Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-01-27

the Claude landscape, with its setting
sun, are things which make the CITY
visitor turn with adherence to his sti-
fled home, lammed with lis fellows, look
ing alike uncomfortable, among kindred
nuIsances. He has not seen the means
which bring about and preserve this
beauty, and in delightful simplicity sup
poses that the whole is the result of
selt-regulaied machinery, that requires
neither winding up nor repairing.
The hoeing and scufflings, the prun.
lngs and weddings, the swecpngs and
rollngs, and all the hurry-skurry" of
the morning, that the evening guest NAV
find order and repose, are not fathomed
by the plummel of his imagination. He
has rural longings thar must be gratifed.
and after much seeking, he finds the
paradise that is TO embody the visions of
his earthly bliss. Some lurking doubt
of his own qualifications suggests the
exPedlency OF a practical assistant, and
he most efiectually debars himself from,
obtaining information by choosing for
his prime minister an important under
hing, who, fresh from the drudgery of
some longdescended establishment Of
the old world, feels authorized to trans
plant himself TO the new-a full-blowu
gardener.
Under the dlctation OF the latter. our
beginner commences operations. lie is
told that every thing on the place is
wrong, that radical reform is necessary.
and the mode Of management praciised
on the Dukes estate, where his tormen-
Tor last bunsled, is dinned into him un-
I'll he believes there can be no other
model, and blndly submits to his "mani.
fest destiny" A fellow who, in his own
country, would not have been trusted 10
Trim gooseberry bush, now slashes and
saws orchard aud garden, as though he
were still soaking In the humidity of his
own home. The tree, which there moulds
in eternal damp, gaping for ray of sun
shine, is here mercilessly laid open to the
scorching sun of New England sum
mer, and TO its winters cold and storms.
He knows nothing of climate beyond the
fog and drizzle of his land. He, how
ever, gains some knowledge in destroy
leg, awakening, gradually, TO the astoun-
ding fact, that difference of position and
circumstance requires corresponding
management-and his education is paid
for by his employer. The latter finds
that the promised beauties, which were
to supercede the old arrangement, are
slow in coming. The lawn of velvet,
the pride of English gardening, is mere
ly "A patch Of brown stubble the hedge
becomes top-heavy, presenting below
series OF archways for the accommoda-
ton of such animals as have no oblec-
lion to STOPPING He sees that in the
race between flowers aud weeds, The lat
ter glory is an exuberance which denies
competition, while the former are behind
time, being "no where" lie discovers
that brooks, perversely stop running in
summer, when most wanted, that no
skill in hydraulics can make a fountain
play without water, and that the careful
reconstructed pond is admirably adapt
ed for depositng any thing that should
be kept dry. Finally he begins to sus-
pect, thai he himself is the most yerdant
Thing on the place, and that, for the pus-
pose of carrying on the Dukes improve
nenis. il would be rather convenience
10 have the Dukes income. How I'M
certain are human expectations An
advertisement proclaims that a valuable
md highly finished estate is for sale, the
ed flag denotes the locality, and the
luctioneer knocks il down at the cost Of
be additions, geneplly throwing-in the
original property. =.