The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-10-19

and some mustard who really had no
business in there, were in a red-hot
argument as to which was the smart
est But it served them right when
a little, despised smartweed fairly
divided the honors with them. The
sweet balm, which grew from under
the fence, tried to give them the
balm of consolation, but succeeded
only tolerably well.
eff we are to choke, I'd like to
know of what use you are" said the
| artichok to the watermelon. 80, GER
tainly, certainly" replied the water
melon I'll give you a drink of water"
and the canteloupes also did thei1
part to refresh them, while the musk
| melons and mint sent q rare fra
GRANGE over the entire garden. "Let
us go to the root of the matter" said
| the roOtabagas land to put the mat
ter fairly before the garden, I move
you, Mrs. Sunflower, that only those
| who have real merit be allowed to 60
to the fair" At this the parsley, who
is an excellent grammarian, spoke,
telling them that he originally came
| from Egypt, and was especially hon.
| Ored as having been used for the
garland for the brow of the Greek
Hercules, the first garland Of which
mythology makes mention" At this
| statement a laurel tree just over the
| fence rustled its leaves in fierce pro
test, but the parsley proved the truth
of it's assertion, and this gave it great
distinction. The turnips, who were
first imported from Rome, turned up
their noses on the sly at the claim
made by the parsley, but it being
popular, they seconded the motion af-
ter all. And so the sunfiower said:
''All those who favor this motion will
please vote yea" There was quite Il
respectable vote at this; "all who are
opposed, nay" said Mrs. Suntlower.
| Children, / almost blush to tell it!
that horrible horseradish actually
neighed! AS might have been ex-
pected, there was a grunt Of disapprOval
from the pigweed, who early in the
spring would have taken the whole
garden If it had not been for Billy's
hoe, and there was a growl and bow
WOW from the dogweed and a very
modest little meow from the catnip.
Oh! how the tomatoes, who are ma
tives of South America, blushing at
the audacity of the horseradish, l can
not tell you what red faces those to-
matoes had, while the parsnips, poor
things, betrayed great deal OF agi-
tation. Really, no one could have
answered for the consequences If DR..
Castor Bean had not poured oil over
the troubled waters" the oil of severe
dignified reproof. Then the holly
hook, which always minds it's own
said: 80, silly weedd and foolish
vegetables, why do you boast of your
ancestry and position in life; you are
just where your maker placed you,
you all sprang from the same common
soil, some of you would amount to
nothing if you did not affiliate with
the common earth! and the more old
refuse and garbage that is in it the
better you seem to flourish. However.
be this said to your credit, while the
golden sunshine and pure air calls
your roots strike into the soil; you
only attain perfection by comning-
ling the higher and lower principle.
Don't try to be clouds, stars, or sun
beams yours is Il different sphere
After this wise admonition by the
hollyhock the sunflower said, as she
looked toward the flower garden:
'IIl call-a-dower," at this the cauli-
flower, foolish thing, thought that
she was wanted, and when she found
out her mistake she drew her green
hood closer around her pale face, feel
ing exceedingly mortified, and would
not speak another word. "It is time
somebody moved an adjournment
said a bunch of sweet thyme (time)
while a cute little four-o clock, which
bordered the path where the vegeta-
BILE garden ended and the flower gar
den began, said, looking at his watch
mot yet" The more pretentious flow
ers did not pay much attention to
the vegetables. Well they were SO
busy furnishing honey for the bees,
making sweet fragrance and adorntng
all things with beauty that they really
had not much time outside Of the
work of their own particular sphere
But there were a few of the common
old fashioned varieties who were not
"too stuck up," as Billy said, to ex,
change friendly greetings with their
more humble and more useful neigh
bors. There were the dahlias, second
cousins of the artichokes and pota-
toes, the sensible marigOlds, the bril-
liant nasturtiums,at home everywhere,
and even the sweet peas, who were
very friendly, and also the sweet will
liams, who looked "too killing" at the
dear, bright-faced pansies, whose
thoughts needed no interpreter, while
the johnny -jump-ups, country cousins
of the pansies and violets, were pert
as they could be, and were continu-
ally trying to jump up and put mo-
tons and offer amendments. But af-
ter all, few of the flowers had any
thing to say, but these few bright
ened things up bit by their brilliant
color and cheerful ways.
All of a sudden there was a queer
voice coming right out of the ground
at Billy's feet, and the potatoes, who
had hitherto kept silence, began to
hustle each other in the hill and call
out, Let us out; bedad! let us out!
you're not going to forget the best
vegetable in the worruld. Here we
are crowded so that we can hardly
breathe. We've got as long loine of
ancesthors as ony Of We, and were
as proud as auld Lucifer, so we are.
We were found in Paru in the first
place; but och, Billy, me bye, it took
an 1rishman to make our yartues
known to the worruld, and We'll get
a Uranium, too" AS this ludicrous
appeal struck Billy's ears a large,
portly grasshopper jumped right in
Billy'S face 1t startled him! He