The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-04-06

TIRE OF Eloicers--.Haaing Home attract
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Come girls, get yonr san-bonnets, fnG
your old glnves, rnt on Jour thick shoes
and come cut into the sunshine. Ii Il
quite time TO begin to think Of your out
doots work. Ia a few weeks IL will be
I time fur gardening, and il 10 already time
to see about improving your door yards.
Have. you trees and shrubbery abou'
the door, 10 invite tho birds and the cool
breezes to gladden. your homes il um'
mei! Il not, now is the limr. Coax
,ilpse tall brothers Of yours, to take the
spade. and an old axe, II necessary. aud
70 with you 10 The borlers Of the fore
TO pro cure thade trees.
Take some o thosc thrifty naples and
ellns, mud transplant them in front of the
house. They are 50 free from the annoy.
ance Of insecis, that You need not feat
10 place ttem in close proximity to your
dwelling.
Then there is the tribe Of popiars that
wlll add a moa agreeable variety by the
color Of their foliage, and the beauty Of
their proportions, Thefbox-w ood, though
not quite so 81 symmetrical in its form, will
more than redeem itself by its snowy
blossoms in spring and its crimson Leaves
ip autumn.
II yon can ind few evergreens to
mugle with the rest, and few sprouts Of
the locust, you can make almost an Eden
ofyeur little door.yard, at the cost of a
few mornings labor. Five years hence,
you wunld not part with these cheapl,
purchased Embellishments for hundred
times the labor.
lwonder If you have any rosebushes
about your premisesl If you have not.
your neighbors have, and know they
would not grndge few small roots, that
by little care will, in a few years add
climbing ose, trained over the window.
and htney suoklo over The porch will
pay in perfumery for the little trouble
they cost; and sny Of your friends who
possess them will be happy to aid you it
they see yeu bent on improving your
grounds. A small slip of honeysuckie that
as useless pruning can be buried in the
same manner that grape slips are, and IN
few years you will have a beautiful vine
to embellish your arbor.
BY the way, don't forgat how easily
grapes pre- cultivated, and what a luxury
they tfflrd Keep an eye out, and when
there is an opportunity, secure few doz :,
ems Of 6ne slips, and get your father to
appropriate few rods ofground for the
purpose Of cuItivating them. BY the time
tllese matters are all seen TO thoroughly;
,on viii find the weather suitable to be.
gin garden work.
Now, don, look sour about it, and say
il isn't lady.like to work in the garden
told YOU to get your gloves on purpose
TO keep YOUR hands from being needless.
Is seiled, and your complexion will be
sufficiently preserved from the sun by a
good sun bonnet; while the vigor and
buoy yaucy acquire by exercise in the op
en- air viii give tone of beauty much
more desirable than any interesting pale
ness, you can -ecnre by sitting roomea
up 10 the house all day.
Gel an appropriation Of ground for a
flower bed or two, If not, see to il that
beds for common ,ege,a ables are bord cred
with flowers Plant some around the doors
md winpows too-some pretty running
plant like the morning glory, cypress
vine lowering pea or bean, aad see to i,
ulat they do not get choked out with
weeds.
Half an hour every day, will plant the
eeeds and keep in order an amount OF
beauty truly astonishing.
The humblest log cabin in Ohio, can
be made an attractive home by little
labor that should rather be called pas
time.
Perhaps you think your fathers will
hardly smile on pour efforts. II may be
that they even speak contemp'uously of
flowers. Ifso, there is need OF a better
minitration TO their spirits. / never yet
met with the man who was not pleased
after once witneMingl successful effort
TO make home cheerful by such simple
adornings.
When we remember that flowers are
the Gift OF God TO his children, rendered
go cheap, in their peerless nveliness, tha,
the meanes, condition Of life may be en-
bellished by them, il seems almost sin
20 neglect them, and the gentle infuen-
ces they bring 10 weary hearts.
fear we do not sufficiently estimate
the effect of these things upon the human
character. TIE gentle lessons, the holy
feesngs inspired by contemplation Of