Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-13
An Ideal farm.


Mr.. Everett concluded his address hefora
the New York State Agricultural Society at
Buffalo with the following mastery portrait
ure Of perfect farm:
One more suggestion, my friends. and -o-
lieve your patience. AS n work of art Tk,ovv
few things more pleasing to the eve or ,,oro
capable nf sffnrding scope and qualification m
a taste fer the beautiful, than a well situated
well cultivated farm. The man Of refinement
will hang with never-wearied g.ze on a land
scspe by Claude or Salvador: the nrica of a
AelectiOn Of the most fertile land in the
West would not purchase few Fonare feet NJ
the canvas IN which hese great artists have
depicted rural scene But nature has fnrms
and proportions beyond the printers skin. her
divine pencil touches the landscape with liv-
ing lights and shadows, never mingled on Iis
pallet. What is there on earth which con
more entirely charm the eve or CRAFTY the
taste than noble farm7 I stands mon .
southern slope, gradually rising with variepst-
ed ascent from the plain, sheltered from the
northwest winds ty woody heights broken
here and there with moss-cnvered hrwlJors
which lnpart variety ard strength IN the ont'
noe. The native forest has been cleared from
tne grea'er part OF the farm, but suitable
POr''o"' careIhIy tended, rem ius IT. wood for
ec'h"mical purposes, and to give pictnr-soue
eH-ct to the landscape. The ewes range ronrd
three-foHrths Of the horizon over a fertile ~
panse-bright with the cheerful waters of :,
rlpp ing stream, generous river. or a gIearn
ing lake-d"tted with harnlets. each with II.
MODEST spire-and, if the farm lies in the vi
Cihity 81 TIE cosst, distant glimpse from the
IiRh GROUNDS, OF the mysterious, everlasting
sea completes the prospect Ii is 81 us,ed off
the high road, but rear enough 10 the village
20 be easily accessible To the church. the
school-house, the pust-office, the railroad, a
soclaOle mig Dor, or q travelling friend II
consists in due pro- OrtiOn of pasture and till
age, meadow and woodland field and garden |
substantial dwelling, with everything for |
convenience and nothing for anhi iOn-with |
the fitting appeudages IF stable. and bsrp and |
cor barn, and other farm buildings. not for |
getting spring house with q living fountain
OF Water-"ccupies, upon a gravey knoll. A
POSITION We'll chosen TO command the whole
estate. A few acres on the front and on the
sides of the dwell ng, set apart To CRAFTY the
eye with the ChOicer f,r,uE of rural beaBty. !
are adorned with a stately avenue, with no.
BILE solitary trees, with graceful clumps. shady
walks, velvet Lawn, brook murmuring over
. peb ~ bed, here aud there a grind rock.
whose cool shadow at sunset streams across
the held; all displaying, in the real lovelinesS
OF nature, tile original of those landscapes OF
which art in its perfection strives tn give US
the counterfeit presentment. Animals If Sc
IecL breed, such as Paul Potter, and MorlaDd |
and Landseer, and Ru>a Bonheur never paint
ed, roam the pastures, or fill the hurdles and
the stalls; the plow walks in rustic majesty
across Il Q plain, and opens the genial bosom
OF the earth to the sun and air; natures holy
sacrament of seed time is solemniz-d beneath |
the vanlted cathedral sky; silent dews. and
gentle showers, and kindly sunshine shed their
sweet influence on the teemiDg soil; sprInging
Verdnre clothes the plain; golden wavelets.
driven by the west wind, run over the Joyous ,
wht at-frld; the tall maize fsunts in her cris
py leaves and DOdding tsssels-while we labor
and while we rest, while we wake and willie s
we sleep, Gods chemistry, which we cannot
lee, goes on beneath the clods; myriads and
nyr'sds of vital cells fermeu with elemental !
lfe; germ and stalk, and leaf and flower, and
Xix aud tassel, and grain and fruit, grow up /
rom the common earIh-the moving machine {
md resptr-mute rivals of human industry
perform their gladstone task; the well-piled
wagon hLlngs home the rpened treasures OF
he year; the bow of Promise fulfilled spans
lie foreground OF the picture, and the graci-
'us covenant Is redeemed, that, while the =
'srtI remslneIh, summer and winter, aud heat
nd cold, aud day aud night, and seed-time
md harvest, shall not fail.