Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1877 — About the Fly. [ARTICLE]

About the Fly.

When a Congress-street woman answered the door bell yesterday she found a stranger on the step. He had a hundle in his hand, a smile on his face, and he said: “Madam, can I sell you some flypaper?” “ Does the paper fly?” she asked. “ No, ma’am, but it makes the flies fly.” “ What do I want the flies to fly for ?’k she continued. “Every fly, madam "he was ex. plaining, when she called out: “ I want you to fly! I can get along with flies better than with agents!” “But lam not on the fly,” he softly protested. “ Our dog is,” she grimly replied, and so he was. He flew arouna the corner, the agent flew for the gate, the roll of flypaper flew over the curb, and a newsboy climbed a tree-box to be out of the muss, , and shouted: “ She flew, thou flyest, he flied, and I beliefe the dog got a piece of meat with that coat-tail!”— Detroit Free Preei.