The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-18

- N,,auHeas.-There wa So great
TIE Tao the style IN whicbf farmer
ainelenov I'd farmer Bentley kept up tneif
turner s s -nlacps. The farms Joined eacn
re sps. m the difference Was very plain 70
o.hs. nv all corners and psssers-by.
% IT,, ssa farner Turner dug over piece OF
,,,,,o,,nd It was his custom to throw our .ne
sfsnea and weeds into an adjoining pio1 OF
.e,iav. TO be gathered up again OF ms lel-
snre. and removed. Thus the refuse Was
handled twice over, and oftentimes .ns
walks and grounds were Uttered oVe' i0f
months together. - - or,;re,r diff
fsr asua' Man ala, He took OFT with him ms
wheelbarrow or q large ba2kct; ana lh.o
this threw all the rubbish as lNsI 80 a ~
aa.bered It M, Then the ground y ~ ~ ts y
Clean and nice, and he realized the IN W. r. 3.
the proyerb that "what is well aon "a
twice done" Surely once 4well-doing Z -
saved twice doing. 100, AMI
When Mr.. Turner's tomatoes: Deans, a anr
peas. had done bearing, the vines usa 1aa;.
numbered the ground until the neht Plan
ing season. There was some'h,ng psSi
liar1y repulsiye in the sight or nus aeaa
cucumber vines, with dozens OF oecayins
yellow cucumbers scattered ABOUT u thr ~
them. ..Lr;f,v o;oht
m the nremises of his neighbor!i nhfeh
the, Lima Bean vines had served their fle Pur-
nose. the poles were nicely cleared OF tnem
and then carefully stacked away 1or uss s
another wear. Then the vines were rake9
TN and thrown to the pigs, who f.nmnageu
among them to their hearts conten,,. lapiu
" turning them into the best of ferti. lzers.
Thus the garden was left in nice orde; :, =
begin operations on another season. II
eve TOO was gratifed every time 1t looked
ont ON the tidy grounds. The children airo
were learning habits of sneatness and oraef
which would be a lasting blessing to them
But everything about the Iurhei e0t NJ
lishment had the same genera az, ~.
Turner wheeled his rubbish down 70 ~. -.
tie sluice juice beyond the gaze ny s sar
roadside, and his wife made II the uepo. ~.
all her broken dishes and Worn- tia -. ..
II was anything but cheerful slsn. ~ pvi
that way and sec the heaps OF seas.eret
rustinp pans and broken plates, WIN ram
dock weeds and nettles growing Wy 10
tween. 81, rods
1t was q pleasure to drive on ien ;nat
TO the little run which crossed the roso JUG.
beyond Mr.. Bentley's. The banks We 90 u
smooth as velvet, and the children nf'a
cleared away every weed. The sides OF Inc
stream had been walled up with stones anu
a little dam constructed which turned q
miniature water-wheel. This little prook
Of crystal water was the childrsn's favorits
place for play oil through the summer time.
It was fed by q neysr-failing spring, 80 II
never went dry. r, .l-. -.
Here they would stop on their way from
school to battle their little dusty feet, the
goft, green sward serving to dry them on. a
big willow grew just outside the fence, and
luxuriated on the cooling waters until lts
widespread branches formed most re-
freshing canopy oil through the summers
heat. Who con estimate the difference IN
character of children reared in these Two
homes; difference that will follow them
down to gray hairs, and will have its ap.-
propriate fruit in many other homes and
lives.-J. e. McC., IN Cultipator. --