The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-07-08

garden dor which hired a landscape gar
dener at two dollars day to give me in>truc
tions.) | concluded that the object Of my
first experience in early rising should be the
planting of the hippopotamuses. accord
ingly rose the next morning at five, and i,
ralned. rose next day and it raincd. The
next, and it rancd 1t rained for two weeks
We had splendid potatoes every dav for din
ner. "Mv DEAR" said ! to Mrs. Sparrow
grass. 'where did You Get those fine rota-
toes: :" "Why,' said she innoccntlv. "out of
that basket from Long Island ?" The last Of
the appropriateness were before me, peeled
and boiled, and mashed and baked. with a
hlce thin brown crust on the top.
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 put
in
Mrs. Srarrowerass, who is notable house
wife. said to me one dav Now. my dear. wc
shall soon have plenty of eggs. for I have
been buying a lot of Young chickens" There
they arc. each one with as many feathers as
a gra>>horper and chrp not lon1cr. OF
course we look cd forward with plca<ant homes
to the period when tho first cacklc should
announce the milk white crc warmly drpos-
tied in the hay which we had provided boun-
tifully. They grew finely. and one dav !
vrntnrrh to remark that our hens had re-
markahlv large combs to which Mrs. s. re-
Piled. "Ycs. indeed. she had observed that
but if ! wanted TO have a real treat Ioncht Ia
get up carly in thc morning and hear them
crow Grow '" said l. family "our hens
Growing Then by the cock that crowc,l
IN the morn TO wake the priest all >havcn and
shorn. we nirht as well give up all hopes of
having EGGS" sail |: ".or, as sure as vo,
live Mrs. s. our hens arc all ROSTERS -
and fought with the nrichhorS' chick kcnS until
there was not a whole pair ofcvcs on either
SIDE of the fence.
\ deg is a good :hinc to have in the conn
try. have one which rai>cd from run
He Is good stout fellow and hearty lark
or and feeder. The man of whom ,orr',-
him SAID he was thorourh bred hut h. bean
to have monCrcl look about him He i 4
good watch dog though for the moment t.
sees any suspicious looking rcrson about the
premises h" comes right into The kitchen and
GETS behind the stove. At first we kept him
in the house. and he scratched all night To
Get ont. Then VIC turned him ont. and he
scratched all night to get in. Then we tied
him up at the back of the garden. and he
he howlcd 50 that our nciHhbor shot At him
twice before davhrcak. Finally. we gave
him away. and he came ha.k and row BE-
l>lN>t recovering from a ti'. in which he has
torn mp the patch that had been sown for onr
spring raAi~hcS.
GOOD strong gate is 4 necessary article
for vour garden. 4 GOOD strong heavy cate.
with di>'oratcd hinge so that it will neither
open nor shut. such one had last wear.
Ih" grounds before my fence are in common.
and al, the nrichhor>' cows pasture there. I
remarked to Mrs $. as we I o,i a. the win
dow IN june last. how placid and picturesque
the cattle looked as thcv >,ro'lcd aEnut crnn
nrng the green hrrha.r Next morning |
'"und the innocent creatures in nv garden.
They had not left a green tl.inr in it. The
corn IN the milk, the beans on the poles. the
vonn@ rah''a~cS. the tender lettuce. even the
thr'vin" shoots on my Young fruit trees had
vanished. And there they were. lon>iur
quietly on the ruin they had made. Our
watch dog. too was for gathering with them
1t was too much, so got a large stick and
drove them all out, cxccpt a younc lcifr
whom chased all over the flower beds break
in% down my treIi>cS. nv woollincs and
swcrt-hrIer>, my roses and rrtnnaS, until |
corncrcl her III the ho-hcJ 7 had to call
assistance t" cxtrIratc her from the sa>hc>
and her owner sued me for da.-.arcs and re-
covered. ! believe shall move into town.