The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-10

exclamation Ht4-U. an taas Hs
Bat ln i SECOND hell return a#E ta-
sumo ba1lncS AT of Ibo4- EN. s4HUo
spot hen another slap follows ana
another ana another. uutII th. Ua.
becoming desperate. toa#at- aat at e
hammock saying "A f8s .@u -e.# .ta
these b!dI0"d lilies crawling over Ass
face ~
What makes a fly hateful i- tas
fact That he's no r,Saeetor nf persons
- things. That's tine result ~ his raH--
.ug l suppose. II, doaI seem ta H4ss
any discrimination uur any idea ai
aecency. Without washing his hilI. or
using any iislH1ectaat, hes got ua
more prudence nor concern for hralsa
! and cleanliness than to Quit Il lob en
right into 4 sore spot , N ones finger.
OF what IS meaner ii possible. crawl
ing right iuIo the sweet little moutA
Of a sleeping baby. Yes. a real mean.
OF rather / should say i very enta-
pflSing fly. with al inquirirg turn II
mind viii even risk himself in =
mans mouth, as ! happen 70 know.
! was making a temperance speech
once and | suppose ! must have
used some big word that opened my
mouth rather wider than usual
About that time a fly. passing 10y and
/ seeing the open crater. concluded to-
drop in ana make observation. i dis
covered his perilous SiCuation and
blcN MIN OUT before he was crushed.
or | had suffered any Inconvenience.
guess he thought it was a cold
reception.
L remember to have read am ar
ticle some time ago Tclatiug to "n
experience that DIR. Talmage had with
a fly. The story is given in Mr.. Tai
IMAGES own language. He said.
When / vas preaching my first
sermon on a hot sunday, ! had just
given out my text and had hardly
opened my moutii for the first
sentence of my discouria when IA
popped a fly. | could feel him hop
ping around in my mouth and buz-
ling like a bee. A cold sweat broke
out all over me. | felt him in ms
throat. / glared at the audience. They
We're looking at me eXpectantly. / felt
That the crisis Of my life had arrived
and that | must act at once. The
thought ran through my brain: shan
| gag and spit out the intruder and
make a spectacle Of myself before
these people who are waiting for the
sermon and thus very likely spoil
the effect of it ana ruin my reputation
at the outset Of my career; or shall
| TAX the fellow down and wr-St
victory from the enemy Ny mind was
made up on the instant. | gulpcd.
Down Went Mr.. Fiv to be converted
into flesh and bone and muscle, ana
l plunged into my sermon and went
through it with such zcst and arn@s
ness that the people who met me at
the door TO shake hands declared il
was the best sermon they had ever
listened to, "Aand' said Mr.. Talnlaga
way Of q moral. I've been swallowing
flies ever since. Whenever one at
tacks me in the paper or elsewhere,
| simply say to myself: Here's an
other fly. I'll take him down And
down he goes
That was very philosophicaliy said
Fl and done lIIf Mr. 'El ry14 did nAf
explain how one shoul do when q fly
takes a liking to his nose and
persists in roosting on it all
through the sermon. as q fly some
times does. 1t IS diStreSsingIy amusing.
or .amusingly distressing-both | guess
to watch q preacher fighting a Iy
that viii insist on occupying q seat
on the preachers nose during the
sermon. If the preacher happens to
be lin the brush he has a hard
time. | speak from experience, as well
as observation. at this point.
When the plaques were being seat
upon Pharaoh ana the Egyptians. Ehe
lnagicianS With their entertainments
initiated all the miracles until Aaron
stretched out his band with his rod
n Smote the dust OF the earth and
all the dust became Iice-The ma
gicians said unto Pharaoh this is the
finger Of Cod"
The lice didn't seem to disturb Pha-
raoh, and into his servants houses
and Aaron. bat hardened his heart.
But when there came a grievDua
swarm of flies into the house Of Pha-
raoh, and into his servants houses
ana into all the land Of Egypt. uutl
the land was corrupted by reason OF
the swarm OF flies. Pharaoh made
haste to call for Moses ana Aaron
and told them to go and sacrifice to
their God in the land.
E1feS yyara tho first tLspy .J4.
moved the old hard-hearted King and
l don't wonder at it. They'll move any
thing that's not dead.
| did not see the occurrence. bat
| used 10 hear q story like this, !
big meeting was being held under a
bush arbOr. The seats were all o.
culied and many were standing. Right
near 10 the pulpit stood q man in
his shirt sleeves and b~arefoote1. He
was standing on one foot the other
being drawn UP and pTopped against
the knee Of the leg on which he was
standing. making a perfect picture OF
a figure four. With his left nand he
was prOpping MS under jaw. Although
his mouth was wide open. il seemed to
get wider and wider a. he stood and
gaZed at the preacher He presented
SuCn an odd picture II was q hard
matter With the people 10 keep from
looking at him. All Of a sudden q
big horse fly flew RICH into that wide
open mouth. No sooner did the uu-
fortunate fly enter. than the mouth
| closed down on him, and, with 4
single round of the mill. the H. vas
ground TO q pulp. With a great srat-
| ter the fellow shot the mangled re-
mains from his mouth. half across
the altar, with the triumphant re-
mark: Now drat you, 1 reckon youII
keep outer peoples mouths here
after"
That was a horse fly and | guess if
l were q horse / could write a book
on flies that would not only be thrill
! ling but appalling. for, | am very sure