The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-28
Unconventional Gardening.

Unconventional Gardening.
Honestly, l have hopes that people
are going to get over formal. straight
line, mechanical and unnatural gar.
dening. 1t is time.
Here l read. an article from the
Washington Star actually advising
people to take q spade and chop holes,
angles and curves in their straight
borders. What are we coming TOT
This same article says that the Japa.
nese and other orientals have us beat.
en- q mile as landscape gardeners fol
the reason that they follow nature,
have curves, joys. different levels,
rock effects and other things in line
with the way that nature and God do
things.
This is most hopeful. If a sufficient
number of writer's will begin talking
in this strain we may do something.
The only thing needed is to put our
souls into our gardening. When we
have a spirit in doing anything we
get away from mechanical and forced
effects.
How / Got the Don't Worry Habit.
I have learned since I lived with the
soul Of things that people do not need
to be unhappy unless they desire to be.
All this is good If rightly seen and
rightly placed. God is actually run.
ming things. and running them right
There is satisfaction in q thought like
that.
I used to be disturbed about the way
the world is being managed. thought
God was of the job every now and
then. that things were going wrong
and that the politicians had to make
them right. Now / have ONE to the
conclusion that a competent engineer
is in charge. and ] am not so much
worried.
Understand me, I believe that God
works through people and that we
must stand true to him. true to our
soul impulses, true to righteousness, to
liberty and to humanity. But there Is
no need Of losing sleep about the uni
verse going to the demnition bow
vows.
It is like this: ! used to watch q
gang of men doing some gigantic work
building a railroad or erecting a
building-and every now and then I
became disturbed with the thought
that they were not doing in it the
right way. Then l reasoned with my
self in this wise: The man in charge
of <ho< 3oh Ipovc roowo about T. than
I do. He is experienced and takes
every part Of the work into considera-
ton. He Is not making O mistake, and
there is no occasion for me to bother
my head about 1t. 1t was q comfort.
ing conclusion.
I am a part Of the social machine.
and to that extent my responsibility
goes and no further. In public mat
tiers / am legitimately interested.
There I owe my duty to my country
and my state. I also owe my duty to
the Supreme-that I keep my heart
open and receptive to his will. But I
owe It to nobody to worry. I W. It
to nobody to interfere with his pri-
vate business or to be concerned about
It This is q constructive world and IL
going right My greatest concern Is to
be constructive myself and to keep
step with God and humanity.
That Is n Of the lessons I have
learned from my little farm.
This is a universe Of exact justice.
Were that not true 1t could not exist.
Injustice simply means incomplete
Justice. and no incomplete thing can
be permanent. Only that, which Is
whole and perfect is durable: II there
could exist n wrong not ultimately
righted. the orderly course Of things
would be disturbed and the destruction
Of all would inevitably result.
The world wants things that are gen.
uine. It wants people who seem to be
what they are. 1t is tired Of preten-
sion, Of can't Of fakirism. It is sick
Of the goody good. It yearns for a
little wholesome common sense. Il
needs o warm hearted, broad
minded. sincere goodness-the real
thing and not the counterfeit.
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! once dreamed Of a perfect rule Of
life that God would give to man. and
this was the form It took: aspire to
nothing the world can give. Aspire to
all that I can give"
Death is not a terrible thing. We
die often. Back along the years W,
see the ghosts Of ouradaad seivas