Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-30
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VexatiOns Of Front Yard.
BY r. BoLLIyER BoGes.


WE have recently moved into house
that has front yard. We have always
lived in houses whose front yard was the
street. Children soiU play in the yard
whether there is a street running through
1t or not. After two or three of them had
barely escaped being run over by the
teams that insisted in running through
our front yard, wife said we must rent
house that hadn't any street in it. So we
did But pshawl the children don't make
any account of it. They are in the street
as much as ever, accommodating their daily
supply of narrow escapes.
Wife said the yard looked bare without
shrubs and flowers and vines. l limited
that little grass would help it, too.
She asked me if | knew where | could
get some, and I told her knew little
grass widow on the next street if she
would do. | retreated, followed by the
rolling pin.
One morning as | was goingaway, wife
asked me to bring her a few 'annuals"
when l came back. wondered what she
wanted of annuals as | rode down town
in the street car, but l am accustomed to
| blind obedience to her requests, so when
| went home at night, brought her some
ANIMALS. There were CDR. Jaynes' An
nual Almanac" | remember, and 1.-THE
Odd Fellows Annual Offering" and a
New Years Address for 1862, and the
Birthday Gift" and numerous annual
addresses before Agricultural associations,
that had accumulated on my hands,
Good gracious" exclaimed Mrs. Boggs,
| (she never swesrs like that except under
great excitement what have you brought
me ?"
"Annuals Mrs. Boggs," said I. "You
| "a har
| they are"
Then Mrs Boggs burst out laughing,
and cried, "Why, you old fool you 1--WE
have been married twenty years, but Mrs,
| B. calls me pet names yeti, the ANIMALS |
meant are flowers, such as verbenas, pan
sizes, daisies, mOrning-glories, mignonette
and the like, to set out in our front yard.
Then she took all the annuals | had been
at so much pains TO collect and set them
out in the back yard among other rub
bish.
The next morning she asked me if ]
thought could get her some roses for the
front yard. Told her knew a man who
had got lot of early rose potatoes, but il
wasn't the right time a-year for setting
them out. Il have an idea that ground is
much better employed in raising potato
than in raising flower, unless it be bar
rel of hOur) Wife said | hadn't A-bit oI
taste. She then gave me a memoranda oi
roses she wanted, was busy all day, but
Just as l was about taking car for home
/ thought of the roses l referred to the
memoranda, and found the following:
"Get a few geraniums, fuches, hello
trope, roses, bourbon, running rose
'Prarie Queen golden tea plant, vines
English Ivy, Wandering Jew, seeds, etc.
studied it hard, but it was slightly in
comprehensive. She had evidently go
things mixed up. However, | went to
florists and told him what wanted. Sale
l, "Give me few geraniums and few
she's, and"
"a few what ?" asked the flower-ma1
looking puzzled
"a few she's" said | turning very red
l know, for 1 couldn't tell for the life o
me what my wife wanted of few she'
about the place, as she never could livl
in the same house with another woman.
} AS the florist looked more staggered
} than ever, handed him the memoranda
, when he bursted into loud laugh.
"Why, man." he cried, it's f4ches sh
wants |" and then he roared again.
/ "Well, whatever it is, give me coupl
of yards of it, anyhow, front and bacl
, yard, too"
on see WAS uldu.
1 got the things the memoranda seeme
to call for at various places, and wen
I home. "Here, Mrs. Boggs," said test
) ly, "are the things for your front yard" "
! Why, what is this ?" she cried, as
= thrust a twogallon jug upon her anon
9 other things,
t Bourbon, my dear. l found it on tn
r memoranda. Pretty thing to set out /
E the front ward though How long q
e you s'pose it'll stay there with the neigl
D bors we've got ?"
/ "Boggs, you are an internal --
/, that memorandum was Bourbon Rose
e But what is this nasty little book ?" hole
5 ing up dime novel with highly-co
e ored tite-page representing gorgeor
I squaw on fiery and untamed mustang
e "ThatY Why you ordered it, didn
, youg That is Running Rose; or II
a Prairie Queen, one Of Beadle's, yo
v knoW.n