The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-05-26

4 DASBURY GARDEN,-Wc suppose
that there is time that comes to every
man when he feels he should like to have
arardcn. II he takes such notion, he
will tell his wife Of it. This is the first
mistake he makes, and the ground thus
lost Is never fully recovered. She draws
her chair up 10 his, and lays one hand on
his knee, and purses up her lips into a
whistle Of vexatiOn-the viXen-and tells
about her mothers garden, and how nice
II is 10 have vegetables fresh from the
vines every morning, and she will 60
right out and plan the whole thing her
self. Aud so she does He takes his
spade aud works himself into perspira-
ton, aud she tramp3 around under a
irightlul sun.bonnet, and gets under his
tcCt and shrieks at the worms, and loses
her shoe; and makes him first ve%ed, and
then mad, and then ierocious.
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 10 step
ont doors where he COmmunes with ma
,ure alone for moment. Then he takes
I'D the seed and hoe, and a line, and
two pegs, and starts for tho garden. And
then she puts on that awful bonnet, and
brings up the rear with lOng.handled
rake, and pocket full OF beans ind pc
lunia seed, 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 hcr shoulder and the rake teeth INTO
bis hair, and walks over the other beds
lie don't find the squash seed until she
moves, and then he digs them out OF the
earth with his thumb. She plants the
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 petunia seed
in one spot, and afterwards digs them up,
and puts them down in another place.
The beans she conceRls in the earth wher-
ever she can find place, and puts the
bulbs in the cucumber hills. Then she
tips over the seed pan again, and apollo.
riZes, and steps on two Of the best tomato
plants, and says, "0h, my" which in no
way resembles what lie says.
About this time she discovers a better
place for the pcLunia seed, but, having Tor
gotten where she last put them, she pro-
cceds 10 find them, and within an incrcd-
ihly hriei space Of time succeeds In I'M
carlhing pretty much everything that has
been nut down. Alter confusing things
80 there is no earthly possibility OF ever
unravellinE them again, she says the sun
is killing her, and goes over to the fence,
where she stands tour hours, telling the
woman next door about au aunt OF hers
who was confined 10 her bed Tor eleven
Years, and had eight doctors from the city,
ou, nothing could give her any rcliG' until
ap old lady-but you have heard Il before.
The next day man comes 10 his Office
to get the pay for patent seed'sower
which his vito has ordered, and he no
more than gets away before the patentee
Dfancw lnSn.mCwcr comes IN with an
order for ten dollars, and hG in tuTn 10 fol
lowed by tho corn shelter man, and the
miserable gardener starts for home to
head of the robbers and find his wife az
the gate with his own hat on, and jus'
about to close bargain with u smooth
faced individual for a two hundred dollar
mowing.machine, and II pearl handled
iyory.mour,cd hay.cuttcr. lie first knocks
the agricultural Implement agent on INC
head, and then drags tho mlseTaoI'
woman into the house, and, locking th'
door, gives himself 10 his emotions
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