West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-09-11
IN THE OPEN AIR.
How Was Cured of sIeepIessness-r akIng
Care of "a Garden.

Care of "a Garden.
passed 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 "a 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 a long
land between two rows of trees in our
orchard. First come the radishes; they
do pretty well; 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 be 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 | DO not
think it has been fair trial. I have
not given up the contest neither have
the weeds; but think have rather tho
best of the battle.
Like many another woman, my du-
ties are mostly inside the house. and
when the leisure hour comes, il is spent
indoors. For over a year have not
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-
CURED me TO take a walk OF a mile and
back each day for n month Toward
the close OF that month found that /
slept like a top, and directly / discov-
cred the remedy physical exercise in
the open air.
As the bost means of forcing myself
out daily for exercise, decided to at
tend to tho garden. ] knew that If it
did finally become overgrown with
weeds, it was worth the trial In car
rying out this purpose, my reward
meets me day by day ! find the early
part of the day tho best time to XIII
weeds, but tho latter part tho most
agreeable 20 work, and with n big
kitchen apron, sun-bOunet and a pair
OF buckskin gloves, I bid defiance to
dirt and sun. Sometimes &c rs very
tircsome work hoeing until 10 seems
~ II your muscles would give out. but
they do not, and i have grown TO love
the work. like TO see the tinv leaves
peeping up through the hard ground.
then stretch up and grow, rs II they
had q purpose in this world. and meant
- accomplish IT,
These two things / know about gar
dening IL has fund Of pleasure i'm tho
work Itself. but far more, it has i'm il a
fund OF health 90 us indoor workers
which we will do well to seek after.
Why j suggest taking care ~ gar
den is 30 that you will feel obliged TO
go out into the open air not TO ride i'm
carriage, whose fincly-balanced
SPRINGS case every motion. but TO do
something which will Qivo bodily exer-
else in the fresh air and sunshine. ANY
man would, with his strong physical
powers. become feeble If shut week
er week and month after month
within the four walls Of house. only
sccng or knowing what goes on therein
suppose You viii think that YOU
can not find time. DO not try 20 ind
timo, take hue, t,ct one or two a6rls
half dozen II you Necd them 90
help boz tbo house. and arranve sarns
plan which will necessitate your orf-
ting ont Of doors part Of each dav
1ou VIII feel fully repaid in the buoy
ant life which flows into every nerve
and muscle ! do not wonder that we
American women are old 90 forty. -
/ T. H. Chase, tn Country GcatlensaA