The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-12-13
THIBODAUX LA, SATURDAY.; DECEMBER 49, 1884
Garnet Gardenines i

Carpet Gardenfngs fst
The outdoor roccupat,on OF the French
ladies is carpet gardening. It consists
in the laying out of beds. ON lawns of
borders and strips of earth, withshrubs
or bedding plants of variegated hues
in order to match the shades of Persian
carpets and Indian shawls.. Thh style
of fancy gardening commenced in
France q few years ago; thalovely
japanese carpet in the sYD1mGleroi
grounds. during the late sEkposition
gave an impu Sc to this mode Of orna-
mentation. I have seen the bQxler Of
all Indian camers hair scaA, With all
its palms and Intervening designs, most
accurately reproduced on = garden
border. Neither is it SO d(iffcult to
succeed in this as one at first sight
would suppose. 1t is . ma1ters which.
requires care and foresight, chiefly.
TIE height of variegatel shrubs and
the room they require for spreading
) have to be acquired: the rest is only q
case of painstaking and nitety The
beds OF french lawns set aside for the
purpose are prepared by the gardener,
who makes all the surfaces perfectly
level. When they are ready the ladies'
lay on the top a paper on with the
les;gn has been carefully perforated;
thepaper, of course, corresponds with
the sic and shape of the bed cf border
to he ornamented AL tlD holes are
til Tiled with chalk, finely powdered,
or sand which leaves a perfect impress
on the black mold after the paper has
been carefully removed. The plants
are afterward sunk into the different
compartments marked out Tor them.
If the design is very intricate it is wise
to indicate the color and nature of
plants to be bedded, by writing their
names on the paper. A plan or paper
bed is usually prepared indoors, when
the weather will not permit of outdoor
exercise. Several gentlemen having
property in the environs pride them
selves on their carpet lawn, which is
the successful attempt of their wives
and daughters. The cost is moderate.
A table-cloth design is usually executed
in low, cream shrubs.
a- Very Strong Buttes
"This butter" said Jimmyson at
breakfast, lis something like Samson.
"Why?" asked the landlady, limo
Gently. 2. III d1e
Because it has long hair" answered
Jimmyson, triunphantly aasl. he
added, smiling upon the lxndlady, Il
presume that that is what makes it 50
strong"
@You mean, wicked, heartless man,
moaned the landlady, and mad as hor
net she angrily stamped her foot and
sailed out of the room.
"Do you know" said the new hoarder
from st. Louis, when she ad gone,
that think You did the butter great
injustice? Why, when was in the
army fighting the Utes, the butter the
Government furnished us had to he
shaved before II could be putt upon the
table. Fact; and on Sunday the cook
used to comb its hair. If it had not
been for that weekly combing and
brushing of the butter there would have
been nothing to remind us poor soldiers
of the peaceful sound of Sabbath bells,
| of the churches and the people in their
Sunday -go-to- meetin' clothes. So you
see it did great deal of good; but, ON.
that butter was strong!-~Why We. use
to mix it with our whisky, give it as Il
tonic to the sick, aud when we butter,d
our bullets they were ton times cs fatal
as before. ~ - " s@sF 8&
"Whatr exclaimed Jimmyscn.s
"Yes," continued the man from S..
Louis, shat butter had so much hair
on It's fsce that it could have voted un.
challenged. S
We'll, don't care," said Jimmyson,
"our boarding house butter is rank. y"
/, Just as I was seyfng,' the other
glibly ran on, "just % was saying, but
that Government butter used to march
in the ranks like the rest of MS, and il
was SO strong that it came out of q long
campaigueas fresh a daisy. Rank. su
-rank-it not only smelled to heaven.
but il ranked among the Samsons."
e"Sav, intefrupted Jimmyson, "dc
you think thsttt Kil raini" -
And that put step to the disserta'
tioA upon Butter o1the man from 81
Louis. -DenvNs 1sj6sse.