Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-09-10

till they can afford TO have Dleasant "'iig
forgetting that they can at no time az 'Iss
have any other. We take the color -' ~ %
daily surroundings, and are hapnie, on
amiable, stronger to labor and irmar -lo's
dure, when those surroundings are n.y. e.
and in good taste. To possess these i;easng
tant qualities they need not be er,a. lpoi
True beauty is cheaper than we tbink ' "
first charm of home, within and witbolls
thorough neatness, and this is the ras",'
habit, not outlay. 1t is OTTER chesnss y
filth. Paint the house if you can g 'ait
whitewash; but in any case let il loi
thorough repair. Let there be ~ 9e
shingles, or dangling elapboards. a. looss
hanging on broken hinge. These b;nss' a.es
vor thrift as well as taste. Lei tn a.
be sufficiently shaded. This will nav !, DOle
fort, wear of furniture, and lack of aia. '0a.
you cannot afford green blinds, ven a.
ways afford a green tree or two. tia, a. d
nothing but labor and patience. and viii ~. ~
ter you from the sun in the summer ar sl -t
wind in the winter. We
Plant vines of some kind about vor.
Use. they are indispensable to grace p,ga
show that nature lakes kindly 10 von, l'As!
and has thrown her arm round it. Yo, HOls
not resort to costly climbers; woodbno v@
clematis may be had for the gathern1 ~
grapes and hop-vines may be SO trainss,s ~
to combine beauty and profit. Let Won, =,
be smooth and firm as velvet, and ont
the death penalty upon weeds with an !.
sparing hand. Norman, rich or poor. q, !. !.
ford to raise weeds. They choose the ricbs.,
spots, where flowers, or fruit, or yegetabls'
might grow, and send abroad their seed
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ner. Ill-kept places always have their yes.
table Five Points, where sin and misery a.
mimicked in pigweed, burdOck, and nettlr,
A very few flowers will suffice; a month,
rose in the window, morning-glory oyeru.
doorway, bright border between your kite
en- garden and the street; these add 10 "A.
picture just those touches of color that mi.
it pleasant to the eye. With half a d..
cheap and common kinds, your wife will t,g-
care that something is always in bloom.
But flowers are gross feeders, and if I'm
keep no domestic animals, you fancy r.,
haps, that you have no manure. You We.
never more mistaken. Every human dvsf
ing is a centre of fertilizing agents. mostir
wasted as times go, rich enough to make n.
whole plot around it blossom like the a..
Tell the soil that you have nothing to give Il
Give it what you have and it will laugh i,
your face. The suds from the Laundry /.
store of liquid wealth. Never waste dr..
of it in drains or sewers. 1t IS a fost,,
currency promising to pay rOundly in ora.
and vegetables, and fruit. Invest it in Van,
home bank, which never suspends pavmen
These grassy slopes are greenbacks wbo..
issue is as good as gold. Carpet sweepiB,,
are manure in a concentrated FORM Dug h.
to your fower-borders, they weave ricbq,
pattern than the one from which they w.
worn. The old bones that deform the prpm,
ises, if buried beneath the grapevine, Win
be "health to the bones" of all your friend.
Old boots and shoes, those the most m.
slightly wrecks, are the favorite food Of ii.
raspberry and its palatable kin. Taiule3
brine, if such unhappily is yours, is tres.
ure for the plum trees and the asparagus bed
slacken lime with it, and it will make ricf
dressing for any garden soil. Every house
hold should have its compost bed, be il onI1
anS old packing box, where woalsr
rags, bits of paper, apple parings, refuse Of
vegetables, Stops from the Kitchen, chips and
saw-dust, are storing up the elements Of
glorious growth. Let not yours be one Of
the homes where all these bright possible
ties arrive only at "burning instead of beau
ty." We have named but part of the fer
tilizers of every household. Generally speak.
ing, whatever is offensive to sight or smell /,
urging the appeal 10 our reyolted tastes
bury me, and I'll do you goOd.-ISpinqfog
Republican,
FARMERS, Posi- YOURSELVES on THE Nae.
KETs.-To grow good crops year after yea,
may show that the farmer is skillful in hg
calling, that he knows upon what soil @
plant, when to plant, how to manure, an
how to cultivate. But if he would gail
wealth, unless he do it blunderingly, he mus
from some source learn the condition and
prospects of the markets. If he does no,
this, he is more or less at the mercy of Tie
buyers, having no real voice in fixing tie
price of his products Nor can he greatly
blame the buyer for purchasing low. 1t Is
the law of trade to buy as low and to sell al
as great an advance as possible. The farm
er does this so far as he is able, and no man
will drive a closer bargain when an opportu
nity is given than the farmer himself The
great markets of the country for agricatu
raj produce of all kinds are as a general
thing something entirely beyond his control
The amount produced and the demand 70.
in the maiu. There are local difference:
caused by the difficulty or convenience io
handling and shipping. But beyond fair
remuneration for the transaction of the bus.
ness, including of course freights, &C., there
should be no difference in the price Of am
agricultural product, between country ship
ping points and WE great commercial Cent5f.
like Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Louis
l,r, 41a-, = Io = H.
through the ignorance of the producer, OF
the willingness to run the risk of huctuatiOn3
of the market by the country purchaser 8hj
holds his grain for change Far
nleT.
The " CORNELIUs" PLUM.-When we cane
to Wisconsin, nine years ago, our opinion O.
the native wild plum was anything but favOa.
bic. We considered it but little if any 81
perior to the wild crab apple, which is about
as miserable fruit as Nature ever produced
OF late years, however, our opinion of The
wild plum has become greatly modified 0u
friend j. III. Bridge, of Jefferson, and several
others, have brought US samples at different
times which for size and delieacy of flavor
rival the majority of plums grown and cult
waited in eastern orchards. But our senior
(Col. Bintlif has now in his garden several
wild plum trees which are worthy of notice
Trees not more than two inches in diameter
and six feet in height contain at least bush
ell of plums. On single limb, abons Ole
fourth of an inch in diameter, we noticed
about sixty plums within ten inches, many Of
them an inch in diameter and all of good
fair size. These plums are of rich reddish
purple color, and their flavor is delicious
Col. Bintliff calls them the " Cornelius Plum
because the variety originated on the land o.
n. Cornelius, Esq, mile west of this Vi.
lage, who, we understand, has grove of Tie
trees Col. B. thinks so highly of them that
be is grating them alto the egg plum stock,