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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1879)
September, 1879. THE WEST SHORE. much more care 011 the improvement o( such groundi than if tiny partake of a picturesque character. Suppose the mansion Kt I ou an it' 'I site whore the viow commanded the whole demesne. Then tho eye would take it all iu at one glance, and the oonditiom would lie changed at once. Tin y might work such reformation of the original plan, which waa only adapted to limited scenes of quiet lieauty, aa to require alterationa in the approach, and in the planting and grouping of treea to oorreapond with the different expression worn iiy nature. Hut, on the level lawn bordering the carriage way, where the eye liaa limited range, orna mental Ix'da of flower ami cluster! of raru shrubs are d ways in good taste and serve to connect groups of trrea. Figs. N and ilare cm mon methods of planting flowers and shrulia; though hods of fancy patterns look pretty when well cared for. He careful to avoid crowding; for the design is not to strew a (lower garden along the road aide. The utmost neatness will ho constantly required to keep the paths and roads looking well, draw must not lie allowed to grow in the gravel. The margins nhoold be kept monthly mown with a lawn mower, aa the seytho Is not a tit tool for the work. Kvery plant, large and small, must be forked around often, and carefully slaked, and tied and mulched. The little vine planted at the base of a ledge of rocks, where it will I mar red ber ries in the autumn, needs the same attention. Ita successful growth is aa much a triumph aa any other achievement Attention to small details marka the successful gardener; while brambles, weeds anil thriftleaa management will ruin any tine plaoe in a few weeks. J. B. Armti uihj, in I'ariie Hunil I'rr. UXAMTY, Night kissed the young rose, ami it I" nt aoftly to aleep. Stars shone, and pure dew-drops hung upon its bosom, and watched its sweet slumbers. Morning came with iu danciug breeaM, and they whispered to the young rose, and it swung to joyous and smiling touea. Lightly it awung to and fro in all the loveliness of health and youthful innocence. Then came the ardent sun-god, sweeping from the eaat, and smote tin young ruse with ita scurciuug raye, and it fainted Deserted ami almost heart-broken, it drooped to tho dust in its Involute and despair. Now the gentle brerie, which had lieen gamboling over tho sea, pushing on the home-bound bark.awoepiug over lull and dale, by the neat cottage and still brook, turning the old mill, fanning the brow of dis ease, and friaking the curls of innocent child hood, came tripping along on her errand of mercy and love. And when she saw the young rose, ahe hasten. . I to kiss it, and fondly bathed its head in oool, refreshing showers, and the young rose revived, and smiled in gratitude to the kind breea. But she hurried away, for she soon perceived that a delicate fragrance had liecu poured upon her wings by the grateful rose; and the kind brew waa glad in heart, and went away singing through the treea. Thua charity, like the breete, gathers fragranoe (mm the flower it refreshes, and unconsciously raaia a reward in the performance of its offers of kind no, which steals on the heart like rich per lume, to bless and to cheer. IamhIoh Trltiii. MorUM Swma. Hose Terr) ' '"' "to to the ct'anday AjUmm aa follows ' "ever shall (orget my own childiah tears and aalka over my sewing. My mother waa a perferl fairy at her needle, and her rule was rehrntlew; every long stitch was picked out and dime over agam. and neither tears nor entreaties availed to ml me of my task till it wa pMjwrly donet every w.riier of a hem tnrtied by the thread: stitching measured by two threads to tbe stitch; felling ..I alsv.lut.-ly regnlar width, ami patching d.ine uniaibly; while hoe darning wa a sort of em broidery 1 hatod il then, but I ha lived to Idea tiial mother' pelieot pereieUece; aad I am prouder today of the an patche IB my email girl' school draw wtttCB MMt be ema .lh..ut aearvtung than l any other handiwork ni. t - fh III) bread ' ABOUT joim Or. Hall aays: "Joka" is not slang, but a rospectable wont honestly descended from the l atin jofMM, and reproduced in the French "I'n And a joke i not a vulgar or coarse thiug, nor a tiling inherently bad, but has its place iu the economy of human life, and only liecomea a bore, or a nuisance, when out of place. Tho organisation nf the human face pro. villi's for laughter; for it will not be alleged, we presume, that the efl'ort to laugh develoiod the muscular capacity, any morn than the ctfort to articulate made the organs ol speech. The tint and heat arena for tho joke is the family, everyone is known and trusted, and every member is or ought to be at home with a budget of fun collected from the ridiculous side of human nature during the day. Family life has many dark and cloudy daya from toil, sick lies, losses, bereavements, apprehension. It is oulitlcd to ita sunshine and its hours of glad ueas. The play of wit, the uneipoctod linn, the gruteaiUu collocation of words, or ideaa, and the absurd suggestion, are in order. Like the wild llower of the green, without arrange nt, and without labor, they give a simple pleasure that costs nothing, ami does no harm in any direction. If men would only take the paiua to "make fun" lor the "folks at home" that they sometimes take to "make the table ring" abroad, they would add no little to the sum of humaii happines. Hut even tho grave business ..( life may be helped on by a Joke. Mind works on nun. I sometimes aa iron on iron. Kricllnu, .rt and abrasion follow. The lubricating oil nf timely witticism provoiiU these ill uonsciUonoes ('nralalable truths can lie sweetened by a good saccharine witticism; and insipid inmmiiiilie tions can be made palatable by a sprinkling nf "Attic salt" I'maideut Lincoln, with a strong, original, and shrewd mind, grew up among fresh and original combinations, and m Ida varied contact with n noticed much which he remembered. He knew well that an erieo dote, a droll yug, or even a common aying made droll by manner, will iwreuade many, when a cogent argument would bewilder, irn late or reKl them It la probable that he is, and will he, credited with far inor. "stories' than hoover told; for the echoes ol voters in su. Ii high places are many, litlul. and far rebuilding ieii Swift Sidney Smith, and other men Ilka them, got oredit (or more than they ever said, Hut even allowing (or all this, It is uerUin tbat he made mnv a nappy hit which hail all th value of a blow without th bull, through "tori," incident, and quainl ipeeohe ol which he waa "rriiiindrd ' That hi own mind rested, in soma d .-gice, while thus disporting Itself, and wa thus helped to hear the weight of oare, is an ingenious theory; but it la far from being certain. There wa. all through, a chain of grave purpose. The "funny thing won but flowers thrown around it II la mor snarly tru tn aay, that lancoln a rioikble man at th out!, with remarkable training, sach aa only WssUni public III" Ml give brought forth fruit alter hi kind," and did hi prumn in hi own way laacnue b ooald do it, and hail found It efleclive. A lobe i a uaaful instrument in a public ad drat. Men I is tarn better alur th la, ! ma clae have bJU aerewwd. Of court wit U aa various in ita kind a th race of man; but aa with th ram. II baa new underlying proprti. for ! are tah current to 'lay. and now many, which ar el Uant 2,UUU years .4.1, and whKh have d thmugh all lb. vU .ii " historw Kr. Thn i Knglun wit whtak Hss do not appreciate; and tbr. I a "sly. pwk, Ws-tlish wit which take beat in HcoUand. but I not without th power to MM ootaidar. a hm may e in Sir Walter HeoU, or la Norman Mcli. or in lb naual "' P r I rJ TW M an Irtoh w,t wham t erltoa l.ever and I over have illuetraled, though oaa mutt live iu Ireland to get II in perfection just a one must go to the lands that grow them ! fc I orange at their heat 1 1 I marked at one iv .innatfoa, ingenuity, and shrawdn, ami olten owes someuiiiig, aa dota " Yank" humor, to the touea iii which it i tubalml, and to that natural dramatic iowr whieh many llriea tal race possess. How often th prefatory "Ah, thin, ylr honor" relate th muscle that work in laughtar, and like a good introduction to a sieech brings you to a receptive fram nf mind for whal'a coming When you are sure that the droll or .pi ami or humorous tiiru is iarl of the man Ilk hu voice, or hi accent ynu are nol to blame him even when the oddity I lima up "in meeting Tho man who waaonnvortad "In spot,'' a.v.r.l ing to hit account ol himlf, waa not opto hi common couture. It it out of place when it u plainly "prepared for the nooaalnn;" when ynu ar dtagged by a long, cirvultoua routa in order to gel In willy thing forward, and when th point ol lib thing in . .! to heel plained. A good joke la like a math ma'.loal si i II thin in Ita own light II la iu own niie.pi. i . i , and nothing is aadiUr, In ita way, than to ee a ir tyro In wit flounder nig through an explanation ol hi abortion of a Joke. It is aa if somlody lit a .audio In show you his lire works ' HIGHLY UUMMBO kihi. As long aa the Anion. u ieode rnutnaae auch .Ualltlllce of stimulating and highly ecaaonrd final a they do, il.. v will want t ibilss alio. ulatiiig dunks Humiliating lied and stimulat lug drinks go u. . esaartly together The one la lb i. tanl ol the oilier. Many a man win. seasons I, is .hum i liberally with th eon te.it ..f th castor el. lie In hie aylin a thirst loi something stronger than Bold water N"t thai . ..Id water would not las the heat thing which to . vim, in -Ii Hie hi. In haa kindled within lit vital domain by the me ..I am h hot. stimulating eon dliitonta; hut that is M in.inld Having r tak I aueh highly seasoned foial he . r tv a drink equally stiniulstiug Mow, il ta not true that ovry on who aata i.lioately and ..I limulaling and highly ee a..n.. load la a drimkard. but I hold that tnrh a on. , by hia manner ..I living, aupplio a very lm.rtnl I. Hon l..r Uciuliig a drunkard That he docs not lsr..Hn. on la, srhaa, be cause ..( a high moral prlneipl. acting in MM jum Mm with a groat will power to r.alraln kit MMMt lor .lilfuaible aliiniilantai (or bold thai in audi ease, thl appelita, to a greats of laaa (Ileal, elUlt Th eoniereul till prop, osiiio.i, boa.ver, is true, thai a geniral thing, men who are load ..I stimulant. drink ar. also fond of atimulsting and highly eanl food. I to tho other band II waa the opinion of liebig, founded npu ohrvttan, lht rooa who b. moally MM (riuw.u aad ainvl ,.. ranaot tak win; all klmla id aleo h.di. drinka am la. U rsgnaal to Ms k II i ..aly Ihna wba daily dn t ...naiala laigady . f annual (!. win. .an rellah spitiluoui II .ti .ra Hg nattoiM living In tropical regtaoa, whrr. th. y have subsisted rrualtly lai frIU and geiabl, the apHSsrsl prulaaiMaM M mother earth, bav raraly, on osmlag larlaM MM with the whit nun and hi n watar, lallsn vn tima t inUmpetaac like lb Kartb Aioarieaa IwIim, who. living by lb aha., baa alsualwl lmol wholly aaimal food Aitas.ig A "" " Asms I Wiaoosi. Tb laMMla kaw th Uuwnta of tela to a aiavUrful aitaat aad when lllpporntas rtaelarad thai "atrfraaeto ituUm tmyttmt grWal -id vttaie, be UM down a prioelpt wbkb avaUru bar with lb mllliiiniri dMMMtratad to b eorrwet II voM tMsn a if la ration allastrUd lb la t swtigaU M tb anneal savays, aba, wllb la bl .wn mind. .! alopwd Ikoertos whuh w ra.Ki.ras, with all ear laraiag and pfnajfaaa, hat tm tumid p-f toibaag