The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-11-14


When man wants 10 sell his place one
Of the first things he does j. to fix up his
front d0or-yarl. Pence palingS that had
fallen of are nailed on. broken hinges are
repaired. crooked walks Strengthened. rub
blsh moved ont Of the way, and an aspect
of tldiness. which. 10 the casual observer.
y an aspect Of thriit. i given "a the place.
His wife will see 10 il that no cObMebs
festOOn tia front porch or curtain the will
dOws. that the house has "A holiday look.
Time spent IN this way j. counted well in
vested and certain 10 tell on the price for
which the owner can sell. But where the
owner proposes 60 retain his property, il
there any reason why II should not be put
in firsi-rate onlcr: why he should not
rejoice in tasteful, pleasing. even pie
turesque premises. around his house why
his children may not have fOstered within
them by their surroundings love for or
der and neatness and beauty which they
shall carry into homes Of their own.
Within a month we rode through an
agricultural region where the corn-fields
promised a noble harvest: where large
and well-built barns. bursting with hay,
spoke Of abundance. fat cattle lay i'm the
shade chewing the cud. and the whole see
ton wore an air of thrift and plenty. But
the dOOr-yards they were numbered up
with old cart-wheels. broken-,lown tools,
fence-rails. and general rubbish. the walks
Were overgrown. the fences ont of repair.
and the fronts OF the houses looked as
though they were never opened. even on
I'm one ward. a great big rock
reared its unsightly shape. naked and bald
and Jagged. why in the world doesn't
he plant Clinton or Concord grapevine
round that horrid LEDGE we exclaimed,
: or even trumpet. or woodbnet 1t
might be made a very thing OF beauty. the
delight OF every pasSer-by." Another
front yard was evidently the TRUSTING spot
Of the family hens. Now "A fat hen. not
too old. is about as good eating az is
served up to ordinary mortals: We are
by no means insensibe 10 the attrao-
iions of Dame Partlett. and eggs
are not 10 be despised;
but the irreyerent fowl that would. after
due warning. insist on scratching up our
front dOOr-yard. would receive "A summary
invitation 10 supper. not where She would
rat. but where she would be eaten. The
fall is very proper time 10 put ones yard
In good order. Trees may be set out,
vines transplanted. fences repaired, walks
and preliminary work all
done, 80 that in the spring little attention
will make everything beautiful And then
that rubbish heap Even that may have
impaired 10 il look OF snugncss and
thrift. by cutting down all the weeds about
il. by turning into firewood everything
good for nothing else. by putting it not
into the corner of the front yard or at the
kitchen door. but in some out-of-ihe-way
place. where ii will not be the first thing
hat catches the eye Of the lsisser-by. III
here j. no such place for concealment. set
out TWO or three eyergrcens 10 hide il.
The back d0or-yard, too. should receive
lue attention. and il will il the mistress OF
the house i a neat woman. The order
and cleanliness that stops ~ the threshold
u the kitchen door. stops too soon-it
should extend over the entire premises
under the especial sway Of feminine juris-
fiction, including the pig-pen. the hem
house. and the garden. There is always
enough 10 be- done in the house. but an
hour or two once or twice a week spent by
he housewife in the opcn-air with her chill
iren picking up stones. clearing walks,
wing up vines, and making things shine,
: time probably passed. from which will
.ome ample returns in health and satisfac-
ion. Home i thus made attractive To all
he mcmbers Of the household. the blessed
evangelism of beauty l. proclaimed in "a
manner that must gain disciples. cmula-
ion i kindled in the hearts of ncighbors
md friends that will show itself IN many
reclaimed wilderness and blossoming
enriched by the creation and en-
oyment of ver,lure and bloom. where
are melted To adorn and
peantify their homcsiTadS. Every woman
hould be- an apostle OF the beautiful, and
he can partly perform her mission by fill
ny her house and her yarl with flowers.
" leaving on all she touches the imprint
II taste. and bringing her entire domain
Under the sway Of order and neatness.--N.
T. T-,J.sog