The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-04-13
ID. Gantastsr Gasette,
! : FAAkR BEAuTIFuL noaIEs.

- QikA4NE BEAUTIFUL AOAAES'
SKI - saeasa
che greater part OF our population
Waiting till they can afford to have |
sisant homes. forgetting that they
ut no time afford 10 have any 9TH |
We take the color of our daily |
foundings, and arc happier, more
=, stronger to labor and firmer TO
sldre, when those surroundings are
sing and in good taste, To pos
q, these important qualities they
q 3ot be expensive. True beauty
hSaper than We think. The first
arul Of a homo, within and without,
borough neatness, and this is the
ii Of habit, not outlay. 1t is often
er Than filth. Paint the house il
can; it not whitowash; but In any |
'si ltbe in thorough repair. Let
cao be no loose shingles, or dangling
yr'boards, oIAgates hanging by bro
jnge, These hints favor thrift as
as taste, Let the house be sufli-
~ shaded. This will pay in com,
year OF furniture and lack of flies.
Z cannot afford green blinds, you
aiord o green tree or two that
aathing but labor and patience,
viii shelter you from the sun in
ser and the wind winter.
mt yinea of some kind about your
5cs; they are Indispensable to
they show that nature takes
10 yonr homo, and has thrown
n around it. You need not re-
rs costly climbers; woodbine and
anis may behad for the gathering,
eaPes and bopvines may be so
aca as to combine beauty and pro
diet your turf be smooth and firm
9lget, nd enforce the death penal
pan weeds with an unsparing
No man, rich or poor, can af,
y Q raise weeds. They choose the
fjia spots, where flowers, or fruits,
,cttbles might grow, and send
q titeir seeds rs missionaries into
nook and corner. Ill kept
always have their vegetable five
where sin and Misery are MIN
sb IN pigwecd, blrdock and netlles,
Very few flowers will suffice; n
Y rose in the window, morning
JHls over the doorway, and bright
go. between your kitchen garden
the street; these always add to
picture just those touches Of color
make it pleasant to the eye.--
sI half dozen cheap and common
da your wile will take care that
lething is always in bloom. But
eys arc gross feeders, and if you
lyno domestic anima.s, you fancy
sou can save no manure. You
Qcver more mistaken. Every
ln dwelling is IL centre of iertii-
s 2gents, mostly wasted as times
jCh enough to make the whole
around it blossom like the rose.
rho soil you have nothing to give
'jivoit what you have and it will
sea- in your face. The suds from
alndry is sea of liquid wealth
5ir waste a drop OF it in drains or
IS. 1t is floating currency.
,. sing to pay roundly in grass and
ai -,bIes, and fruit Invest in your
oanl, which ncversusponds pay.
~ Sc grassy slopes are grccnbacks
poy is as gold. Carpet sweep
'ro manure in q concentrated
. Dug into your flowers they
a richer pattern than the one
e., lich they were worn, Those
9eea that deform the premises, il
bcneath the grape vine, will be
to the bones" of all your
aqGa Old boots and shoes, those
igbtly wrecks, arc The favor.
'fd OF tho raspberry, and all It's
HH kin. Tainted brine if such
s. is yours, is II treasure for
+a trees and the asparagus bed
" limo with it, and it will make
'1osing for any garden soil
,st' n5usehoId should have its com.
A 9 DO it only an old packing
.ls aere woollcn rags, bits Of paper.
tsHngs, refuse vegetables, siops
aa kitchen, chips and sawdnst
re lHg up tho element Oft glor
Yeth. Let not yours be one Of
Hm7 whore all thcso bright pos.
Tr'yoonlya bvrning instead
ta afy. We have named but II
1..ac itrtllzors Of every housol
Haorally speaking, whatever
'n SO 90 sight or smell, is urging
'HhHi 20 our rrovolted tastes bury
a u DO you good,-Spriaqdeid
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