Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-04-19

scientific and successful economies In
the corn field. In it you may see the
germs of his reading, and can almost
tell the number and nature of his
books. In it he will reproduce the
seed-thought he has called from the
printed pages of his library. In it he
will post answer to the question whe!h
er he has any taste for reading at ALL
Many nominal person has been
passed by the book agent without 9
call, because he saw blunt, gruff neg
atiye to thequestion7 in the garden OF
yard"
A natural forest of stately trees, prop.
erly thinned out, is the most appropri.
ate spot on which to build house. Il
this is not to beE had, 1t should be sci
off with plantations of forest trees, Of
the largest growths as in keeping with
its own liberal Dimensions. A capa
cious kitchen garden should lead of
from the rear apartments, well stocked
with all the family vegetables, and GU
linary fruits, i'm their proper seasons. =
A iuxuriant fruit garden may flank the
least frequented side of the house.
Neat and tasteful flower beds may lie
beneath the windows Of the rooms ap.
propriated to the leisure hours of the
family, to which the smaller varieties
of shrubbery may be added, separated
from the chief lawn or park, only by a
wire fence, or simple railing, such as
to not cut up and checker its simple or
dignified surface. a 815 IA1& E
| Small yards picketed in for small
uses have no business in sight of the
grounds in front. The trees that shade
the entrance park, or lawn, should be
chiefly forest trees, as the oak in its
varieties, the elm, the maple, the chest
nut, walnut, butternut, hickory or
beech. IF the soil be favorable, o few
weeping willows may throw their
dropping spray around the house. The
I.ombardy poplar, albeit a tree of dis
puted taste, with modernS planters we
would now and then throw in, not in
stiff or formal rows, but OCCASION
ally in the midst of a group of others,
above which it should rise like church
ssfre from amidst block of contigu-
our houses.
Ifa stream of water meander through
the park, or spread into little pond,
trees which are partial to moisture
should shadow it at different points,
and low water shrubsshould hang over
its border, or even run into its margin.
An overhanging rock, ifsuch thing
be natlyeg there, may DO an object of
great attraction to its features, and its
outlet may steal away and be hid in a
dense mass of tangled vines, brushwood
and flowers.
The predominating natural features
of the place should be cultivated, not
rooted out. 1t should, in short, be ma
ture with her hair combed out straight,
flowing and graceful, instead of pinch
ed, pulled and curling. A thing OF
luxuriance and beauty under the hand
Of master. ...-.. ..........---
The great difficulty with many per-
sons in getting up new place of any
considerable extent Iis, that they seem
to think whatever is common, or ma /.
ural in the features of the spot must be
so changed as to show, above all others,
their own ingenuity and love Sof ex-
pense in fashioning it to their peculiar
tastes.
Rocks must be sunk, or blasted, Trees
felled, and bushes grubbed, crooked
water-courses Strengthened, the place
gibbeted and put into stocks; in fact
that their own boosted handiwork may
rise superior to the wisdomof him who
fashioned it in his own good pleasure,
forgetting that a thousand points of
natural beauty upon the earth on
which they breath are 8ls1EEnT#a
when 6nadvrned, adorned the most"
And our eye has been frequently
shocked at finding the choicer gems of
nature, sacrificed to a,wanton display Of
expense in perverting, to the indul-
gence of amistaken fancy, that, which,
with an eye to truth and propriety, and
at a trihing expense, might have be-
come spot of abiding interest and
eontentment. ~
a2.1Hi Ns 2 4
Gil ARCoAL FOR TURKEYs.-A Cali
fornia paper says recent experiment
has been tried in feeding charcoal for
fattening turkeys. Two lots of four
each, were treated alike, except for one
lot finely pulyerizedoLacharcoal was
mixed with mashed potatoes and meal,
On which they were fed, and broken
piecesof coal also plentifuliy supplied.
The difference in weight was one and
a half pounds each, in favor of the
fowls supplied with coal, and the flesh
was superior in tenderness and flavor.
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