New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-27
= or THE COOPER HOUSE

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d. ~ Iau~ Of the Is0acgs. was the A'aa.on
Wgr,m Cooper, tho onlepnsog Fon',r anl
Hose ~. Ten,nors Cooper. Situ-ei az thr i' oil
ibbh o =. lok.nr out upon clear waters ard 2vsy
Ot%eo = -. nd continued O. Be the cen.er OF one o.
sc'' 1rrt,ful village il the STATE AfcT .ac d'1 o'
1& hN ,be fther Che Mansion Iiouao pasci oIt pf
5ecge 80 q fls family bu' on tie rsiurn Of Nr
tH 20 co14r the sor from Europe he purchased
fbNs a bi. childhood repaired enlarged and
ihr s-orGmenied and bcaatded lie spa ious
1f0, xah JTcfusion Of shade trees and flower ng
rlsn.s-Iaaking ono Of The most dee rabie snd
rural resd,nces in the State and it was an en
sn's, "a ,rrrorrisic home Of the American Novels
re0iy ne I.er days ii was named in the Chroai ID
ps s.so,,n IN tho reg,n round about rs The Hal
%. -, ssa;h Of Mr. Feninore Cooper, Teioqlelon
H nj p,.,oys and the Hall Of tie N0yelst and
n,poes fhereun.o belonging, were sold-ihs pu'
,Sded two stories to the min building, made large
-, prcserved the grounds, winding paths shady
80, o,paraeual trees ar plant they were left By NJ
nj. death end converted the same into paoiie
80 sor fashionable summer resort. And, indeed, the
go, House wGs mos; lovely and delightful retreat
-, ,upesod b. any other ia is tasteful and Internal
,,oeenis or in tie beauty and eitrlciyeness Of it, OK
yrpsl surroundings
qrs old Homestead il clweys mot fondly cherished b.
A. ooff 4
In IN The family il ever srdeny desired by The true n
b,s Bot and TIE changes and chance Of an American
re- Die sentmeut % cednable and General also has
~ few prueticnl Alustrati ns That /; is national AMI
tsdrng stnmeni proven by the general expression Of
ort al the sale Of Mount Vernon the home Of WAshNo
mi, and By the public anxiety TINT Ashland and hashfcd
loaa remain and abide the possession OF the ia ana
Nm q CLAY md WEBsTER
The Ems Farm, amid the Gfaniie ~ IL OF New - 'hP
-. rp,p which Daniel Webster raised was s'u
Sor preserved and annually visited by him. 20 long as
=. 800 and he cherished above all other earthly POS
.,ps DO rugged and stony piece Of land on which rs
- tsffer erected his og cabin and Ice which his br5bcrs
..s,.uere bonn Thousands and tens Of thousands
-. ,;s,,d Mount Vernon simply became i Wa tn
- n Washington and hundred and tens Of hupd-sds
~, ia A,bsnd Morhfeld and the Elms Farm iat 20
=, ,be world vide renown Of Clay and Webster mas
,nv isb connection herewith.
T,r,e,on Hall and is surroundings were rend red his
,,o,Iv romantic by the truthful dclnoetons and desrp
g.. 1reof in tbe Poneershey had become the ohlcct'
- er,oiv erd visitation by being the Old Homestead Of
d, American Novelist md although the recent "a and
1o,,,oD into public houac seemingly an alienation
,,d vosop Of property that might well be regarded rs
ldo,col and sacred still the 6rs two stories OF The
HAL and the ornamental grounds were carefully PIE
,yyed and the enlarged establishment was appropriately
CALLED and knognas The Cooper House thus vi-by
and DompslIy a,sociatng Il with the name and paron of
,be adiaincushed American and his fomly and the
bsdy walks quiet groves and spacious and elegant apdr
nep, Of tie Cooper House would have annually attracted
lbervsrd crowds Of strangers, and mainly because il
We. Tie home Of Cooper But it Is now heap OF ruins
Thus pass tic things Of earth away. Orsh'o.