6 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 



and probably did not get half as much 

 comfort out of it as Horace did from liis 

 more simply-tilled acres. We trust that 

 Horace did a little hoeing and farming 

 himself, and that his verse is not all fraud 

 ulent sentiment. In order to enjoy 

 agriculture, you do not want too much 

 of it, and you want to be poor enough 

 to have a little inducement to work mod 

 erately yourself. Hoe while it is spring, 

 and enjoy the best anticipations. It is 

 not much matter if things do not turn 

 out well. 



