Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-01-19

your own fault, A good place 10 gel
rooted lips,such as fnchsias, geraniums,
heliotropes, and IN fact, anything in the
line Of greenhouse or bedding plants,
| l find the installer Greenhouses,
Springfield. Ohio, do the best for me
with the least OUTLAY Of money. Jas.
H. Gregory. Marblehead, Mass, beats
every one else on cabbage and squash
seed, while Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich,
are sending out what they claim to be
the best and most productive early
potato ever introduced. 1t pays to
sometimes try these extra varieties, as
frequently the farmer who wants to
get crop tor very early marketing,
can be IN a week or two ahead of every
one else, thereby seeming better prices.
1t always pays to raise the best.
LEAK VuI NlIu IlVItd.
ton to "come again was hailed by me
with delight. for I've wanted 20 come
all the time but was afraid to. How
ever am not so bashful anywhere else,
and at the table especially. my courage
is quite invincible. And it is the
table | want to talk about. A good
many years ago when the silver threads
had not begun to show in my dark hair.
l taught country school, in a place
that shall be naneless, and boarded
around. The fare usually was plenti-
full. But such mess" as some OF
them made gift, was sickening. The
table cloth looked as though never fold.
ed, the knives and forks black and dis
colored. the teaspoons dull and greasy
looking, and everything else "off the
same piece" and this too when the
families were abundanrly able to do
better. In delightful contrast to this,
was another family, where it was my
lot to spend part OF my time, and
where went oftener than their share,
because OF the attractive cleanliness,
neatness, and cheerfulness which there
prevailed. They were the poorest
family in the district. as far as proper
ty was concerned; but to me the
bright and happy home was better than
a palace. There were five children in
the family, anc each one had been
trained perslstently from infancy in
habits Of neatness, order and cleanli-
ness. There was never failing spring
of soft water, a tewrods from the house
and they all were unsparing in their use
of it. But the table was truly a work
of art. The most perfect neatness and
good taste in the arrangement of the
simplest things; and during the sum-
mer at every meal the table was never
without tumbler of wild flowers. The
cloth was homemade linen, bleached
to snowy whiteness, and bordered by
row place knit by the industrious
hands ofthe busy mistress of the house.
Every table cloth she had was trimmed
in the same manner. The napkins
made of the same material were simply
hemmed. But they were just as much
an accompaniment of every meal as
were the knives and forks, or the bread.
Under the plate of the youngest of the
family was placed newspaper. and
over this large square of linen, which
thoroughly protected the cloth from
being soiled by youthful fingers. There
was no cut glass, or crystal, and no
heavy Furnished silver but everything
clean, and neat. These two points are
the very first things to be thought of in
arranging your table, and without them
the choicest selections of china, silver,
or cut glass, will look vulgar and un.
satisfactory. Twill stop now for fear
that the editress will say "omitted for
want Of ROOM" Yours Truly.
GRANDMOTHER.
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