Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-08
FATHER AND THE
GARDEN

| VIM MHtpN 900 i. "N' fN'NN''
How much uooIh '"u charge. ="
asked IN" profcssor. l0 work Tor me
40 hour "r iva r,ct nftcrn"on dur
nk The spring aud -u'lurr' ! am
'h'nking serious, of Hnvng - gar.
den. nnd wont htt' Jim" To- take
MIN" charge of
ia charge about a dollar u min
ut".' replied til, Ioa proved man
make tho prlce especially low he.
cause ~ personal 'tlcndship To.auN.
body else my pri,, vpuld be prohibit
tive. Hut, casting aside unseomiN
| l'yitv and p.rslflasr When YOU see
n" sweating around another mans
garden AT any price tu. j know that
pigs are flying You say you are
R"ine To- esta hlish q garden hut won't
hnVc time to run IL Yourself That's
alwavs the way with gardens.
Every American eIu2rn likes 20
| have garden with lut OF cucam-
hers and horscrndishss in H. but he
wants to see somr1ud, else do the
ulling aud toiling H" wants 10 sit
/ ON the back porch Win Ils fcct on the
railinp and smok, DOTS irusiy pipe. ana
hand down ukasos and such things to
| the wrotchod hin Iua Nhu Is pulling
weeds ana lacerating the ground with
q hoe " n man lives alone he never
| thinks Of having q garden, bat " ne
| has a Wife ana daughtors and ether
| easy marks he is anxious to raise h,s
own vegetables Anl me- KEGS the
! women drilling abound IN the back
yard all summer.
when was q beautiful little boy
! had several brothers of assorted
ages. and my father vas great gar
den fan lie mad g~ labor w hts
vineyard when wc wanted Co go fish
| ing W" carried water to- his Wines
aud bushes when N' should have oc"u
81 the circus. storing our minds with
useful knowledge tie used to prom
! isc n penny an hour each FOR the
time We put in wrestling with thns"
| vegetables. but II, never had the ad.
vantage uf course at "A memory
shrool. and So forgot TO Iiuuiuate. H.
SIN owes me q good deaf of money
for labor performed and as he has
been dead dozen wears. an early
settlement seems Improbable. |
haven't tn" proper feeling of r.vcr-
rncr FOR nay deceased parent on that
account Fathers should take warn
ing ana cough up the coin when their
children have earned A.
When there was a specially fine
vegetable IN the garden father would
take II down town and show IL To- his
| friends and point with pride. aud So
he acquired quite a reputation A. q
gardener. but all the work was done
| by his offspring. and ne lust sat under
a ire. and threw clods at ~ when
Ne stopped 10 draw a. long breath.
! Ever since those mechanically DAYS I
| hay" mad a prejudice against garden
ng Aunt Julia Is a good sport aud
| recognizes that prejudice. and never
asks me- IN take fan out of the
onion bed or do any ghost dancing
among TIA. squash vines. She goes out
! into the garden ard does ycoma ,
service. throwing the harpoon int,
the weeds and making lifc travcsty
to the potato bugs bu, she n.Vcr
passes me any uncomfortable hints
/ when she sees me SITTING on the
fence.
N YOU viii take my advice. pro-
f.ss"r. yuull pass up the garden and
buy your vegetables at the harness
store \ man can't have n garden
without being bore. There wa, "A
guy named Neatherwax lived mex;
door To Ms for a year. He always
| had lived In Il flat and he moved out
here to the suburbs on purpose 10 d
- gardening stunt He had been read
/ ing some book mat got his intcllccts
out of plumb Well. sir. that man was
| the greatest nuisance ever saw
AT first he was somewhat amds-
Ing. bu, in the course of time he be-
came an afilirtion, He always was
calling me over lo look AT some new
vegetable wonder. Every little thing
was marvel 10 him. and he wanted
the whole neighborhood To- see II and
get excited. he always was dancing
around his garden ut,cring yelps and
shricks OF delight. and he used to 60
out at night with lantern To- watch
his onions growing.
! one night had gone to bed tired
and worn anh vas having all kinds ~
u dream when AUNT Jalia raped at
| my door and said there must bo some
| thing wrong over al WcnthewaN's. for
hc VAS calling me franticalls. has
! lily donned ueignoir and rodingot"
and scoot.d over there and found that
blamed idiot pioa,ine over some beans
that were iust pushins themselves out
| OF the ground
| IL was In hnd temper, as man
always IL when rpuscj from refresh
ing sleep, and ! said things that led
To- hlo"dshed harvested black
eye, hut you should have seen Wealth