Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-21
ash SYEs GARDENING.

"a snioy vegetable garden.
iao,oh as~ the wintsr / look forward
% ~ snrinQ days when | will take my
l - s;rs and hue and go loyonsiy snelo:
60 pp sov With the moist earth and
pIs ,"non = squash bug of the work
y cld I'D Ii ia a pleasure also to
so9 the garden, watering the sauer
Bfe.s .,,snt and the timid tomato vine
IA. - thew were children asking for
LII / am never happier than when
y. a. snoaoed in irrigstIng my tropical
~ - ~ ~ elimbing ny neighbor with q
% .hsn he shuts of my water supply
- M..;.sino an old pair of pantaloons In
~ that leads into nay squash con-
xss nss Az a man shut of my irrigation
AZ ~ ssy and damned the water ap TO
- : degree that | shut on his ar
- ls-ls : and. | was about to say, damned
sgF., ~ aIso. We had quite a scufiis.
ra.o ~ fbat time we had never exchanged
.g.,sh word. That morning noticed
~ - nav eariy climbing horse-radish and
= - svsrf army worms were looking a
Hste an Ttp0IT, anu
=. - the matter. | had been absent
'.,.,sI days, and was grieved to notice
-, % NV garden had kind of btdse air.
= ihoueh it needed rest and change
Il Esn6.
fhs Poland China egg plant looked
madl, at me and seemed to say: Pard-
II. dom. You think it's a long time be-
lyssn drinksr' The watermelon seemed
4 have dark brown taste 10 Its mouth,
nd there was an air of gloom all over
be garden.
Al that moment | discovered my
artdoor neiehbor at the ditch ON
.As corner. He Was singing softly to
hlmsef:
10, YES, I'll meet y0a;
I'll meet you when the sun goes down. /"
h vas also iafnming an old pair OF
Rembrandt pants into the canal, where
hey would shut off my supply. He
aood with his back toward me, and just
q be said he would meet me when the
sun vent down." smote him across the
back Of the neck with my hoe handle,
and, before he could recover from tie
ast dumb surprise and wonder. pulled
lhe dripping pantaloons out of the ditch
md tied them in a true lovers knot
lfound his neck. He began TO look
back in the face, and his strugg es
pon ceased altogether. At that mo-
nent his wife came ont and shrieked
wo pure womanly shrieks, and hlssed
n my ear:
"fou've killed me husbandn
| said. possibly | had. If 30, would
shs please send in the bill and | would
ldiust II at an early day. ! said this in
4 bsntering tone of voice, and, raising
NJ hat to her in that polished way
d mine, started 10 20, when some
hing fell with dull thud on the green
mard.
II was the author of these lines. /
I'D not know till two days afterward
hat my neighhof's wife wore moirs
sntlque rolling pin under her apron ihat
morning. Ibid not suspect II till II was
oO late. The affair was kind OF hushed
ap on account Of the respectabiilty Of
she parties.
BY the time | had recovered The gar.
dsn seemed to melt away into thin air.
Ny nelghbor had it all his own way:
md. while his proud holly hooks aud
NILE Johnny -jumpups reared their heads
. drink the mountain water at ths twi.
sRht hour, my little low-necked sumner
ssaashes ourled up and died.
Most every year l make garden. /
ay man 81 to plow IT. Then pay
Wv for garden seeds, aud In Juiv /
are lhe same man at 81 TO Summer fai-
w the whole thing while 20 and bu3
~ Vegetables of a ChInamAn named
aunLung. I've done this now for eight
!safs, and | owe my robust health aud
hrn olive complexion 10 lhs fact that
lw got garden and do just as little in
Y % possible.
fstties desiring dozen or more Of
" chanRhai egg-plants 10 set under an
esuinary domestic hen can procure the
mme by writing 10 me and incIosina q
hek Of hair and $40. Bill NYs.
HUDSON, Wis, May Is.