Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-11-14

the experiment, | was determined to
carry The point against the predictions
of my friends. So at it I went. The
house was as quiet as if profound
Sabbath were resting upon it, and the
windows of my airy chamber looked
through the foliage Of grave elms
down upon green valley. got on
swimingly, and after frugal dinner at
the little round table, / buckled on my
knapsack with feeling Of seli-gratula-
ton in view of the literary part of my
days work. Having paid my bill.and
given the laildlady copy of my corn
meal recipes, resumed my walk to-
wards Worcester. The summit of
the first bill assembled, opened to the
view a splendid amphitheatre. en-
bosoming the large village of Broom
grove. As this was the most extern
sive and variegatcd landscape had as
yet seen in England, stopped a few
moments to notice the features that
distinguish it from American land
scapes Of the same physical contour.
They may perhaps, be summed up in
these characteristics. In the first
place, lands that rent from 90 to 25
dollars per acre, for their sheer capac
ity of production, must necessarily be
kept in high state Of cultivation -
OF course, no lean dry pasture, or bog.
gy morass, or bald sand hill, breaks the
vista of universal fertility. Then the
trees are all planted, from the oak Of
monstrous grth to the smallest haw-
thorn in the garden hedge; and either
from this circumstance, or from the
fertility of the soil. their foliage rivals
in luxuriance the rank vegetation of
annual plants The meadow grasses
are of a thicker and finer growth Tran
in America. Herdsgrass and clover
are not so common. The atmosphere
is more humid, and there is spright-
ly, vivid greenness and velvet sohness
about newly shorn meadow, which
strikes an American at the first view
of summer landscape in this country.
But the most distinguishing and inter-
esting feature Of all this, is the ever
green hedge. The soft and luxuriant
verdure Of the fields, reposing in the
valleys, or curving gracefully around
the gently-sloping hills; the groves,
dells, and ivy-nettled cottages and
churches of the oldcn time, and the
golden wheat fields overrun with CLAN
cling waves OF sunlight, would be like
unframed pictures without the hedge.
In fact, if our bleak American stone
walls were substituted for it, the rural
scenery of England would be robbed
of its loveliest feature. Everything
looks picturesque when enclosed by
the self-woven wall Of green--even
the veriest pasture. Ii lines every
road and lane, surrounding groves and
gardens, pastures, meadows, wheat
fields and potato fields. As | descend
ed the valley Of B., | could look
into hundreds of gardens, which for all
the world appeared like so many
birds-nesls or moss-baskets, placed
one above the other up the hill. and
filled with different kinds Of plants and
flowers. The opposite wall Of the
valley was hung around with portraits
wrought in Natures crewel work; or
with fields alternating through all her
pencil tints. and looking like framed
pictures in their hawthorn borders.
! was suddenly diverted from my
contemplation OF this magnificent
scenery by a fall of heavy drops of rain
as the prelude Of an impending show
er. Seeing gate open and hearing a
familiar clicking behind the hedge, |
I stepped through into little black
smiths shop, about as large as an A.
merican smokehouse, for curing ba-
con. The first object that my eyes
rested upon, was a full grown man, 9
years old, and nearly three feet high,
perched upon a stone nearly half that
height, to raise his breast to the level
of his fathers anvil, at which he was
at work, with all the vigor Of his little
short arms, making nails. ] say full
grown man, for fear be can never
grow any larger, physically or mental
( ". Ash put ~ hand upon his
shoulder il a familiar way, to make
mys.ir at home with him, and to re-
move the timidily with which my sud
den appearance seemed to inspire him,
by pleasant word or two Of greeting,
his flesh felt case-hardened into all the
induration Of toiIing manhood, and as
unsuscepiible Of growth as his anvil
block. Fixed manhood had set in up
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