"Old Moore."

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 September 1911, Page 4

"Old Moore."

PROPIIECrES, CHEERFUL AND THE REVKRBK, FOR 1912.

It woidd not bo good for us to know too much about the future, and "Old .Moore,'' in his customary anual performance, bears this great truth in mind.

The most sensitive person may read the almanac through, and after absorbing all the predictions, go about bis business with unshaken nerves. Even if you happen to he "a notable merchant, king and noble philanthropist," and" see your drKtni pronounced for February, there are so many men whom that description would lit that it may very easily ho some other thnn yourself. ' Amojig "Death's Harvest" also i.s "ono who has done much for his country, although somewhat misunderstood." The name of the country is not mentioned, and there are so many misunderstood people in the world that the label is particularly vague.

It ■will not surprise anyone to lienr that in .lanuary the foothall field will witness accidents. Moreover a club will ho much upset hy one ol' its players coming to grief, which will greatly affect its chance of fretting into the final. "Tt looks as if we have to lose one of our prominent men," is the next prophecy, but whether this refers to the foothall or or to "a jockey who is seriously injured" (not unusual this in the steeplechase season) is not disclosed. "The masses will he in very Contented humor, plenty of work with good wage heing the order 'of the day. This is the good news for October. On the whole, the "hieroglyphic" is the best part of the almanac, though i,t breathes of disaster in six chapters. There is a. railway .-accident. a.-coalmine'accident, an Alninc accident, a fire, a dieath in a royal family, and, a death hy lightning. All these things will certainly happen next year. >as thev happened last year, and the year before that.