Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-07-26

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looks cheerlcs. and unh5mclikc Have grounds
about the dwelling rear away luo .'. .i ,,s
shutting tie house ODD O.. j. hcro v1- d,uqcr %
u.s. running i away le' .4l'' DE- n' l , p y"
rich lawn Of ihi. ondcut tbo grass. &c cau be- 100
waste, ont e vi" w be- "a HING OF neaa'y ana
tasteful nature and beauty are synonyms god
TASTE ana economy 0n therefore De lnale n. wa
enclosure and die around them with a spade each
year, and top 9r9ss tne Whole ana 'e li''. T
and the house viii grow beautiful, tbc children
Till grow con5en'gd' ,he i4uei- oai m'l.gIs as
viii grow to emulate and to excel. the township
will grow atimctyyc and the Young men ami ihe
| t6ot there /. onlrcc altcrall ike home sweet
Home
That, Mr. editor, Is what call nonsense.
1t was written by Mr. i. d. Curtis, Of Sara
toga county n. Y. | have read it in at least
four newspapers, and the reports OF the Amer
icon Institute Farmers Club, besides hearing
the author himself read it at Albany last
winter. II get particularly tired, and sit
down to rest and read little ! must ever
lastingly bIunder on to that same article, and
| am sick Of it, That it sounds pretty, I
don't deny but it is all gas that's why
have concluded 10 break through the bars of
modesty and give your readers my views Of
the case,
If our friend, above quoted, had been oblig-
ed to get home and pay for il, as the most
Of US must, we shouldn't catch him spending
his time making up such stuff for the papers;
he would spend his spare moments in pulling
weeds out Of his corn, or increasing his COM
post heap; or, if he set himself down in the
house it would be to help his wife tend the
babies, or pick over beans, or aay'hipg blt to
tell other folks how to make pleasant " door
yard Ten acres for dooryard No doubt,
if fellow had plenty Of capital, and no end
Of income, to buy all the desirable aud orua-
mental things, with hundreds Of acres Of yir.
gin soil lying around loose, and plenty Of help
to run this fabulous farm, it would be great
comfort to have tcn.acre yard, or erich
lawn, with the " fence" all "torn away" so
that it can run away just as much as it
likes to, and then in this enclosure " a splen-
diferous lot Of fruit trees, from apple and pear
down to the small fruits, and no curcuios to
bother but let this same chap buy a fifty
acre farm for $4,000, and mortgage it for two
thirds the purchase money, and then attempt
to support growing family and pay his in
terest and enough Of the principal to drive
away the probabilities OF speedy foreclosure,
striving as he goes along to stock the farm
and get tools enough Of his own to cultivate
it, and at the same time endeayoring to APP
pear in society respectfully, and you will find
him singing different song from that implied
in the poetic strain quoted. lie will fine
that these things of beauty and Joys for
ever if they are "no waste, will 60 but Z
mighty little way toward barrel of -four fol
his family or a new pique dress for his wife
neither will they buy school-books nor pay
tuition; while if he leaves his corn and pota
toes for identifying his rich lawn, ho will
learn that, though good taste and economy
are landmarks to each othtr' they will il
this particular case do but COMPOUNDED littl
for the pork barrel.
The home, sweethome part is good
have great confidence in Hat Our Mr. {
would have US believe that all that is neces
sary to do to obtain it, is to lay out ten-acr
door-yard, and atop dress it and cut th
grass, and then cit in it, 4 e. the lawn, al
day and grin, and see the children gro,