The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-30
5krtebcs Of Uraprl,
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
ai 9ea LADIES.
RURAL. TASTE.

gaH Our. countryman, Mr.. COLEMAN, in
his late European Tour, gives so capi-
tai portrait Of rural accomplishments
lin lady ofrank he had the good for
tune to meet, that We cannot resist the
temptation Of transferring the picture to
our canvass for the benefit Of our fair
readers:
--7-'I had no sooner entered the
house. where my visit had been expect
cd, than / was met with an unaffected
cordiality, which at once made me at
Z home. In the midst of gildcd halls,
! and hosts of livcricd servants, of daz.
ziing lamps and glittcring mirrors, re-
doubling the highest triumphs of art
and of taste; i'll the midst of books, and
statues, and pictures, and all the Gle.
gances and refinemcnts of luxury; in
the midst of titles, and dignitaries, and
ranks allied to regal grandeur--thcrc
was one object which transcended. and
.beclipsed them oil, and showed how
much the. nobility of character surpass-
cd the nobility of rank, the beauty of
refined and simple manners, all the
adornnents of art; the scintillations Of
the soul, bcamins from the eyes, the
purest gems that ever glittcrcd in a
princely diadcm. 1nperson, in educa-
ton and improvement, in quickncss of
perception, in facility and elegance Of
expression, in accomplishments and
taste, in frankncss and gcntIencss Of
. asssnanner, tempered by modcsty which
courtcd confidence and inspired respect,
and in a high moral tone and sentiment,
which, like bright halo. seemed to
cncircle the whole pcson,-I confess
the fictions of poetry became substan-
tial, and the beau deal of my youthful
imagination was realized.
In the morning / first met her at
prayers; tor, to the honor of England,
thcrc is scarcely family, among the
hundreds whose hospitality | have shar-
ed, where the duties of the day are not
preceded by family worship; and the
master and the servant, the parent and
the child, the teacher and tic taught,
the friend and the stranger, como to-
gether to recognize and strengthen the
sense of their common Father, and to
acknowledge their equal dependence
upon lis care and mercy. She was
then Kind enough to tell nc, after her
mornings arrangements, she claimed
me for the day. She first showed me
her children, whom, like tho Roman
another, she deemed her brightest Jew
els, and arranged their studies and oc-
equations for tho day. She then took
me two or three miles on foot, to visit
4 sick neighbor; and while performing
this act of kindness, left me to visit
some of the cottages upon the estate,
whose inmates 1 found in the praises of
her kindness and bencfactions. Our
next excursion was to see some of the
most aged trees in the park, the size of
fwhichilwas truly magnificent; and I
symEa thisedin the veneration which
she expressed for them, wmcb was like
that with which one recalls the illustri.
ons memory Of remote ,progenitor.--
Our next visit was to the greenhouses
and gardens; and sho explained to me
the mode. adopted there, Of managing
the most delicate plants, and of cult.
waiting, an the most economical and sue
tcessful manner, the fruits of warme.
region. From the garden we proceed
ed to the cultivated fields; and she in
formed me Of tho system Of husbandry
pursued on tho estate, the rotation of
crops, the management and application
of manures, tho amount Of seed sown,
tho ordinary yield, and the appropria.