SEMI- TItO PIC v 11.1 FORM 1.1. 
had planned an nmhiiioua campaign t<< 
mount skyward, uniil the rough interior 
had become a bright, glowing picture, a 
rest and a stimulant at once to every be¬ 
holder. J learned to know the inmate* of 
that cottage, their hope* and their need*; 
more faith Ilian experimental knowledge, 
perhaps; slid, after i time came ihsdbws 
and disappointment. The ordinary pro 
dues of the farm brought stow and oncer 
tain return*; freight* eoWlutncd the profit*, 
the years were not always fully favorable;| 
squirrels and gophers were slow in n-«dinp 
tlmir death warrants; gill-edged butter 
failed to bring gilt-edged price*; fowls 
were clnmurim* for prolonged vsiMtion*. 
and persisted in taking them wher, egir* 
were highest, and ehit-kens grew strangely 
absent at roll-rail; anil so the shadows sn 
future time should come no more days of 1 
financial prr-swe, for nut of this abundant 
return should romr full supply fur every 
possible need. 
j The dwi llcri in this southern land will 
know thia for no fancy sketch, but an o'er 
true tnle, ami its duplicate* ar* Irgem 
[ Now, this disheartening nodus lr.<m the 
| old paths is well nigh over, and for thin* 
I who follow there In** a plain pad.; the 
i thorns which have lined it, and goaded 
their pradesansnra, are swept away. Now. 
only vigilance lx war,led lest the developing 
treasures bo injured Ity thmr natural ene- 
miea; an eternal vigilance U always the 
; price of success every where and anywhere 
The days of slipshod farming and mg 
Ire ted orchard*, which their owners pro 
clour, with a martyred air, “don’t pay," are 
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or two thing*: cither the shove description 
i* it* legitimate label, or there has bean 
planted unprofitable varieties of fruit, and 
; no the wrong soils. In either cane a radical 
■ l.ange I* necessary; tin* coming season, 
with its ahnmlaut promise of test! time and 
harvest, should witneea such grafting and 
'•■i.hltng, and thorough overhauling of 
f -harda in Southern t 'altforma as its tunny 
*kn*a have never bv-k*rd upon. Most .if 
•h<-io want wbst uld Aunt Dinah, in Uoc.ln 
Tma** Cabin, used to give her kitchen 
when il reached a like pan, a thorough 
" clario’ Up," K* cry individual neglected 
trunk wants s complete cleansing with 
wi.«te-otl soap-swda and any of the popular 
•dditifMia in th« way of carbolic acid, 
naphtha, ore. that the owner fancies; ait 
1 »r> good. Only get il tlKiruughly dorm 
tied lower and lower, darkening the heart* 
of our cottage friends. 
Tho pomologieal future was slow in it* 
approach, hut sum; th« orchard wux leaf by 
leuf gtoning apace, unmindful of the pru.it 
of corn and potatoes, and unnMiiumialiv* 
returns ami unsatisfactory balance*. Suit 
shine and .shower, dewy morning , and 
glowing mnontidn* distilled for them i arth’a 
ulumbio and chemistry, and nature wofjoul 
silently all their force* for the dc«<-hyment, 
of thus® leafy avenues. Kvery year drew 
the arches nearer together, atr.-t.-hn.mil 
longingly toward cumpletennsa and frtnl 
fulness. Then came tho bloom and bounti¬ 
ful promise, enlivening the dstkoi hour 
before the dawn, this hope which had 
spanned the household like a bow of piom 
i#t>, bocaitic u fruition, — a surety that in the 
over. No; of court* they “don’t pay " 
We should lose our Ksph'l, deep a* it i* 
for any production of nature, that would 
“ pay " for e»m* people and wno treatment 
Our peeped would wav higher if all abused 
and neglected orchard*- vineyard*. and 
gat .lens would follow tin.' esample of J" 
tialt’* gourd, -lie downand die, wither up •< 
utire. The*® slow martyrdom* are - • p*m<m 
ln.rly forhaaramv. Wo am -sdly i*iap«<-d 
to enter our thriftless wsughb.ir’s gates and 
aid th*s® hopeless, fttuuted growths to a 
speedier quietus thsu nature give*. It *« 
only a painful type of the moral and 
mental o.mdttioii of the owner. We never 
see a well balanced mail or woman with any 
such disgraceful belonging*. When wc »,e 
told Ibst otiihanls do not pay, we knuw onu j 
’ |aitd that result will r 
mt he reached tn a 
• .|»v|, s* far up in the 
larger hrsm he* a* 
1 p -Mihlr; t hen fasten t 
mil of paper amnud 
. and walrh the r*- 
1 »,.lt The early riser, 
is well a* the early 
or (.idling nil .ii,_ ul- 
, whatever *hapo of evi 
1 II cornea in, and 
th-» name i* given 
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imaae Never ws* 
than it M of the faithf 
ut nri-hardi*t. And 
>ud or graft 
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