Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-11-29

gentleman place indeed which, If in England. could
hardly be described without equeat Of the word bsro
NAL. II lies thirty miles from Boston, comprehend,
about thousand Of unduIaiDg and msrshy land
and slopes down the margin of the ocean, The origna
of the land, combined into estate were Ma
hanie Ray Thomas, noted loyalist, who the hero
Trumbulrs poem Of McFinga, and the famous Winslow
family, which has given 10 Massachusetts, a. colony and
State number Of her earlier governors It came into Mr.
WEBSTER possession where about twenty five years
ago. and the domain where be has chiefly grsed bis
for and exhibited his knowledge Of the interesting sci
Of agriculture. The great good that he has here &C.
complshed IN that particular hardly be estimated but
for all the pains and trouble which the place has cost him
the proprietor amply rewarded by the fact that he Is now
the Of Of the very best farms the whole country
Like Films Farm Marshfed has also its tenant or super
intendent, whose is Porter Wright and who 10 all
particulars is amply qualified for his responsible position.
From him was gathered the information that when Mr..
WEBSTER to Marshfed the farm yielded only some
fifteen tons Of English hay while the product this particu
lar during the present year amounted nearly four hundred
TONS addition to hundred tons of salt hsy also OF
eight hundred bushels potatoes one thousand bushels
five hundred bushels urnps five hundred bushels and
bees four hundred bushels In 1925 the inhabitants Of Py
mouth county knew nothing Of kep and seaweed as articles
that would enrich their lands but Mr. WKBsrxR discover
ed their value Get the example of using them pro6ted there
and they considered indispensable that some
Of the farmers In the country will team distance OF thirty
mies. fnnciPsly at his own expense Mr. WEBsrxR laid
out ross beach which the kep was thrown v the
and not single ton --l~la IL kno.n 70 ksve
been drawn on the land before he to Marsnneia i.
October OF this year hundred and fifty teams were EN-
poyed after storm in drawing this rich manure on to the
estates adjoining Mshfsd exclusive Of those engaged by
Mr. Porter Wright. And some Of Mr. WxBsrxRs neigh.
bors aege that they could well afford to give him five tons
Of hay year for having taught them the ocean ma
nure In oden times too, but precious seldom that
the travellers eye fell upon but wood-colored house in
the vicinity Of Marsh6ed Farm while now neatly painted
dwellings may be every direction and MANY of their
occupants acknowledge that Mr. WEBSTER has not ony
helped them 10 make money by giving them employment
has also taught them how make themselves comfort
able Some OF them, indeed far say that If the
town Of Msrshfed should make Mr.. WEBSTER present Of
thirty thousand dollars they would only be rendering On ade
quate return for his agricultural services He has not only
taught them how to enrich their Soils but in stocking his
farm with the very best Of blooded cattle he has ALSO
with liberal hand, scattered them upon the farms Of his
neghbors
Indeed the raising Of fine cattle is Mr. WEBsrrn's agri-
cultural hobby, and it is treat to take walk with him
his grazing fields through the spacious yards adon
ing his oveaowng bans and to hear him descant upon
goodness and beauty Of his Attorney cows with their ga
zee eyes, the brilliant color of his Devon oxen and con-
asng their exceences with those which distinguish the
breeds of Herfodshe and Ayrshire better Judge Of cat
tie than he not to be found any where and though his
stables abundany supplied with horses these he en-
sertans no uncommon attachment but then again. for
sheep and swine he has partially Of The latter animal he
whe and when killed averaged in weight less than four
hundred pounds And those who have passion for the od
dties Of the quaduped world may by taking short walk
into particular field have sight Of several South Aeri
can lamas, which help TO give romantic character the
farm And when the reader to add the foregoing
three varieties Of geese, ducks Of all kinds domesticaed in
this country, Guinea hens peacock and Chinese poultry to
almost unlimited extent he may we'll imagine that the
living animals Of Masheld compose cattle show" Of no
common order
The mind that has had the good sense to enrich Marsh.
field Farm with much Of the useful and interesting has
ass covered 1t with the results Of the refined TASTE
The flower garden, for example, nearly an acre Of
ground and contains the richest and beautiful varieties
Of plants peculiar to the country.
Of forest trees there mutudinous array of every
and every varety and has been estimated that least
hundred thousand Of them have grown their present
from seeds Pla1Fd by Mr. Wxp.-s~s hania. for
be has often said, when he originally to Mansfield
he too poor to think Of paonzng such establish
ments nurseries, if they had existed any extent
Offu trees there also extensive collection; and while
orchard contains three hundred trees that remind
one of the Pilgrim Fathers SO weather beaten and Ia
their attire they, anoher of thousand trees presents
the appearance Of army Of youthful warriors and then
the farm is appropriately ntesected with roads and
nues gravey walks and shady pathways that every thing
which the vste notices to be in exactly the right place.
and is completely -aabe that the idea Of being
fatgued enters the mind and how pre-emnently il
this the when the vste accompanied in his walks by
the ruling spirit Of that place. well Of the country itself
But the value and pictorial beauty Of Marhfeld greatly
enhanced by the existence in the immediate vicinity Of the
mansion Of trio Of little lakes all Of them fed BY springs Of
the pure.t water The two smaller the favorite
haunts IF the geese and the duck tribes but the
larger ONE which studs the landscape very chamngly is the
exclusive domain Of large aock Of wild geese which Mr.
WEBSTER has domesticaed He informed the writer that
his first attempts these beautiful creatures all
unsuccessful until the idea occurred him that perhaps
they might he made conened with their civilized abode pro-
vded they could have awarded to them small sedgy sanda
such found at their breeding places in the far NORTH
where they might make their nests and remain undstubed
by the and other powling anmas The experiment
tried while The geese rendered conened with their
lot the lake itself has been greatly improved in picturesque
beauty by its wild yet artificial islands. Indeed the rural
scenery Of Mashed all that could be desired by the pain
the poet but when they to add thereto an i'm
expanse Of marsh land veined with silver streams
dotted with islands Of unbroken forest skirted with far
reaching beach, and bounded the blue ocean, they
but be deeply impressed with the magn6cence Of its scenery
II becomes necessary to mention the buildings Of
Marsh6ed Farm They number some two three dozen,
the least calculation embracing the mansion and adjoining
ouhouse the residence Of the chief tenant the daiyman
cotton the fshermans house, the landlords agricultural
Office barns the gardeners house, and variety
Of subordinate buildings But the chief attraction is the
mansion iise the main part Of built in l774, but it
pears like modern establishment II stands upon the sum
NIT Of grassy lawn, is partly overshadowed BY stupsn-
dous elm and is completely surrounded with piazza The
ground floor alone contains less than nine handsomely
furnished rooms all opening into each other the largest and
most westerly being Gothic library. Pictures pieces
hO'cu and cuoslics OF every jescrp
ION displayed ID the greatest pofuson and the fem
ne every where manifested gives peculiar interest
he whole establishment. Among the prom ont art