The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-10-21
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Tom mende.
Tom il thirteen wears old. and he il
big md strong for his apc His three
brothers are Young men, but his only
sister, Grnce, il not vet eleven wears
Old.
Grace ana iom go to school together
m the autumn ana winter, hut N The be
ginning Oh June every year they go to
the farm OF Their uncle, Mr.. John Meade,
near the clty OF Frederick, winch IL also
IN Maryland tnrle John IL not only a
iarmer b't he IL also Whht ~ called n
nnrseryman, or mhn VINO raises young
trees and plants I" sell
II was always Surh j." surprise. to the
tw" children when they would VISIT thcir
mel" Tor day or two during the WINTER,
10 gee n house inll OF flowers IN bloom,
and OF leaves that were AZ green as the
leaves OF summer tune.
Indeed they tell III love with ilowers,
and their mother took great pans to
make them interested IN cnltivatinB them.
SO when Oracle and Tom went to Uncle
Johh =, last spring to spend the summer,
uncI" John gave them each corner Of
h'b garden
The little gardens were easy to attend
TO, and as the children wa'crcd Their
plants every night, the plants were soon
IN athrlvIhg condition.
Graclo's pets were geranlums, Of
which she had many kinds and colors.
Tom was fond OF roses, fnchlas and YER
benas, and he sent number OF letters
to his mother about them.
"lJnclc, sad Tom, one day IN the lat
ter part OF June, 81 was reading ina life
OF General Washington this morning,
about the way his fathcr once spelled
the name OF George Washington In
letters made OF plants, Don't you think
that was funny ldeay
eyes, it wns,' replied Uncle John,
"but was easy enough to do and if You
would like to try the same thing, I've no
doubt you'll succeed just as Washing
tons father did.
"Rnt cant ] spell Graclcs name in
flowers in her gardeup' continued Tom
eve could ask the Ross children and
the Williams boys IN, and have rcgu-
lar surprise. II would be as good as
picnic.
Uncle John agreed that 1T would he
very nice II the flowers could he made to
grow quickly, but flowers are creatures
OF sunshine and ram.
He soid however that Tom might
have all the flowers from the hot-holse
he wanted, which pleased Tom, because
such permission was exactly what he
wanted. He told Uncle John not to shy
n word to Oracle about the scheme, for
he wanted Grnrio to be surprised ns well
MS the other children of the neighbor-
hood
As Tom thought over his scheme in
bed that night, ho concluded to get
everything ready by the morning OF the
Fourth oi july, and ON that day to have
regular garden pnrty.
He went to the dollhouse alone as
onJ e"nn,no1 w. ' G",no.a "'t ,,n, ' I"n%oi
n" ,',"ah ,ha,, n,,,iI IL ' -, ,L,'
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Mo sow ho, hr n,oo;n,, . dunbar #
vorhon"s 81 J;aasro,rt Na nnIors ~ Avail
no,s ho coml1 s;nL ,ho no,s ;n,a ,ha ''' n";i
of Gracies garden and SO spell whatever
words he pleased
As the Fourth drew near the verbcnas
began TO bloom, sure enough, and by the
first day of July the ones that Tom had
selected were in full flower.
"y,o" so;a Tam 10 h;mso,s no ho
s,ooI and Ioolcd NJ tho yorLonoa "bore
tbcv ore White yerhcros vol yc,bonos
lIna vorhonaa mat uha, I uou,oJ vol
,,h;to and hIro
I'm ,hn arom;no - N, al &c Jr,r a.
,or Croo;o hal uotaraJ bar aar,Iou IVAN,
,o,L savoraI hosLat looJs 81 rnrhonn
,n,a Cow, H. ha, ha,,"a ,l aar'In
md set 10 work
Az his plan had oil been thought out,
she work was easy to do, and, having
sent the invitations around, Tom fell to
tleep very happy boy.
Whom IN. cb;l1ror mn, NJ Irro,o Job,'.
=, ,ho morn;m, - ,ha u" Eom.,h ', ,hnn
made n ;ollv nortv Tom LODI tha var 10
The par,ien sayin, that be bod snme.
hing 10 show c1ervbolv md Unclo
John and Amt Mary walked behind
As Grncie's eyes fell upon the wonder
nj letters, that looked rs though they
had sprung up III one night, her breath