The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-09-30


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f0ida le. and suffer over nov, when
ihey afo iu their worst estate, oil man.
nef " nngightly words Ia overrun Tho
roadside lawns. IN ono place you viii
see large patches NJ the thick branch
Ing MAY weed In another, such high
stalks NJ The hngolipa aud clncampane
spread them elves into n nearly Inn
paasnble thickei, ani sven such posts
Ne snap dragon aud Cnnndn.thistlc are
In frequent and shameful occurrence.
Now, II il neither good taste nor good
farming where YOU can make these OBJ
%sertati0ns aud frame this Indictment
In fact, II Il hard 10 do good farming,
and keep your own fields free from
weed pc Is. when your noighbor's road
space Is made n nursery for every evil
bearing seed The solidarity 81 inter-
ost between man and n Il nowhere
better Illustrated than whore care and
sloycnlIncss come together IN two nd
jacent farms II u oven cxaspornting
10 do well when your ncighhor barbors
the very enemies you strive, year by
year, 10 extermlnate, and. mtor giving
literal hospital, leaves them whore tho
winds and The clements send them back
upon o In refreshed battalions. IL
would seem 10 be enough TO be obliged
TO fight the evil forces themselves with
out having 10 encounter human help
leagucd in their behalf.
SO many State Legislatures have
come 10 this conclusion that We have
now in nearly every State some law
about weeds that only needs 10 be en-
forced 10 compel their destruction on
every highway. In this State the law
Is sufficiently special aud stringent fol
every purpose that n law n fulfill
but, so certain Is law not valuable
where public sentiment Is itself languit
and slolhful on the subject, the result Il
only partially what II would wish
Where there Is village or n%eighborhoot
pride on the sRb' eci, the weeds are dis
posed Of without notice Of the law
and where no one cares the law Is no
operative.
There Is, OF course, some reason win
laws Of this kind are not easily sus
tanned. 1t Is certainly not pleasant 4
complain Of your near ncighbor, VIII,
may be kind and ncighborly in ever,
respe I but this; and one feels that II |
q little in the nature Of %oficlousness Il
complain Of those who live afar oil.
I, you are prompted by a virtuous motiy
: TO do so, your good intention will b
, either misconstrued or set down 10 som
plausible ill-suspicion. Al any rate, tn
! law stands In all It's firmness and integ
/. ri.y. aud as | ride along the dust
; August roads | perceive that the weed
' stand, too, in all their ugliness and dc
, formity. The Characteristic seed. !
, large patches. Is winged for Its lligh,
' the brown spikes Of dock are full {
\ evil fr~uitfulness. and n motley Of othc
J undesired growths Is strung along tn
!. road borders.
/. | suppose II Oscar Wilde had CON
' amongst Us 4 uphold an aesthetic trea
! ment OF the landscape he would haril
= have succeeded In gaining his preseI
/, notoriety. and would not have won h
= estimated $50. 600. But the field Is we
worth working on It's economical aspec
, One cannot easily overrate the increase
y value which u farm or country hou'
= gains by having all the approaches TO
!. look neat and thrifty, rs against n co
!" responding n where the roadways al
y deformed by every careless and pestifc
: Gus growth. A clean lawn Is itself
y mantle OF beauty and n badge Of valu
y and where the whole domestic Ian
!. scape Is kept in n conspiracy TO this en-
. the township and neighborhood at on
|. rise In value and popular estimation.
y" correspondent Of n prominent 10
:, ton paper has lately described n mod
Massachusetts town where every man
- door-yard frontage has been put In co
;, spicuous healthy rivalry with its neig
y Dor. II Is impossible to find q piece
!, litter either on the street or lawn.
Il all rs II Il were swept. Before
y thought, he carelessly threw away
a abandoned card on the sidewalk, b
~ this seemed nj once such an oficnse
~ picked Il up and tossed II further o
II was still out Of place, and hc thru
u II h. the roadway itself. Even there
|, chidcd him. and was so glaring he W
!. compelled to 20 and pocket II for a mo
ignoble and secret destruction and b.
ial. The nestness and thrift Of I
W street pierced his conscience and ma
y him seem a solitary aud dreadful I
fender. What . b~encfcent mission
y would prove II several hundred count
residents In every county to-day COT
~ spend a week In Stockbridgc, Massach
settsl--JoeI Benton. in Christian Unio