Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-03
TIE CATNIP GARDEN.

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Bfa citF u ueueer a relr.sia gentleman Il
a. cane ~ fo4i alt he sT.s a iudge. an
over t.se stase - Cedoraao aud else'- bare,
TOO. the Hid9s w. rfn.ei Tor his soa.iuess
AID his l..ruing In fa--t be vas - good
aad 81 learned that one Christmas eve
Santa (l.sl,s came aad brought him seosC
littie baby son.
TIE Judge was very proud
Il vii rear this little son - be a gosc
and great Iurist. " sail be- and when am
olc aad feeble be- vii be the ssaa aud com
fort ~ nay ase
one "a the Grst th.a.ss Judge Toll did
va 70 hire s uur-e o. ta.-e care Of the
pretty iitfle l.y ter So happened, sadly
enough thaf tas a-4fs mother Was not
strung enoush CD CARR. the baby and aInuse
t an the tele The nurse VIA a kindly
oid iady. W18 .at hvei away down east,
" here taone were many, many baby girls
and .one haby boys, 50 she knew about
babies and Just how - take care q them.
This baby vas very fond - his nurse.
And be would be IN Der lap and admire her
antique styie II architecture. or woUd pat
her wrinkhsd cheeks and COO the sweetest
baby music imaginable.
THIS made judge Toll very happy
How handsome tbe baby IS " he would
So u himself. ''and whas a great jorist he
VII beooToer'
But one day the old nurse came 20 the
Judge and said. we must DO somsShing
for rbe baby
The Judge was vastly asstonished
You surety DO rot mean 20 tell me that
the baby - sick'7 be exclaimed
SICK - zaid the Old
nurss. but he ne,-ls toning up He is fat
aud strong and coutented. but there Is a
kind II hook ia as eyes thar tells me he
needs a tonic.
~Then We wili call the doctor"
-TheFe n ~ need Of that. protested the
old y rrrs-. --'Fhe doctor would laugh at
you and say the baby is all right. But
know iusI a. well as | know anything
Mai the child needs touing u2r'
well. then. what shall n be-" asked
Judge Toll ''Paregoric, squills. castor
oil, hive syrup, belladonnai'
''Noue OF them" answered. the old nurse,
"tor they are all drugs, and he doesn't
necd drugs. What be needs il toning up"
The judge said nothing he did not know
what % say OF law. 0f politics, OF mining.
OF literature. and Of other worldly things
be knew much, but Of baby tones he sim
ply knew nothing
''Whas the baby needs Is catnip tea
sad the Old nurse. Nothing VIII tone
up baby's system like eatnip tea Down
IN Vernon an' Mana an Massachusetts,
they always bring up their babies on cat
ufp tea, an that's why th,sr babies make
snch suayt men an women
But l thouSht caSnip WAS something
cate ATE" intsrposs-d the Judge
Law me-, an 80 u h, said the old
nurse. but IL y Jnss likely living for hu-
man folks Why, there's nothin' in the
world JhHt II tone up weak system like a
bo~d u strong catuip tea / hate 20 see
sfEfs bss~.d ctsld piuin' for vha d be the
maxim n him.
II know nothing about il at all said
ytsiIre Tou. '@bul n you sssy The baby needs
calsnip viii ct some for him"
Judge TOl went al over town for catnip
into eycry drug store, every grocery and
every thDcsor's office. bUt not sprig OF il
c-sabd he and anywhere.
''YOa win hare Ia send east for it." the
druggists SAID. 1T doesn't grow out here
IA Colorado"
Then ssad ezst for IL I wfllT' cried
Jushc Toll And % be did. That very
nizhs b. wrote - an old college friend in
Massachusetts informing him Of his diem
y.
goodiy supply Of catnip. no matter how
nnoch IL ccst
Well. IA abort three weeks time. there
csrre along large express package from
tho east. snd ~hen the judge opened il he
found that 10 contained forty nine punches
81 grzsu cstnip. Oh bow fresh and fra
lr-ssrlt they were apd how their green
lsssvs.. and asssrtiva otors took one back
soruss The ard pi,ns and muddy rivers 20
tb,s feruy wHd woods Of dear o@d Yankee
Lxn.li
she baby shall have catuip ten thres
times = day now cried tho judge
-Icrv's enough % last a year sid the
old nurse
7 tell you vt,af we'll do we'll plant
some 20 these lunches ia the gard. au'
1xhenegsr WE nerri a few leaves for ten
W. can sfep out and pluck them 30 ~
viii have en ever iDcrresiu' supply"
s'rhaxs good plan.' said the judge
we sai plant these hcalina, boris %
once. and stcy shall ae1utlfy aud perfume
orr prsgaiss-s
That sfserrooo Jsdye Tou planted the
cseuip herb in prcttY rows IN his front
Yard sad the-esfber carefully irrigste -
them every morning and evening. it wai
snrurisinl bow soon the plants took rogt,
ar,d fn less tdsn SEVEN days they were A.
fiuurishmg ia thrir adopted ,osl they
wassid harp bseu on tae hills 90 Vermont
Whapevcr she o.d nurse wante. 20 MAKE a
tg-, sire stepped onf into the yard and
plnckgsl a tTv cltnip leaves. -tsepesi them
On hss water antl there 70 was, as Batural 4
catuip tea As ever Imuiered ora = stove OF
trickkad down a baby rhruat. The caEnip
bsiste= uleSfsv bils thrived and shot out
fr-sh sprigs and kavss, and thsir frag
ranco iIl,si the AIR Tor a great distance
Trncle sab Cooley who lived on Capitol
hi. one morning. hobh'ed down o. tbe
ToH pise ard sesssed over the fence aud
srlssi ssrsierly "a he thrifty herb
Jest ~ nsu 1sl a., ever, ssssd 4 ncle seth
slow IL rld selly. ~ hiz nostriis dilatei.
~Js.-t a. rst'rsl - When N-fy an I used
e. e. huekiebsrrvin' in she nleshier. meas
a. plum ire ola IN I'elhagn Say. ieiee,
ron wousslnt mind zirin' me- a tsroksY On
EN-. would s. T'd Snd O. lie - smell
'~frs aTsl nsxn 'srn bone - Nifty. And
old Mrs.. Hssxt.r came ever from Evans
asiifttan AMI beg<esi q ~hcu,kay. 10. She
cried >sfslv owsr The eoarse. greeu leaves
a. e ~ stzhs Il tkeyn awakened memories
q 40 time when obi Crs,ie Dan I and abe
wzrfed cut IN life tosussher IN Iitsle frame
-ftsGe Ar DunuerStsu. on RE West
-eer INST SIX miles ri Brsttletor'.~ oh.
-, else faukee folk -ane from an --ts ~
she citr ~ Denver -a 49, thet svortle rfll
Front ersri rn rlnrk she estnfu leaves and