"ALWAYS GRUMBLING."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 2

"ALWAYS GRUMBLING."

THE TAtNT THAT THE FARMEI{ HEARS Do farmers grumble? It is a taunt; often thrown pt the/',bowed head 'of the • poor weather-stricken farmer, that, ho is never happy unless ho is' grumbling. The. writer ,remarked'.to•• a: friend yesterday/'./that,-: ivith •too-long, a spell of ram, tho: succulence : bf the grass would cause stock to scour, and that i what. would best, suit . the man on." the , j ; !aild would bo a few. tlays, of good rain,'.fol : (owed by sufficient dry weather to tone down - /. tho resulting ' growth,.'. ..Our friend • imme^' ..; difct'ely/.''retorted: •;'^That's just like/,',you /-/; ; farmer's. /, Always grumbling. ./ Never.-; ton- :,'a . tented.'.' .' ' '■ • ' ' . : Now, wo : think .the taunt ,is -/.undeserved:.. .. •• Wo have., been .into' offices ;of Certain city then who havo never .been, en ;& farm, in -their ; lives, : and they do.,nothing";but grumblo and I nag from . morniiig'.tilly night, i:,;Wo/.'have; .- |. hoard ; city'.: dames repeatedly, exclaiming, • Beastly' weather," -just .bccanso it, rained, a little when" .they were . wearing/their, kst hats. Wfcnie'n who,go'shopping/ liko to pick and choose.'- If candles are not in stock they • don't gratefully accept clothes' peg's/instead. : Athletes and'those thousands of town people who. watch their games .demand in a fervent^. chorus . for every,! Saturday * afternoon—fino weather. Look,at/th'e'glum faces that gaze . upon a wet Boxing Day or Labour Day. Tlieso aro-the frailties,of. a city,'-aiid it. is : never, called , grumbling.: lVt tho farmer to ,vhom a ,good shower may .mean-, a gam of £100 is' not supjX)se<l to define his needs. , - If , tho athlete.' wiuits ' sunshine .to-morrow, and tlio .farmer wants rain, it is tho farmer ; a.:. who' is 1 grumbling;;, Ho is expected ,to take ■ whatever . weather conies ' along, and- not : u daro to possess, or express; a hope. Apply.. . tho.came argumont. fo tho city man, arid see, the . ludicrous logical, outcome. ■ Tho brick- ". k layers narrowly' cscapcd being thrown out , of work just recently because the city wat<vr. supply was low. A\as it grumbling when they said they hoped it would ram,' / Ram •is 'part of tho farmers'-raw. material.; How -r< would it suit tho city man if his wife said to-him, " Thb farmers are short of butter, , and tho grocer has sent us somb yellow clay, instead- It's, all wo can. get|; and you. piust bo content with it.- And, after .all, it. looks :■ something'' like',- butter"? Doubtlessthe ■' city man would—well, not grumble—merel; .. , ' express'a view.