Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04

Paint one house on street reJos
| in the course of the year tv - H. alu
the houses in that vicinity will Gan, VI
In elbow attire. Different SHADES out
variety of trimmings, perhaps. I'm. ~,
plainly showing that the first yellou s, s.il
influenced the com plexion of All tbso.gusse
houses. uet
The man who is cleaning IN gsr.-,,
likes TO have his gife out with him -
sug gestions, and to tell him how -
looks. He will ask her to stem nm, IL
shed and hand Mira the garden rska ls
as if his hts uepeAaed on the bss. !Ist
made gathering up the dead lsav.s .s
old boots, and the bones the doc SsS
brought up to gnaw at his leisure; ana -
the time she brings The rake he want -!
hoe, and soon after the truwel, and 80 -.
wife makes herself generally useful Az
the next morning her husband will tall sia
next neighbor that he cleaned that 1oa.
yard all up himself In less than 80
hours.
You cannot clean up your grounds with
out good many tools. Yoq want areea
AID hoe, and shovel, and a broom ana
a wheelUarrow, and a basket, and srr,1
good gloves, aud bunch of matches ana
all the kindling you can spare. for ~
course the thing cannot be pronarIg
done without a fire TO consume all Of ~
rubbish
And all creation will smell of bnrr,
leather, and old rubbers, and bones. ana
your hair and clothing will be fun NJ
! smoke, and your arms will ache. and vonr
back will feel as if it had been taksn
apart and put together by man vbo
had never learned his trade: and vopr
finger nails will be torn down, and tbs
skin will be off your knuckles, and the
| toes of your boots will be stubbed ont
and the whole town will go past while won
are about 1t; and your wife will run be-
hind the wood shed so that her acauair-
| tances cannot see the old dress she has
on; and If the minister does not call while
you are about it you may consider your
self fortunate.
1t is a dirty Job TO clean up the prem
ises in the spring; but every right.mipd-
ed person enjoys 1t. There is someth
exhilera;ing IN slisging the old tomato
CAPS, and the battered sardine boxes. in
to the ash barrel; and here Is a sweet aud
soothing sense OF victory in seeing the
! riames consume the old oil cloth that has
! "a T. PHu you ~ many lAuieh III iut Ddgk
hall; and the worn out kindling basket.
odt of which every morning all winter the
shaving have been s:fted on the carpet.
and the temper of the housekeeper has
! risen to fever heat in consequences.
And when the rubbish is soraped away,
the fresh green grass shows itself new
and courageous afte- its long rest under
the snow, and the dandelions suggest
greene, and the tiger lilies in the sunny
corner of the fence send up their pointed
spikes, and the family cat purs ecstati-
cally around the fragrant catnip root;
and the hens, led oy the dignifed roos-
| ter, come to investigate the ground for
worms, and turn up to the air and sun the
three dollars dozt tulip bulbs you
| plan ed last fall.
Your wife discovers pansy in them;
and you are gratifad to fiud that the wis
terra by tho porch is struggling back into
the world; socially inclined and adven-
venturous mosquito buzzes unsteady
around your nose, aud amiably tells you
that he is ready for business when you
| are.
Aud by and by the night falls, and you
sleep sweetly in the consciousness of duty
! dOne.-Kate Thorn in the New York
! Weekly.