Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-02
A Call to the Garden.

| AS the season advances ana the
rain and sunshine gladden. our hearts,
we are led to think OF and rather inn
patiently look forward to the time
when, equipped with spade, hoe and
rake, we shall spend many pleasant
hours in that delightful and healthy
occupation and exercise, gardening.
Now, girls, get your shakers, sun
bonnets, anything that viii
protect head, face ard neck--in read
mess, for time flies swiftly, and the
days will soon be at hand for out
door employment.
Are you going 10 shrink back,
thinking, "What will people say2n
Have you not independence sufficient
to overcome the pride Of this it is)
which would prevent your doing that
which is so conducive to health and
happiness2 But some may say, Il
have no love for the work" What
no love for flowersl No love for that
which is given to us for our pleasure
froal the hands of our benefcent
Father? Think how cherries and
gloomy our world would be without
| flowers. God has given us these
| tokens of His love to make our earth
beautiful and to draw us nearer to
Himself; and bow can we better APP
preciate and love them than by their
cultiyat,on2
Don't feel ashamed-I am talking
to the girls, or young ladies, if you
choose-if you are seen by passcrs by
! digging in the dirt, working among
or preparing place for flowers. I'm
sure when these flowers bloom and
you hear words of admiration from
the lips of those from when you least
expect any, you viii feel amply repaid
for the time and labor bestowed in
their culture Now / do not wish
you to understand me as meaning
that the admiration Of men is TO be
the end and aim of gardening, but
only as far as it is an incentive and
will influence Others to ''go and do
likewise"
You may thiEk, too, that it is not
woman's Sork-it is too masculine,
and ought to be done by those Of that
gender. Here differ from you Man
! is constituted for work of a different
nature. He Can, by his great strength,
perform that which it is impossible
| for woman TO do. Flowing, sowing.
moving, are undoubtedly mans
work, and we expect man 10 do it.
Yet there are some women who, leav
ing their feminine distinction and
assuming the masculine, handle the
pillow, the pitchfork, and other nipple
ments of husbandry with a dsxterity
and skill which seem TO say, "See
what woman can dor
This is an extreme which / hope
never to adopt, / merely claim that
la little out door exercise is healthful,
auG when spent in the cultivation Of
flowers delightful. To do this is with
in the reach of all The poorest cot,
even, may become attractive by dis
play of taste in the arrangement Of
plants and flowers around it.
If, then, our health is to be in
proved, our taste refined, and our hap
piness increased by exercise Of this
kind, why not improve the opportu-
nifty which will soon be Afforded
SHAKER, in the Farmer and Tribune.
General De Saussurs and Daniel
Ravenel, leading Huguenots of South
Carolina, have called a meeting of the
descendants OF Huguesots in that
state, to be held in Charleston Of the
10th inst. They wish TO cooperate
with other Huguenots Of America in
celebrating on the ED Of October next
the two hundredth anniversary Of the
adicf nf Nantes