Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-30

wrote that he would go to Rutland and
run big store; another that he would
build factory and employ lot of
people; another that he would get the
control of some falls and have power
plant to give light and heat to every
house in the town; another that he
would have an automobile and carry
passengers to and from the railroad
depot; and another that he would build
a trolley line from the village to the
railroad and so make big place of it.
Harold wrote that he meant to be
sailor and go to every part of the
world. All the money he earned he
would send home and he hoped it would
pay off the mortgage on the farm.
When he had to give up being a sailor
he hoped to become the captain of
big ship-he would come home and work
on the farm the rest of his life. Not
withstanding her disappointment that
more of the children seemed to appre-
ciate the value of the farmer to the
State, she did not give up her garden
plan. The morning after Mr.. Pollard
had ploughed and cultivated the piece
of land he had offered the children, she
told them that she wanted them to be-
gin making beds in their garden and
added, 81 want you to choose one of
you to be head-gardener, " hoping that
it would be Harold AS she walked
home from school that day, she was
joined by Dick, who asked her who she
would like to have them choose When
she said Harold, " he was a good deal
disappointed, for he had hoped that he
would be her choice. But he didn t
give her an idea of this, but determined
that he would do all he could to have
the children choose Harold There was
a meeting of the Kindly Deeds Society
that afternoon and the teachers garden
plan was talked of with good deal of
interest. And when Molly asked who
they were going to choose they all
shouted with one voice, "Dick. 4"
Harold wasn't there. He was a mem
Der but seldom came to the meetings
and showed little interest in the soci-
ety's work. Dick, of course, was very
much pleased, but he spoke right up
and told them of the teachers choice
and her reasons for it, and he begged
them all to vote for Harold. When
school met again, the teacher gave to
no q u Of
told them to write on it the name of the
one they wanted to be head gardener
When they were brought to her and
she had examined them, she announced
that every vote but one was for Harold
That one was for Dick and was Harold 5
vote. The boy was very much pleased
} at being chosen and entered at once
heartily into the work. He got his
father to come down and look over the
ground to see what things would grow
best in it, and in the evening they made
plan of the beds on a sheet of paper.
With the help of one or two of their
: neighbors they made the beds next day,
: little over twenty of them with grass
borders and separated by nice little
] gravel paths. The children We're de-
= lighted with it when it was done. Each
r single bed was numbered and the teach
er wrote each number on little piece
of paper and put it in a basket Then
one after another of the older children
came up and took one of the pieces and
, the number on it was the number of
, the bed which he was to care for. 1t
J was quite exciting for some of the beds
J were nicer and showed more than the
/ others and so of course they were the
, lucky ones that got them. Harold,
with his father and the teacher.
| looked carefully at each bed to see
. what could best be grown on it, The
: ground wasn't level and the soil in the
lower part was richer than that in the
others He asked his father if he had
any books that would tell him what to
do and he went down to the village
: library to see if there was anything
there. The teacher wrote to the super
ntendent telling him of Harold inter
} est, and through him some documents
full of useful and practical suggestions
came to Harold from Washington His
interest in the gardening work in
creased almost daily and showed itself
at home too, for he helped his father as
} never before in the garden and on the
farm. Every day was full to the brim
with work which now he liked ever so
much, and he made the other children,
! especially the boys, almost as interested
as he was. They all planted and weeded
and watered with untiring zeal, often
coming after school to work. The gar
den was such success that the whole
town became interested in it. People
came from neighboring towns to see it
and almost oil ia tbot -