The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-05-17
SPRING GARDENING.

"Pse Dee" the Newport, Ky. cor.
respondent OF the Cincinnati Com.
mercidl, writes thus on Horticulture:
Spring has come at last-althOugh
We did baYe snow last Tuesday. She
has been y long while getting here.
All our village rhymsters aver that
she has been lettering in old Winters
lsp. II so, she ought TO be ashamed
of herself. Fair damsels should new
er sit in old fellows lsps-when there
are so many goOd-loOking young
chaps dying to be thus imposed upon.
We had well nigh given her out,
and concluded to buy another pair of
skates and = relay of undergarmentso of
the fashionable political staple-wool.
She had dsllied on the road until our
last wisp Of hay and fodder-includ-
ing all our old boots and straw hats
had been fed out and our famous
stOck-raising region was driven to it's
wits ends-fOrtunately it did not
have far to go. Our premium calves
-fOur-foOted ones l mean-had to be
steadied by their tails when they ba-
a-ahed for their skeleton mammas,
who for weeks had spent the weary
hours Illuminating upon the cud OF
bitter recollectiOns, and wondering
how long till grass. Our noble steeds
were prOpped up over trOughs of eobs
and dismal reflections. Our swine
leaned against the empty cribs to
squeal, aud q knot in their tails was
the only security against slipping
through every knOt-hole In the fence.
Our goats had grown too weak to
smell. Our sheep were so thin that
shearing on one side clipped of the
wool on the other. And our helpless
mules-protOtypes of average Ameri-
can legislative solOns-with their ears
at half-mast as signals OF distress,
piteOusly begged for q small wood
| pile, q few pea-sticks or a bundle Of
old sermons. All owing to the tardi-
ness OF this idle, lounging, dalliance-
loving gypsy, Spring.
| But she has come, and we rejoice
and take catarrh remedies. The gay
carOlings OF blue-bird and robin, lark,
| thrush. OriOle, proclaim the glad It'd
ings from every bough. The twitter-
/ ing SWALLOWS and martins under the
caves delightedly wsrble it, from rosy
morn till dewy vespers. The fiatter
of new leaves and the perfume of
/ buds and blossoms herald 1t in trans
ports of sweetness and beauty. The
scent OF burning brush and trash
piles declares it. And the rummag-
| ing Of old women in antique crock
cry ware, and dilspidsted stocking
legs for oniOn-sets and radish seed
announce it in more than thunder
| tones. Spring, sweet, sniffie-nose1
| Spring is here.
And now, about this time, the
ladies are beginning to get their flow
erbeds ready, and their little hoes
and watering-pots, long-handled
gloves, slips, cuttings, and general
botanic fuss aud fiummery. 1t is
well. 1t is wOmanly; it gives exer-
else, and cultivstes poetic taste, as
well as Iarkspurs, Yerbenas and dam
delions. Let the beautifyiug and
beatifying work go on.
Every well regulated front yard
ought to be ornamented with two or
three immense ZIgzsg diamonds,
which are usually and tastefulIy
formed by driving down shingles,
boards, shells, broken pottery, chips
and three-cornered brickbats for a
border. When the plot is perfected,
plant big sunfOwer two or three
blackjack saplings, and q few pop
corn, in the center, with a row Of
Victoria regls dOg-fennel, johnny
fiipups, sassafras. marigolds, cauli-
flower and xxx flour around
the edges. Embellish with lab
yrinthIns cOnvOlvolutions Of poetic
!aurels, butter beans, yellow
calico pinks and mustard-plsster
greens, interspersed with green bay
huckleberry bushes, which flourish as
the wicked Office-hOldsr doth beside
the still waters. POkeberry, eOckle-
burs aud jimsOn oleanders will vOlun-
teer to relieve any barrenness that
may remain between center and cir
cumferenee.
Cultivate daily with a half dozen
long-elawed setting hens, and valu-
bic old lsdy's tongue, and assorted
missiles, consisting for the most part
of sticks, chunks, dOrnicks, empty
bottles, oyster cans, shipwrecked
hOOp-skirts, shaker bonnet frames,
blacking-box lids, broom handles,
busted bustles, pot hooks, ct ceterG,
and so forth. Manure well with Ordi-
nary campaign literature, and water
regularly with the back dues on al
most any country newspapers SUBJ
scriptiOn list. Hold blue gingham |
umbrellas over the tender plants |
when the sun is too warm, and cover |
them carefully on frosty nights with |
husbands and brothers winter over |
coats and Sunday vests.
When in full! bloom, the moral add /
effect Is touching and I
beautiful, even to q blind man in |
crOss-eyed green glass spec.acles, with |
rims OF solid gold eighteen carrots, |
three turnips and seven brass candle
sticks fne, full jeweled with hickory |
shoe pegs and small gravel. To be
viewed with advantage, the behOlder |
should be located in a deep hollow |
about ten miles distant.