Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-05-01

ONE OF MY COUNTRY FRENDs.-None of
MIR. Clay neighbors would think of calling linn
a "forehanded man." for somehow he hasn't
the faculty OF getting along. lie lid speculate
IN lumber last winter, and for once was so
lucky as to make little money, with which
nc pau III lonS-slandlng mortgage. Mr.
clay Is a pleasant, endly man, always ready
to lend dollar if he has il, or to lend his nam.
when money fails. The eins qurnce f such
proceedings Is inevitable. Mr. lay is n,= rusy
IN his farming as III his financial oprratons,aud
his farm shows it, Every thing looks easy and
careless; the fences lean; the gate.pusts lon;
Tue gates ere llckety and make no resistance to
stroh5 -willod pigs. The well, with its old fash.
Toned sweep, is actually before the front door.
ouch Darn yard as he has! He borrowed wood
sieds oi ms neishburs during the whole of one
wlrter, and when the work Of excnyltinp he.
gan in the spring his own sled came To linhi
, from beneath the winters Accommodations. Mr.
Clay intentions are good enough; he means
TO repair the front porch, yet doubt if he drives
i nail till somebody is seriously Injured. liz,
expects to fix up the barn pretty soon: but in
| the meantime the loose board tempted one of
HE oxen to put in horn, ami the result is dis
sistcIous. Mr., Clay is Al avs too busy in IN.
splil5t Ito make 4 "a"dcu--l dare 81. liz, W,tlIlt'i
do il properly if lie I'D lla tim 80, l,l,p Ia
| lhr early par tf jun Ms. Clay and one ur the
boys take the s.Lrien in hand and put The seeds
M as quickly as possible, As Il consequence
they lave green peas and corn long after their
neighboi's supply is exhausted; their po,ator,
rpen late in August, and tomatoes come. Ia the
table in September. lie can't bother with small
fruits, 50 th"y miss the lucOus strawbalri ,s
upon the melting June DAYS. Cur;lnts ciow
IN the tut, and there are plenty of Them i'm
| Then SEASON. there ale rl,pb nirs AMI black
berries IN the edge Of the pasture down by the
woods. bat Mrs. Clay and Mary don't lind lhr
gathering OF these berries much Of a relaxation
| aitei their nloiling's work is done. / shoulder
| wonder II they Mert SOMETIMES led To ctNrt Tie
| nicely kept garden of Mr. ".il,, where there
are row. oil BLACK Caps hntwerIs aud Brinkh.'s
| Orange, squares w .lsOns ALBANY and FROM
Plies and trcisrs ui laden vines.
| Mrs. Clay luv.,- loMcrs--l mean Size I,,rI tn
love them. / coIcide shat her affection for
iioral pets Is about Yuenched. 10 b. SUM, size
has few tufts OF swret-wliuns, a bunch
OF pines" Two or three untriinned rosie bush
es--tlcse have oIuligcd tl,. f,,,sis TIN. llunl.r
| les rnsloughls of tue li.3 aid t'.r ilqtmpun Of
horses AMI cattle. Also sc SONS ha,sanls sunni
| tines and these tin hcns generally scratch out
| and destroy. remember Tie time when She
| WAS ambitious to have L lair show OF annual,
but ''il's no llse,' She says, dcspundcnlh -
| Herself L thrifty, stirring wuiuan--llnl,.sl tl.
| opposite Vi her hlIsOaud--oltc would StIuID,,.
| there would be u continual clashing brtwr. II
| the two. Like Il wise woman, h,nc,,r sin,
| has accommodated herself To cXis,In. cifr,,i,,
| stances and "liat sh" cIniior change sh. tlrci
fully endulrs. llcky Is II Tor Mr.. CLAY thai
| his wife is a practical woman and moi a dream
er. Lucky is ii tat she uurs not sit down aud
cry over her 'iisappolntnenis, and make home
| lpletlIl place. Lucky is 1t for all that MI
/ Clay, the father and husband, is man of good
| nature and affection. We wish linn abundant
| success and better stuck" in the future e,,
York Rural. Z. ID.