The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-12-17
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RECKON WITH
!. 1EaltEEIES
Fhey earryg Death Every
where and People Must
Pay on Delivery
ARE BEST DRAVEEE Rs
Half Humorous and Half Se5
rious Discussion Made of
why is a EH?"
.IARE BEsT. DRAVEEERs

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-At the
I~comnlunity Comfort session OF the
American civic Association. DR.
woods Hutchinson delivered half
numerous, half serious address on the
question, why is a Fly?"
mo longer to be dismissed with
lcontemptous 'shoo.' but an influence
! to be rekoned with, the fly is. hl1st-
Ter from way back, said the speaker,
"and he distributes samples OF pes
thence, marked D. o. D. Death on
Delivery with a lavish hand.
1--WE may admire him for his in
dustry, pertinacity and business en-
terprise.; we may even love him.
.lukewarmly,-as one of Gods. Great
ures; but. we had better wipe him
gently but firmly out OF existence
just the same. He is the best travel
ing salesman known. carries 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 nursery
man and tree agent than anything
else, and only one whose seeds and
cuttings bear blossoms and fruit
equal to the pictures in the catalogue.
In fact they bloom, never fading on
the other side Of the Jordon, or rather
translate you to bloom there"
Among the specIa4sfes Of the hy. DR..
NIutohinson mentioned:
Bacillus TyphDsus; (Eberth) hard
" perennial, seldom known to winter,
kills even in Alaska, heavy crop, pro-
duces 5000 deaths annually in the
United States. 5 Value of lives de-
stroyed, 800, 100000. One fifth OF all
who grow it guaranteed never to
grow any other. Blossom, rose COLI
ored all over abdomen and chest.
Fruit, cherry red deepening to black
all through the intestines. No diff
Guilty in dtsDosing OF the surplus to-
your neighbors. A splendid variety
for both city and country trade.
Strong, well rooted specimens, care
fully selected from sewer mouths, now
ready for delivery, F. o. Free on
Food
He continued in the style. of a seed
describing Cytoryctes Var
iolae, otherwise small pox, as a
half hardy annual, now very rare
though formerly a great favorite.
Bacillus tuberculosis is a half hardy
perennial and old favoriteS but deli
cate easily sun blistered and will not
grow in strong rich soils, Bacillus
Shigae, Aeroyenes Capsulatus, Amelia
Coll, etc, commonly known as sum
mer complaint, cholera morbus, chol-
era infantum, ETC., very attractA74
group of quick lowering, tender an
nuals, specially adapted for kinder
gardens, colors black and white, re-
sembling crepe and satin, with
plumes on the hearse. Wonderfully
free boomers, children cry for them
but seldom after them, crop for 1907
40, 900 dead babies, value S2O,OoO,OO0,
No trouble at all to grow; all that is
as guaranteed by the census bureau.
needed is a baby, little dirt, plenty
of carelessness, and flies will do the
rest" And SO on through a grim and
ghastly travesty OF seedman's cata-
logue DIR. Hutchinson proceeded, con-
GLIDING with this warning:
"a fly in the house is as dangerous
as a rattlesnake, as filthy as louise.
as dlsgraceful as bedbug. The time
will come when any. modern clearly
home will feel itself ashamed and dis
graced by the presence Of fly. and
when every householder upon whose
premises brood of flies is detected,
will be fined heavily and sent to Jail.
The ny is the literal Eye OF the Lord,
because he is in every place behold
ing evil and the good, especially the
evil, for he loves to lay eggs in it.
You emit hide dirt from fly. He is
also the most intimate and domestic
animal we breed and keep: An ounce
of cleanness is worth a ton of fly
paper and wire screens. One half the
money. wasted on fly traps and win
dow screens, one fifth the energy
squander&d in slappIng ana DFofantty.
would clean up the back yard and
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