The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-11-11
A NEIGHBORLY. PLAN.

Heights. sat amiably smoking thei
pipes together on the Plonchel bacl
stOop. Mrs. Carstetters and Mr.. PlOn
ehel leaned over the fence dividing th'
Carstettsrs and Plonehel back yards an.
ehatted with their accustomed frienEI.
ness; Ethel Carstetters and Pomero!
Plonchel tossed a bis painted rubber tai
back and forth over the fence. and al
was happiness and Joy.
Il was going To set out eabbages. too.
remarked Plonchel.
You can have some Of my plants d
you like" said Carstetters 1--WE goi
plenty for US both. I'd like 70 have an
onion bed this year. too. but don't know
whether I'm going to have room for
that"
4 I'VE are sort of cramped for space.
said Plonchel
The fence takes up a great deal OF
room," said Carstetters, retectively.
How would it be to take the fenoe DOWN
and then we could do with one beard path
through the whole concern"
That's mighty good idea" replied
Plonchel.
We'll do it," said Carstetters.
The plans were settled on that evening.
The next morning Carstetters and Plon-
chel got up early and rolled up the fence
netting, after which they pried up the
posts and piled them up against Pion-
chefs woodshed.
BY the end of the week the cooperative
garden was spaded and raked and the
planting began. The Carstetters and the
Plonchels worked together in the most
delightful harmony setting out cabbages
and onions, sowing beet and turnip seed.
planting potatoes and sweet corn and
making nice little hills of beans and
squash.
On the Thursday following Carstetters
reproved Pomeroy Plonchel for walking
on the radish bed. Mrs. Plonchel said
she didn't think Mr.. Carstetters need
have spoken so sharply to the child.
On Saturday afternoon Carstetters said
that Plonchel had planted the bean rows
too vice apart. Plonchel said that by
the time Carstetters had planted as
many beans as he had he would know
that it was great mistake to put the
rows too close together.
Carstetters said to his wife In conf
dence that the difference between what
Plonchel knew about gardening and
what he thought he knew would make
mighty big book.
One morning in early June Carstetters
that the onions needed weed
ing pretty badly. IF Plonchel thinks
I'm going to do all the wedding he'll find
himself mistaken" he added HE didn't |
do lick last night. Said he had had q
hard day downtown. He must have an |
idea that l go downtown to rest"
Plonchel said to Mrs. Plonchel about |
the same time that Carstetters couldn't
expect to do all his gardening with
hoe. He would have to
bend his back occasionally If he caleu-
lated to do his fair share of the work,
BY the end of June the peas were bios
soming Mrs. Plonchel went 6ut one
morning and picked bunch of the BIOS
SONS for the vase on her parlor table.
Mrs. Carstetters reported the fact to her
husband when he came home. 'Didyou
aver hear of such thing?" she said. II
went out just as soon as saw hers You
Ire surely not picking the pea blossoms
said, and she looked up as unconcern-
dly as possible.
"Why, yes, she said, 4 think they
ook so pretty"
"I'm not going to stand for that" said
,arstetters, angrily. 'T'll tell Plonchel
o."
Not long after that Mrs. Plonchel had
O complain that Mrs. Carstetters picked
he only cucumber that had so far ma
ured on the vines. Plonchel remarked
Il the absence of the vegetable dn
usual sort of way when the two families
we're in the garden together.
1--WE had it for lunch to-day" explained
'arstetters. ut was good, too"
I'm glad you liked II" said Plo1ehel,
18th a sarcastic infection Of voice.
We're rather fond of cucumbers our
elves"
I'm going to pick lot of these dear ),
tile ones and pickle them" announced !,
RS. Plonchel, sweetly.
THAT would be good idea" said Mrs.
with great readiness.
The consequence was that the cucum-
n vines were stripped and no more were :
lowed to grow larger than an inch or !.
vo. One morning Plonchel got up early
I'd gathered all the peas.
Carstetters told his wife that Plonchel =
emed to be awfully afraid he wouldn't !.
It his share of the garden and that he :,
,uld hate to be so mean.
Plounchel said to Mrs. Plonchel that !,
lrstetters was good deal of a,hog. :,
lust as the corn was in the ear Plon-
ell went away on his vacation. When :,
came back he found that the corn was :,
city we'll dried up. Carstetters said
had been dry three weeks. Plonthel :,
i'd that there was such thing as q, 2.
Lrden hose and a hydrant. ,Carstetters =.
i'd that there was such thing as in q,
able gall and that when he started the -
rden he had expected some assistance