A hobo feels sleepy after eating the cheese cake a lady gave him as a hand-out. He declares that cheese cakes are bad because they give him "queer dreams". Sure enough, the hobo falls asleep and dreams of a series of vaudeville acts performed by insects. The acts are: "The Juggling Grasshopper - and the Ant", "Old Daddy Long Legs/Eccentric Dancer", "Professor Cockroach/Wonderful Trick Bicyclist", "The Tumble Bugs/Acrobatic Marvels", "The Boxing Potato Bugs/Battling Murphy vs. Kid Early Rose" and "Beautiful Mlle Butterfly and Her Equestrian Marvel, Black Beetle". The final act is "The Spider and the Fly", with the hobo taking the latter role.
—J. Spurlin