Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-07-15

! SUBJECT WIS ptpitd one, ana ne
handled it with much skill
! He said in part;
The decoration OF our homes should
| be. not an addition To the burdens of
/ work which most OF us have to carry
| but a rcfreshment and relaxation and
/ inspiration. 1t has commercial value
| for il makes us more fit for our daily
work, but because its products can not
| be weighed or measured orcounted like
| hay or grain or apples. we are too apt
to neglect it in the blind struggle for the
more tangible means Of life We seek
for ourselves and our children the fun
est and richest life, and il is but poor
investment OF our time and strength To
! seek only the means of material life and
| to neglect To feed our minds and souls
| with the marvellous beauty of nature
God made the country, and man the
| town, and though you may not live in
| the beauty CT the country, you can if
| you Will transport some of il to your
city home. to remind you that there are
things in this marvellous world far
more desirable than the almighty dol
lar and the man-made things il buys.
Thought ana work will he as much
needed here as ia everything that is
worth doing, and they win reap as rich
| a reward, if they be our own, for. after
all, ii is the results OF mans own lab
or which give him the deepest salts
faction. Thought and work are the
necessary conditions of growth and de
velopment toward the ideal which we
all hope viii be reached by ourselves
and our children. for by reasonable
work, and only so,our faculties of mind
and body are deepened and strength
ened. That Is doubly true of the or
namentation of our homes for not only
will the thought and work SO expended
make our minds freer and clearer and
our hands stronger ana more skilful.
bur the results of our. lahors are a di-
rect refreshment and incentive to new
vigor.
The decoration of our home grounds
Is good investment, paying rs rich div
blends OF renewed viEor, mental. moral, |
physical. And in Maine we ought AL 10
be landscape gardeners. for there are
few if any. other states where can IT,
found our sioriaus variety oil sea and
river and lake. mountain. hill ana valley. !
field and forest. Few have our profu-
sion of trees aud flowers. and all we need
to do Is to adapt our efforts 10 our sur
rOdnGiugs ana to encourage and direct
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grass Should be kept close cut, the paths
St.I,., ,,1 tt.th., NJ, ro,,, .,,l,s ~
,,,.t,f,e nv ~ II ,,5r bo,,,+ 1N,,,,,i,, So
only part of wild common unrtdccmed |
rom the wilderness. Poultry should De
In,,,l T., ,,s,,r, ,,,,,. f,,,t t,,.,,,,.,,i -.
MAXI them look as diSorderly and un-
kempi rs a gypsy encimpment. We are
~ ,hi5.n, nsr,,.,,,ert ordsrl,- ,rJ ,,t,,.
80, So ,,,,s. ~. ,.,,,,,.I. -, ,,,ts
o1tr hn,r,t men,. III, ar1ar,r r.slrl.,,
81 tl[s, III ,cbn mass IN ro,,y- s@,4 rhaf 10 !
rss,s.t nIirsel,s.S ana ,ar,,yr.. tbat ntl,... :
shaT ra.p@cf ms
M, ~, hn,,s.. FOO .hn,,1a ~, o,,Je,
a6srfr. ana shr,ihs ma ornHment.,i ,,ett =
T,sfss ma onnort,,n5tias mr. ANA ,f,1a
AVA nv i,,nnrs,i,.e nr.yont a am ,gilriis-
San "a / sh.,U nnt lrd9~fokc ~ eIy,,gst ,
snrl.iG,. C1rjpfiae but only IN rnn,fn5 ynu
thatn few Of the most common varieties !
wei cared Tor VIII Ito FAR more 10 carry
ffsfon If rirh ynrlrtjSs 9II5yoI ~ ,, IN
in untamod luxurianee or to run out
through neglect, For beautiful trees we
a. 49,, ~ ~ , Ia , e'1e ~
have a number OF trees Of different va |
riettes. If small, you can select the one
fo1ndn"s 10 moi howsvcr s1rrliirc ~.
health ana light uf your home 10 your
ST trees Il good distance from tho /!
GUS, dhu IL a lr't Is g pc ornamental
may be symmetrical
thi,,l No - t1', ,,,t ~, ~
Ihey % stand Tor the conquest Of nature /
100 often used from mere ronv' nfi,nal- |
~ - t'1 ,,,i ~ usG lnvY are hvSutu y /
well, eel 5,inly in tho town. and often in |
IN from ~ rls ~ ~ = ! h'Gac leiceu
trdctlVe. Il looks too exclusive. as it the !
of the hrot hcrhood of nan the corner
st t's ~ eiNlii@e0 society, ana wanted 10 :
home should be Individual, but should i
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