New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-14
JoURyErS AFOUND HOME.


M the place. while tie other partner lives in the
city and Las an extensive practice Dr. Hex
smer once lived u the city, and was doing we'll as
pl,ysiciap. he had married city belle daughter,
as Iuudcls,aud. Of his paitucr but, taking fancy
10 rural lr he came hithcr.tlis farm was bought,
r,. Inn y..,ne O. C2iuMe ccd.
farin ,eaG runs through thc center. and at right
ANGLES ~ tlis r01u 0u the VOWS of thc various
ropS az planted. In tie rear alc lO acres Of forest;
40 acres 3.e HatDr piQW and T. IA grass, Near tie
hiobway iata, DWELLING the approaches gay with
veT-kept flowers and fine trees make pleasant
shade bcr tlie house are various small lrints-hot
us in a aHgu .atdcn Tor alIucst the whole PIiCe
Is gard 'n. There are Tasphcrrits, currnts straw
berries and -apes and Of all these, rotl iruit ana
plants ave raise for sale OF the Strawberries, me
Wilson Is dcpenCcd upon Tor narheE oNl tna III
omphe dots well. In tho picking season, great de-
pendencc plac on the one who was the city belle
who arrauges and asserts the tfuit ana lve Genus III
addition is received for each quart which goes
through h'r hands This is the value OF taste ana
product to which labor add no more. Hitherto.
grapes have not fulfilled expectations whatever may
be the varieties and find that IN most places-oi
course, excluding those whore there Is water ell
mate--thc grape fever is subSiding.
Potatoes ar raised IN large quantities and IN more
than 100 varieties. Perhaps Er. HeGaner has P4n
attention to potatoes than any other man ~ tnlS
country and most TRIBUNE readers will remember q
valuable treatise Of his delivered before the Farmers
Club. Cuoumbers arc grown for pickles, ana they
ave yiontnd i'm drills In this way when bugs and
dry weather destroy part enough IS ielV " ni"Ae
good stand, and the crop IS bouniiiCL, - Ill, h.
nroDpr rraDac cement. has been restored. Near thls
orchard we saw vast manure heap Such as lew
with these acres would THINK ~ pOSSiDie 10 ACCOUNT
late The stables are cleared often, and tue manure
i'm the heap is left exposed to the sun ana
However pressing other work may be, when even
load is added DC Is immediately covered with muck
or fresh soil when t IOts rapidly and rs much az
Thousand loads are secured every year. CONslOGI-
able manure however, is got from the butchers VINO
take their pay IN Ice out OF the Doctors lce-h0use
and they also furnish meat for the same produce
What ice is disposed ot for manure s1ouLu Ne moion
10 the i1'rm cts pound INC W I I 81
the farm seems 70 be managed IN tins shTeWd lhteI
lpent WAY All the seeds required for painting are
raised on The place and as the quality Is kn9Wn 10
DO good, thoy ar in request by others. tioWlhE
has been done little deeper each year. and nov ~
10 OF coursc. there should be n good barn on such
farm. The central part of this structure Is GN4O'
three stories high with two Wings each 100 feet long
q feet vide ana two stories high, making a
front of 2r0 feet 1t is what is called in IennSyVa-
MA a bank barn, in which one has the great ad-
vantage Of driving into the second story The upper
part i built OF wood, the lower OF stone, with
cemeuted door on one side ms basement IS VAR
ouSly divided into apartments, among which are
stalls and stables in which the comfort OF animals Is
considered as we'll as the economical saving OF man
ure, and the ease of removing il; potato and root
cellars q cellar for cider, hog-pens WITH eWlng'ug
partition the center OF the trough with iasJen-
ings on each side of the trough. storage for farm
implements, box stalls Tor COWS NlthSali' as wen as
other aTan geneutS OF great utility which must have
been the result Of much study
The floor above IS reached by drive way from the
farm. The hay is unlOaded by most approved
methods AID il is ont for food in cutting boxes with
dispatch. IL Winter. the cutting OF hay Is preferred
by the men to any other work. There Is stOTerOom
for bran ard ground feed, and once aweek the allow
Rncc for all the animals Is weighed by the proprietor,
and placed in bins whence II descends rs needed by
shutes into the stalls below. Then there is large
apartment for storing forest leaves Ia the tail,
when damp are pitched into wagons with wide
shelving as easily hay. When wanted for bedding,
as absorbent for manure they descend by Shutes
to tho places required The Leaves from the ~ acres
of wood are found sufficient for these purposes. and
no straw is used. BY having al the arrangements
handy, there rs great saving OF iabor Dut the DOC
tor said leaves could not be handled TO advantage
except with his or similar cOnvenicnces
Next is large room for making vinegar. ii the
apples of the orchard will not sell for - barrel,
they made into cider, winch Is stored Dei0W' ana
from time to time pumped up INTO the NlnegaIT0on.
The process is have casks holding 100 gallons each,
OF which there are many, and for start each con-
talns 10 gallons of good vinegar. Once IN TWO weeks
10 gallons Of CIDER added and thus the manntac-
ture FOcs indefinitely Great pains are taken have
clean and sound fruit that the vinegar may be pure
At first, il was found impossible 20 sell SO good an
article at its value, but sample taken TO the city
beinp given AWAY IL secured an order for few GAL
Ions for family use; then another family w6iIed
some; ana now tie demand cannot be supplied, Inc
price obtained is 30 cents a gallon by the barrel
Next is the ice-hOuse, built within the walls OF the
driveway ard the slides directly from the wagon
TO the places where il IS packed. Attached Is cool
iug-rOOm where strawberries and other PeIiSlaD!e
fruits picked Saturday arc pl served IN good
order until Monday, when ines are SIRE to command
good prices. on TINS DAY there IS Sc dom GOOD 1ut
Another room Is Tor stores OF every KIND required IOr
repairs. including complete workshop ga not
notice blacksmith shop and am not sure whether
there was Ole but there were many rooms and OBJ
iects forgot 10 take notes OF all 1t was Ike gong
through grand public building Oh series OF Llu-
Seums each apartment under iGcR ana Key ana me
owner carrying the keys himself Then there is what
corresponds to an office, or store. well hlled with
tools by the package, shelf hardware by the dozen,
hoes shades yc by the dozen, and there a large
pile OF HeXames celebrated pTongcd hoe, OF the Doc
tors invention, which recommend myself. Soma OF
thCm made, however, have too slender tincs. Inc
cost Of This barn was about $4,000 One wishing 10
build a bain costing no more than $1WO sho9ld II
possible, visit il for many valuable hints VIII be OBJ
taned. l think we have no other barn III tins
country so well adapted 10 variety OF uses Inc
economy Of space the labOT-Saving devices, and
the capacity, 10 give IL preference OF course.
the concrete OF stone barns will last longer.
In the house is the Office and library, where writing,
reading and mich head-w0rk, are DONE Here, also,
is full stock Of medicines, which seemed 10 me IKE
the preparations Of the Eclcctlcs. Everything here
is systcinatized. A commonplace book was shown
worthy OF description. Frs "a skeleton cover OF
fair size holding lOUse leaves, which are lndeXed IKE
a ledger Between these leaves and III the proper
place deposited newspaper clippings. Permanent
leaves would not answer because the space required
cOuld NOT be fOTeSeen In referring to any subject,
whatever has been said and LAID away ~ easily
found. Such book would Dc OF great yalne to pro
fessiOnal, thinking men, machnists and farmers aud
every young man should provide himself with such
help. The materials may be cheap and common and
almost any paper will answer for leaves. 10 ~ likely
that the reader VIII think the Doctor remarkably
successful But / will repeat remark he made:
Almost everybody fails; failure is the rule success
the exception. The only way to succeed is 10 keep
trying"
il is manifest that a great deal Of money has been
spent on this farm. One we'll as another can guess
how much. Often money 80 invested does not come
back. Bore 10 certainly should come back: lie VIII
do most who can measure aud weigh himself Moth
ing can be done well on large scale without nte-
lect With GOOD perceptions, a cultivated mind
dearly loving home and 10 make 1t rich and beanf
full sharp rs { g sharpest in business, benevolent
and tender IN voice ana look, we were cHtIhet WIN