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ascending road. The picture of the premises
~ Tue Lille OF Mr.. Cough, now receiving a
large saie' is very correct, as well as to the in
ternal as the external appearance. Waiting
| httie Time IN the sitting room, for the orator
was entertaining at dinner a compapv of
clerical friends from Hartford, we were soon
welcomed cordially by our host. The library
is neatly arranged and contains large num-
Der of very valuable illustrated works of large
size, which are arranged in convenient cases
made expressly for the purpose of consulting
.hem. They are bound in red morocco,
neasny gilded, and include the campaigns of
tue nfst Napoleon, Boydeps Shakespeare. and
| splendidly painted views of the princnal ar.
ticles in the first worlds fair. etc OTTO Ono
specially 10 which Mr. Cough has devoted
himself is collection of the ensrayings of
the celebrated English designer and Artist.
MIR. George Cruikshanks, who was great
friend of the orator when he lived In London.
Mr.. Cough has the only oil painting in this
country which was painted by the distn-
tinguished artist. The value of this collec-
ton alone is stated by Boston connoisseur
to be $500. Mr.. Cough delights in reading,
and speuds great portion of his time in
recetttng 1--WE hope he will pardon the illustra-
ton) among the honied sweets of standard DO
lite and current literature That is a cup. as
Cowper says. that "cheers but not inebriates.'
On the mantel of the parlor we examined a
very beautiful French skeleton clock which
was made for the first Worlds Fair in 1851.
and was bought and presented to our host in
London, and thereby hangs a tale" which he
told to us. We walked out into the annie
and beautifully laid out grounds, and exam.
ined the horses in the stables, of which there
was three pairs, white, black, and led; and
open and covered carriages of several kinds.
MIR. q. has been fancier in poultry, but bis
man failed him who took care of them. and
SO ne up and sold them" nearly all of, and
we only saw flock of turkeys fattening for
Thanksgiving, and few hens. An excellent
bowling alley has been built for private
amusement, and is said to be the best in the
Old Bay State. We each tried a string. but
found that our host was au fait in that ar
complishment, as he could get "cocked hat
every time; that is he could knock down
three pins set up triangularly in the form OF a
continental hat; and better than that. too,
could he do, for he not only did that, but be
would leave fourth pin standing in the
range of the middle pin, whilo rolling down
the other three.
Mr. G. employs twelve men and four women
about bis large farm, for he does not pretend
to be model farmer, or to an accurate and
experimental knowledge of scientific agricul-
ture.
The health of our host has not been robust
the past year, so that he has been unable 70
prepare new lecture for this season. bnt his
hosts of admirers never tire of listening to
him in his former lectures, and it is said that
in Worcester he is even more popular, if pos
sible, than abroad, thus showing that pro
phet may have honor in cur country.
No one certainly can envy Mr.. Cough all
these pleasant surrounding, for he has labor
ed hard enough for them, and he is now doing
a work in the reformatory field, the results of
which would entitle him in an equitable d.
vision, to the inheritance of even a much
larger portion of this worlds goods. We left
our witty and genial host highly gratifled by
the pleasant interview. J.J.v.H.