Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-03-15
l1ene-shrsbbery, vines, Flowers.

ANSON HART, Of Johnson county.
Hsne-shrsbbery, vines, Flowers.
"Oh the flowers look upward in every place
Through this beautiful world of ours,
And dear as a smile on an old friends face
Is the smile Of the bright, bright nowers!"
In another column will be found an article,
from tho National Magazine, upon the duty
Of identifying and adjoining that place,
which Of all others should be the most sa-
cred, and around which should cluster the
finest affections and the deepest love-
"HoxE." The jewellers in cities, who are
shifted from tenement to tenement, at the
will Of landlords, loose a great deal of
the pleasures and cnjoyments of home. But
there are many more who own humble dwell
lings which it 10 their duty to bcautify and
adorn. Even in utilitarian age, as mat
ter Of dollars and cents, sit ,cW pay!"-
The cottage, surrounded by flowers, covered
with creepers, and shaded by trees, will s'sell''
for enough more to pay for all the labor Of
planting, training, pruning and watering, and
the pleasure of the occupation il clear gain.
Take another view. How many husbands,
had they home, adorned, bcautiied and at
trsctive, would spend their leisure hours with
in its enchanted precincts, in preference to
the dram $: ep-how many young men would
find more enjoyment at home than in the bill
lizard saloon-how many daughters be saved
the disgrace of gadding and spinning street
yarn?
But there 10 no excuse for the occupant
and owner Of farm. Whether rich or poor
proud or Misunderstanding in cabin or
palace, makes no difference. All can cul-
tivats shrubs flowers, and shade trees, and
enjoy the luxury of a beautiful sshome.''-
The excuse Of want of time is no excuse at
oil. Show me man, living in house bare
and barren Of vegetation, with hogs roofing
and digging up his yards-cattle browsing,
trees, If there bs any, and every thing look
ing dssolate; and We will show you man,
whether rich or poor. wasting much Of lis
time, if not in drinking, in sitting idly abou,
public houses, stores, blacksmith shops,-ir
talking politics, and attending public meet.
ings-his sons disliking work, and hunting
up idle companions as soon as any mode Of
escape can b devised from the hated task
fishing and hunting their highest enjoymen,
and ambition. Daughters without refine.
ment or cultivation, and too often slovenly
in personal appearance. Aud about the do
mestic hearth stone, instead of love, JOY and
peacs,-domsstic happiness, the only bliss Of
Paradise
% that has survived the fall"
ton.
Rsral employment-the cultivation Of
flowers, exercises refining entertaining in
huence-elevates and ennobles. Now is the
proper season for commencement. Let not
lazincss and lassitude suggest excuses. Go to
work get bulb hers-a bush there. You,
nsighbor will Be glad to give you slips, and
roots and seeds. Try it one season--just one,
and then, if you find no pleasure in the EN-.
ployment--if it does not add thousand
fold to the years snjoyments and comforts,
without detracting from its products OF in
come, then 60 back to bars walls, like the
w to the wallow.
We hope cur readers will all psruse the ar.
ticls in question, attentivcly, and lay by the
paper, for future reference. We shall give
the remainder in our next.
GO Mm'lls Rachel, the French tragedienne,
is coming to this country next summer. The
contracts are all signed, and she will be paid