The Rescue of an Old Place 



That horrid This voracious summer boarder arrives 

 with unpleasant punctuality upon the 

 tenth of June, that is to say, the ad- 

 vance-guard of the great army shows it- 

 self in the shape of a scout or two, who 

 merely precede the main swarm, which 

 comes in a cloud, and settles everywhere, 

 and stays nearly four weeks. 



The opening roses are their nominal 

 prey, and are soon disfigured with their 

 dingy yellow-brown carcasses ; but that is 

 not the worst of them. Grape blossoms 

 are their dear delight, and nothing but the 

 most unremitting attention will save the 

 future bunches from their greedy depreda- 

 tions. There are at least two to every ra- 

 ceme of fragrant blossoms, and by the 

 time one has disposed of that pair, another 

 is flying about all ready to take their 

 places. 



Arsenical poisons have no more effect 

 upon them than a cold shoulder on an of- 

 fice-seeker. They may kill the plant, but 

 never the rose-bug, which will crawl un- 

 dismayed over its ruins, seeking new 

 worlds to conquer. Having no delicate 

 sensibilities, they are undeterred by whale- 

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