Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-07-08
Going into the Country.

When Mrs. Sparrowgrsss and moved
into the country, with our heads full OF
fresh butter, AMI cool. crisp rad,>hes for
tea; with ideas entirely lucid respecting
milk, and loosenes> of calculation as 10
the number IN family it would take d
gnod laying hen 70 supply with fresh
eggs every morning when Mrs. Spar
rowgrass and moved into the country.
we found some precon eived notions Ind
TO he abandoned, and some departures
made from The plans we had laid down in
the little back pnrlnr in avenue q.
One of the frs, achievements in the
country is early rising with the lark
with the snn-while the dew is on the
grass, 'under the opening eye-lids of th'
morn and so forth. EARLY rising! Wha
can he done with five or six clock IN
town? What may not be done IN tn.
country at those hours. With the hoe,
the rake. the dibble, the spade, tie water.
ng, pot To plant, prune, dad, trans.
plant, graft, train aud sprinkle Mrs.
S. and agreed 10 rise early in The coun
try.
Orchard snd Robin were two pretty men,
They laid in their bed till the cloUK st uck ten ::
jumped Richard and looked at the sky,
Oh Brother Robin. the suns very high"
Early rising in the country is not an in
s,Inct It is sentiment and must be cul-
,ivated.
A friend recommended ma to send 10
the south side Of Lrng Island for some
very prolific potatoes the real hippopo.
,amus breed. Down wen. my man. and
what, with expenses Of horse hire, tav.
ern bills. toll gales, and breaking wag
on, the h'ppopotami cost as much apiece
: as pine apples. They were fine potatoes
though, with comely features, and larg'
Iangu,shins eyes. that promised increase
of family w'thou. delay. As work d
my own garden, (fnl which hired a
landscape gardener at two dollars per day
t to give me Insrucion) | concluded III 1t
. The object of my first experience in early
rising, should be the planting of the hip.
d popotarnuses. accordingly rose nex'
: morning at five, and it rained rose
mex, day a, five, and it ra,ned The
: next, and il rained 1t ra ned for Two
weeks! We had splendid p''a,ocs ov.
cry day at dinner. "My dear" said to
Mrs. Sparrowgrass, "where did you ge,
; these fine potatoes 2" why" said she,
innocenlIy. "out of the baske, from Long
Island - The last of the hipp"po,nmus
- es were b"fore me, peeled, and boiled
and mashed, and baked, with nice thin
brown crus, on the top.
:, | was more successful afterwards
! did get some very fine seed potatoes ir
e the ground. Bat S meth n was he mat.
:. ter; al the end Of the sea,on | did no
" get out as many as | put in. ....
:, Mrs Sparrnwgrass, who is a no able
housewife, sad 10 me one day, snow. my
dear. we shall have plenty OF eggs, for
k have been buying a lot of young chick
s ems There they were, each one witt
j. as many feathers, as g'asshopper. an,
d n chirp moi louder. rf course, we look
!, ed torw 'rd with pleasan, hopes ,t
the period when the first cackle shnult
announce the m'lk-while egg, warmly de
;. posted IN the hay which we had provide,
# bount fully. They grew finely, and on,
day ventured remark that our hen,
|, had remarkably large combs; to which
= Mrs. s., replied, Yes, indeed, she hat
observed that /; but if wanrd TO h ",
), real treat. ought to get up early in thu
j. morning and hear them crow Grow!
sail l, family, our hens Growing! Tnen
), bv the cock that crowed in the morn, t.
}. wake the priest all shaven and Shorn,' ",
+ might as well give up all hopes of havin.
any eggs said |, for as sure as v"u live
,, Mrs. -, our hens are all runsters 7 An,
IS so hey were roos'ers! tha. grew up an,
fought with the neighbor chickens. unit
), there was not whple pair of eyes Of
either side of The fence.
), A dog is gnnd thing to have in III
coun ry. have one which raised fron
pup. He ls good, s,ou, fellow. and
" hearty barker. The man Of whom
: bought HIM said he was thoroughbred b.,
r no begins to have m"ngreI look sbnu
o him. lie is al excellent watch d."
!. though, TOR the m ,ment he sees any sus
picious looking person about the preml
} ooSt u' S"hVS tiShb INV tIr hiltHcU III
e gets behind the st We. First we kept hin
!. in the house, and he scratched all night 1
p get out. Then we turned him out, an
he scratched all night to get in. The
we led him up at the back Of the garden
e and howled SO that our neighbor shot q
: him twice before daybreak. Finally W
gave the worthy cur away, and he cam
e back and now ne is jus. reco-er ering rror
is fit in which he has torn up the pate
I' that has been sown tor'our spring radish
u es.
n A good strong gate is necessary arr,
a Gle for your garden. A good. strong
j. heavy gate, with dislocaled hinge, 6
v that II will neither open nor shut. Sue
U. one had last year. The grounds b,
y. fore my fence are in common, and a
~ he neighbors cows pasture there. Ir'
Nv marked to Mrs. s, as we stood at Il
OF window in June last, how placid and pi
turesque the cattle looked, ss they stroiis