The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-07-16
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Rural Home AdOrnmenfs.

5 ~ Rural Home Ad0rnmenfs.
The farm work is now arranged,
and the initiative and most impor-
tant advances already made for the
accomplishment of future results ;
vet outside OF the regular routine of
work in the fields, constant watch
raust be taken against the encroach-
1nents Of weeds, stock and the mis-
haps which mar the beauties Of home
surroundings.
While the older members Of fami-
lies who dwell on lovely farms look
only on the practical side Of life, and
feel that they have no time except
for gathering the treasures of wa
wing grass and ripening wheat, let
the younger ones heed the claims
upon them Of fruits and flowers,
which add comfort and luxury to
life.
The young people can prevent
their homes from becoming dreary
and repulsive to cultivated tastes,
by preventing the pigs, geese and
chickens from having free ingress
and egress to the dooryard. They
can prevent buildings and fences
from becoming brown and dilapida-
ted by exposure, and need not let
corners and uncultivated places be
yielded up to weeds and briars,
which scatter their seeds broadcast
over the fields.
No trees, no flowers, no grass TO
rest and refresh the weary ones who
toll to supply bodily wants only,
when nature is waiting to respond
with her luxuries freighted with sim
pie joys to be freely shared by low
ing ones of the home circle-how
dreary Let the t0iier reflect that
it is wiser to take time to live while
he does live-that happiness and all
the best enjoyments donot come at
the call after long years Of neglect.
The good, patient, Woodworking
woman, though the house may have
comfort and cleanliness. and some
thing that will tempt her with its
pleasures. The green sward, the
trees, tue graveled walk lined with
shrubbery and beautiful flowers. the
old-fashioned lilac, the snowy snow
balls, sweet-scented syringa, and
above all. roses, should be scattered
profusely around. DO not forget the
glowing verbenas, and the perpetual
sweetness OF the mignonette. tire
quires some patience and trust, but |
natures response is certain to re-
ward the patient toiler.
Fruits and vegetables are indis-
pensable to all households, and their
cultivation should engage aud inter
est each member of the family. a
piece of land should be set apart for
these purposes.
Grating and bidding are not diff |
ficult tasks, and the young farmer
should become familiar with these
simple operations. 1t is now too
late for grating. but budding is even
more reliable than that. and may be
done after the first bloom has pass
ed, and when the sap flows freely
Make aa incision OF about an inch
lengthwzse on q branch one-half as
great in diameter, and short cut
across, SO as to make space IN
which to insert your bud. This you
have cut Of with about an inch OF |
bark. and very thin shaving of
wood. Insect this between the wood !
and bark, closing the latter over it,
leaving only the bud exposed. Wrap
il caTefaily with yarn dipped in wax
tnade Of resin beeswaX and tallow
Study those arts, young friends,
which you can apply to nature, and
which will bring forth her best gifts
to man, thus developing the heauti-
ful and the true to be "a joy forever"
to the. occupants Of the most hum
bic dwelling. -Ioaag Folhs' Rurol. !