Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-04-08
LET Us BEAUr1rY OUR HOLES.

Beautify our homes. Plant tees-plant
yines-plant flowers. Though it is but little
brown house, il there are trees grouped about
it, vines creeping up its rough sides, flowers
growing painfully around, it is a place of
beauty. Don't think money or tine wasted
that IS spent in beautifying yeur home. Here
are gathered together your heart treasures
Here you come for rest when weary. Here
you retire when jostled too rudely by this
rough world-when sickened with its selfish
ness aHd deceit-for here are love, and truth,
and sympathy. Can too many pains be taken
to beautify spot so dear-so entirely our
own?
Judging by the majority of country places,
will imagine what your home is now. A
thrifty lodging place-a white, clean looking
house-a background of ont buildings, little
square yard in front, bunch of pansies, pair
of lilac bushes, an old maple somewhere in
some eorner-that is all. As good as your
nolghbors, you will say, and you are satisfied
Now wish farmers would do away with this
as good as-other-folks' idea, and have a little
individuality. Tear down the fence of that
penurious-looking square front yard, though
i
your yard all the ground you can convenient
ly spare, then fill it with shubbery-lilacs, cy-
ringa, snowballs-sucb as can be had almost
anywhere for the asking. Get some vines,
and train them over the portico. Let vines
creep and cling around every door, and tie
them up till they look in at the highest win
dow Plant roses by the windows and doors.
Buy three or four of the beautiful climbing
roses, and train them over rude arches-set
here and there among the shrubbery, punches
of peonies, lilies, etc,-hardy flowers that
thrive without much care-then ia some
choice spot make at least two large flower
beds-bor1er them round with pinks, or po-
lyanthus, or dwarf lilies, and fill them with
ANIMALS and choice plants. Round the back
door set naples and Willows-at the side of
the house, evergreens, balsams or
cedars. Make rough frame over the well,
and set grape vine to run over it. Along
the road-side, too, plant trees-thus, lindens,
naples, wfllows-there is beauty IN variety
Jet them stretch along the whole length of
your farm, In one long sweep of beauty.
Now allow me to glance for moment in
side your home. 1t is a convenient, comforta-
BILE looking place, the snow white. curtains at
the windows are suitable and pretty. The
family Bible lies on the nicely busted table,
and by its side the weekly Journal But it
don't look just right. What is wanting? It
is something more to feed the mmd-to raise
and keep it above the monotony Of every day
life.' Put books and papers on the tables,
plants in the windows, pictures on the walls,
and you have spendid looking home. The
wee little birds will build nests in the vines,
the robins will build ia the balsams--the
flowers unfold in beauty their velvet leaves.
The birds will make sweetest music-the
flowers yield their sweetest fragrance.
Such home as I have pictured, where the
voice of discord is never heard, where indus
try gives cheerfulness and health, and where
taste for the refined and beautiful blend
with Efe's sterner duties, It's indeed a para
disc .beloW-and yet, such home is within
the reach Of every industrious, energetic farm
err Such a.home is indeed, the dearest spot
on earth Hitherward, the eyes Of the wan
dering child are ever turning with tenderness
and longing. The school child will peer in
with wishful eyes through the pickets. Hoa-
~ headed age will lean on the gate way, and
recall the faded memories of youth. The man
of business, with his over taxed brain, will
pause, as he chances to pass by, and gaze on
oil around with pleased sadness,
Turn round and gaze again
And sigh, and say it is q blessed place -