Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-06-29
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THURsDAY, JUNE 20. 1854. :
From the June Knickerbocker \,
Mr.. and Mrs. Spnrrowgrass retire irons
the City 20 enjoy Rural Life.

From the June Knickerbocker
Mr.. and Mrs. Spurrowgrass retire nom
the City TO enjoy Rural Life.
When Mrs. Sparrowgrass and moved int
the country, with our heads full OF fresh but
ter, and cool, crisp radishes for tea with
ideas entirely lucid respecting milk, ana q
looseness of calculation as to the number in
family it would take to supply with fresh
eggs every morning when Mrs. Sparrow
grass and / moved into the country, we found
some preconceved notions had to be aban-'
doned, and some departures made from the
plans we Lad laid down in the little back par
Tor in avenue q. s
One of the first achievements in the coun-
try is early rising with the lark, with the
sun, while the dew is on the grass, g under
the open eyelids of the morn, and 50 forth.
Early rising What can be done with i've or
six o'clock in town 2 What may not be done
at these hours, in the country, with the hoe.
the rake, the dibble, the spade, the watering
pots To plant, prune, drill, transplant, graft,
train, and sprnkle Mrs. s. and / agreed 20
rise early in the country.
Early rising in the country is not an in
stinet-it is sentiment, and must be culti-
waited.
A friend recommended me to send to the
south side of Long Island for some very pro-
| Down went my man, and, with expenses Of
horse hire, tavern bills, toll gates, snd break
ing wagon, the hippopotami cost as much
| apiece as pine apples. They were fine pota-
toes, though, with comely features and large
| languishing eyes, that promised increase Of
family without delay. As worked my own
garden, (for which hired landscape garsn
dener, at 81 per day, to give me instruction, j
concluded that the object Of my first expo
rience in early rising should be the planting
Of the appropriateness. l accordingly rose
the next morning at Ave, and it raineds The
next, and itrained! 1t rained for two weeks
We had splendid potatoes every day for dim
ner "My dear" said / to Mrs. Sparrow
grass, "where did you get those fine pota-
toes:' "Why," said she. innocently, scout
Of that basket from Long Island!" The last
of the APPROPRIATENESS were before me, peeled,
and boiled, and mashed, and baked, with q
nice thin brown crust on the top
l was more successful afterwards. / did
get some fine seed potatoes in the ground
But something was the matter-at the end of
the season did not get as many out as l
put in. re-
Mrs. Sparrowgrass, who is a notable house,
wife. said to me to-day, SNOW, my dear, we
shall soon have plenty of eggs, for have been
buying lot Of young chickens" There they
are, each one with as many feathers as grass
hopper. and chirp not louder. Of course
we looked forward with pleasant hopes to the =
period when the first cackle should announce
the milllwhite egg warmly deposited IN the
hay which we had provided beautifully
They grew finely, and one day ventured to
remark that our hens had remarkable large
combs, to which Mrs. Sparewgrass replied,
eyes, indeed, she had observed that; but if 1
wanted to have real treat l ought to get up
early i'll the morning and hear them crow"
''Crow, said l. family, our hens growing
Then, by the cock that crowed in the morn
to wake the priest all shaven and shorn," we
might as well give up all hopes of having
eggs, said L ''for as sure as you live, Mrs.
Sparowgrass, our hens are all roosters !" Aud
so they were ROSTERS that grew up and
fought with the neighbors' chickens until
there was not whole pair of eyes OH either
side of the fence.
A dag is a good thing to have in the coun-
try. have one which raised from pup.
He is good stout fellow, and hearty barker
and feeder The man of whom bought him
said he was a thorough bred, but he began to
have mongrel look about him. He is a good
watchdog though, for the moment he sees
any suspicious looking person about the
premises, he comes right into the kitchen and
gets behind the stove. AT first we kept him
in the house., and be scratched all night toget
JUL Hell we tuIutQ I1Iu OUT ana ne
scratched all night to get in. Then we tied
him up at the back Of the garden, and he
howled so that our neighbor shot at him twice
before daybreak. Finally, we gave him away,
and he came back; and now he is just recov-
ering from a fit, in which he has torn up the
patch that had been sown for our spring
radishes. aah
A good strong gate is a necessary article for
your garden. A good strong heavy gate, with
dislocated hinge, so that it win neither open
or shut. Such one had last year. The
grounds before my fences are in common, and
all the neighbors cows pasture there. / re
marked to Mrs. s., as we stood at the window
in June last, how placid and picturesque the
cattle looked as they strolled about cropping
the green heritage. Next morning found
the innocent creatures in my garden. They
had not left green thing in it. The corn in
the milk, the beans on the poles, the young
cabbages, the tender lettuce, even the thriving
shoots on my young fruit trees had vanished. 6.
And there they were, looking quietly on the
ruin they had made. Our watch dog, too,
was foregathering with them 1t was too
much, so got a large stick and drove them
all out, except a young heiftcr, whomI chased
all over the iawer- beds, breaking down my
trellises, my woodbnes and sweet briers, my
roses and petunias, until | cornered her in
the hot-bed. | had to call assistance to ex-
tricate her from the sashes, and her owned
sued me for damages and recovered. Ibelieve
/ shall move into town. 4~