The Rescue of an Old Place 



certain farmers adds so greatly to the 

 labors of their more thrifty neighbors, we 

 have seen these loathsome creatures mul- 

 tiply in a few years to an alarming extent, 

 and it seems as if the time had come to 

 render it a penal offense to neglect to de- 

 stroy the webs as fast as they appear. 

 Unquestionably, the day is coming when 

 some destructive measures will have to be 

 adopted, and the sooner the matter is 

 taken in hand the easier it will be for all 

 concerned to get rid of the evil, and I 

 should be glad if some more powerful pen 

 than mine could be used to hurry this 

 good end. 

 AH evil An evil, trifling in itself, becomes a 



neglected 



becomes a menace if neglected, and the compara- 

 tively inoffensive character of this little 

 brute seems to blind the public to the way 

 in which he is multiplying. A committee 

 to find out how much harm he does might 

 serve as a preliminary to more strenuous 

 measures, but if it were only in the inter- 

 est of those lovely rustic roads, in which 

 we take so much delight, it would be 

 worth while to clear away so obtrusive 

 an eyesore as these loathsome webs from 

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