The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-05-20
The Farm. by Mr. Everett.

The following beautiful picture is the cor
cluding passage of the address delivered by
Hon. Edward Everett, before the State Agri-
cultural Society, al Buffalo.
As work Of art, know few things more
pleasing to the eye, or more capable of afford
ing scope and gratifc alton to a taste for the
beautiful, than well situated, well cultivated
farm. The man of refinement will hang with
never wearied gaze OF landscape by Claude
or Salvador; the price of section of the most
fertile land in the West would not purchase
few square feet of the canvass on which these
great artists have depicted rural scene. But
nature has forms and proportions beyond the
painters skill; her divine pencil touches the
landscape with living ,hts and shadows, new
er mingled on his pallet. What is there on
earth which can more entrely charm the eve
or crafty the taste, than a noble farm! II
stands upon southern slope, gradually rising
with variegated ascent from the plain. shelter
ed from fhe north western winds by woody
bights, broken hero and there with moss. COW
cred bouders, which impart variety and
strsngth to the outline. The native forests
have been cleared from the create part of the
farm, but suitable portion. carefully tended.
remains in wood for &c onomical purposes, and
to give picturesque effect 10 the landscape
The eyes range round three-fourths of the
horizon over fertile expanse,-bright with
the cheerful waters Of ripping stream. a
generous river, or a cleaning lake:-dotteG
with hamlets, each with it's modest spire:-
and if the farm lies III the vicinity of the coast,
distant glimpse from the high grounds. of
the mysterious, everlasting sea, complete. the
prospect. 1t is situated off the high road, but
near enong TO the village to be easily accessi-
bic TO the church, the school house. the rail-
road, a sociable neighborhood, or travelling
friend. It consists in due proportion of pas
ture and tllage, meadow and woodland, field
and garden. ....... ...
Asubstantial dwelling, with everything for
convenience and nothing for ambition,-wNh
the fitting appendages of stable. and barn. and
corn-barn, and other farm blildings, not for
getting spring-house with living fountain
of water,-occupies upon gravelly knoll, a
position well chosen to command the whole es-
tate. A few acres on The front, and side of
the dwelling, set apart TO crafty the eye with
the choicer forms of rural beauty. are adorned
with a stately avenue, with noble, solitary
trees. with graceful cIumps. shady walks. a
velvet lawn, brook murmuring over pebbly
bed. here and there grand rock, whose cool
shadow at sunset streams across the field all
displaying in the real lovelness of nature, the
original of those landscapes of which art in
is perfection strives 70 give rs the counter
fe;t prsseniment. Animals Of select breeds,
such as Paul Potter, and Morand, and Land
seer, and Rosa Bonhenr never painted. roam
the pastures. or fll the hurdles and The stalls:
the p'ow walks in rustic majesty across the
plain. and onens the genial bosom of the earth
10 the sun and air; natures holy sacrament oe
seed-time is solemnized beneath the vaulted
cathedral skv; silent dews. and gen ,Ie showers
and kindly sunshine. she'd their swee, influ-
encc on the teemine soil springing verdure
clothes the plain golden wavelsts. driven bv
the west wind, run over the Joyous wheat
he,d The tall maize flaunts in her crispy
leaves and nodding tassels:-whiIe we labor
and while we rest, while we wake and while
we sleep. Gods chemistry, which we cannot
see. goes Oh beneath the clods; mvriads and
myriads Of vital cells, ferment with elemental
life; germ and stalk. and leaf and flower, and
silk and tasse, and grain and fruit, grow ur
from the common earth h,-the moving machine
and reaper-mnte rivals of human industry
perform their gladstone task; the welI.pile6
wagon brings home the ripened treasures of
the year; The bow of promise fulfilled spans
the foreground of the picture. and The gra-
cious covenant is redeemed, that while the
earth remaineth, summer and winter, and heat
and cold. and day and night, and seei-tme
and harvest, shall rot.