Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1897 — The Fly and the Scissors. [ARTICLE]

The Fly and the Scissors.

Many Kentucky people who have seen the wonderful work of Carl G. von Schoeler, the Kuttawa engraver, will testify to the truth of this story, told by Irvin Cobb in the Paducah News, though it will sound much like a pipe dream to the uninltiiited: “A house fly went off with a pair of scissors at Kuttawa a few weeks ago. This sounds strange, especially when it is added that the fly was just a common, everyday specimen of that domestic pest. In that respect, however, the fly differed from the shears. The scissors were among the wonderful minute tools intended fop the cherry? stone workbasket made by C, G. von Schoeler, the engraver. Although so small that tjieir outline could not be distinguished by the ordinary eye, they

were perfect in size and mechanism, it being possible to cut human hair and cobwebs with their tiny steel blades. It took several days of Mr. von Schoeler’s time to produce them, too. “The scissors lay on the carver’s work-table. The fly started across the table, and he took flight. The shears were so light that the insect moved away with the case before Mr. von Schoeler could rescue his precious little prize. The fly has not been seen since. Neither have the scissors. The former owner of the scissors says the fly is at home cutting out a new pair of light trousers for summer use.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.