The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-22
GheGtteltiqencer:
A BREEZY LETTER FROM THE
I'd COUNTRY.
The FelicitIes Of Moving to the
Suburbs.

The Felicitles Of Moving to the
Suburbs.
From the Pittsburgh Gazette.
On the first Of April we moved to our
present abode, and now we have gotten
settled, or very nearly settled, in our new
house, and it begins to look little like
home. To be sure there are as yet nc
casters on the dining room table, or on
tue bedstead in our room, but such would
not have been the case II the casters had
not have been mislaid. Only three oil
those belonging TO our wardrobe have
been put on, and tipsy effect Is the result,
which is rather surprising in so stately an
article Of furniture as | consider a ward
robe 10 be.
But the tin pans have been removed
from the library, and the refrigerator has
migrated from the parlOr, so that We are
at last reaching that condition Of order,
tranquility and rural felicity OF which we
have dreamed. We have accomplished
nearly as much as we expected to do In
the fortnight which has pissed since our
Fitting" as some people would say,
although in my mind there Is something
fairy.like and unsubslantial connected
with the word fit, that fear ! never
shall learn TO associate with the heavily
laden furniture vans, bristling with chair
and table legs and head and foot boards,
tOiling through clayey suburban streets.
think, by the way, that do not like
that word, suburban. ! think 1t sounds
better " say I'VE reside in the envirOns,"
than I'VE live in the suburbs" There is
q vulgar sort Of sound about suburbs, but
every one cannot reside in the environs.
Still these cnvironing days have their
drawbacks, just like any other ironing
days.
After the terrible work Of the actual
moving was over and we had transferred
our Cares and Rndtes from the dingy
brick house in town 10 the very new look.
ing ornamental cottage in the outskirts,
with q fresh paint front, and had dis.
missed my Hibernian hireliDgs with their
ChariOts ind palfreys, l believe sincerely
that felt u complete realization OF that
excellent Mr.. Webster's definition Of des.
pair. l should make sure Of this and go
ut once to look in his dictionary but that
| cannot think whit has gone with that
boOk-as Aunt IIepps used to say-un.
less, indeed, 1t be at tho bottom Of the
dry goods box, in which has also been
packed James best set oil French China.
| did feel, however, as II never, out Of such
confusion, could any thing DO organized,
and we went to bed-On mattress on the
floor OF the bath room-ieeliDg very mis-.
cradle.
In the morning, Jane, who Is OF most
cheerful temperament, remarked that II
was so nice 10 have u bath room so con.
vcnient to ones bed chamber. She did
not, however, hide her disgust at the dark
color Of the cistern water In which she
washed. She says she will have that els.
tern scrubbed out and filled with clear
water just US soon US she gets little time.
That hrst mornings breakfast would
have been rather dreary affair II Jane
had not suggested that we should imagine
ourselves ut picnic, which made US oil
try TO feel jolly, with an amount Of success
which was greater at breakfast than 1t
was OF tea, when hard days work had
been done
Now, however, things arc different,
and frequently amaLlG tofnd an article
which may want, without first removing
all the rest OF our personal property.
Last night Jane even tried TO have a little
music, aud unlocked the piano, for the
first time since In has been here, but the
instrument seemed 10 twang so that there
was no pleasure in 1t, and we had to give
up the harmonious idea, while Jane i'm.
pressed upon me the necessity Of not for.
getting to send out "a tuner.
We urG not without music Of another
kind, however, Tor tho locomotives which
nass back and forth over the railway,
whose promixity to the house was so de.
lightlully spoken Of in the advertisement
which induced US to take the place, sere.
nude us at all hours, and not only that, but
us, they pass around the curve, there Is an
uncertain sort OF tremble comes into our
mansion, not ut oil unlike that dubious
shudder which one so frequently feels
aboard screw propeller at sea. Indeed
Jane says she had no idea that anything
could be so much like sea voyage, but
that, think, Is partly because things in
tue house have been in such confusion,
and partly, perhaps, because our new
spring water has not quite agreed with US,
and the cistern water, In which We wash
is not certainly devoid oil certain odor of
bilge.
We have q garden, too-halt an acre Of
It. We shall take great delight In this
when we get little time. There Is often
u good deal that is rural in garden. Up
to yesterday nothing had been planted in
our garden, but nature had done q good
deal Tor us. The ground is new, having
Just been hauled here in carts year ago,
ard besides, we do not live in the luxGri.
ant tropics, Still, various specious OF
grasses und other plants have appeared
and Jane thinks she will enjoy herself
very much in botanizing when she gets q
little time. To-day we made flOwer.bed
or two in front Of the house, ana have
sOwn grass seed over the rest, which Jane
calls the lawn. bought q bushel of
timothy seed, and putting it into paper.
lined basket, which slung al my side, l
walked up and down, distributing It
around with q grand sweep Of my arm, as
have seen the farmers do in one of the
little pictures in the Farmers Almanac.
The seed did not spread out evenly, but
lay here and there In little struggling
heaps. But l think it will grow up all
right and smooth. The ground seems
rather hard and compact, but the seeds
are so small that suppose, with little
proper energy, they will get their roots
into 1t. bought rake to loosen the
clay, but Jane showed me that its teeth
were so long and the blades of grass are so
short that il they started to grow, away
down so far in the earth, only the tips
would show above ground, and that
would look ridiculous. Which sounds
reasonable enough.
There Is room for q chicken coop, and
think l should like to get some chickens
Our clocks seem to run down good deal
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