Year: 1872

| MANY an nour o. naru sbuul uau CIV
en- these branches, and of what praeti-
cal advantage had they been to mes l
never met any French people with whom
could converse, and had never been
able to secure class in either language,
while all the while my knowledge was
becoming rusty by non use. 1t is pain
full to recur to this period Of my life; |
was SO unhappy. expected every day
to be the last my husband would be able
to attend to business. Finally driven to
desperation by our misfortunes l resolv-
ed to do something or die in the attempt,
Attached to the house we occupied was
large lot for gardening purposes, and
made up my mind that out of that bit
of earth / would dig our fortunes or, at
least, living with my own hands. l
made horticulture study, and brushed
up my knowledge of chemistry. 1t was
hard work and small profits the first
year: but having once put my hand to
the plow, l never turned back. Our ta-
BILE was bountifully supplied with fresh
vegetables and fruits, and what was bet
ter, my step had grown elastic, my eye
bright, and my cheek rounded with
health. My husband, too, found many
spare moment from business to assist
and in doing so found himself growing
strong and well again. Oh, how happy
we werel How proud felt when l re-
ceived returns from my first shipment OF
vegetables to the nearest market! l
counted it over and over: it seemed to
possess a value that had never attach
ed to money in the old days when father
had lavished it so freely upon me. Then
| would have thought of spending such
a paltry sum upon the trimmings of a
single dress; now every penny was
| boarded with miserIy care, for we had
resolved upon having home of our
own. Well, to be brief, each year at
tempted something more-hrst poultry
yard, then the cultlre of bees, and SC
on-until, before we were hardly aware
of it, our home was paid for, and we in
easy circumstances.


! had carefully concealed every trace
of our adversely from my parents.
think | would have died rather than
have gone home-a begger. Now that
the dawn of prosperity had set in.
wrote, asking them to come and see the
little silken-haired girl that, like a sun
beam, danced through our home. They
came. Father accustomed to his broad
acres, was astonished at the products O.
our small plot of ground. He declared
| was the best farmer he knew of, ant
should have greater scope for my powers
He bought fine large tract of land ad
joining our grounds, that happened tc
be for sale just then, and made me deco
for it. This is the origin of the country
seat you visited last summer, and admir-
ed so much. Belle is fine horticultu
rist and IN accomplished housekeeper.-
Should she be thrown upon her own re
sources in the country, she could make
living, and l wish her to be equally a
independent in town. We came to tow
to superintend her education. She think
her forte is journalism, and desires, il
addition to this, to become practica
printer. And now, can you wonder
Mrs. Ellis, after my experience, that
an trying to have her avoid the error
that well-nigh made my life a failure !?


mo, indeed, Mrs. Morton, and hon
or you for it. I have been greatly ben
Gifted by the narration of your earl.
troubles, and think you will see the re
suit of it in the future training of NJ.
own daughter. Tribune.