, 1873-01-20
MRS. SAM JONES.

MRS. SAM JONES.
Tho Old LndY 1uns mAtlo n Convert to
| W0nln1t'a KSig1lta.-'rlley Hgnvo n Talk
About Fixing UP tho FI0nsc-dsro onnds,
tho Hard Times, and How to euro
to Send Thoir Girls to school"-N1rss
j. Attends tl,o Earmcrs' Convention
at Bloomington.
From Our O,cn Correspondent.
! -. DLooMrNoToN, ILL.,, Jan. ID, 1878. ,
| Yesterday AIr. Turner went to tho village,
and Mrs. r. came with him md u,ade us Wait,
| while her husband wont on to attond to his bua-
| lnoHs. Mira, 7. has boon
oPpoBED 70 woNANs RIGHTS,
but now sho ie fully convinced that sl1o has boon
in error. md said that aho aubBoribed most fully
tony viows on that subjpot; md horcnftor Bho
intonded to intend tho Farmors' Club and take
part in tho dobatoa. ut lavo boon roading
your letters to A1r. Turner" al1o said, "aud ut
first ho Haid 1t was all nonsonno; the idoa that
| our neighbor, Mrs. Sam Jones, should write for
| tho papors, was simply ridiculous. Sho 10
| good woman enough In her way, but ~
| But what !? said l. Tho fact Is, Mr. Turner,
| you arc ono Of thoso fnrmora that Mrs. Jones
has boon writing about 'Why. she can't mean
| me. have always respected hor husband, a.
! well ns herae1f. Certainly sho don't moan mop
Yos she docs, as plain "a II sho had called your
na,no. You havo no lawn in front Of your house,
for tho place Is occupied with wood, coal old
| boards, tho old reaper TINT has not bean used
for two yenrs, the harrow, and tho two posts that
| you put up to hang your hogs on, last lilling-
time. That is the reason why you do not like
her talk. The fact is, Mr. Turner, sho is for
woman's rights, and am going to stand
by ller, and, WHOM you 60 to the
1v+3f
| for am going to mako Mrp. Jones call; while
| you 60 and do your shopping And 80 have
! como to havo talk about fixing up our yard,
and to $50 If the plaoo cannot haTo countonanco
put to 1t, Just os good as that ono you mentioned
tho otlor day. Mr. Tarnor has promised to stop
an hour or two Oh Ills rettlrn and will put down
llst Of trees for planting, for
! ' :. LIE IL ASHAMED
Of the looks Of tho front aido Of tho house; but
ho says he cannot put much money in it this
1 spring."
Well as to that about MI you can do is to o1car
up The yard this spring, brosk up that tough blue
grass Rward, cultivate it In BONO hocd crop this
soaaon, so na to haye II IN good condition; for
| to plant treoH on that thlok-set turf would be
throwing away money for the trees, md waiting
timo In : futile nttompt to mako thom grow.
| Mr.. Z" Old Doctur'-for that was tho familiar
| address of DR.. Konnicott-told mo TINT Ills lawn
waa cultivated to POTATOES and yinos, such as
pumpkin, cucnmner, and melon, for aonle years
before 1o aoeded 1t to blue grasH' and white
clover. Hia trees were 30 thrifty, and so gym
netrics1 in growth, that they challenged NY
admiration. Tho lower branchos roetod on tho
| ground, and nc grass or woods grow beneath
them, and the sol was enriched by tho falling
loayes, for tho leaves OF overgroon gro shed at
two yenr8 old.
You will havo the whole soason in which
| TO MAKE THE PLAN ron PLANTING,
1 and should be ready in tho fall You had best
Dtudy euch lawns as you may visit during the
summer, and then Judge for yourself. Tho
selection OF troes, shrubs, and plants. Us all Of
their plans arc too elaborate, aud consequently
too expensive. Tho great danger 10 from over
plsntiag, for the trees. being small as frat, do
soon beoomo crowded by growth, Yog viii OBJ
serve this in orr grounds. Though We have
taken out At least ouo-half Of them, thorc is yet
too many, aud Rana Of them must DO cut out
that stand sinely arc by far tho most synmot-
rical t1eea and to bo preferred to thoao clumpa:
would ndyiso you to plant tho oEorgroons and
1arches aingly on tho lawn, and to place tie
clunps where you need them for wind-breaks,
and then single row of arbor-yltm Oh tho out
ado Of all, at least Oil tho south md wcat. The
southwest wind Is our prevailing wind, and VIC
must put our Tind-breaka 60 o. as to protect our
grounds in that direction. The cast wind is
| noyor very cold, and wo have 1ittlo north wind |;
but, in sintor wo get somo sharp basts from
tho northwest, and it will bo vol to look to that
! nlap.
I would not l1ayo all lawns planned after cur
| pattorn, though the walk to tho front gate I
would hayo atraiglt, whl1o tlo carriage-approaoh
h9 Curved annosa sop q 41om
the entrance to turn tho team, 10 ns to return to
tho entrance. In farmcrs' grounds, ono entrance
from tho street is suf1lolont. As aaid, all
put down sticks or labo]s at tho point where you
intend to plaut this or thRt troe shrub, peren-
nial plant, with the name Oh 1t. You will find
potatoos beans, or vines tho best crop, whilo
corn is not admissible at all, as it would hide tho
view. ...-.
"71tAr IS GOOD PLAN,
and I will perslado Mr. Turner to fhll IN With it,
f. 9 not 9 aGae ~ hnge t III H ad a1on
Idea how bad our houao-grounds did look, until
pointed them out to him, after reading your
letter last summon, and some Of that package Of
s'ss so se s ssos Rs pd p9p 9e
flxing-up about tho houso-grouuds Of far1nors'
houses. The men hayo lttlo time to give to the
planning, and lesa taste. They have the idea TINT
it requires groat deal Of study Of books In Or
der to succeed. For this reason 1t is moro
properly tho province Of the wifo to look aftor
this part OF tho homo adoznmont. We lavo to
gat breakfast before tie men fairly get out to
work, and thon NO must Of necessity work later
than they do at night, to get the diHhos waslled
and things put to rights for breakfast. As an
Offset to this, wo must have q part Of tho fore
noon anu parI or Tie afternoon lor Fost1ns
when wo may plan up the lawn, road, or other-
wise enjoy oursoyos witt, respite from labor.
" Another thing wish to consult you about.
and that 8 how wo are
TO MANAGE m THHsE HARD T1MEs.
Tho fact ia, with tho low prico Of corn and pork.
wo do not know how to get along. Sally Marin,
Dctsy Janp, and Sophia, you know, are grsat,
grown-up girls, and need new dresses and many
othor things. They have all beon at school at
tho village select school, and We would like to
Hond thoin to the seminary, but VIC cannot spare
the money to do Co."
IT you wiah to mako ladies of your girls, and
can inBuro them rich husbaals, that would be all
won enough but na 1t is, atid tho prospect Ia
that thoy, like their mothor, will havo to work
for living, or, in plain torns, take caro- Of thom-
solves by providing thair Own bread aud butter
thom begin now, and learn some useful trado or
tnke losaons in housekeeping7 You might
spare two Of thom and they could Darn from
tGrco to four dollars q week at common house,