Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-01-16
4,sssa aud household.
E,uraI Home limb eIiishnents-


Sound and profitable progress in farm
life than those which ara done purpose
X for embellishment-not for expen-
sive fences ami grand buildings, but
for those thingswhich make our homes
and neighborhooIs more attractive.
Tasteful surroundings of our homes
have an important influence upon the
life. The heart is touched by them,
manners and speech are refined, and
the Old homestead, where the loving
relations of life begln, will always be
remembered with Il gush OF feeling
next to devotion itself.
A single true example of home en-
beilishment will tend to refine the
views of whole neighborhood. 1t
will tend to form ideas of elegance,
grace and symmetry in the young,
and cultivate in themselves taste for
beauty and refinement in all things
Surrounded by such influences, few OF
the young would grow up with unfeel-
ing hearts, or coarse or clOwnish habits.
Most persons have the habit ofclear-
ing up and beautifying in the spring
the women to dust and scour and reg
ulate generally in the house-the vii
lager to paint and paper, and repair
fences and make the most of the bit of
land Of which he is the owner. The
farmer is also excited to clear up; to
remove the rubbish accumulated about
j. ouse during winter; to rake over
ne ooryard or bit Of lawn adjoining;
make snug the woodpile or place it
under cover, and generally to improve
appearances by the exercise of little
good taste and labor. All this is COM
mendabla, healthful and in every way
good; bat more may be done so as to
give neighborhood or town the as
pect of a well cultivated garden.
It is cheap and easy for the farmer
to embeIlish his home. If the house
has no paint il may have grape vino
or rose bush climbing over the porch
or window. If some panes of glass
are patched, any defect may be hidden
by blooming fuchsia, heliotrope or
verbena in an earthen pot, set uponthe
window sill before it. -
If there is no gravel walk to the door
there may be rose bush or towering
shrub by the side of the carriage path
to the house, SO that the dusty or mud
dy way may be unnoticed in the con-
temptation of the beautiful flower or
shrub. s.-,-
Indeed, it is not the possession of
money nor much leisure that will rem
der farmers home attractive, but the
air of order and good taste combined
with common sense and judgmen
which he may possess, pervades every
thing. His fences near the buildings
must be whole and stand erect; his
door yards clean, where the cows do
mot chew the cud Of contentment; sink
tspouts or other offensive objects nicely
pscrened, and here and there flourish
ing maple standing, like good angel,
with outstretched arms, to protect the
house from summer heat or winter
blasts.
Any person who has skill to manage
a farm has the requisite skill to embel-
lish the surroundings of the house;
hundreds say that they have not the
time. Can this be so with the farmer
Tor mechanic? We have rarely known
q farmer who did not find time to at
tend an auction where the cast-ofi
trumpery Of several generations was
70 be sold, or to bring home wagon
load or two of ru bbish to increase tina;
already about the doors, or to torment
. the women by adding it to the stock
deposited in the garret.
The pleasure of making our home
ATTRACTIVE should be gradual one. II
lis too valuable to be prodigal with. a
little should be done and well done
each year, and whatever is done care
fully attended to afterward. Suppose
such Lad been the practice for the last
fifty years in any one of our towns
would not such a town now be more
attractive than any that can be found
in the country?
The first step-to take is utterly to for
get the cd maxim that "money makes
: the mare CO." and remember the high
er and noble truth that Sthe beautiful
makes the soul grow"
4 Home embellishments would soor
lead to the cultivation of garder
: 1 where an abundance clearly and late
4 vegetables would bs prpduged, and
with avariety sf fFuiss; would not only
proniutsfhfaith and happfaess, but an
nually save a considerable outlay O
money. This saving Hlight,>then bt
'lapplied to new paper OF. paint ia the
house, carpets new fhrnit1re, othing
or tuitiohbiIlsfor the children. ~
j Let geed tasteand love for.the beau
sltiful prempt usto oembellisE1 our homes.
i Kindness ito Tiiloh Cows. : :
A correspondents efthe Ohio farDse,
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