The Grumbler Gaily Garroted

The man who i-s always prophesyJng evil is told about im this very entertaiintag miatwner by ihe Monroe Democrat. "Thete is a report that the applé erop is wormy. - Hudson Republican. "Colurse there is., Xeither age noií jungufeh liave ever been a-ble to flestroy the blue-veined, pinch-faced prophet of evil. He flrst crawls trom ihis rhemmatlc den, in Fetruary ; examines tüue fruit buds andf inds thern all killed by ttie 'cold enap' - every one busted and split - no fruit this season. In. May he examines the peach blobsoms ; peaches all blasted ; wiie wonn and cut wofms talcine ill the corn, -no apop thiB year ; curculio lias destroyed the plum cVop ; weevil anO Hessiao fly raising Halifax in tbe wheat ; no wheat ; grasshoppers cutting all the "hay crolp ; no hay ; rufit1 hi'ttimg the oats ; no oats ; 1;ugs eating tslie potato vin.es ; no potatoes; hoppers andi crickets taking the rye; iyeface; ditto the wheat ; no wheat; yet everyfchimg comes in at tlie liarvest boomimg, and we ask the old man, "Well, what's the matter jiow?' and thus replies the 'blue-veined, plnchifaced prophet : 'There is so mucli gnain and potatoes and fruit tjhat it hiais ruined the price ; no: price.? "