Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1884 — Flowers. [ARTICLE]

Flowers.

A walk along the streets of any of onr small villages in the summer or autumn months will fill any one with pleasure to see the abundance of flowers of various kinds and varieties decorating almost overy dooryard, whether large or small, all the inmates of the house indulging in a taste for the loveliest of nature’s beauties. We always experience a great respect for such, aud feel grateful to all who may add something to the charms of everyday life that will make people better and happier, and trust the time is not far distant when the custom will become universal in town and country—and go where we will, we see flowers. We know some men who are enjoying these blessings—they neither appreciate nor deserve, they try to show their manhood by contempt of these beauties, but fortunately they are remnants of a race almost extinct. Men of brains and culture are helpers in the good work, and nobly aid in making homes beautiful, bright and pleasant. And the children will learn to plant and take care of flowers, and by having these fair and beautiful things about them they will acquire a taste and refinement which will sweeten and beautify all their lives and the result in the great future no one is wise enough to tell.