Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1916 — Tom Martin Retires. [ARTICLE]

Tom Martin Retires.

Begin now to think of that little garden in the back yard, everybody who has a back yard. Such a modest enterprise has much to do to restore the harmony of life. If you don’t get a radish, a tomato, a bean or a mess of peas, you will get something greater — pure air, sunshine, exercise and companionship with nature, which are a richer crop than all the truck in the garden. It is a great thing to watch things grow. They make a man grow, too; »dd health and strength to every part of his body; give him a clean conscience; make him love his wife and enjoy her victuals. Tending a little garden makes a good citizen out of a man; gives him better thoughts; makes him kindlier to hiß neighbors, and gives a gentler accent to his voice; And then. If he should raise anything in the garden, how happy he is to gather it and take it into the kitchen and lay it on the table, saying to his wife: “These are some of our own raising; ain’t they fine?” That’s life —grander than going to church in an automobile.— Ohio State Journal.