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much as we abuse it while it is
active [with us], like a President who
serves his term amid a storm
of obloquy, but whom we con
sider fully up to the average,
when we have his successor,
to throw mud at. We shall
eventually number this year
among,
[years]
"The sweet years, the dear and wished for
Who each one in a gracious hand appears
To bear a gift for mortals, old and young
(Mrs. Browning)
If we would take the trouble
to cast up our account with the
current year, we farmers, who
you know are proverbial grum-
blers, will not have much to com-
plain of. I wonder if our breth-
ren of the professions can say
as much. Has the ague been
abundant enough for our physicians?
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Have there been failures and
foreclosures, [enough] for our lawyers
to make a living? Have our
clergymen done a good busi-
ness in trying people [couples]
together? Have our merchants
been successful in finding in
the market cheap imitations
which could easily be passed
off for the genuine article? Did
the buckwheat chaff mix in well
with the pepper and did the
oleomargarine taste like butter?
Our brethren will have to an-
swer these questions themselves,
for I cannot.
This is the year
for a Presidential election, in
which doubtless the Bull family
takes an interest. It is perhaps
fortunate that our picnic is held
at so early a stage in the cam-