110 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1900. 



It is hoped that women will not be driven into the fields by 

 such circumstances, but that more of them will be led to real- 

 ize that an existence spent in healthy, honest out-of-door work, 

 is an existence which will enable soul and body to expand, as 

 well as the mind. Let me urge the women of this society and 

 city to engage in more out-of-door work, and bask in Heaven's 

 sunlight; fewer headaches would be heard of and nervous 

 prostration would be unknown. Have a flower or vegetable 

 garden, take care of it all yourself, don't neglect it. You re- 

 member the story of little Johnnie, when asked if he liked to 

 go to sunday-school, replied, "Guessed he should stick to it 

 until after the picnic was over." Stick to your garden ; let the 

 picnic last all summer, it will do you good. Where my gardens 

 are today once was rocky land, covered with bushes of all 

 kinds, now a mowing-machine can run over any part of it, and 

 the result has been accomplished by nothing more than energy 

 and perseverance. 



