Middletown transcript., 1873-08-02
Eating Ones Own Vegetables.

/ have never read Of any Roman sop
per that seemed TO me equal V diasss
Of my own vegetables. when everything
on the table is the prodscs Of ny ovs
labor. except the clans, which have not
been able to raise yet. and the ehirkeus.
which have withdraw from the gsrdea
Just in time to be attractive. II IL strange
what . taste you suddenly have for the
things you never liked before. The
squash has always been to me dish q
contempt; but eat ii now - IL II were
my bes, friend l never cared for tho
bee, or the bean but fancy nov that
could ca, them tops and all. 80 completely
have they been transformed BY the soil 10
which they grow. think the squash 10
less squashy, and the beet has deeper
hue o. rose, for my care Of them. had
begun to nurse good deal OF pride 10
presiding over q table whereon was the
fruit Of my honest industry. But woman!
John Stuart Mill is right when be says
that We do not know anything about wo-
men Six thousand years is ~ one dsy
with them. | thought | had something
to do with these vegetables. But when
saw Polly seated at her side Of the table.
presiding over the new and susceptible
vegetables, Aanked by the squash and the
beans. aud smiling upon the green corn
aud the new potatoes. n cool ~ the gu.
cumbers which lay sliced 10 ice before her.
aud when she began to disperse tho fresh
dishes, | saw at once that the day al my
destiny was over. You would hare
thought that she owned all the vegetables.
and had raised them all from their earliest
years. Such quiet. vegetable airs Such
gracious appreciation A, length, ! said i:
Polly do you know Who planted that
squash. or those squashesf''
James. suppose
We'll. yes. perhaps James did plant
them to a certain extent. But who hoed
them =
We did
1--WE did :" said, in the mos. sarcastic
manner, And | suppose We pa: on .hs
sackeo,h aud ashes, when the striped bug
cane at I o'clock. n. IN and We watched
thu tender leaves, and watersd night and
morning the feeble plants. tell you.
Polly. said |, uncorking the Bordeaux
raspberry vinegar. There is not pea
here that does not represent a drop Of
iHF'7thiE " AbH AtNH OAf" ~ :" w.
that does MT stand for hack -achr. not .
squash that has DO, caused me untold anx-
i~ty, aul did hope-but vii! say no
m9re.
OBSERVATION this sort Of family
discussion 4 will say no more" is the
niast effective thing You can can close up
with am not an alarmis;. | hope |
an ~ cool as anybody this hot summer.
But am qui,a ready to say to Polly or
auy other woman. You can have the
ballot only leave me the vegetables. or
what Is more important. tho consciousness
If power in vegetables | see how IL is.
Woman is now supreme in the house.
She already stretches sut her hand 10 grasp
the garitn. She will gradually control
everything Woman is ona of the aole.t
ani most cunning creatures who have
mingled IN human Affairs. understand
III So women who say they don, want ths
: ballot They propose to hold the real
, power while We q through the mockery
of making laws. They want tho power
. without the responsibility. Suppose my
.4la>h had not come up. or my beans
. Il they threatened a, one ,ime-had gone
ihe wrong way. whore would have heen)
e We are % be held to all the responsible
0 ties Woman takes the lead ia all the
1 departments. leaving US politics only
: Aud wha, is politics ? Let ma raise ,hs
= vegetables If nation says Polly and
] care not who makes its politics. Here
: nj at the table, armed with the ballot.
: but really poweress among my own yece-
g table. While we are being amused by
the ballnt, woman j. quietly taking things
, into her own hands From ..My Sam.
Q mer IN Garden