WHAT I KNOW ABOUT GARDENING. 



her gait and the size of her feet, which struck 

 me as a little large for the size of the body. Hav 

 ing no cow myself, but acquaintance with my 

 neighbor s, I told him that I thought it would 

 be fair for him to have the grass. He was, 

 therefore, to keep the grass nicely cut, and to 

 keep his cow at home. I waited some time after 

 the grass needed cutting ; and, as my neighbor 

 did not appear, I hired it cut. No sooner was it 

 done than he promptly appeared, and raked up 

 most of it, and carried it away. He had evi 

 dently been waiting that opportunity. When 

 the grass grew again, the neighbor did not ap 

 pear with his scythe ; but one morning I found 

 the cow tethered on the sward, hitched near the 

 clothes-horse, a short distance from the house. 

 This seemed to be the man s idea of the best 

 way to cut the grass. I disliked to have the cow 

 there, because I knew her inclination to pull up 

 the stake, and transfer her field of mowing to 



