Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1888-04-19
P1NSY JOE.
BY ALLIE WOODRUFF.

"Mother. see here. Judge Lawrence
has given me silver dollar, all for my
self. Hessad that it was my stock in
trade or something like that, and that
l might plant it, and that he would
double the profit this fall.
why, Joe Burrows WHAT are YOU
talking about Why did he give you
the money, and what did he intend
that you should do with it? Sit down
here, and tell ne all about it..
WELL you see, mother, I was up past
there this morning and saw the gard
ner raking off the lawn, and thought !
would stop and have talk with him.
Dlyid is real nice, and | like to listen
to MS odd way Of ,alkIng-oll country
Engli1n, you know, mother. We were
talking about flowers, and l was tell.
ing DAVID about our little garden, and
how much would like to raise now-
rrs as well as vegetables, wien out
comes judge LawreLce and was talk
ing SO fat that i!ln hear him, and
he stood right behind me and heard
every word that said.
Then he laughed, and said I WAS just
the man for him. TRY and sec if You
can t beat David this year, he said and
here is the money to buy seeds with,
and all that YOU make | wi.l double.
AID David shall give you lessons in
gardening free.
Now dollars were never very plenty
in the little house where Joe BarrowS
and his widowed mother lived. They
ownel the little house wlth its garden,
and the Ii'tle hill pas ure buck of it,
which afforded pasture for Beck, the
COW and with sewing, knitting, and
morlirg, Mrs. Burrows made wants
and means balance, which is more than
some Of her wealther neishbors did.
Sometimes Joe's clothes were we'll
covered with patches, bat they were
neatly pnt on and when his schooimates
laughed at him, and as ked linn why he
put his arms SO far through his jacket
sleeves, he would laugh and reply:
Because boys grow, and jackets don't.
Now lie was a person Of considerable
inportance in his own eyes. He was a
business man, with one big silver dol
lar for capital.
What planning there was and how
many times he went over to consult Da-
vid before the list was made out to
sui. hln.
Then the ground was carefully pre-
pared and when the tiny plants we're
ready to put out the yard was all ready
for them.
Carefully following David's direction
thev rlom sed f,lr for the young gar
dener.
June came, and with 1t the usual
crowd Of city boarders, until the big
new hotel, and every house in town
where they could find room, was filled
to Overlooking.
Then it was that Joe began to get re-
turns for his weeks Of patient work. !
do wish that had room to tell you all
about his work but havn' so if you
want to know try the garden this year
and learn by experience. Early rege-
tables found ready market, and, one
morning as Joe was working his garden
a lady from the hotel stopped and ask
for some flowers. AS Joe Was cutting
them, he told her how he was making
his first venture rs a florist, and how
much he wished that he might sell
flowers as we'll as vegetables.
The lady promised to use her indu-
ence in his favor, and advised him to
make up a bashetful Of small boquets,
and come up to the hotel the next morn
ing. /
Stand on the north yeranda, she
.aid there is where We go directly af. !