New-York tribune., 1868-04-18

, .ho .r,nksvbich are buried three feet deep -
81 81 .ioce and gravel Of macadamsea hign"oy ayyden
;,9 Tite equal TO those when ~ giVHS; tS;s II tbs flesh
no'3a; Ann and rather dry, but very pa
..hs It covers Germany, from the Lake ot toi 70
sanee TO the Baltic, and therefore couiu n0' ~
s.ceed IN our Northern States .roroIlv
TSe fruttr along the highways are gene,ths the
,anted by the village municipalities, 10 W4o Every
nt bongs The produce rs 1SteH peun into the
yiflage treasury IL appears to De ~ Tbe children
Sepredaton as the private orchards ~ doubt pill
81 course look out Tor nraetce s of robbery
VIE that 10 which so many OF our beTres of the
exposed very rarely occurs Inc wiz ~ldrrv%odv. There
Government iGress "a sr1 1any league without forest
nd where the only fruit to DO seen 10 'A"' "-e
mehways, ,,,e rluu, cherry and gooseberry
AZ sw;nr SnS Ia those of warmer Iautudes' ENeiy
apens 10 believe in its own apples, Dut must
that nd tPSsS Pone az western NewYork Michigan
- Illinois Peaches here, only succeed as es-
Dalers and even when they rlpen, have .aa IaintI
Ta1ce nrobaby less on account of climate than de-
6riency of culture The range OF fruit IS therefore
br limited but there s frss 2syer speRs eeRceeds the
5emand-whieh Is a. lesson for us. Our consumption
Sf fI1it will always keep pace with the production.
have spoken Of the rude frugality Of life among
.,a neasant farmers There is no class in Europe
dow to change their habits. do not see why agrl-
culture should be SO much more conservative
N
it certainly is. 1t is perhaps not mere
fancy that tailOrs and shoemakers are
the most revolutionary class. Unused physical
energy, then, becomes mental stimulant-the con-
verse OF which would explain the inertia OF the
farmers In Prussia since universal suffrage has been
established, the party of reaction Is Upheld enteEH m E
by poasant-voters The same principle IS seen IN III
their ways of life. They still live IN crowded. un ~
healthy villages, and cultivate nelds from @ ono W W
three miles distant, instead OF building Som ~
their property. They still put the barn and hs aMel
iug-house under roof, still consider their euuS
ton complete when they have left school, anu lrounio
themselves with public matters no re0nre
concerns of their petty local governmehUs IequlIe
The erowding together into villages was once
necessity, for the sake of mutul tI o LIZ
~ whom tbe lands once belonged; but for hundred
wears or more both the necessity and the power nave
Seased In Switzerland, Norway and Sweden, the
faI,ner lives on his land; throughout all Germany
detached farmhouse is the rarest sight;
The villages generally so crowded that there Is
but scanty space for gardens The streets are mar
row and not Over-clean the houses, built against
each other are in double danger from hre epldemcs
are more dangerous: and whatever tendency tneTe
65 IN individuals to idleness OF dissipation Is
%sr3hered by these gregariOus habits. But IN mere
tSsSpSS end haniDe to and fro, the loss Of labor,
spS5hed to the whole country, Is very great -,
separately is both cheap and picturesque Inc
stories are low for greater warmth IN winter, pu1
the sunny side of the rooms is always wel suppHeu
with windOws sometimes, indeed, it is almost GH
window. The usual plan of building is this: Inc
frame of the house. of strong seasoned timber Is nTsI
sat and bTaced with many dlagOnai htaIS anu
cross then the spaces between are filled with
brigk which is plaStered and sometimes also hrred
on the inside. The irregular timber frame gives
great variety to the exterior and when pressed BRICK
Sro used disposed in fanciful patterns. the house
NAV DO very elegant in appearance. Gables baleo-
nes or projections of the building are placed Just as
NAV be most convenient. The inside OF the house
determines its FORMS and square block, though OF
marble could be 80 agreeable TO the eye.
In the cheapest kind of cottage the frame is set mp
as before, after which the spaces between the um-
bers are filed with twigs cut the proper length ana
interviewer like basket-work Raw stiff clay is then
plastered over them forced into all the lnterstlces
and fresh coatngs are applied it cracks III drying
When this is polished with trowe Ut forms warm
sohd wall, which will stand so or 100 years. For
roofing large tiles are invariably used The roof is
always made with steep pitch, as 1t should be- IN
Northern climate. The main object is to have
thick warm wall, no matter what the material. In
the more expensive buildings brick IS never used as
a 1at unreeyed surface il is always broken by hat
panels OF pilasters strngpieces, and cornees, ana
relieved by stone or wood. Where two colors are
employed the most beautiful effects are sometimes
produced without the least additional expense;
In one respect concerning this matter OF bull9lng,
the Germans are in advance of u.s. No man builds
house in certain fashion because his nelghbor has
done the same thing but follows his own fancy ana
gives his home something of his own indlVlduaity.
We are not yet out of the initiative DeIlod-either
because the people have no time to be lndependsnt
or the architects are too lazy to be original Inc
sane models are reproduced by thousands, so Stald
and respectable that one would welcome htue
picturesque uliiness for the sake of variety. b. j.