New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-25

massage il the spare bedroom and the cellar way, up
ahich the cid quart mug has travelled more miles than
ADV steamboat in America, bringing up cider enough
10 float seyeny-four AT the other end OF the kitchen
is the pantry and old folks BEDROOM the younger
ones sleep up stairs The kitchen with its great wood
fire and family circle, stretching from the old blue dye
tub and cat in one corner by the side of which granny
sits knitting round past grand father Smelling corn the
center TO the BOYS and their mischief the settle in the
other corner is of home happiness which few of
the wandering children of New-Eugand far blot
from thermemory that it does not occasionally return
upon them in as vivid picture Of the Imagination if
the reality was papably before their eyes.
Although roam on bill or foreign , strand,
And love With life that dear old kitchen hearth
II ia the only comfortable room in the house. The
two trent rooms are cold and dreay, only opened
cssonally for company on Sunday after meeting or
at thanksgiving, or in of wedding. Such ia the
interior. The furniture plain and useful is OF kind
which endureth forever Neatness is cultivated yir-
tue Now let US look outside. The house stands in an
elbow Of the road fronting neither arm, and as it has
no cardinal virtues it gives neither of its fronts to the
cardinal points of the compass. No fence interyenes
between the road and house. nothing TO prevent brood
Of pigs with their venerable mother from camping in
the cool shade by the side Of the great broad stone
front door step, a privilege which they improve in
summer morning hours. From two transverse corners
Of the house rough stone walls project out into the
highway one Of them is pasture fence, the entrance
bars Of which are within fifty feet of the front door
Tie other wall is part Of the garden enclosure, if an
acre lot of struggling vegetables and currant and ounce
bushes can be called by that honorable name. This
wall. the road and house, bound triangular shaped
niece of ground Of about quarter OF an acre, the
home of the wood pile; the debris of which has not
been removed since its first foundation was laid Upon
this triangle there is all times better assortment
of old wagons carts seds stone drags and other brake
neck conyeuiences than will be foundin the Worlds
Fair Cornerwise, across the road from the house
stands barn and csrnerwsc to that another and cor
respondingy the corn house stands cornerwise TO BOTH
ard all open to the road or rather upon a triangular
court exactly matching the wood pile tract except it
seems to have been showed just the length Of gu. Of
place This is the milking yard. The well is IN the
middle of the road between the house and barn, aud
might be driven by every night traveller but for
the stout oak curb. Here in all its ANCIENT glory may
be seem the old oaken bucket with its long pole aud
sweep hung on pivot in the well crotch, which in adj
diton to that service has the honor OF UNFOLDING the
cart body whenever il is taken of the wheels For
tea and drinking the water of this well has been
abooed accordingly water has to be brought BY hand
from the spring" nearly quarter Of mile from the
house. though By water ram it might be sent up IN
one continuous stream.
Around or near the house, either in front or rear
there is not tree for shade fruit, except row OF
oupees along the garden back wall, and row OF null
berry trees below the barn
This a true picture drawn from life, OF NewEng-
land farm house owned and occupied by an Intelligent
family well to do in the world, who might DO better
fthey had any taste. Is it not high time better taste
was nut in training Is it not high time thai Common
School teachers we're taught to teach those VINO WI" Dy
andbye come into possession OF the old homestead that
taste is one Of the most important ingredients improve
msnt and refined civilized life Around the new get
tlers log cabin cannot always expect TO md these
marks Of refinement yet if it is occupied by one who
was educated in school where taste in the adornments
Of home is taught as virtue, the effects of the early
teaching will show itself in the very ncpen stages of
transormatng the wilderness into cultivated fields, and
the song of Wooaman spare that tree Will not be sung
in vain.
/ Unfortunately. however, too many Of those who 60
forth into the wilderness received their education in
lust such an Old homestead We have depicted. The
consequence is Just such home the one described in
the following extract from the letter Of Lady in the
Woods" in The Michigan Farmer She says.
let rs give you a sketch from life. There IS the shell
of house and tie rail fence in front but the pig trough
not under H. for although the family have lived there six
Y, they have had pig trough yet-they have not
tine 10 make one Mrs L. her Kitchen Stops what
Re does not throw down by the back door, in large iron
pt and when that is full she e,s By The front gate IL
ds The ward with one Of the children 20 stand by and let
N oe uiS AZ time tll each has taste rather smell
n II r by the time the ecord s to be turned Ol if
not bef re- the pot is upset in the struggle between the
bo ara the child the gate Is ungusrded and the outsiders
rh in en- m2sse ana lick up what they can get from the
ground The children consider themselves fortunate
hi. feeding does not end IN half days chase the
rsrden ard cornfed When these porkers put up 10
fat there il hole made in the ground 10 corner OF
,.ir pen AID water is poured in tina. 10. them - drink
The family seldom have stick Of wood cut before Il g
wanted though the wood pile lies very conveniently oy the
II NJ door tor Mr. finds much easier when ne brings
m ise IN m the woods 20 throw Il the fence there
than 10 pull down and put up the rails as he must do be
axe. il 10 the back door, There Two or three broken
Ids and part OF harrow side Of tbs gate on the
tsr side the gOu and cart stand when not IN and
niles az cid boards and bri rs AID rubbish OF 81 kinds III
Re tsrce ccfrers miserable log she'd stands
~ cr barn the cattle are unshetered in winter, and
everything about the premises wears aspect OF neg
ge1se or rather Of downright azness And who are the
Managers Of this farm father and two stout nearly
rown 70 manhood. The soil Is productive, their catt:
rroSper spite Of gec and yet poverty seems 20 b'
iheir Inheritance.
We could give many picture OF log-cabin Life fal
more vivid than this the truth Of which could vouct
for yet il is not necessary 90 TO the woods for speci
mems Of want of rural taste they plenty black
: laxr;ss al oxar the country The question it, How