The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
ASKED AND ANSWERED BY DR.
HUTCHINSON BEFORE AMERI.
CAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
A TRAVELLING SALESMAN
Grip on Each Leg, Trunk in His Head
and Large Line Of Samples
Responsible For 10000
Dead Babies In 1909.

munlty COfnIOTt SeSsloH lOudy VI w
American Civic Association, DR.
Woods Hutchinson delivered a halt
humorous, half serious address on the
question Why is q Fly?"
NO longer to be dismissed with q
contemptuous 'shooo, but an infu
ence to be reckoned with. the fly Is
shustler from way back" said the
speaker, "and he distributes samples
Of pestilence, marked D. 0. ID. Death
on Delivery with lavish hand
1--WE may admire him for his indus
try, pertinacity 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, carries grip on each of his
six legs, and a trunk In his head. His
| line OF samples is extensive and VIII
last from time to eternity. He is
| more of nurscryman and tree agent
than anything else, the only one
whose seeds are cutting bear bios
SONS and fruit equal to the pictures
| in the catalogue In fact they bloom
never fading'on the other side OF
the GORDON, or rather translate you
to bloom there"
| Among the specialtles OF the fly
DIR. Hutchison mentioned:
"Bacillra typhosus, (Eberth), hard
lily perennial, seldom known to winter,
kills even in Alaska, heavy crop, pro
duces $4,000 deaths annually in the
United States. Value of lives de-
,troyed $1e9,0o0,OOo. One fifth of oil
who grow it guaranteed never to
grow any ctAer.
Blossom rose coored all over alb
5omen and chest Fruit cherry RED
developing 10 black all through the
mtestines. No difficulty in disposinE
OF the Surplus to your neighbors. a
splendid variety for both city AM
country trade. Strong, well roote(
specimens, carefully selected froA
sewer mouths, now ready for delivery
IT, O. Free on Food"
He continued in the style Of a see
catalogue, describing Cytoryctes Var
S ,lae, otherwise small poX, as hal
c | 1agdy annual, now very rare thoug
formerly a great faVorite; Bacillu
tuberculosis is a half hardy perennia
and cid fayorite, but delicate, easil
: sun blstered and VIII not grow !
t lstron2 rich soils: Bacillus Shigae
q Aereyencs Capsulatus, Ameba CO.
Ill etc, commonly known as summe
a complaint, cholera morbus, cholera /
n ,antum, etc.--a very attractive gfou
!. OF quick lowering, tender annual
/. specially adopted for kindergarten
IA Colors black and white, resemblin
, | arepe saun-with plumes on II
hearas. Wonderfully free bloomer
al Chi alren cry for them, but seldol
3 after them; crop in 1901, 10000 dea
I babi value $20O0lO00 as guara
:, teed n, the census bureau. NO troub
H. d all ID grow; all that Is needed
~ baby, little dirt plenty of car
40 lessness, and flies will do the rest
~, And so en- through a grim and ghas
=, " traveaty of a seedman's cataiog'
e. nr. Hutchinson proceeded, concludil
e. with this warning:
No "A fly in the house Is as dangerol
~ as a rat tlesnake, as filthy as a lous
~ as disgrGceful as a bedbug The tin
-, will come when any modern clean
~ nome vii feel itself shamed and d
- graced by the presence of a fly, al
.ia when every householder upon who
premises a. brood Of flies is detectt
l., viii be fined heavily and sent to ia
rar The fly is a literal Eye of the Lor
/, because he is in every place beho
- ing evil and the good, especially {
as evil, fer he loves to lay eggs in
~ You can't hide dirt from a fly He
~. also the most intimate and domes
Lanimal we breed and keep. An our
- of cleanness is worth a ton Of
paper and wire screens. One half
t1a money wasted fer y traps and "
dow screens, one-ifth the enei
,,,o squandered in slapping and profani
would clean up the back yard q
wipe out the fly"