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Domestic News
June 15, 1842
Edgefield Advertiser
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
An article praises gardening as a delightful occupation accessible to all, advises selecting a spouse fond of it as a sign of good character, and includes a humorous anecdote about an old maid.
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GARDENING.
There is not in life a more delightful occupation than gardening. To breathe the pure mild air of spring, to prepare the beds and borders for vegetables, plants and flowers; to sow the seed and set out the various slips and cuttings, arranging everything with order and taste; to look earnestly for the first leaf and bud and flower: to watch their growth, to enjoy their beauty and fragrance, to show them to one's friends, to talk about them, to have them admired, and to know that all is the work of your hands or directions—this is an enjoyment, scarcely to be equalled, and accessible, in this country, to all. Let none then fail to secure it. We always thought it evidence of a good wife, to see often in the garden and round of inspecting and attending to its proper cultivation and management. Depend upon it she is a blessing to her husband and family. We would advise our young friends, who want to marry, and they are, in truth a goodly number, to avoid those young ladies who seem to have an aversion to the primitive, useful and beautiful art of gardening. We never knew a lady or gentleman, who was extremely fond of flowers and shrubbery, who had not a warm heart and generous disposition.—Miss. Guard.
An old maid was once asked to subscribe for a newspaper. She answered no—she always made her own news.
There is not in life a more delightful occupation than gardening. To breathe the pure mild air of spring, to prepare the beds and borders for vegetables, plants and flowers; to sow the seed and set out the various slips and cuttings, arranging everything with order and taste; to look earnestly for the first leaf and bud and flower: to watch their growth, to enjoy their beauty and fragrance, to show them to one's friends, to talk about them, to have them admired, and to know that all is the work of your hands or directions—this is an enjoyment, scarcely to be equalled, and accessible, in this country, to all. Let none then fail to secure it. We always thought it evidence of a good wife, to see often in the garden and round of inspecting and attending to its proper cultivation and management. Depend upon it she is a blessing to her husband and family. We would advise our young friends, who want to marry, and they are, in truth a goodly number, to avoid those young ladies who seem to have an aversion to the primitive, useful and beautiful art of gardening. We never knew a lady or gentleman, who was extremely fond of flowers and shrubbery, who had not a warm heart and generous disposition.—Miss. Guard.
An old maid was once asked to subscribe for a newspaper. She answered no—she always made her own news.
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Gardening Advice
Social Advice
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Gardening
Spring Planting
Marriage Advice
Flowers
Shrubbery
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The text extols the joys of gardening, from preparing beds to enjoying the growth and beauty of plants, accessible to all in the country. It suggests a good wife inspects the garden, advises young men to avoid ladies averse to gardening, and notes fondness for flowers indicates a warm heart. Ends with a joke about an old maid making her own news.