The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-08-29
IN THE OPEN AIR.



Care of Garden.
Ipassed a vegetable garden recently
which elected my admiration. Every
bed was laid out with mathematical
precision, every drill was straight and
we'll defined, and the young plants were
of uniform growth, and neither scat
tered nor crowded. Not weed was
visible. The whole was as attractive as
such garden could be. In ludicrous
comparison comes before my vision my
own garden. 1t is planted on long
land between two rows of trees in our
orchard. First come the radishes; they
do pretty we'll; then the lettuce, which
has more than supplied our table. But
the onions Some of the rows are so
near together that can not get the hoe
between them, and for several inches
there may not DO one plant, while in
others they are so thick that they can
not grow large. The beans are in hills,
but how they ever came up here and
there as they are coming is strange.
The peas seem trying to conform to all
known lines of direction. However,
they are thrifty and promising.
will not say much about the weeds.
for owing to. the wet season l do not
think it has been q fair trial. have
not given up the contest neither have
the weeds; but l think l have rather the
best of the battle.
Like many another woman, my du-
ties are mostly inside the house. and
when the leisure hour comes, it is spent
indoors. For over a year I have moi
been able to sleep well. Only those
who have suffered from this can realize
the torture of lying for hours wide
awake-tossing, turning, longing, pray
ing for sleep. blessed sleep, and at the
last have only short, fitful maps. The
remedy came to me unexpectedly. Dur.
ing the early spring circumstances re
quired me to take walk of mile ant
back each day for a month. TOWARD
the close of that month found that
slept like q top, and directly l discov
cred the remedy-physical exercise il
the open air.
Az the best means of forcing mysel
out daily for exercise, l decided to at
tend to the garden. ! knew that if j
did finally become overgrown will
weeds, it was worth the trial In car
rying out this purpose, my rewart
meets me day by day. find the earl,
part of the day the best time to xii
weeds, but the latter part tho mos
agreeable to work, and with Q hi,
kitchen apron, sun-bonnet and a pal
of buckskin gloves, l bid defiance t.
dirt and sun. Sometimes it is YER
tiresome work-hoeing until it seem
as if your muscles would give out bu
they do not, and have grown to low
the work. I like to see the tiny leave
peeping up through the hard ground
then stretch up and grow, as If the
had a purpose in this world, and mean
to accomplish it.
These two things I know about ga,
dening: 1t has fund of pleasure in tn
work itself; but far more, it has in it
fund of health to us indoor worker
which we will do we'll to seek after
Why suggest taking care of 9 gal
den is so that you will feel obliged :
60 out into the open air-not to ride !
q carriage, whose fine'y-balance
springs ease every motion, but to d
something which will give bodily exel
cise in the fresh air and sunshine. An
man would, with his strong physics
powers, become feeble if shut wee
after week and month after mont
within the four walls of a house, onl
seeing or knowing what goes on therein
l suppose you will think that 20
can not find time. Do not try to fin
time; take time. Get one or two CIR
half dozen if you need them 4
help in the house, and arrange SON
plan which will necessitate your &c
ting out of doors part of each da.
You will feel fully repaid in the buo.
; ant life which flows into every ner,
and muscle. l do not wonder that "
American women are old at forty.
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