The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-04


p'ao,Iug of ,he hippopc'amascs ] ae. (
cord'ngly r1sc the next morning n, five I
and 70 ramcl rose the next day and 1
., raincll The next, and IL faincd '-
!, ujncd for two weeks We had
splendid potatoes every Jay for dinner
Ny dear, said 60 Mrs Sparrowgrass.
'oh,re dil you -ri those 6ao potatoes :
Why ail She innacenily 'oui of that
ha.kc, from Long lslandr The last Of
tho hiypoPo,amuses were before me,
peeled and boiled. smashed apd baked.
with a NICE bi, Of brown crust on the
top
was morc successful afterwards,
dil get some 6ne seed potatoes IN The
ground But something was the mat.
ter at the end Of the season | did not
got as many ont as pat IN,
Mrs Sparrowgrass, who Is notable
housewife, said to me ono day. Now
my dear. We shall have plenty Of cegs.
for have been buying 10, Of young
chickens There they are, each one
with as many feathers as a era.shoppcr
and a chirp not louder. or course. wc
looked forward with pleasant hopes 10
the period when the first caclle should
announce the milk-wbile cgG warmly
deposited in the hay which we had pro.
,idcd bountiiully. They grew finely,
| aud one day veniurca TO remark that
our hens Ind remarkably large combs,
/ to which Mrs. :. replied, Yes indeed,
she had observed that but it wanted
/ to have real treat, ought 10 get up
early in the morning and hear them
crow Grow : said family. our hens
Growing Then, by the cock that crow
ed in the morn to wake the priest all
shayen and shorn, we might as well
give up all hopes of having eggs, said
|, FOR, "a you live, Mrs S, our hens
are al rooslers Aud so they were
ROSTERS that grew up and fought with
our ncighbors' chickens until there was
not a whole pair of eyes on either side
of the fence
a noe is good thing 10 have in the
country. have one which | raised
from pup. lie is a good stout fellow
and hearty barker aud feeder. The
man of whom bought him said he was
a thorough bred, bnt he began to have
monrgcl look about him. lie IS a good
Watchdog though, for the moment hc
he sees any suspicious looking person
about the premises, he comes right in
to the kitchen and gets behind the stove
At first we kept him in the house and
he scratched all night to get out. Ther
we turned him out, and he scratched al
night TO get in. Then we tied him up
at the back Of the garden, and he howl
ed so that our neighbor shot at hin
twice before daybreak. Finally, ",
gave him away and he came back an,
now he is Just recovering from fit il
f which he has torn up the patch that ha,
been sown for our spring radishes.
A good strong gate ia neccssnr,
article foryour garden. A good stron;
/ heavy gate, with dislocated hinge, 5,
that it will neither open nor shut. SucI
one had last year. The ground
| before my fence are in common, and al
the neighbors' COWS pasture there.
/ remarked 10 Mrs. s., as we stood Mt tn
. window in June last, how placid an
= picturesque the cattle looked as the
strolled about cropping the green herb
age. Next morning ] iounl the limo
. cent creatures in my garden. They ha
t not lcfI green thing in it. The cor
f in the milk, the beans on the poles, Tia
/, young cabbages, the tender lettuce, eve
I the thriving shoots on my young fru
, trees had vanished. And there the
= were, looking quietly on the ruin the
= had made. Oar Watchdog, too, WI
for gathering with them. II was Ia
much, so ! got large stick and droy
:. them all out except young heiic
which ! chased all over tbs nowcr.bet
breaking down my trellises, my WOO,
bnes and sweet briars, my roses an
n petnnias, until cornered her in the h,
! bed. | had TO call assistance TO extr
cate her from the sashes, and her own,
sued me for damages, and recovered -
:, believe | shall move into iown.