Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-09
VO l.. XIV. NO 25

house, with broken windows, and dane.
ling claP.5oards, situated in mirv b;nI
way, and the space.way in front ocruD;,,,
by domestic animals; or is it the beap,;fI
cottage, located on gentle rise. amid
grove of native forest-trees, where the g..
nal choir may chant their sweetest me)o3
and where may be seen the spacious o.,
den, filled with the choicest shrubs fom
ers and fruits2 Is it the wretched scbo.1
house, by the road side, utterly destap,.
of all comfort or convenience, where II.
terror-smitten urchin breads the iron p,
age ofthe ignorant pedagogue-a pscp
from which everything like happiness !,
entirely removed-where mans tvraDnr
al nature has full play, and wreaks i,
vengeance on his trembling subjects. =,
is it the neat, substantial and copven;.n
structure, on some beautiful location t,,n
ished with all the apparatus and ibrs,r
necessary 10 illustrate and simplify rbe
instruction for the puerile mind, surround
ed by ample Fairgrounds, furnished with
necessary conveniences, for youthful spous
where the competent and we'll paid teach.
err, with cheerful countenance nigh, We.
come the little truant to his pleasant re.
treat where taste for mental culture
would be formed that never could be Grad.
icated2 Is it the naked college buildings
situated on some bleak summit, accessible
only by footmen reared in prison.Iike
Observation-Disclosures of everything like
ornament - surrounded by barren field,
and betokening anything than comfort and
happiness; Or is it the hill Of Accidents
with all its beauty and splendor, its build.
ings, its groves, It's walks, its fountains,
and all that could enrapture disciple Of
Plato l? Is il the miserable hamlet, with
its time-worn habitations, darkened With
opake windows, skirting a mry stree,
destitute of front yards, walks and shade. !
trees, planned one would suppose by
crazy whirIwind, with its halE6uished
church in the public highway, with is
shops, tayerns. stores and dwelling-bOusH
all intermingled, and the street cramma
with lumber, broken carriages and watt
ing trougbs; or is it the delightful village
located in a pleasant retreat, with ii: put
lie fountain, surrounded BY fne spacious
common, and that sIsirted by neat and eIe:
giant churches, by the convenient and beau.
liful public Academy, by the substantial
and commodious town hall, aid The whole
rendered delightful by beautiful walks aud
branching shade-trees; where the public
boarding houses, the offices, shops and
stores are situated by themselves; "be'
| nay be found by themselves the dwelling
houses, removed from all the filth and
hustle of the shops, surrounded by aGfs
! yards, walks. gardensand pIeasure-9roundS
and the whole envelOped in grove
shady elms or sugar naples? lsaiy'"
Vermont, what mig bit we expect 10 behold
The wretched farm house, or The udyC0'-
tage? The miserable hamlet, OF 'o|
smiling village? The latter we shoo"
expect only to see, but alas! the f@'n'
too frequently visits the eye OF tie "''
eller. Where should we expect an 'E''
bition of the beautiful ia art if 1t 5e @"
found in land of natural beauty Th''
SO many rich lessons are taught Vn''
facilities for acquiring the lore Of ""'
so profusely scattered, and wbere' II L"
manifested, no Goth or Vandal can COW
municate his whitening touch? Certain!
moachsre Il is here, then, that ssO''
t,ste'' should be cultivated. Is N'
that something in art should boId a 'D
correspondence to the delightful "O'A"3
of the great Architect Why this '5''
full array of enchanting scenery i ~ <S.
furnish a smiling home for man,
may not learn, IN what consists NS ~"
to please? If he may no! ada - 49,
happiness by patterning atts' rs Os ;on.re
If this be so, let no one them l'DP'
raise his voice against such S'u''
"Let no presuming impious ral,s' GTmd
Creative wisdom, as if aueht Wa ~
! In vain, or not for admirable e""' ,rs
Brandon, March |, 1872
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