The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-03-22

odd request. Mrs. Pihsbury said / was well
asked, If taken to my placer Stir exclaimed
Mrs. P. That hen will sit in a pail of WATER
do believe In less than ten minutes that
Brahma hen was comfortably sitting on my
twelve duck eggs in the corner of my wood
shed. How nice IL they hatchl Jack says they
may be last years Eggs for aught 1 know,
exclaimed, and then he had to play bear and
disarranRe my collar and my back hair. He is
always behaving like a big boy.
April 2I.-Our pease, planted some three
weeks ago, are looking lovely. Can it be pos.
sibles that am to enjoy the delight Of Yrepar.
l plse tFsf pss ae me! I d sr aof E psati time fF to p .ay down OWN
the tehth of what we do here. How the
blessed time flies! When we first came we
spent almost q whole day raking up leaves in
square hole two feet deep, with the dirt re-
moved piled up in a bank along the north side.
drove down stakes around it, and this was our
hot-bed. Two old sheets sewed together served
in place of sashes. Our neighbor Hall Old
Classy, Jack and 1 call him-short for Cassan-
dra, because he Is always predicting evil came
by as we were adding the final touches. He
were ali covered with earth We told HIM
leaves, soap-suds, garbage Ind a boiler or two
Of boiling water; 20, you . can't It, get any heat
days later, when Jacks seeds were all in the
bed, Classy went by and Jack pulled a Their
momster out OF MS hot-bed and showed It
lous. Never did plants grow better in a hot.
bed. We shall have lots Of plants to sell. All
one end we devoted to sweet po~tatoes-piant.
ing a whole bushel as close together as they
could lie.
MAY I've have christened our place
Mount Hope. because it is on a bill, and Hope
is one of our w~atch-words. We do not wish to
be rich; but please God that our honest, hard
work may give us the means to continue as
before. The ogre, the landlords agent, Who
used to come with such merciless promptitude
every month and take away our painfully
tramp came to our door to-day. He wanted to
work, and we gave him some clothes.
"May An day by spells I have been
out helping Jack make the garden. L never
worked out-of-doors before we came here. 1t
is inspiriting. The day was delicious. Birdie
toddled about, falling down every other min
ute, but always Growing with delight. She is
the dearest little cherub in the world. Yester-
day Jack lay down on the lounge and fell
asleep. He had been up long before sunrise
aud was tired, l was doing my work and
watching her. She went about very softly. SO
as not to wake papa. She was struggling with
fully in a row before the lounge so tina papa
MAY N.-Jaok's hard work, instead of hurt.
ing him, as | feared, is making a new man of
him. He will not wear a broad-brimu1ed hat.
He wants to get brown, hes avs.
"May E.-Eureka! My ducks have hatched!
at least seven of the twelve eggs. Almost
all our planting is done. The tramp that came
to us last month returned some days ago and
seemed honest and we could not refuse. /
took Mrs. Pillsbury into my confidence and she
lent me some things to fix up a room for this
genius,J because he is SO handy and so helpful.
He took some big crates, which he made him
self, filled them with sweet potato plants, and
and to our meat market. He expects that they
will sell at forty-ive cents a hundred
MAY Is.-Our garden grows apace. We
radishes. We undertake everything, Jack and
L. When we first came we read how to plant
asparagus, and made a bed, dug a trench two
feet deep, filled the bottom with old boots,
rubbers, straw, weeds, and every rubbish that
could decay. Above this a load of stable
the plants we set down deep into this the other
day. Jack says we are capable of 'stagger-
ing into anything. At last one of my Leg
turkey-eggs, bought of a person in town who
wanted Leghorn eggs. G. G. made the ex-
change. He finds out everything.
May 26.-We have got a well. o, what a
treasured! For weeks Jack and I have been
calculating the possibility of paying for a well
at the rate of one dollar a foot for the
to dig at least forty feet. 1t did seem
q herculean task, 1t must be that Provi-
d dc nee has special J E charge Of sGch babes es
table [ said to Jack: Are not we three grown
people competent to dig a hoIer There are
t the DaaEd;' y and k the dear al" boy Sa ioo seSun m udsee
choly: G:G. said he could dig well. he be.
lieved. The next day l left Birdie with Mrs.
IIlSDuIy III L WE'LL " hilu IL OWHcI u IL
house that lately burned down; found him,
and went with him to look at the bricks of the
fallen chimneys. l bought them all for three
dollars, and arranged for their delivery at
Mount Hope. Jack laid nearly all the bricks.
TIL well was finished yesterday. 1t is close to
the kitchen door, In the shed. G.G. made the
curb, and hung the buckets over the wheel.
June 9.-To-day we had green pease, eggs
in an omelet, and a lettuce salad for dinner,
all from our own place, and the work of our
June 16.-Memorable day. jack went to
the post-ofice this. morning as usual.
l WAS out spm sweeping ees Wss and T.ad Te6sl i go my nd duck ths
road that goes by our house. 1 kept on my
work dreaming of the time when Jack and !
strawberries, which are ripe now, and we have
more than we can eat. felt that Birdie must
have milk before she can become robust. |
had scarcely got into the house when heard
Jack calling-'MuRgins!' 1 went out, and
there stood Jack with a little clock under his
arm, and holding a little short-hOrned COW by
face was radiant. It fairly took my breath
away, for 1 felt that it was our COW. Her ud-
der was large and of a lovely cream-color:
clinging to me. She had never been so near a
COW before. Who shall say we are not rich2'
exclaimed Jack-'rich beyond the dreams of
avarice. We Otund cOlp-four years old, three
fourths Alderney, and gentler than a kitten
1 screamed with delight, and then Jack told
who was selling out, PREDATORY to moving back
TO the city. She wanted a good home for this
pet COW, and happened to need a watch, so
dollars for the watch. Jack went and brought
a two-dollar Connecticut clock at once, for we
have none. How fortunate are we to secure
this lovely cowl We call her Brownie.
"June 1S.-Jack got me a dozen milk pans
Everything in the house was full of milk.
Such heavenly cream and Strawberries! We
Just live on Graham bread and cream and
AUNT Judy, who sometimes does work for
me, came by yesterday morning and evening
/ and milEpd for mo Nv hands were very stiff
they are getting used to milking now. Jack
curries Brownie carefully, every morning. II
willingly L would exchange what l know of the
piano for such a useful accomplishment!
"June 22.-To-day 1 churned the second
eighty cents. My churn is a tall, little yellow,
earthen crock. Jack made me a cover for it.
and a little dasher. The butter comes in five
says my butter is the best he has ever tasted
and wants all l can spare. can, with a little
economy spare al least a dollars worth every
week, and so in this way we can get some lum
Der for Brownies ~house-atleast l can help pay
for it. We have now a temporary shed for her
about six feet square. 1t is quite touching tt
under 1t chewing her cud.
July Ave had new potatoes, green pease
and lettuce for dinner-allf from our own place
also strawberries and cream. We buy very
little meat, for it is expensive; and since W.
have milk and butter we don't seem to need it
Sometimes we have a can of corned beef.
cut it in delicate slices and make it last a week
Jack says my one idea of economy is starving
him. answer by showing him his bonny fact
and form in the glass. He weighs fifteen pounds
more than when we left the city. G.. G. ha
cleared more ground and set out shade tree
and evergreens. This is the beginning of on
lawn. Our florist and nurseryman came II
Jack for help in making his catalogue. IL
wanted to say a good deal to his customers
but had no literary. culture. He was glad t,
pay in shrubs and flowers. 1t does seem as i
everything is turning to gold in our hands-no
that we have any gold or money in any form
but l feel all the time that l am rich, and Ger
tainly we are wonderfully happy.
July 5.-Another source of wealth. hat
so much bonny-clabber, or curdled milk, tina
l did not know what to do with it Experiment
developed a nice co~ttage-cheese, which Jacl
says is a little like the famous eufchatel. II,
believed they would sell, and carried down
dozen to our grocer. Now l cannot supply tn,
demand for Mount Hope Cheese Every da.
1Send from ten to twenty, and get three cent
each. Of course they are very small. We ar
f~easting now upon blue-berries; they grow al
over our woods. o, how delicious they ar,
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