Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-07-23


end. Let us see what we have 10 our last
paper2 Poems by Paul Pastnor, VIM. Brun-
ton aud Lura Bell-by-the-way who are
Lura Bell and Paul Pastnor Their poems
are not without considerable degree of
merit, whoever they may be. "a Chap tor
on Visiting" and good one too, though the
authors name is not given. We can all OF
us remember our embarrassment when we
have made an i'll timed visit to some friend
perhaps several miles away, and found them
cleaning house or dressing poultry.
Now, when / chance 10 have company
come, when am "all out Of 6x," as is not |
unfrequently the case, l exert myself 10 the |
utmost to have my guests feel that they are
not unwelcome and hope succeed. Our
friends have no right to think, because they |
chance to find our house at skies aud sevens,
or the pantry nearly or quite empty, that
we are always in the same predicament and
we have no right to imagine they do think
so. OF course we all like to be in apple.pie
order to receive company, but then If we
don't happen to be, make the best of il, and
hospitable I.am.glad-to-see-yo manner $
we'll as words, will be worth more than four
kinds of cake on the tea table.
Aud want to say Just word about Wis.
tiug the sick, aud that is don't do it, unless
there is danger of giving mortal offense by
staying away.
There are ways enough to show our friends
that they are not forgotten, without weary
ing them with long visits, when every nerve
is racked with pain. When the patient is
convaescent, call Of an hour or two, may
be very pleasant, aud beneficial also, but
even then think we ought not to stay to
meals, for where there are sick ones to care
for, the care Of extra meals is a burden 10
the housekeepcr who frequently has to be
nurse as well.
Then we have "another spoke in the
Wheel" aud since this new "spoke" has spoke.
en- so sensibly, we trust she will speak again.
She seems to have the power which many
lack, of being able to look fairly at both
sides of question. She can see not only her
own side, but the masculine side Of the case.
While feeling her own burdens, she is will
ing to admit that men have theirs also. This
is as it should be.
Now, am n firm believer in women's
rights, that is, | believe that she has a right
to do anything which she can do as well as
man could do it, and has right to receive
the same compensation that he would receive.
believe she has a moral right to go to the
ballot-box and deposit her vote, if she can
do so intelligently; but, do also believe
men have rights.
Now 1 rather pity the mon-that is if they
have read all the articles in the "ladics
department" for the FARMER for the last six
months, they must be ready to write them
selves down as conceited coxcombs, or tyran.
meal Blue Boards who, if they don't exactly
murder their wives in cold blood, butcher
them by inches. Now, as far as my observa.
ton has extended, human nature is-well--
human nature, whether dressed in broad
cloth aud jean, or silk and calico. Men are
often thoughtless and inconsiderate of their
wives comfort and health, and women forget
the burden borne by their husbands. There
are cross and selfish husbands there are also
cross and selfish wives. see no reason why
women should mount the pedestal aud say to
man, 81 am better than thou art, come
and bow down and worship me-" If maa
places her there and chooses so to worship,
all well and good, but she has no right to
exact it. True, women seldom drink, but
what temptation have they to do so, compared
with men. Eve sinned not until she was
tempted. l believe we all need the grace o
God to make us better husbands and wives
better fathers and mothers, better citizens.
endorse Sister Annie's ideas Of house,
keeping. have seen model housekeepers,
with immaculate floors, doors and windows
without spot or blemish, whose minds were
l as free from any thought above their house
hold drudgery, as their houses were Of dust.
They are model housekeepers no doubt, but
what sort of a companion is such woman
for an intelligent husband? She might be
preferable to a slattern, but is there not a
happy medium between the two
Was it Lily Granger or some other CORES.
pondent, who asked for my ideas Of making
home pleasant ? have never had time to
put all my theories into practice as yet, but
there are some things that are indispensable in
my opinion. The first indispensable is
flowers, either without or within; if you eau
have both so much the better. 1t does moi
, require so much time and strength as many
imagine. l have always made my own
, flower beds, without the aid Of the men folks.
If one gets quantity of hardy perennials
they will last longI time without renewing
and will not require great deal of care
but like to have several kinds Of ANNALS
also. One need not have parallelograms OF
any abstruse geometrcal figures, for the flow
ers will bloom just as brightly in plain square
or diamond beds, which any one can achieve
This spring | took two empty nail key,
and placing them few feet apart, filled
9 them with rich earth. then built of small
stones of various colors, which | found II
abundance not far away, two conical mounds
with the kegs for the center, and planted al
their base Nasturtiums while in the kegs
planted Portulaccas with one Balsam 10 th'
center of each. expected tae Nasturtium'
e to completely cover the rock work before the
summer was over, aud they were really look
ing finely until hail storm yesterday de
stroyed more than half their tender leaves
yet if they have no further mshap, | hop,
5 they may recover and yet be an object o
o beauty. had fine collection OF hous
plants, but they froze down last winter, ant
, have had to begin over again this spring
Hanging baskets are tasteful aud pretty an
> need not be expensive. In each window 0
our sitting-room there hangs one, and this
f the way they were made.
G My daughter took some goblets from whic
A the bottom had been accidently broken, bu
the bowls were still entire, and crochete
some baskets of bright worsted just larg
u enough to hold them, finished with small
70 tassel at the bottom and cords 10 suspen
r them by and when they were completed SD
. filled them with rich mold, placed a slip
Moneywort, and Wandering jew in on
and two colors Of Wandering Jew in III
other. These grew very fast, and have no
completely covered the vases aud droop b,
low very gracefully. Lobelia, Dew plan
and Ice plant are also very satisfactory ia