The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-19

waste IL.
1 have written the above without any
consultation with the Mayor; but I be.
lieve he will abide by the proposition,
which is offered in good faith. Ii Col.
Z. has any respect for the people OF Co
lumbia, or any for himself, he will com
ply with the above, or do any thing else
to relieyo himself from the odium that
is being heaped upon him by all classes
OF our citizens. GOOD WATER.
Z. S. Hope the Mayor will come out
and say whether lie will accept or not.
SUMNER GARDENING The Chief
charm OF having garden of your own
is the fresh state OF the vegetables which
daily garnish your table. ANY ono who
has always depended upon store for his
supply does not have tho fantest con
ception OF the superior flavor, tone and
elasticity Of vegetables gathered fresh
every morning from your cwn garden.
Aside from this benefit, gardening is the
man, unless we except that of physi-
clan. Which we don't. There is q
man who lives on The other side of our
street who has a garden, and has fresh
vegetables every day, our folks say.
We don't know anything about that,
but we do know he has garden. because
we see him out in it every morning, in
shirt-slcevcs and slippers. picking cucum-
Der and squash bugs. We know when
he gets hold of one. by the way he shuts
up his mouth and fingers Sometimes
he doesn't catch the one he Is after, aud
sometimes he makes a half dozen passes
at one bug. Every time lie makes one
OF those passes, he says something The
first remark is not very plainly heard,
but the next is quite So and the ubscrya-
ton that follows after the sixth unfortu-
nate pass, appears to Sos completely
through the head. He jumps around
this way for about an hour, and having
got his blood up to fever heat, goes in
and drinks cup Of boiling coffee, and
and then goes to business At noon, he
goes out there to kill a couple more
bugs, but doesn't do it. He finds two
hens from the Eext house in the cucum-
Der patch. They have scratched down
to the cool earth. and thrown the parched
soil OF two cucumber hills OYER their
backs. and, with one eye closed in a
speculative way, are thinking O! the in
tense heat and The short grass crop.
When they SEE him. and the prcpara-
tions Of welcome lie hrs hastily got to-
gether, they get up ard leave The first
thing he throws at them knocks a limb
from choice pear tree, and ;he next
thing. which is generally pail, goes
through glass ccye. to some choice
flower seeds, and loses it's bail. He
then goes TO tn" house and gets some
more boiling coffee. and SAYS the nan
next door IS something we never pat in
PRINT, aud goes to business agaiu. AT
night, he comes home again and kills
bugs until supper time, and then goes
in, with his fingers smelling ~ if hc Ind
shaken hands with twelve hundred bed
bugs. He keeps his boy home from
school to watch the garden and guard
against the encroachment Of straying
cattle. The boy gets several other bows
to come over and help him. They take
n half dozen sheets out of the wash and
put up circus in the back part Of the
yard, and some vicious boy who hasn't
pms enough to get in, leaves the front
gate open. and when the circus is in the
midst OF its glory. tho cry Of IA COW in
the garden!" breaks up the performance,
and sends both artist and undi.aco il
pursuit Of the beast WhtL oar neigh.
Dor comes home thnt nieLt to gather
vegetables fresh from the gaiden, and
smash bugs with his finger nnd thumb,
and goes OH! and looks Mt the dcstruc.
ton, it is altogether likely the first thing
he thinks OF is the danger in eating
store vegetables which have been picked
somc days before. and allowed to swclter
and wither in no3ious barrels and how
much better it is to have everything
frcsh from the garden. But wc are not
certain. Neither is the proprietor Of the
circus. - DnLWV NerS.
court in Grayson County. T. x4s, has
sent one man to prison for i've wears Tor
murder, AM .Mot!.af 80: :onr..,. YEARS