Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-01-08
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10 a Facetious Lady CorrcsPondenes
The Green Bay Adpocato has? woman
correspondent at Long At Coming, Ocontc
county, Wisconsin, whose letters are gems
fit for the setting Of any literary paper in
the land. In letter Of November 1s, she
says: -' '.-'.-.'- -..i u Y" Oh 4. 2ai...'o
~ FRIEND ADvocArE - Melons belong to the
lAslencholy1 past. While dead leaves we're
"drifting On the blast we 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 ths
bleak sky and the snow covered trees snd
the sensitiyeiplant is placed on the east side,
and stretching its tender fingers towards the
morning sunlight. I'VE often looked, 3 and
with feelingof pain, to see its slender, hand
close on drop Of rain, and then 'twould hide
its face and bow to the earth like q hsathen
before an offended God. : A tear or . drop Of
dew will lock its heart against the world
+ think some cruel hearted men might learn q
less from this little plant {: 80 faithful, 30 joy.
Gus, while baskihg in the sun, arose snbdued
and humble when touching with sorrow, OF
covered with the shadow Of adversely. How
often is the love Of d wife crushed by the
hand of heartless husband, leaving only
withered leaves where buds Of blossoms
should be. Il ls r~.,n -....r...c q ,,r,.,,...-,,r
We have quite .varity Of flowers in { our
garden, but not single, scentless, useless,
homely bachelor button" They were So
"longSa-coming" to anything, that 1 put tn.
lips in their places last spring, except up by
the fence, and there we pulled them up, and
placed coxcomb, larkspur, onion, and squash
seeds. --..: t,F-.a =. q" .-.,yl -4.j-r... 1.
If that does not disabuse the minds of those
who suppose that the regions about Green
Bay are inhabited only by" Injuns and
=" bars" let them read the directions given
for cultivating flower bed, only few Of
which have we room for, in which she thus
says: H.
/. VERBENA.-(Lat. Ger. vertigo and 6ena,
probably Nota Bsna,) Vertigo, from an Indi.
an legend to the effect that any person of the
tribe who had brains enough to be chief
would be seized with vertigo while smelling
one Of these plants (Most young gentlemen
in cities, unless their olfactories are protected
by an incipient mustache, inhale its fragrance
with impunity.) ..- .,--
Nora Meaning not bean, from
which arose the popular expression, che don't
know beans" ~ 7' .''--. '... h.''a
SoIL.-Rlant all the ground in your garden.
that is good for anything, to potatoes and 9TH
er useful vegetables. This should be '.broken
up early in the spring, and if you cannot do
it, call in blacksmith with his large ham
mer.
CuLrIvAr1oN.-Dig up the seeds every day
to see if they have sprouted if they have
not after month or so, you may conclude
they never will, and had better put something
else in their places. If you want to get new
varieties, pull up the roots and paint them
the color you wish the flowers to be. If the
plant dies Gas it probably will, } put in kind
that needs no painting When you get new
variety, pick it and send it to your friends,
otherwise it might go to seed. I'll, -, -.,
INsECTs.-Flowers are often covered and
the leaves destroyed by little insects, very diff
ficult to remove. Among the most trouble
some are lady bugs and the aphis genus, gen.
orally called the bark louse. Our servant
girl tried fine tooth comb on the latter spe-
cies, but without effect. .
Lady bugs are generally disposed OF by ty-
ing gaudy piece of calico to current bush,
and when they have have collected on it, as
they always will, you can put it in the fire.
Some are attracted by silk. The most effec-
tual dose for all kinds of insects is to pour
boiling water on the flower infected by them :;
if that does not do it, boil the plant. Il '. ,