Show DUST TO diat mrs grundy ill alif bril biant the ibe witty the artistic is ia dead the last number of that journal contains a brief but toll chafing valedictory an ing the sad fact cause of death lack of patronage and appreciation it made no difference how artistic and pointed were the cartoons of nast and tile the sketches ebes or of hoppin or how ancy and readable the letter prem lit hits a at t this b sand and tint that foible they all amounted to naught unless enough greenbacks green backs were forthcoming to pay the salary paper and boxwood bills the greenbacks green backs were too chary ch iry of their favors fi vors and thus poor mrs grundy was obliged to go the w way ny of all tho the world thus tho the fact is firmly established th that at america cannot support lili humor in ili a seemly and creditable guise comic pipers that th it steal from clinch find other foreign journals of like ch character chir bract acter c will pity but the moment tile they y und undertake c r 10 lo live lire on purely original matter they die there is now publia published lied at san francisco c 1 c 0 it a weekly paper entitled ruck puck a abent the size of punch or yankee notions and abounding in ledges of original and selected wit we admire its spiciness eps but fear its fate |