Newton wraps itself around a courthouse square, and from there the streets run out in every direction toward the Embarras bottoms. Griffith Lawn & Garden Services mows and trims the in-between places — the deep side lots, the strips along the alleys, the beds that only look finished once they've been edged. Spring comes up the river valley damp and green, and by May the grass is asking for attention twice a week. A straight cut line across a front yard, the mower's stripes lying the same way again on Saturday morning: that's the whole point of it. Work covers Newton and the Jasper County towns around it.