Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-07
NO. 6.
MISCELLANEOUS READING.
PICTURE OF A MODEL FARM.

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The following fine specimen Of Edward EV-
erett's eloquence is from the address delivered
by that great orator. last October, before the
New York Agricultural Society at Buffalo:
"What is there on earth which can more en-
trely charm the eye, or crafty the taste,
than noble farm? Itstapds upon the south.
ern slope, gradually rising with varlegated
ascent from the plain, sheltered from the
northwestern winds by woody heights, broken
here and there with moss covered boulders,
which impart variety and strength to the out
line The native forest bas been cleared from
the greater part of the farm, but suitable
norton. carefully tended, remains IN wooo
for economical purposes, and to give pictuf-
esoue effect to the landscape. The eye ranges
round three fOurths of the horizon over FER
tile expause-brght with the cheerful wa
ters of a ripping stream, generous riVer'
or q cleaning lake-dotted with hamlets,
each with its modest spire-snd, it the farm
lies 10 the vicinity Of the coast, distant
glimpse from the high grounds, Of the mys-
terious, everlasting sea, completes the pros
pect. Ii is situated OF the high road, but
near enough to the village to be easily acces
sible to the church, the school house, the post
Office, the railroad, socIable neighbor, or q
travelling friend. 1t consists in due proper
ton of pasture and tillage, meadow and wood
land, field and garden. A substantial dwell
ing, with the fitting appendages OF stable
and barn, and corn barn, aud other iarm
buildings, not forgetting spring house, with
a living fountain of water,-occuples upon
grayely knoll, position well chosen to com
mand the whole estate. few acres on inc
front, and on the sides of the dwelling, set
apart TO crafty the eye with the choicer forms
of rural beauty, are adorned with stately az
enue, with noble solitary trees, with graceful
clumps, shady walks, velvet lawn, brook
murmuring over pebbly bed, hero and there
q grand rock, whose cool shadow a. sunset
streams across the field; all displaying 10 the
real loVelinesS of nature, the original OIL those
landscapes of which art in its perfection
strives to give us the counterfeit presentment.
Animals of select breed, such as Peul Potter,
and Moreand and Landseer, and Rosa Bon
heur, never painted, roam the pastures, or hll
the hurdles and the stalls; the plow walks IN
rustic majesty across the plain, and opens
the genial bosom Of the earth to the sun and
air; natures holy sacrament OF seed time 10
solemnized beneath the Saulted cathedral
sky; silent dews and gertle showers, and
kindly sunshine, shed their sweet Influence
on the teeming soil; springng yerdure clothes
the plain; golden wsTelets, driven oy the
west wind, run over the joyous wheat-helu;
the tall maize haunts in her crlspy leaves
and nodding tassels;-while we labor and
while we rest while We wake and while We
sleep, Gods chemistry, which We cannot see,
goes on beneath the clods; myrlads and myr-
lads of vital cells ferment with elemental lie;
germ and stalk, and leaf and flower, and silk
and tassel and grain and fruit, growup from
the common eartb-the moving machine ana
the reaper-mute rivals of human industry,
perform their gladsome task; the we'll piled
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, heat
and cold, and day and night, and sesd-tlme
and harvest shall not fail"