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What a blessing is it that a variety of tastes are 
given us in the selection of objects upon which we 
may bestow our daily “ love pats ! ” Even in one house¬ 
hold we find the different members showing unlike 
preferences. One loves the dog, another fondles the 
cat; some 
care most for 
the canary, or 
other caged 
birds; many 
delight in a 
brood o f 
chickens. 
Even the 
troubles pm e 
rabbit and 
restless 
squirrel have 
their admir¬ 
ers. Others 
bestow all 
their atten¬ 
tion upon 
flowers and 
plants, and 
in each case 
the objects 
chosen re¬ 
ceive the pe- 
culiarlove 
and guar¬ 
dianship of 
t heir possess¬ 
or ; and in 
their care no 
one must in¬ 
terfere. The 
dog may bury 
its bone in 
the mellow 
flower bor¬ 
der, and have 
a warm bed 
in its rustic 
kennel; the 
cat must have 
a warm place 
on the rug, 
and not be 
disturbed, 
even if, Ma¬ 
homet like, 
a piece of a 
garmentwere 
to be cut off; 
the canary 
must hang in 
the sunniest 
window; the 
chickens may rove and scratch at will in the yard and 
garden, thereby rousing the temper and sadly trying 
the patience of the lover of flowers and vegetables, 
who truly has more to contend with in gratifying a 
love for the pets of a garden, greenhouse or window, 
than those who care only for the animate creation. 
They are active resistants to their enemies, while the 
beautiful roses are submissive, and bow their heads 
meekly to the ravages of the worm, that leaves only 
skeletons behind. The scaly insect works at will on 
the smooth bark of the splendid Australian and other 
shrubs, despoiling them of life. The earth and wire 
worm perform their deeds of darkness, until the beau¬ 
tiful plants hang their drooping heads in despair. The 
sun will scorch, the wind blast, and (direst of all) the 
frost kill; yet those who love and care for these pets 
of the garden will never tire of the unceasing vigilance 
necessary to have them in all their beauty and per¬ 
fection, and will call to their aid all the remedies given 
LITTLE ELEGANCIES. 
The Children’s Morning Welcome—Mamma’s Birthday. 
in the especial pet paper of all—the Floral Cabinet 
— which comes as a monthly blessing to our homes, 
and will surely be rewarded by the renewed health and 
beauty of the delicate vines and the graceful plants. 
All home pets have a mission to perform in leading 
the mind, for a time, from toil and trouble to purer 
thoughts and higher aspirations than are found in 
the mere routine of daily labor. 
Delaware. 
I think that the Cabinet is a great necessity, for it 
not only helps you to make your home neat and cheer¬ 
ful, but it gives also many recipes and hints which are 
very useful; and in getting up a club I think I suc¬ 
ceeded a great deal better by mentioning the good 
recipes and hints contained therein, than by keeping- 
quiet while they were looking at the paper. I very 
often go into a house that looks quite empty and lack¬ 
ing some¬ 
thing, you 
hardly know 
what. There 
is as much 
furniture in 
the room as 
people gen¬ 
erally ha vein 
a common 
r o o m, yet 
they cannot 
tell what 
makes their 
rooms so 
blank look¬ 
ing ; but if 
they would 
read the Cab¬ 
inet, and act 
upon what it 
says, they 
would have 
their house 
looking quite 
different to 
what it did 
before, for 
you would see 
such things 
as dried flow¬ 
ers and grass¬ 
es, frames 
made of 
leaves, cones, 
plum-pits, or 
peach-pits, or 
p e r h a p s a 
hanging bas¬ 
il e t, & c., 
which look 
very pretty, 
besides see¬ 
ing the Cab¬ 
inet chromo 
neatly framed 
and hanging 
to the best 
a d v a u t. a go. 
There are a 
number of 
tliirgs that a 
person can 
make that 
You can utilize 
will take very little time and money, 
many old things which you have often before thrown 
away, such as making an easy chair out of a barrel, or 
covering an old picture-frame with cones. And, 
again, if you go into a house that has different little 
elegancies here and there, it would seem so bright you 
would think you had happened into the right house, 
and would like to take up your abode there. 
Brussels, Ont. Mary M. Morris. 
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