Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-04-28
THE FARM HOUSE,


Extract from the Grafton of Rev. J. o.
CHoULEs, before the the American Institute
in New York
1t is to be deplored, that in many parts
of the country the farm house makes so lit
tie pretensiOn to external beauty, and that
it is destitute of those attractions which are
always at the command of the occupant.
How many abodes do we know that are al
most without gardens, and quite without
flowers. 1t is the part of wisdom to make
our habitations the home Of as many Joys
and pleasures as possible, and there ought
to be thousand sweet attractions in and
around the sacred spot we call our home.
This feeling is perfectly philosophical.
The fragrance Of the rose that is plucked at
the door of the cottage, is sweeter in odor
to the poor man, who has assiduously rear
agements, than if it were culled from the
'parterre' of the palace and the root which
he has dug from his own little garden is
more grateful TO his palate than if it were
the purchased product Of unknown hands
and this argument, if it be true when appli-
cd to individuals, is equally valid on the
broad princi pies of nations.
o, we greatly need something more of the
sweet and beautiful about our houses and
cottages, that shall make childhood, youth
and age all cry out, 'there is no place like
homer In your summer ramblcs away
from the hot city, you go to the farm houses
of this and other States now just think how
differently your memory calls up various
houses at which you have soourned. You
can think of spots like paradise and there
are others that you recollect, which pre-
scented only the capabilities for improve
md e.. tbf, oc
industry and good taste. How we'll we re-
call to mind the pretty white cottage, the
deep green blinds, the painted trellis, the
climbing shrub, the neat garden fence, the
sweetly scented flowers, the entire air of
comfort, and how we long again to enjoy the
bliss of quietness and repose. believe a
garden spot exerts salutary influence, not
only in early life, but in the advanced peri
dds Of human existence"
ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD
HIS INTENDED MARRIAGE.-The most reckless
man Of the day, of course we mean the Mar
quis of Waterford, has just had rather bad
accident. In an annual steeple- chase near
Dublin, on Wednesday, he fell from his ia
vorite mare Columbine, and his beast rolled
over him. He was picked up in swoon,
but he soon recovered. The mischancc to
the popular resident landlord excited much
sympathy in the crowd. 1t is TO be hoped
that it will not interfere with the Marquis's
matrimonial projects, for it is said that he is
about to marry the Honorable Miss Louisa
Stuart, the daughter of Lord de Rothsay, on
ly awaiting the consent of her father, which
has been sent for from st. Petersburg.
The City Of Cairo.-A gentleman jus,
arrived from St. Louis states that the Mis-
souri, is booming high, the Mississippi GO
ing it strong and most of the upper coun-
try overfowm for six or seven hundred miles
up and down.
He relates rich joke too, about the IA
nous city of Cairo. The water is about
five feet deep all around the houses, and
the frogs are so busy trying to find logs to
sit upon, that they have stopped croaking
entirely. The boat he was in hailed one
Of the houses in the evening, thinking it
was steambodt-ti'e pilot took the win
dows for stern lights On finding he
was right in town with his steamboat, and
that the house was a tavern, the Captain
hauled up, and every body liquored.' -
Cairo would make good temperance town
now, as there is plenty of water.
N. q. Crescent City.
Very intellectual women, we find bv OBJ
servatiOD, are seldom beaut iful. Their