Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-09-15

shower passed by, and deeper green was
upon shrub and tree, and the summit of the
tower shone through the woods above us.
/ glowing like an ancient Altar, lit for the
worship of the undying flame, that centres
in the circle of the Sun"
| The path from the lake to the tower ia
somewhat steep, but too wild and shady 20
permit thought of fatigue to come over the
traveller 1t was but the toll of moment--
ana the sweet lake we had been contempla-
ting was sleeping far beneath us, and an i'm
mense region, with its green woods, purple
Wales, and cerulean hills, stretched off in its
loneliness, and the soul went abroad and
brooded over it, till thought and sense be-
came one blessed thrill, one wild dream of
enchantment. At the base of the mountain
on the west, a wooded stream wound through
a luxurlant valley, hiding itself at times in
the shade, and then gushing out and expand
ing IN the sunlight A thin, white haze
marked the course of the far Connecticut,
and was rolled like garment over the dis
tant hills, seeming to lift them by mvste-
rlous power, into the dim and quiet atmos-
phere, and Mount Holyoke, on the verge of
the northern horizon, rose calmly to the skv
and Hoated away in Heaven like a beautiful
Island. 1t was scene to make the thoughts
run wild In dreams of Eden. Every foun-
tam uttered the musick of Religion, every
rock and tree were vocal with Fancy's min :
strelSy, and the "voices of invisible forms
seemed enshrined within the compass of our
oelng," and existence was dream of melo-
dy. We can almost find it in our heart to
admlrethe ldolatry of the ancient Guebre.
HIS prayers were offered up in no human
,temple-but he assembled to the mountain
tops, and there, with all the glory of Earth
around him, laid the offering of flowers up
on the affairs of the world. 1t was beauti-
ful superstition. The heart is often cold a.
mid the ceremonies of a worshipping multi
tude, but it cannot contemplate Nature with
out feeling the mysterious STRINGS of the
Spirit of God. There is a hidden chord.
which binds it to the lovely things of crea-
ton, and, when that chord is swept, it gives
out gush of musick, whose tones have
power to charm away the fiends, that riot
on the "-Weehly Review.
FARMING AND GARDENING. This is
probably the only country where man is
DOR" farmer or a gardener; in all other
countries 1t is found as necessary 10 learn to
farm or garden, as it is I'd make shoes, lay
bricks, or follow any other handicraft trade,
but IN this, not so; the moment a merchant
or mechanick of any description in our cit
les, finds himself able to quit business, he
purchases place in the country, and COM
mences, farmer or gardener, or both con
slderlag himself completely qualified for the
business, and frequently does not discover
his mistake until he finds his experiments
have ruined him, and he is obliged to return
to the counting-room or workbench to re-
suscltate his exhausted finances. In Eng
land, the younger branches of the first fam
lies IN the kingdom are frequently put to
prentice, with premium of from one to
three hundred pounds sterling per annum,
to be taught the art Of cultsuating the earth
hence the unequalled perfection in agricul-
ture exhibited in various parts of that king
DOM
During an agricultural excursion into
Norfolk IN 1920, we met with the Younger
brother of the great commercial house of
Rathbone, learning to be farmer, at a pre-
MUM OF two hundred pounds year. This
young gentlemen, like others whom we met
with, was obliged TO labour in the fields at
stated periods, that he might learn his bust
ness practically, as well as theoretically :;
two and three years are the periods gene
rally allotted for acquiring the necessary in
struction. The following paragraph will
serve to show why it is that gardeners from
Germany so generally excel in the raising
of vegetables for our markets
/" In Germany it is customary for those
who devote themselves to gardening to
serve an apprenticeship of three years in
royal garden. After that period is complet-
ed, they receive an indenture, elegantly
written on parchment, with the head garde-
ner's name, or sign and scale attached"
Cincinnati .Adc.