The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-06-05
Making Garden.

l &AoAA AeDeDO3At AeWS, NAY IL
We suppose there Is . time that
comes to every man when be feels he
should have . garden. II he takes
such . notion be will tell his " lie OF II.
This is the first mistake he makes.
and the ground thus Lost is never ful-
~ recovered. She draws her chair up
TO his, aud lays one hand on his knee,
and purses up her lips into whisper
OF expectstion-ths vixen-and tells
about her mothers garden, and how
nice it is TO have vegetables fresh from
the vines every morning. and she will
60 right out aud plan the thing her
self. And SO she does. He takes his
spade, and works himself into per-
SEPARATION, and she tramps around un-
der frightful sun-bonnet, and gets
under his feet and shrieks Ut tile
worms and loses her shoe; and makes
him first vexed, and then mad, and
and then feroeious. After the garden
is spaded he gets the seed, and finds
she has been thoughtful enough to
open the papers, and empty thirteen
varieties Of different vegetables into
one dish. This leads him to step gu,
doors and commune with nature for .
moment. Then he takes up the seed
and q hoe. and . line aud two pegs,
and starts for the garden. And then
she puts on that awful bonnet, and
brings up the rear with long handled
rake, and . pocket full Of beans and
petunia seeds, and dahlia bulbs. While
he is planting the corn, she stands on
the cucumber hills. and rAkes over the
seed pan. Then she puts the rake
handle over the SEED pan. Then she
puts the rake-handle over her shoulder
and the rake teeth In his hair, and
walks over the other beds. He don'l
find the squash seeds until she moves
and then he digs them out Of the earth
with his thumb. She plants the beel
seed herself. putting about two feet Of
earth and sod upon them. Then she
takes advantage Of his absorption In
other matters, and puts down the pc
tuna seed In one spot, and afterwsr ds
digs them up, and puts them 10 anoth.
er place. The beans she conceals In
the earth wherever she can find 4
place, and puts the bulbs in the
cucumber hills. Then she tips over
the reed pan again, and apologizes, and
steps on two Of the best tomato plsnts,
and says, 20 my" which In no way
resembles what he says. About tbi =
time she discovers better place for
the p@tunis seed, but having forgotten
where she last put them. she proceed.
to find them. aud within m incredible
briefspacs Of time succeeds in unearth.
ing pretty much everything that hiss
been put down. After confu sing things
80 there is no earthly possibility Of her
ever unraveling them again, she says
the sun Is killing her. aud goes over TO
The fence whore she stands four hours
telling the woman next door or an
aunt Of hers who was confined TO her
bed for eleven years, aud had eight
doctors from the city. but nothing
would give her any relief until an old
lady-but you have heard it before.
Tho next day man comes to his Office
to get the pay for . patent seed sower
which his wife had ordered, and he no
more than gets away before the paten-
tee Of . nsw lawn mover comes In
with an order for ten dollars, and he
In turn 10 followed by the corn shelter
man, and the miserable gardner starts
for home to head off the robbers, and
finds his wife 1t the gate with his hat
on. and just about to close : bargain
with smooth faced individual for Q
two hundred dollar moving machine,
and . pea1 handled, ivory mounted
hay cutter. He first knocks the agri-
cultural implement agent on the bead,
and then drags the miserable woman
into the hougs, and locking the door
gives himself up to bis emotions.