Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-10-02

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FLORAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FOR FARM
HOusEs.-l'aIk not 10 me Of the suburban
residences, with their windows decorated
with geraniums and hcaths, with lIyaCinths
and lrisis. would also have the windows
Of ottr farm. houses adorned with flowers.
not in rusty tin measures, and old black
glazed spoutless teapots, and glass bottles
with their necks broken of, hut IN whole
and handsome flower pots, or neatly painted
wooden boxes. FIR they really cost IittIC Or
nothing. | would have The p~lazzts NJ
porcbes trelliscd with vines, even with
scarlet runners, If nothing else could be
had. | would have the door.yard filed
with flowers and %shrttbbery, and the road
side lined with trees here n clufup, and
there o single line, mingIing tho varieties
as nature mingIes them, Cultivating them
for nit, and Gultivating them also for 0rnn
ment and beauty, but this is all, you will
toll me for mere appearance" sake. Well,
| will reply, Is appearance nothing Do
you think nothing of appearance when YOU
choose your wives, aud nothing Of your
" appearance when you wish them to
confirm The election7 But why should the
pleasures Of sight be so lightly esteemed
" by should they he spoken ofin language
Of disdain or Indifference Arc they not
MS rational rs respectable, rs valuable Us
abundant, and as innocent ne tho other
scnses7 Are they not, indeed, the very
elements of sorne Of the most refined plea.
sttrcs Of the mind and heart Has God
given us the sense Of sight, so wonderful,
so Capacious, so infinitely varied IN its
resources and objects, Tor no purpose7 Is
appearance nothing, even though it be the
window of farm. house What is more
studied thnn appearance throughout The
work Of the Creator7 VIVA object Is
t'erc in nature, from the highest to the
lowest, animate, swimming IN the sea, or
in the mir, or he surface Of the earth, or
buried beneath II, which Is not, upon exa.
mination. found to be as beautiful as if II
were flushed for no other purpose than to
be looked at? Take the she'll that lies nj
the Bottom Of the ocean, the bird that
bathes his wings in heavens purc8t light,
the flowers that carpet the earth with their
varied ~splenIor, the gIittering stars that
light up the deep arches Of the skies with
an eternal glory-takc the combination of
the countless element Of beauty, when the
morning slowly lifts up the veil Of night.
and, Us at the dawn Of the creation, reveals
the elories Of the visible world, or when
spring breathcs upon the earth and recalls
the dead to life, and myriads and rnyriads
of forms Of news things come forth at het
voice-take the descending sun as he re-
cIines upon bis western throne, and wraps
around him the gorgeous robe Of unrivalled
maJesty-take the perfection Of beauty as
seen in a nearer but more t~ranscendant
form in man himself, in his symmetrical
stature, in his well turned limbs, in the
web Of unmelted s~oftness and texture
which covers him, in the tints of his COM
~plexion, in the grace Of his movements, in
the melody Of his voice, in the eloquence
Of the eye pouring out the fires of genius,
or radiant with the charms of the affections
4 that speak so powerfully to the soul-and
will, then, men say that appearance is
nothing, and that the pleasures Of the sight
are not TO be valued and cultivated. Isay,
that appearance is always TO be regarded,
and that we cannot render our homes too
beautiful and attractive. Home is the
paradise of human life, and poor and
wretched, indeed, must that creature be,
whoalooking round the habitable void,
cannot p%ointto n nook Of earth, and say,
s'There is my home p Our first object
should be to make our homes as convenient
and comfortable as we can make them,
and our second object should be to render
them, to an equal extent, tasteful and eIe-
gant.-London Gardner and Florist.
To Cook ToMAToEs.-He that does not
love tomatoes is an object Of pity. Ever,
art of cooking should be employed to in
veigIe the appetite of every man to love a