New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-09

early before the plant had pesstd into everybody
hands; and when II came into general oemand was % ~.
only grower near the city VITO had more than do.Sn
plants Very everybody wanted the frtit ana inc
whole neighborhood wanted the plants. How conue.
scended to supply both classes Of Customers VIII appear
hereafter.
Yet, while setting sst these roots, several OF my
neighbors, usual when was doing anything, eino
TO oversee me On former occasions nj ,ney yra;oss raa
and il was easy 10 from their remarks ana nqalSs
now thmt they thought didn't know mnch and wonld
have nothing for my labor brt my palhs' always ds s
covered that now and then they let ial somethlng
which was of real value TO me. When they discovered
il was baekee,res Was pnhfI nun I some o barr2 'ae
vns new variety, superior 10 anything known and an
incredible bearer. They answered me they could End
better ones in any encecOrner in the township End
that il once cot them into my ground could never
get them out IL struck the last remark would also
npply as justly to my reach.trees.
A portion Of tho ten acres was devoted to the
garden proper. In the management Of this he was
not without efficient aid:
began by deepening the garden soil wherever
spade could ie put in hired "a for this purroee
and paid him ten dollars or the Job including the haul
ing and dns in Of the ssf PIE Or ma % nrs
generally. would have laid out tiy dollars in InanHre
If the money could have been spared; but what did
eff rded On excellent return. My wife and eldest
daughter. Kate then in her eighteenth year did a the
planting | spent five dollars In buying for them
complete outfit of hoes Takes and trowels for garden
use lightly made on purpose FOR female handling with
seat little wIeebarTow to hold the weeds and litter
which felt pretty would have 20 be hoed Up and
trundled away before the scaGon YVES over.
They took 10 the garden manfuly. kept their hoes
constantly shaIpenod with file. and they declared i
was only pastime wage worfare on tho weeds with
weapons keen Now and then one Of the boys went
in 70 give them q lit; and when new vegetable bed
wos to be planted il was dug up and made ready for
them But the great bulk of all other worx VIA done
by themselves.
Never has either Of them enjoyed health robust
eppeutos so Wholesome. AS whole years. crop Of
weeds had gone TO seed, they had millions Of tie enemy
to contend with, Just ss had Anticipated. did not
volunteer Acknowledgements BY repeating to them the
old English formula, that
zone yes,'.,eedins
Makes seven years weed.nf
but commended their industry exhortcd them to porse
yere and lavish in my sdmiraton Of the handsome
style in which they kept the grounds. infused into
their minds perfect hotred Of tie whole tribe Of weeds
enOned upon them not TO let single one escape and
90 "a iced and promised them thGt they TINS erter
minated all the next years wedding would be mere
recreation.
1 viii ssy for them that all orr visitors from the
civ were s1rVrsed at seeing the gsrden free from
weeds lo they did rot fs N notice that most ~ the
vegetables extremely thrifty They did not know
that III gardens where tie weeds thrive undisturDed
the vegetables never do. As to the neishbois they
came in occasionally 70 what the women were 90
ing but shook their heads wheH they saw they we're
merely hUcing up weedsssid that weeds did no harm
ard tev might Us well attempt b. kin all the flies; they
hsd heon brou eht up among weeds knew al about them,
and :" it was use trying TO get rid OF thcIn."
But tho work Of wedding kept on through the whole
season. and rs the ground about the
tables kept constantly stirred. The result Of this
thorough culture that nearly everything seemed 10
feel it and tie gTevth vas prodir1Cus far exceeding
what The family could consume We had everything We
needed and In far greater abundance than had ever
had in the city. satisfied iAis profusiou Of .ego
bes lessene the consumption Of meat in the family
half Indeed it such that my wife suggested that
the garden lad muck more in it than We required
tLat perhaps t woold BE- well 20 send the surplus
the store where usually bought our grocer!es to Do
there cold tor our benefit
His experience in the GIst purchase OF seow is
edifyinY.
Both myself and wife Rad always coveted cow. All
Of the faniiy were eItravaganty fond Of milk Where
30 many children about IL seemed indispensable to
have one; besides were we rot upon iarni and what
would farm be without having spon II at least one
saint OF the barnysrdi AZ soon a. We came on TIC
place made inquiries Of two or three Persons for
COW. The 1ew round the neigbborhood with
srpa1irp rApidy and in the course Of two weeks
hcsicged with offers They hnuBted ue In the street
We6t daily TO the Poet Once; in the evening.
township had a TO sell Indeed the anDoyascs con-
tinued long after We bad been supplied.
Now. though knew a great deal OF riik. having
learned t0 like it the very day was born yet was utterly
ignorant u how TO choose cow and a. that time had
no friend tn advise with But suspected thn,
who had frstrate animal would voluntarily part With
IT, and expected to be cheated. hintcd es much 10
nv iie whoreupon she begged that The choace might
be left TO herr TO which partially consented thinking
Z
the imposition could be made cbargeabo sonewbere
else then 20 nv ignorance. Besides. knew that
she could hardly be worse cheated thsn mysei
One morning respectabie-looklng oll man Grove
COW W % the door and called cot 70 oss at her.
NJ wife pleased with her looks tie moDfnt she et
ey eR her while the children delighted with the
calf some two weeks Old j did Dot like her move
mentsshe seemed restless snd iIltempered but the
cid nan said that always the way with cows az
their first oalVinr. Still should not have bought ber.
But somehow nv Wfe seemed bewEolet IN her favor,
and was determined 70 have her. This the old nsn
could not fail 90 notice. and was loud IN ert1pg htT
good eualitiee. declaring that she would give twenty
sdyertantly admitted that she had never been MIXED
Ny wife did notice this striking discrepancy Of
COW giving twenty quarts daily, when yet one had
ever nilked herr but the lie TOO bouncing one to
escape my notice. As oy wife had sef her heart
upon the COW. said nothing, and finally bought COW
and calf for $50 though quite certain they could have
been had for s. ess II my wife had not plainly shown
10 the old that she determined 10 have them
lido not think she VIII ever be up 10 mo IN making
bsrgain. But il had been agreed that sbe should
choose COW, 10 6ho Was permitted to have her own
way.
Az the end OF the week the cnIf was sold for ;3-n
low price; but then my wife wanted the iit and she
and ate we're anxious TO begin tho milking tm sure
was quite willing they should have all they could get
when they did begin, there was great tine Nov,
most women profess 10 understand precisely Low COW
sboud be MIXED snd yet comparatively lew khos any
thiug ,bout H. They remind of the Irish girl, who
are hunting places These are all strate COCKS, "
YOU take esr word Or it, and yet not one In huedred
knows anything o. even the srst principles OF coo ing
The first process in the operation OF milking ~ 10
fonde with tbs COW make her acquaintance and nus
give her 10 understand Tat the man or mad with tne
miiking-pai approaches her WIN ilehuG Insen'' ~
viii never do b approach the animni with combatfe
feelings and intentions. Ehoud the mixer bo too IN
or kick or otherwise abUsqH ighten the COW the WI
probably prove refractory ~ mule, and may give tho
unco1h snd unfcelng miker the benefit Of he heet-
a very pertinent reward, 10 which be, tie uDcouth
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