The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-01-08

vexaIions of a Front Yard.

We have recently moved into house with front
vsrd. We have always lived IN houses whose front
yard was the street Children win play in the yard
whether there is street running through it or not.
After Two or three OF them had barely escaped being
run over by the teams that insisted on running
through cur front yard, wife said she mast rent a
house that hsdut any street in it. So We did But
law the children don't make any account Of it.
They in the street as much as ever, accuuulst-
ing their daily supply Of narrow escapes.
Wife said the yard looked bare without shrubs and
vines and how=rs- limited that little grass would
help it, too She asked me i'll knew where l could
get some, and told her knew little grass widow
on the next street. if she would do. retreated fol
lowed BY the rolling pin.
One morning as was going away my wife asked
NE TO bring her few ''snuuals'' when came back
1 wondered what she wanted Of annuals as 1 rode
down town in 4 street car, but am accustomed to
blind obedience 10 her Eequests, so when l went
home at night brought her some snuusls There
were DR.. Jaynes' Annual Almanac, / remember, aud
the Odd Fellows Annual Offering, New Years
Address for lS2, the Birth Day Gift, and several
nua addresses before agricultural associations that
had aecuU ulaied on my hands.
Good grseious,' exclaimed Mrs Boggs Cshe
never swears like that except under great excite
mentl, what have you brought mes
Annals, Mrs- Bozgs; you said you wanted some
ANNALS, and here they are"
Then Mrs. Boggs burst out laughing, and said,
"a Why you old fool you Eve have been married for
twenty y-a-s but Mrs. B. calls me pet names YETI
tic ANNALS I meant are covers, such as Tsrbsuls
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--- re tH- E-GH wife said I hadn't q
OFT q taste. sue laeu 80 -s memoranda q Tia
roses she wanted was busy GIL day, but just as
was about taking car for home thought Of the
roses. referred TO the memoranda aud found the
following:
Get few gersnIUms, fuschias, heliotrope, roses,
bourpon, running rose, Prairie Queen, golden tea
plant vines, English Ivy, Wandering Jew seeds, etc
studied il hard, but it was slightly Incompetent
sIble She had evidently got things mixed up. How
ed. said I, " Give lew geraniums and few she's
and"
"a few what 81 asked the flower man, looking
puzzled.
a few she's" said I turning very red, know,
for couldn't tel for the life Of me-wbst my wife
wanted Of few she's about the place, as she could
never live il the same house with another woman
As the florist looked more staggered than ever, I
handed him the memoranda, when be burst into a
loud laugh
"Why man, it's fusehss she wants ~ he said, and
he roared again.
"weI, whatever it is, give me couple of yards
oft, suyhOW, front aud back yard toO.n
You see was man.
got the things the memoranda seemed to call for
at various places, and went home. Here, Mrs b.
said l. testify, are the things tor your front yard
why, what Is this - she cried, as thrusta two
gallon jug upon her among other things.
Bourbon, NY dear. 1 found it on the memo /
randa- Pretty thing to set out in front yard How
long do you s'pose it'll stay there with the neigh
bors we've gOtF'
a BOggs. you are an ignonmus; that memoranda
was Bourbon Rose But what is this nasty little
book - holding up dime novel with highly col.
ored title-page representing gorgeous squaw on
fiery and untamed mustang.
That's Why you ordered it, didn't yous That
is Running Rose or the Prairie Queen, one Of the
Beadles, YOU know"
Ny wife carried it at arms length and put it into
the stove. Then she took the jug of Bourbon and
empted it into the back gutter While she was gone
I concealed Alexander Dumas Wandering Jew
which had also purchased, for began to see that
had made terrible bluuder il filing that order Il
have aseertained that Wandering Jew is the name
Of vine, but how was expected to know all about
it :J-Fdt Contributor.