Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-12-21
THE .INTRIJHIGENCER,

A FAcrrIous LADY GofRiRaEssFlosDEs4r, Gfias The
Green Bay Allocate has woman correspond.
ent at a I.ong,a.C Coming, Oconto county, Wis
consin, whose letters are gems ct for the setting
of any literary paper in. the land. In aletter
of Nov. 19, she says: e.a..ss3E
Friend Aarocdte: Melons belong TO the Mel
GneFoly past While dead leaves were ''driHing
on the blast" VIC were arranging our green
house here, in Long.a. Coming. have trained
the purple cypress vine along the lattice work
to where it can look out on the bleak sky and
the snow covered trees and the sensitive plant
is placed on the tside, and stretching its ten
der fingers towards the morning sunlight. I've
often looked, and with a feeling of pain, to see
its slender hand close on drop of rain, and then
'twOuld hide its face and bow to the earth like
q heather befOrelan offended god. 2 a tear or
drop of dew will lock its heart against the world.
think some cruel hearted men might learn a
lesson from this little plant; SO faithful, so Joy.
Gus, while basking in the sun, and so subdued
and humble when, touched with sorrow or GOV.
cred with the Shadow Of adversity. How often
is the love ofsa wife crushed by the handEof a
heartless husband, leaving only wtthered leaves
where he'buds of blossoms should be. ~ s Is
We have quite a variety of flowers in. our
garden, but not Siagie scentless, useless, home
ly "bachelor button" They were so %long.a.
coming" to anything, that 1 put tulips inllheir
places last spring, except up the fence, aud there
We pulled them up and placed eoxcomb, lark
spur, onion, and squash, seeds. = 80 II iflE
If that does not dlsabuse the minds of those
who suppose that the regions about Green. Bay
are inhabitedouly by "Injuus" and 9gbprs," J, let
them read the directions given for cultivating a
flower bed, only q few of, which have we room
for, in which she says: q 5,.s :
HFr6enG.-Lat Ver, vertigo, and bona, pro.
badly NotG Bsna;) Vertigo, from an Indianile.
gend to the effect that any person to the tribe
who had brains enough to be chief would be
seized with vertigo while smelling .one of these
plants (MoSt yonng gentlemen in cities un.
less their olfactoTies are protected by an incipi,
cnt moustache,- lnhale its fragrance with i'm.
punityO 1919
Nota Bead--Meaning not, a bean, from
whfch, arose m the popular expression she don't
know beans ,9li.
Sh--Plant alt the ground lin your garden,
that is good for anything, to potatoes and other
useful vegetables; the rest of :he land will do
for lowers. This should be broken up' early
in the spring, and iffyo4 cannot do it, call in .
blacksmith with his large hammer.
C4kttUatlOl.-Dig M the seeds every day7to
see lfthcy have sproutcd; ifthey have not, after
month or sH,, you may conclude they. never
will, and had better put something else in their
places, IL you want to get new varieties, null
up the roots a9d, paint them the-color you.wish
the fO%tts'to be. III The plant dies (as il pro-
ba6ly willy, putin q Kind That needs no painting.
When you get new GvaFietys pick it and send
it to your friends, otherwise itmight go to seed.
Inssets,-Flowers are often covered and the
leaves destroyed by little insects, very difficult
to remove. Among tho most Troublesome are
lady bugs and thenphis genus, generally called
the bark louse. Our seryantgirl tried a .finel
tooth combiopl the latter species, but without
Lady bugs are generally disposed of by tying
sgaudy piece Of calico to the Current bush, and
whenn.thsy have collected on it, as. they always
will, you can put itin the fire. Some arc at.
tracted by silk. The most effectaal dose for ali
Kinds Of insects is to pour boiling water on. the
Hover infected by them if that. does not do. it,
boil the plant ,r,.s
Another modcis- TO pile straw on the .l,and
set It on fire This is known as the, Hipdostan
style, from the facetious customs of the iocose
masculines OF the country of roasting live
widow at the husbands f6ne+ai. whether their
hatred Of pork has anything to, do with this
6nrbarous destruction Of spare frtbs," is moi
known. = ae7isS', 4sf.g =,