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of a garden. How his toils will eventuate, whether 
in an onion or a disappointment, he knows not. 
He will know more when he is older. Let him 
hector the ground. Let him pound the clod. 
Let him lean over till his back aches and a lin- 
iment is in requisition. Let him listen to his 
wife as she leans menacingly from the window 
and advises him to plant radish seeds if he aspires 
to grow radishes. Let him hear the maid insist 
that he plant the onion sets bottoms down be- 
cause if he does not they will not come up. Let 
him hear with nonchalance the jeers of his neigh- 
bors as they go by, or what is worse, refuse to 
go by but stand and volunteer advice. Let the 
gardener do these things and he has done all 
that Providence really requires in his showing 
himself a man and a gardener and a correct 
descendant of Adam, the father of all who handle 
the hoe, as Jubal was the father of all such as 
blow on the horn (their own horn). O, to be a 
gardener and to plant things, and be serene 
whether they come up or not! May the race 
of such increase. 
Tue Truant Citizen 
Oh, I don’t want to plow, 
An’ I never want to hoe; 
Ruther be off yonder 
Where the honeysuckles grow, 
Wadin’ in the daisies 
Whiter than the snow, 
All in a bright spring mornin’. 
