Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-30

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yIsrT TO MY NAMEsAKE, THE PHILOSOPHER OF
Lose IsLAsp.-On Saturday last, / visited my name
sake, who farms and philosophers on his beautiful
pact, situated within the sound of the parish bells of
New Utrecht, Long Island. He has a very neat and
comfortable house in The o. splendid garden
which, in the language Of the day, | shall call cha
teau-for il is twice az large, four times convenient
aad six times as handsome as President Van Buren, s
famous chateau the edge Of tee bloody field of Bla-
densburgh. Several ladies accompanied me, by
whose kindly cares was kept out Of harms way, and
prevented from running my head into difficulties. The
day not pleasant bat, as II appears by Milton
Paradise Lost, that even in Heaven the weather is no,
invariably fine we cannot expecta constant sunshine
IN this vale OF sin and tears, sorrow and sausages.
found my friend quite Indsposed, but after a short
time he revived and came out as lively and original as
ne usually is He not sick-the electro mag
netc forces Of his system only slightly disturbed
for mean now TO speak always in the phraseoogy
OF the new science which bids fair to turn the world
upside down. In the course Of the morning, we
amused ourselves BY talking chatting and looking at
the cora, fruits, flowers, and wonderful things around
Oui party consisted of three originals-our host
learned orentals, myself-wilh hala dozen of very
beautiful and engaging ladies give enchantment to
the scene.
Around my friends chateau is laid out beautiful
little course for riding on horseback This course is
surrounded inside and outside with profusion Of
dahas probably 400 varieties, every kind of shrub
berry, and fields Of Indian corn, standing eight and
nine feet high from the ground. Some of the dahlias
arc grown by the philosopher himself from the seed,
and present shades and variations of surprising oris
nsty in color and complexion.
The dahia is like woman-every new flower is
different from another but every one is more or less
beautiful
The little riding winds round these unriyal-
led beauties o. the garden Here he brought forth
has two horses, and one Of the ladies mounted and
rode round the course for quarter Of hour There
B no more beautiful sight than handsome woman on
horseback. IL even delights men of learning
We had ass music IN abundance soft. sweet. en-
chanting, sentimental expressive. / al.o made .ro-
thcr visit to the observatory which he has erected !,
the top of large old elm tree. Since was as, ,bere
the Philosopher has added another story to IL and rho
higher platform is elevated about 70 feet from tho
ground II is fixed in the very highest branches Of
the tree, and the prospect around is splendid and
beautiful extending to the ocean before Roekaway,
Long Branch, the Palisades New Jersey, and all
around. While we were elevated in this contrivance
the wind blew hard and the whole tree rocked in the
breeze like the rigging Of saip in a gale.
After spending delightful day, we returned to town
abost sun down-mo mourning over the rapidty Of time
that is rolling Us into eternity minute by minute, hour
BY hom, whether we will not, more rapidly, too, than
the fashionable oafer knocks down his nine pins in
the alley for the ragged urchn at sxpsnce an hour
10 SGT them up again.
1r tits calculated that there SIXTY Spectators
concerned in the Express newspaper partly in lands
lots, shinplasters and every thing.