Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-11-28

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taurant.
RecOllectIOns of Naughty Culture.
BY APoTH e. CARY.
WHEN the buzzy bees begin to buzz,
And the COWS all go TO grass,
We generally calculate it's time
To plant our garden sass.
Horticulture is the twin brother of
Agriculture, and each so nearly resem-
bles both, that it is difficult to determine
which is either. l call that sentence a
grammatical right-angle-triangle. Horti-
culture means gardening, and gardening
means more than any other word of the
same size in the English language. Gar
dening is several thousand years old, and
will make man who works at it short
time feel that he is several thousand
years older.
Gardening among the ancients was
carried on to great extent, and should
think would be preferable to gardening
among the angle worms and insects for
if the ancients were too numerous they
could be easily killtd d with clubs, but such
weapons have no effect upon the bugs
that haunt a country garden. There is
quite difference between wholesale and
retail gardens. One lives in the suburbs
and has its acres in the country; the
other lives in town and has its achers in
the back. Houses rent higher that have
desirable gardenspots. | have always
found the rent high enough, but have
been discouraged frequently hunting for
the desirable garden spot. With what 1
know about the business, do not think
there is spot on earth that could be
made desirable to me for garden.
Many people plant their garden seeds
in the spring, others plant them in the
ground; have tried both ways with
very feeble results. I think about the
best way is to plant them in the 'old of
the moon," and then you are not disap-
pointed if your crop is all moonshine. As
general thing people expect too much
from their gardens; they over estimate
their capacity. / have known persons to
make garden with the expectation of
depending almost entirely upon it to sup
ply their table; but they were young mar
ried people, just commencing housekeep-
ing, and greener than the garden 'sass"
they expected to raise. 1t would be a
bare, naked, bald-headed table that de-
pended on any garden I ever made for
supplies.
The best gardeners are those men who
are engaged in business during the day,
and work in their garden night and morn
ing. After paying three dollars to get a
spot of earth spaded, about the size of
two table cloths, they undertake to man.
age the rest themselves. They get an as
sortment of seeds that are sent out every
spring, and have been wandering up and
down the earth for the past fifteen years,
1rrats1 &c 80 ha, fnl taA
out of their seedy bodies, and then SOW
and watch, and plant and wait, and when
the time for early vegetables comes round,
they go and buy them, like everybody else
that has any. Experience has taught me
that gardens are poor investments.
They never pay us for our fuss,
Our labor, care or trouble;
The stuff is seldom worth cuss;
And always costs us double.
A few soft suggestions to the young
gardener may not be out of place in this
column; if they are the editor can put
them in some other column. The first
thing to be done after spading up their
back lot is to get up lots of back. The
best are the spiral-twisted, rubber-lined,
boneless backs (Goodyear's patenO If
you have no hot-house, sow your early
seed about house-cleaning time-you will
AAu HIost any mousse uoI eHouSu dt tndL
season. The soil for gardens should con-
sist mostly of ground mixed with
compost The composts should be set
|, four feet each way, and at the second
hoeing leave only four posts in the hill.
The ground for beds should be pulver-
lied fine, as it makes them easier TO lie
on; if you have not the facilities for do
ing this you can take them to any relia
BILE druggist and have them pulverized.
Cucumbers require rich soil; the seeds
should be planted in hills, and half dol
lar placed in each hill to enrich the soil.
Potatoes also require wealthy soil, but
not as rich as cucumbers; twenty-five
cents in hill will make potatoes suffi-
GENTLY rich. Care should be taken not
to get any dirt in the eyes of the potatoes,
as it makes them watery.
In bushing peas many use tooth
brush, but a good whitewash brush is
preferable. Beets grow on any soil; the
should be planted very deep. Do not be
discouraged if you have to plant over
second or even third time. This is
what is called a succession of crops.
Rotary crops mean that the seeds are sown
in rows. You will find one of the benefits
derived from gardening land about the
only one) is the discipline.
They teach us to know what we can do
Better after we try it,
And they teach us when we want garden sass,
To go to the grocery and buy it.
Potato bugs should be hand picked.
Cabbage heads should be combed every
morning and the hair kept closely trim
med. To kill cucumber bugs saturate the
hills with kerosene oil. This stunts the
plants, but everlastingly kills the bugs
After your seeds are all planted, you can
ask your neighbors if they will please let
their hens run in your garden; most any
neighbor will do it, and it keeps the
ground scratched up and mellow. The
end.-Fdt COntri6utoy'S Saturday Night.
The Postmaster at st Louis reports
to the Department that, during the month
of October, sixty -four carriers, at an ex-
pense of $5, 1876. Is, were employed, and
that $50, SAT mail letters, rs, 503 local let
ters, and 156, 799 newspapers were deliv-
cred. During the month 566, TAO letters
and 65, 952 newspapers were collected by
the carriers. The occidental expenses of
the office were 5000 The report of the
Postmaster at Chicago for the same time
shows that III letter-carriers were EN-
ployed at an expense of 50, 060. 40; !, ,190,-
$40 mail letters, 179,01 local letters, and
So1, ~ c"opdpeIS MeIe uSllNcIcu, anu
503, 246 newspapers collected. The Incl
dental expenses of the Office were
$73S.65.
"A $4,000 wedding dress (white satin
with French point lace) So, 900 worth of
flowers and 5000, 900 worth of wedding
presents were features of Newark we'd
ding.
The sum annually realized from the
sale of watercresses in London exceeds
s50, 900. Some ten thousand punches
are disposed of daily in the city markets.