The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-23
WHAT TO Do WITH
THE DEADLY FLYBUG
Paper Read Before Mems Club Of
the Congregational Church Of
Mitchell, by Rev. w. NJ. MAR 3.

repaT the statements that IOlOW
than l eve knew it before, and had
l been compelled to prepare this pa
per ten years ago l might have been
able since, as the result of an awak-
encd and enlightened interest in a
practical study, to have ddne my
fellow countrymen a great and rich
service. Probably had L undertake.
en- such a task, however, ! could not
have accomplished it, for at that
time little interest was taken in the
fly, or little known about it. 1t
would have been against the tradi-
tion and training OF the ministry al
SO for a minister to have spent any
time on SO seemingly insigni-
ficant and harmless an object as the
fly. 1t appeared to me at that time
that a minister was serving his day
and generation only when he was
reading theology, church history,
homeletics or the Bible, but it is
now my candid opinion that there is
theology in the study Of everything
living, and religion in the application
of the Lessons legitimately drawn
from a knowledge of anything that
lives and moves and has its being
on earth. Had it been suggested.
to my dear old professor OF practi-
cal theology that the study Of the
fly, its origin, it's methods of making
a living, it's power of evil and of de-
termining eternal destiny of men
within the limits of a sane and prac-
ltical theology he would have been
paralized by the novelty and force
of the suggestion. But such is the
truth. The fact that a body of rep
r%esentative men like this is inter-
ested in such a topic in convincisg tes-
|timony of the profound interest men
Everywhere are taking in all matters
pertaining to the helath the happi-
ness and the prosperity of the race
no matter how seemingly insignia
cant they may appear.
I wish tonight to make ousfeel a:
III do toward the fly. 1t has never
been particularly respected or ad'
mired. 1t has been tolerated as ;
source of annoyance, a general dis
turber of ones peace of mind an6
. the rest of the body. But until late
years it hns not been suspected tina
the fly was sAnything more than al
innocent disturber of the peace ant
the contentment of mankind, with
lpardonable appetite for all thing.
fsweet. No longer is it so REGARDED
Man has awakened to the most con
yincing testimony of science to thu
fact that 1t is, in addition to this
one of the most deadly enemies o
!, his kind, that it is a collector ant
dissemination Of filth and the germs
of the most fatal diseases, that t.
it's credit must be placed nearly ever.
4 case of typhoid fever. infantile mites
final diseases, many cases of tuber
culosis, and nearly every other form
of intestinal trouble. The RECORD
against the flv is long and black, ant
no language is too vigorous to de
scribe and condemn .he methods i
employs in collecting and scattering
germs of fichness and death.
There are several species of file!
commonly found is houses. The mos
common is knnwn as the House Fly
the muse domestica. 1t is a medi'
um sized, gray h fly. generally
healthy and reasonably energetic
with a mouth spread out at the til
for the express purpose of suckisg ul
sufficient liquid to satisfy it's voraciou!
appetite. 1t has a most remarkable
appetite-more remarkable than fas
tidious. 1t Is perfectly willing tc
dine upon anything. 1t possesse:
one merit, however, it never bites
There is a strong suspicion that II
does bite, at least occasionally, but
the impression isl false. This sin
should not be laid up to it. 1t has
sins enough to answer for without
this one. 1t has six legs, two good
eyes, an offended mouth, strong
wings. a smooth, elastic body, and
a rapacious appetite.
Another fly often found in the
house is the Stable Fly. 1t looks
very much like the House Fly, and
no m but an etomologist can tell
the difference without the closest in.
spection. This species is distinctive.
bad, nothing but bad-and it bites
ly bad, nothing but bad--and il
bites-which is part of its business.
Its mouth is constructed for the sole
purpose of piercing the skin, al
which it is a past master. 1t carries
greatest powers of torment to man
and beat in its tiny anatomy than al
most any other insect created. 1t is
particularly healthy. active and am
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