MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 43 



SIXTH WEEK. 



SOMEBODY has sent me a hew sort 

 of hoe, with the wish that I should 

 speak favorably of it, if I can consist 

 ently. I willingly do so, but with the 

 understanding that I am to be at liberty 

 to speak just as courteously of any other 

 hoe which I may receive. If I under 

 stand religious morals, this is the position 

 of the religious press with regard 

 to bitters and wringing-machines. In 

 some cases, the responsibility of such 

 a recommendation is shifted upon the 

 wife of the editor or clergyman. Polly 

 says she is entirely willing to make a 

 certificate, accompanied with an affidavit, 

 with regard to this hoe ; but her habit 

 of sitting about the garden-walk, on 



