The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-05-03
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10 he honor OF England there is scarcely fam
iv, among the hundreds whose hospitality have
shared. where the duties OF the day are not pre-
ceded by family worship and the master and the
servant the parent and the child, the teacher and
the taught, the friend and the stranger, come to-
gether 10 recognize and strengthen the sense OF
their common equality, in the presence OF their
common Father, and to acknowledge their equal
dependence upon his care and mercy. She was
then kinu enough to tell me, after her mornings
arrangements, she claimed me for the day. She
first showed me her children whom, like the
Roman mother, she deemed her brightest jew
els. and arranged. their studies and occupations
for the day. She then took me two or three
miles on foot, TO visit sick neighbor; and while
performing this act of Kindness, left me to visit
some OF the cottages upon the estate, whose in
mates found loud in the praises OF her kindness
and benetactions. Our next excursion was TO
see some OF the most aged trees in the park, the
size of which was truly magnificent; and sym
pathZed 10 the veneration which she expressed
for them, which was like that with which one
recalls the illustrous memory oil remote pro-
genitor. Our next visit W as to the greenhouses
and gardens; and she explained to me the mode
adopted there, of managing the most delicate
plants, and OF cultivating. in the most economical
and successful manner, the fruits of warmer
region. From the garden we proceeded TO the
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system OF husbandry pursued on the estate, the
rotation of crops, the management and applica-
ton OF manures, the amount OF seed sown, the
ordinary yield, and the appropriation OF the pro.
duce, with perspicuous detail of the expenses
and results. She then undertook TO show me the
yards and Offices, the byres, the feeding stalls,
the plans for saving, increasing and managing
the manure; the cattle for feeding, Tor breeding,
the milking stock, the piggery, the poultry yard,
fhac fab 10 Ho, 4ko ~
rooms, the dairy. She explained to me the pro-
of making the different kir DIS of cheese, and
the general management of the milk, and the
mode of feeding the stock and then, conducting
me into the bailif's house, she exhibited to me
the Farm Journal, and the whole systematic
mode of keeping the accounts and making the
returns, wi tn which she seemed as familiar as il
they were the accounts of her own wardrobe
This did not finish grand tour; for, on my
return, she admitted me into her boudoir and
showed me the secrets of her own admirable
| housewitery, IN the exact accounts which she
kept of everything connected with the dairy, the
market, the table. and the drawing room, and the
servants hall. All this done with sim
plicity ard frankness, which showed an alb
sence of all consciousness of any extraordinary
merit in her own department, and which evi
IDENTIFY sprang solely from kind desire to CRAFTY
curiosity on my part, which, | hope, under
Sucu CuInStanceS, was not unreasonable.
GA short hour after this brought US into anoth
! er relation; Tor the dinner bell summoned us,
and this same lady was found presiding over
brilliant circle of the highest rank aud fashion,
| with an ease, elegance, wit, Intelligence, and
| good humor, with kind attention to every ones
wants, and an unaffected concern for every ones
comfort, which would lead one TO suppose that
this was her only and her peculiar sphere. Now
| | will not say how many mud puddes we had
waded through, and how many manure heaps we
| had crossed, and what places we had explored.
and how every farming topic discussed; but
will say that she pursued her object without
any OF that fasdousness and effected dehcacy,
| which pass with some persons for refinement but
! which, in many cases, indicate weak, if not
! corrupt mind.
"Now do not say that the lady to whom |
have referred herself the manager of the
farm; that rested entirely with her husband: but
| have intended simply to show how gratifying
! TO him must have been the live interest and sym
pathy which she took in concerns which neces-
sarily so much engaged his attention; and how
the country would be Invested of that duIness
and eanui, so often complained of as inseparable
from it, when cordial and practical interest is
taken in the concerns which belong to rural life
| meant also TO show and this and MANY other
examples, which | have under my observation,
emphatically do show-that an interest in end
familiarity with, even the most humble occupa.
ons OF agricultural life, are not inconsistent with
the highest re6nements Of taste, the most i'm
proved cultivation of the mind and elegance.
dignity OF manners, unsurpassed in the highest
circles of society"
~ To this truly English picture we add the
following companion piece from Downings Hor.
ticulturist, giving a charming glimpse of an
American Ledy in the midst of grounds and
shrubbery that "Calypso and her nymphs might
have envied"-delighttully situated, as we ven
ture to add, on the banks Of the Hudson
''In the midst OF the richest agricultural region
OF the northern states, lives lady-a vouny.
unmarried lady; mistress of herself; of some
thousands OF acres OF the finest lands; and man.
sion which is almost the ideal of taste and refine
ment Very well Does this lady sit in her
drawing room all day, to receive her visitors q
BY no means You will find her in the morning.
either on horseback or driving light carriage
with pair of spirited horses. She explores ev
cry corner of the estate she visits her tenants
examines the crops, projects improvements. di.
reefs repairs, and is thoroughly mistress of her
whole demesne. Her mansion opens into the
most exquisite garden of flowers, and fruits CIV
cry one OF which she knows by heart. And vet
this lady, so energetic aud spirited in her epiov.
ment and management in out OF door matters. il
in the drawing-room, the most gentle the most
retiring, the most refined of her sex.
A word or two more and upon what o,h. =.