St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-03-04

mansion of the rich, is ornamented anu
made pleasant by their widespread anu
shadowy branches. No cas-, "o"
;,5;,a,t mr. humble. need be deprived OF
And we are often led TO ask
H. :. i that we see no greater interest
o,,;,csted in this direction Why so
many of our farm houses and grounds so
1,f,i.nt in ornamental shrubs and tree.?
l. it that we have no taste for the beautl-
ful and picturesque in nature! Or, that
we feel little interest in regard TO the
beauty and attractveness of our houses
and home That cannot be. There may
be a want of cultivated rural taste among
our farmers, lack in the proper aPpre-
citation Of rural beauty, a. seen by tue
carefully cultivated eye, in these sylvan
appeudages To our country homes, which
Is apparently too much the case.
1t remains for ~, then. to cultivate
our minds in this particular, to improve
our tastes in rural affairs, not only in re-
gard to our residences proper, but 10
their surroundings and in every place and
position where Improvement Is Necessary
to be made. Til, work should not re-,
wholly on Individual effort by any mean.
Villages and neighhorhnods. even a will
ing half dozen, may accomplish mucI.,
by uniting their heaG. bands and hout
not only in clcvaiing the standard @.
rural taste in the masses. by irving eN-
pan,iom to mind, and developing within
it love for the be .utitul-bu; 10y prac-
ticalv exhibited good works III ornI-
menting public grounds and highway
with shade trees.
What nobler monument can be hcwl
from wood or stone and reared to mru,-
DRY of true GREATNESS, than the now lefty
oak. maple or elm, which has crown g.,
such vast dimensions and with-tuud til,
winds and racks OF ares What nor,
fitting memorial can testify to tie mag
nanimiiy Of The fathers of by-gnnc GEN, +
ation~, whose kindly hand first plantc,
the acorn, or set the plant whence grew
these towerin" tcachc :
Every village and hamlet should ha,,
It's society especially organized for ii,
purpose ol rural Improvement, to bcau;l
fly and render attrac'able public "ark>
commons and highways, or olh,rwi-,
add to the outward good and c"mclnr e,
of tie place. There is nothing. in {;
temporal point of view, that gives char
lace or nrimhhuIhood more than "A loon
of ncatness and order, and an exhibition
of IN elevated rural TASTE i'll all that g,c-
10 comprise such town, village or neigh
borhoud. Dwellings and uut-buiIdu-,
exhibiting an appearance of ncatn,'>S an
repair streets Clearly. in rood condition.
an well ornamented with thrifty. judir-
iou~ly selected shade tees fences taSiiy
and thoroughly made, and painted OF
whit.wash, dali combine 10 give c =
ganre and beauty TO the place, and show
the passer 10y that Il people OF thrift a,d
refinement inhaDit it.
"hat' them IN view !
tHese co"slucIa'lo"s II our PlNl"S', IL /
10 say tuiy' as farmers 81 oai'd"m 1
county VIII" Tt'er'll'e 10 'ileSt interests 3,
Not"lih9' ;'i''li"s me lharhe" improve
mcnt manifested in this direction within
the past few years, there Is still AN ;l5-
parent want "n,o''S our FARMERS III ''''>
I'it .h or"'''n Vi "Iint ii''cr, Il ana
WI" NV rN'uH' my s0i' iUi'l Tue "''''-
oei, we no i"t SlN' "l, ''''' "''ti'''"''
anu Uipu9ul 10 llle transporting dllt! Gu