The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-04-03

Hot -BEDs.-Not one farmer out of
twenty knows what it is to have his table
we'll supplied with early vegetables, al
though the cost of a hot-bead is tritiing.
and it can be made in a few hours, at a
time when the work on the farm is not very
pressing. Choose q warm. dry border
facing to the south or southwest, and out
Of the range Of buildings and shade-trees.
so that it will have the full force of the
SUMS rays. Dig pit from one to two
feet deep, over which to place the frame.
Make the frame Of one and Il quarter inch
plank. The size may be from three to
five in width, and of any desirable length.
When the frame is adjusted over the pit,
fill it about half full of flesh horse-stable
manure which has been we'll kept and not
exposed to the action of the weather.
Put on the sashes and allow them to re-
main for three or four days, after which
the soil can be put in from six to eight
inches in depth. This must be the best
mould that can be procured from the gar
den. The seed should not be planted fol-
several days after the bed has been made,
as there is danger of destroying the germ,
if seed is put over the hot manure
too soon. Air should be given to the
bed before it is planted.
The frame should be banked up with
warm manure and soil on all sides, to pro-
tect it from cold, and when the weather is
unusually inclement, it would be we'll to
cover it with straw. The bed should be
sprinkled with water daily until the plants
appear, and when the weather is suffi-
cien.ly mild, the sashes can be removed
to allow the entrance Of fresh air, an i
make the plants grow strong and hardy.
A "ToUcHING" ScENE.-We gave an
account some time ago of an instance
wherein an old widower of the county pur-
chased the interest of young man of
the city, in charming young widow up
town, and recorded also, the subsequent
marriage Of the old gentleman. After
spending half Of the honey moon with the
old gentleman aforesaid in connubial fe-
licity at his country seat, the lady re.vis-
tied the scene Of her gay widowhood. and
her friends honored her return with a par
ty, to which the young gentleman was in
vited. In the midst of the festivities. the
, lady evinced all her former tenderness for
the young fellow who had been SO sordid
as to forego his claim for one hundred
and fifty dollars. Approaching him at a
moment when the attention Of the party
was attracted to them, she seemed to
throw all her feelings into dramatic love
scene. assuring him audibly how she
could have loved him, and he in turn,
sighing like unto furnace, and bathing
; her dimpled cheeks with manly tears
1t seems that our young friend didn't give
the old codger what the lawyers call a
quit claim.
~ A story is related Of an honest
farmer, who, attempting to drive home a
bull, got suddenly hoisted over the fence.
Recovering himself he saw the animal on
the other side Of the rails, saving the air
with his head and neck and paving the
ground. The good old man looked stead
ily at him for moment, and then shaking
his fist at him, exclaimed-"Darn your
apologies-you needn't stand there, you
r'tarnal crittur, bowin' and scrapin'-
you did it purpose. darn your ugly pic