The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-03-12
1arat anS GarSttt.
TIE TWO NEIGHBcRs.

} mere was great difference in the
| style IN which farmer Turner and far,nl
Deiitiy Kept up their respective plac.
gs, a Inc farms Joined each other: So tha
uinefehce was very plain to be seen bv
an coihets and passers-by.
when farmer Turner dug over n niacs
vi ground lt was his custom to throw
oat the stones and weeds into IN al '
Joining plot or alley, to be gathered IN
again at his leisure. and removed. Tbns
the refuse was handled twice oyer and
oitehtilnes the wallis and grounds were
h'Msered over for months together.
NON, Mr.. Bently pursued an entire
| y oinereilt plan. He took out with
na.n .h his wheelbarrow or large basket.
| anu INTO TINS threw all the rubbish as
,as. as he gathered it up. Then the
sionhu was left clean and nice, and he
..,,i,at u ,ne truth OF tile proverb that
"hiit is well done is twice dona ;;
doing. ""u ''seo twice
when Mr.. Turner's tomatoes. beans
ana l,eas. had done bearing. the vinns
usually numbered the ground until the
next planting season. There was some
tninS peculiarly repulsiye i'm the siobt
oihis dead cucumber vines, with dozens
VI ufcayiliy yellow cuclImbers scateera
Ell about through them.
iou never saw such an unthriftv
sight on the premises of his neiobbor
"heH the Lima Bean vines had Served
thelf purpose the poles were nicely
cleared or them and tlren caretulIy
siached away tor use another war
Then the vines were raked IN and
thrown to the pigs, who rummaged ~
mohg them to their heart s content. ran
:diy turning them into the best of fer
tillzefs. Thus the garden was left in
nice order 10 begin operations on an
other season. The eye, too, was prati-
nea every time it looked cut OH the tidv
grounds. The children also were learn
ed habits OF neatness and or which
"ohla DC "a lasting blessing to them.
Dut everything about the Turner es-
.,oiisniiieht a , had The same general air.
Mr.. Turner wheeled his ru1s ,ish dow,
to little sluice juice beyond the cate
by the roadside, and his wife made it
;he depot for all her broken dishes ard
worn-out tinware. 1t was ANYTHING bur
a cheerful sight to pass that wav and
see the heaps ofscattered Fustine pans
ana broken plates, with rank dock
"eeus ana nettles growing up between.
i. was pleasure to drive on few
rods TO the little run which crossed The
road Just beyond Mr.. Bentley's. The
oaiiks were as smooth as velvet, and the
cnlldren had cleared away every weed
LIE sides OF the stream had been walled
up with stones, and little dam con-
structed which turned miniature WA
ter-Wheei. This little brook of crys.al
water was the chiidI ems tayorite nlace
ior play all through the summer time.
IL was ted by a never-failing spring, SO
1t never went dry.
Here they would stop on their way
from school to bathe their little dusty
feet, the soft, green sward serving TO
dry Them on. A big willow grew lust
outside the fence, and luxuriated on the
;oollhg waters until Its widespread
branches formed IA most refreshing ca
nopy all through the summers heat
W no can estimate the difference in char
lcter OF children reared in these two
lomes;a difference that " i'll follow them
Town to gray hairs, sud will have its
appropriate fruit in maSy other homes
'nd lives 3. Nee, IN C,ttieator.