saying two
or three hundred do net wish to Q
understood as positively continlng my.
self to that number for the reputation d
the place and the salabiity OF my five
acres OF lots | wish to avoid exagger-
aling, and there may haye been two OF
I rec thousand
After they had routed me cut OF bed at
an hour when there was nothing what
ever to do--for the daily papers can not
be obtained in vile before bail
past eight O'clock they pursued me att
day long They crawed into the cream,
the scalded themselves to death IN MY
coffee, they ciambpted over the butter,
draggi Dg their greasy legs heavily and
slowly; they panied themselves on my
paper if tried to- write, they tlled up
my inkstand and cloggtd the ink, they
scratched in nv hair, se'ecting the tel.
d+rest and least thickly covered spots
and always returning to them alltr be
ing frightened away; ard when, eX.
hausted with lose ii icst and worn ont
with their attacks, ! endeav0red to take
a nap, they fell upon ne and banisled
sieep from my ewes.
Flies" said a neighbor, when hf
heard OF my miseries, why do You not
XII them off2 | used to be troubled with,
them, but bought some Of the gray tly
paper Berensohn's lightning killer, and
soon brought matters to an issue The
ana the girl swept them up in the kit
chen by teacnps full; the supply was not
eqnal to the demand, and have not
been walked by d fly since. What com
fort it sio sleep through the morning in
peace, and not sing e buzz.
Before night had the famous death
dealer, and, according To directions, set
it out in sancers, covered with little
water, and watched complacentIy, and
with somewhat of an about to- be-gfat
fled revengefn feeling in my breast. for
the result. | waited and waited; the flies
buzzed and crawled and tickled, but not
one went near the fatal saucer; in every
rait Of the room Weie they except in
that spot.
They crawled up and down the walls,
they perched on the ceiling, they COM
mitted suicide in the water pitcher, they
collected in masses on the crumbs lying
about and chased one another in playful
and amatory mood, but touch that saucer
they did not. | moved it from plae2 to
place and set it near where they were
thickest, but they only flaw hurriedly
away with louder auzz, rs much az to
say, 'Get out with your Old hv killer
In a rage, | caught some and threw them
into the poisoned chalee, bnt they
whiskcd out again with shake OF their
wings aud went eff as diabolcally busy
and bnzzy as ever.
poured out some Of the water, fear
ing the attraction was too much Diluted,
then, finding that that did not answer,
! added an Extra quantity, but the r.
slflt was the same. The only part ot the
70 m entirely free from hies was the
neighborhood Of the fly paler. ! was iu
despair until a happy thought
7 struck me; taking two ol the sheets,
which are conveniently stuck together at
], the edges, laid them over my face aud
composed myself for sleep The effect
wae magical. Not fly came near M and
my nap was deiciOnsly nnhfoken.
4 We bought two pups and two kittens
This was with view to the eXtermra
tion OF the rats and mice that ate onl
oats and danced nocturnal ji's in tile
4 partitions and ceilings OF tie house
i Whether the pups would have caught
| rats or the kittens mice il hard to tell al
they were altogether too busy worrying
or being worried to devote much atteH
tiOn to the chase. and many vas tht
battle waged between the bellgrrents
The entire science of strategy could b,
learned ireni studying the conduct q
this feline and canine war, and | have
always believed that Grant and Lee hat
both gone to the cats and dogs to acqur,
their knoNledgr. FeIis, being tn
weaker, retires behind her intrencnmpn
OF boxes Of chairs and takes advahtag
OF the natural defen-ts Of corners am
he!es, while CAMS, being driven 10 tn
| owl
deayoring TO turn his opponents flank
or TO invetgle her FRI m her intrphch
nenta
There was but one matter III Whicl
the kittens aud pups all -four agreed, ali,
that was % steal whatever they lad til
slightest fancy tor. Milk was the weak
ness of the kittens, and, provided the
e)nld discover any unguardei pan,
truce MAS declared, and friend and fo
! nnlted III ioraging upon their master
On such OCCASIONS ihey were content +
drink together from the same dish in Til
most anicable way, although the md
ment the feast was exhausted the cat
He'd to then intrrnch"ents, without s
much as cleaning their whi.kera, ain
hoHtllltles We're renewed.
Wh'n not busy with the 4 lwers the
: devoted themselves to- tile vegetable
One was delighted with hunting "ho
toaGs, and as these abounded in OF
five acres and were particularly fond ,
hiding in tile wate rmelon patch, i
hunted il oyJr and over again. fairl
plnwlng il mp with his nose, cinshn tt
VINES. tcalns the leuyrs to pieces. III
breaking 80 tltr fruit. II liz had kiile
the l"ads his piece, dirgS might hat
con" g ~ "ad with the exhaustion .
~ gnmt; ati he WAS too tc;idai.hrarie
f." thlS, and anlY pushed tEah with il
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