St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-07-13
FARMER JOBSON.

Mr.. Jobson wore a certain air Of un-
wonted importance when, uponhis re-
turn home one evening about three
weeks ago, he laid a square paper pack
age, neatly tied up with rubberbands,
on the dining room table.
90, you did remember to get that
yellow, old-fashioned corn meal on
your way home, didn't your inquired
Mrs. Jobson, picking up the package
and feeling it.
Mr. Jobson gazed at her with anair
of bewilderment.
yellow, old-fashioned corn meal?"
he inquired, as if be had never heard Of
such a thing il his life. .Who ever
Eaid anything about !"
sWhy," interrupted Mrs. Jobson,
@dont you remember my asking yon,
before you left this morning, to drop
by at that little grocery on Eleventh
street and get the kind of corn meal
we had for the Johnny cake the
Last
Mrs. Jobson, I wish you could con-
lrive to shake yourself out Of that
Iomnolent condition before get home
Of evenings, put In Mr.. Jobson, wear
ing a guilty look, nevertheless. 1T
seems to me that you ought to find
enough time to dream during the
hours that i am away yfronl
Well, what is this, then p said Mrs.
Jobson, holding up the package, for
she thought it discreet to change the
subject.
That, Mrs. Jobson, is package Of
flower seeds, said Mr.. Jobson, taking
the bundle out Of her hands and be-
ginning to undo the rubber bands.
incidentally, It's the biggest bargain
that / ever saw in my life. I only paid
eight dollars for the whole outfit to a
man who came into the Office to-day,
and in the bunch there are samples of
flower seeds Of about every known va
riety, and a lot of unknown varieties,
as far as that's concerned. III don't
make the bit ofa yard surrounding
this establishment look like d bower
of beauty inside Of about four weeks
then you are privileged to consider
me cigar store sign, that's al, : and
Mr.. Jobson picked up the small en-
Velopes, one by one, and gazed admir-
ingly tthe ornate pictures Of flowers
printed onthem, I'm going to have
our neighbors 50 jealous Of this little
personally conducted botanical gar
den which I'm about to begin work
on that they won't be able to sleep o
nights, that's all
Mrs. Jobson picked up q few Of the
small envelopes and gazed at them
curiously.
Eight dollars" she murmured, as
If to herself Don't You think the
seeds were rather dear? Isaw great
box Of flower seeds at our grocery
store the other day, and I think most
OF the varieties were labeled ten cents
q package"
Never mind about what you saw at
the grocery store, Mrs. .Tobson, replied
Mr.. Jobson, hanghtily These are
not grocery store flower seeds.
They're collected, so the man fold me,
from the estate of oneof the most emf
nent foricnlturists in this country,
and when you see your yard looking
like garden Of Eden on sonewhaf
reduceds scale yon'lI lIagree With me that
this is the cheapest and best purchase
that ever came through the Jobson
front gate. I bought few little i'm
plements for the making of the gar
den, IN addition, and I'm going to take
a day off tomorrow and get these seeds
in the ground.
Don't you think It would be better
for you to get a eolored man to spade
up the yard first p inquired Mrs. job
son.
No, Mrs. Jobson, / dom, |, : replied
Mr.. Jobson. Neither do I think it
would be better for me to get a colored
man to perform for me on the piano
forte. Gardeningas a business thatre-
qulFes sUIIte tita - 81;
I've never taken occasion to show you
how strong I am on the gardening
proposition, T think you'll find there
suits to justify my desire to attend to
the whole thing myself.
The few little implements for gar
dening arrived IN the delivery wagon
that same evening, and Mr. Jobson |