The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-13
JuLlET's BUSINESS VENTURES.
How an Enterprising Country Girl Earned
Her Own Money.

f.OU an Enterprising country Girl Earned
Her Own Money.
Its the same old story. There's NJ
money To buy anything except seed.
stock and machinery. I'm tired Of
farm life, anyway" said Juliet Dean
one April morning, as She stood before
the dresser braiding her long fair hair,
getting ready for school.
Now Juliet, YOU cant say your
father is stingy with you. when he has
money to spare. lie wants to give You
music lessons. Int -
Yes mother. know | have one Of
the hest fathers living. I'm only
grumbline because he has chosen 4
hard vocation. Farm life seems to me
all work and no pleasure. Never mind
me. mother. I'll get the lessons some
way" and with hastv ''good-by."
Juliet ran down the path and hurried
70 school, knowing She was little
late
For some days tie young girl thought
much over plans to earn the money to
pay for those lessons. but doing moth
ing until something came in her way
which proved To be the very thing.
school. She met 4 small colored boy
with hands full of early spring bios
SONS.
why. Dayv. You must'love flowers.
to gather SO many of them: what will
You do with them" She asked.
Il sells EN- ter dc sleepin ear con-
ductah. He'd like it if | could get
more"
why. what does he want with them"
WAS her next que ,inn.
..iIc sell EN- ter &c fine folks at dc big
hotels i'll Dc city at lie end oh de road,
said Davy. gathering up his treasures
and moving on.
Juliet thought for a week over Days
words, and again sought ont the boy
asking him to see If the .conauctah'
would take her flowers.
i "Davy didn't know. he lowed mebby
he mont, he'd ast al. finl out
"Its lik. this thought Juliet. lin
the village couldn't sell flower for
any event. | haze no sale for even beau
t;ful specimens Of flowers. but perhaps
may find "A purchaser for Il few in the
city"
Davy brought the word. that every
other mnraing. when the ..condnctah"
was on his homeward run, ne could take
a bouquet at fifty cents each. II they
were prettily arranged.
Now must see to il they are pref
ty." said Juliet. resoiutely.
The first bouquet. composed princi-
pally Of fragrant May pinks. blue bells
and blue bottles, with plenty of green
and loosely arranged So that every
flower displayed its beauty. pleased IA
banker who had not vet forgotten the
old garden where the ollfashioned
mother grew her pinks and the blue
bells. OH how he hunted the first ones
for the fair young girl who had long
slept under Il clunp Of them.
Tender memories rushed into that
bankers heart rs he inhaled the per-
fume Of that bouquet and hummed:
"Doyou remember sweet Alice. Ben Bott,
Whose eyes were 50 blu. and hair was 50
brown
"Only think. mother three bouquets
every week. one dollar fifty cents, said
the delighted girl.
About once each week there was an
order for two bouquets.
Dat Teller sells flowers ter de quail
ity, Missy Juliet. lie makes it pay.
said Davy one morning, as he brought
ali order for three bouquets.
But the spring flowers We're soon gone.
and Juliet had to work harder to make
, up attractive bouquets, and some way
folks liked the old-fashioned posies
best
When the June lilies came she had a
, harvest. The half dozen white lily
! plants We're unusually full OF bloom
and Carter was glad to take all she
could send of feathery grasses, trailing
vines and lilies, lemon and white.
Juliet took special care to not GROVE
into one bouquet too many colors, 5,
that every flower should have room t.
show IL shape and ccaor.