The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-23
WHY IS A FLY ASKS
DR.. WOODS IN LECTURE

wzsaizgtoa D. c. Dec. l7.-At the
-Co-uznity Comfort7 session yester.
dzy q the American Civic association,
D-. Woods Hutchinson delivered
lzlf humorous, half serious address On
the question. Why is fly"
No longer to be dismissed with
co1temptuous 'shoo, but an influence
10 be reckoned with, the fly Ia hust-
Ter from way back" said the speaker,
and he distributes samples Of pesti.
lence, marked D. o. D.-'Death on De
livery, with lavish hand
we may admire him for his indus
try, pertinaclty and business enter
prise; we may even love him-luke-
warmly-as one Of Gods creatures;
but We had better wipe him gently but
firmly out Of existence just the same
He is the best travelling salesman
known, carried a grip on each Of his
six legs, and trunk in his head. His
line Of samples is extensive and will
last from time TO eternity He is more
Of nurseryman and tree agent than
anything else, the only one whose
seeds and cuttings bear blossoms and
fruit equal to the pictures la the cata-
logue. In fact they bloom, never fad
lng-The Other Side Of the Jordan, or
rather translate you to bloom there"
Among the specialtfes Of the fly, Dr..
Hutchinson mentioned:
Bacillus Typhosus, (Eberth), hard
ly perennial seldom known to winter,
kills even in Alaska, heavy crop, pro-
duces $4,000 deaths annually in the
United States. Value of lives destroy
ed s100,000,000 One-ffth Of all who
grow is guaranteed never to grow any
other. Blossom, rose colored all over
abdomen and chest Fruit, cherry red
deepening to black all through the
intestines No difficulty in disposing Of
the surplus to your neighbors. a
splendid variety for both city and
country trade Strong, well rooted
speciments, carefully selected from
sewer mouths, now ready for delivery,
F. o. Free on Food"
He continued in the style of a seed
catalogue, describing Cytoryctes Var
iolae otherwise small pox, as a half
hardy annual, now very rare though
formerly great favorite Bacillus
tuberculosis is a half hardy perennial
and old fayorite, but delicate, easily
sun blistered and will not grow in
strong rich soils; Bacillus Shigae
Oereyenes Capsulatus, Amba Coli, etc.
commonly known as summer COM
plant cholera morbus, cholera infan-
tum, etc.,-a very attractive group of
quick Towering, tender ANNALS, spe-
cially adapted for kindergartens
Colors black and white, resembling
crepe and satin-with plumes on the
hearse. Wonderfully free bloomers.
children cry for them, but seldom after
them; crop for 1907, 10000 dead babies,
value $2O,O0O,0OO, as guaranteed by the
census bureau. No trouble at all to
grow; all that is needed is a baby,
little dirt, plenty of carelessness, and
flies will do the rest" And so on
through a grim and ghastly trayesty of
a seedmans satalogue, DR.. Hutchinson
proceeded, concluding with this warn
ing:
"A fly in the house is an dangerous
as a rattlesnake, as filthy as louise,
as disgraceful as a bedbug. The time
will come when any modern cleanly
home will feel itself shamed and dis
graced by the presence of a fly, and
when every householder upon whose
premises a breed of flies is detected,
will be fined heavily and sent to jail
The fly is literal Eye of the Lord,
because he is in every place beholding
evil and the good especially the evil,
for he loves to lay eggs in it. You
can't hide dirt from a fly. He is also
the most intimate and domestic ami
NAL we breed and keep. An ounce of
cleanness is worth ton of fly paper
and wire screens. One half the money
wasted on fly traps and window
screens, one-fifth the energy squander-
ed in slapping and profanity, would
clean up the back yard and wipe out
the fly"