West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-16
MR.. BOWSER'S
TRlBUlATlONS.
lie Studies the Moons Influence and
Cams Much Information.

4 ""N NA"sNAN AoioNlnk Nun was boy with
several pots Of plants and a package Of
seeds. Before Mrs. Bowser could ask for
an explanation she was Informed;
"Nou were saying the other day tha, YOU
wished we had bit OF garden. I'm going
TO make one. I've got 1t all planned out,
and I'll fx up something to be proud Of"
''Bu, our back yard is NO place for gar.
den, " she protested, "lrs mostly in the
shade, you know, and the soil must be very
poor. wish you had spoken about it be-
fore you bought these things"
Don, You worry about the shade or the
poor soil, my dear woman. | shall grow
only such things as love the shade, and a
,, little guano will make the soil &c, up aud
hump in way TO astonish you. Resides I
have special object in view. will now
get into an old SUIT and prepare the various
beds. Digging and rakiug and smelling the
fresh earth will carry me back TO the old
farm days again"
When he had changed his clothes, he laid
OIL plo, in the back yard and began work.
kettles had remained undisturbed for years.
bu, farmer Bowser persisted until at the
end of three hours he had prepared a bed
10 feet long by feet wide During his
labors he burst his suspenders, broke his
spade, pulled the handle out of the rake and
lost an eye out Of his spec,aeles, but he won
out in the end. When the bed was ready
he called Mrs. Bowser out and said:
"rhis, You understand, rs only prelimin.
airy. have prepared this for an expert
mental bed. Later on will lay the whole
yard out into circles, crescents, crosses, etc"
'Whal sort Of experiment." she asked.
al will inform you later on this evening.
shall rather mix things up in this bed. l
shall set out onions, tomatoes and flowers.
and shall plant the seeds of cucumbers and
melons and potatoes, and add a few hills of
corn"
al should think that few apple trees,
grape arbor and an artificial lake would
help things along she observed.
''Jus, 50. was expecting you to say
something mean. when you understand
my object, however you may change your
mind. shall now proceed to SOW and
plant, and when have finished you send
the cook out 10 gather the 900 cloihcspins,
the 5000 forks, and the 1000 spoons have
dug up IN making this small bed do not
wish to find fault-no husband ever does
but If you could only manage to plant what
few dishes we have left somewhere out here
we could eat off the ironing board with
our fingers"
There we're two eloihesPins, one old fork
aud broken spoon in sight, but Mrs. Bowscr
didn't dispute his figures. lie had regaincd
his good nature before dinner was over, aud
after the meal he assumed the patronizing
air Of the average husband aud said:
al Informed you that had special OBJ
Ject in mixing up things in that bed, and
will now explain it. Did you ever give any
though, to the vegetation around your"
eyes, several Of them"
al am glad to know it, and will mark il
in your favor. What theory have you got
as to why seeds grow ?"
''lt doesn't need any theory Nature in
tended everything to reproduce itself If a
seed is planted in fertile soil, it will pro
duce again"
'But there must be favorable influences. &"
"Of course, it needs sun and rain"
Anything else, Mrs. Bowser2"
"Nothing special, guess
"What about the moon7"
"Why, believe that some old grannics
contend that the moon has some sort Of
influence on vegetation, bu; don't think
that any leyelheaded farmer believes IT,"
That was the poin, Mr.. Bowser had been
leading up to, and there was the light Of
triumph in his eyes az he walked back and
forth and said:
"But if the moon does influence vege,a.
ton, If IL exercises the greatest influence
over the planting and growing, # i; would
make difference Of 500 per year TO every
farmer 70 consult the moon, then what7"
"Why, It would be a good thing for the
world at large to know, she replied
Exactly; and the man who proved It to
the world would become famous and renown.
ed, wouldn't he?'
Certainly But what has all this TO do
with your planting dozen dincrcn, things
in one bcd2"
'Just this. am going 70 prove the truth
or falsiy Of this moon business. II prove
it, shall become Bowser, the sayant and
worlds friend. If fail, only the tao Of u.s.
will know g., aud the world will b. no
worse off,"
"Bm how can you prove or dsproye such
a thing1' asked Mrs. Bowscr.
. by experiment. IF course. Tonight q.
a moonlight night shall take a seat De.
side these tomato plants aud onion sprouts
for an hour oi two aud observe what inaa
euce tbc moon has on them. I wil continue
the experiment for week and by the end
Of that time shall know one way or 10.
other suppose you'll call &c one Of my
fais, but can't help that Steam aud
electricity were fads once.
Ms. Bowssr sighed monmfuiiy. bot sh,
realized that lt was no use Co raise obiec
tions Mr. Bo~sef decided TO do bis watch
ing frong toIr or latct. aud hr carried oat
a chair aud got notebook and psacii r.ady
before thc hour When he finally plsss.
out he expected ,hs ceot, who had beer
watching proceedings, woald say something
and she did. Tossing her head and eiyIu.
the, words a dagc of contempt, Size said.
d'H leave the back door open 30 you cas-
plunge ia at any Gme."
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