The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-09
ENGLISH HOMES.


vRou TArSB's "EorEs on ENGLAND"
Let MS look OF the outsides; they are in
3. res = B., my entertainer, who has
SseU married q year, wished to have q
cottage C1 This cottage is charming, even
sIsgn5t. furnished with all the refnements
Of 6estness, Of comfort and luxury; it Is
nj brown brick, with several turrets,
'lsDtlpp rooI, being nearly altogether en-.
veloDed in iyy. Around Is little park,
with The velvet lawn rolled daily, two or
three sllperb clumps of Towering rhodo-
Jepdrons, len feet high, thirty in length
and breadth; on the grass are garlands OF
exotic flowers Of vivid hues, groups OF
trees well arranged, a covered hedge row
iomiur lovers walk for q young, newly
married pair; then, beyond the hedges, o
horizon Of large trees and glimpses OF
views over the everlasting verdure. A
real nest for a married couple; within,
plnk and white paper hangings, light
painting, in lilac OF light yellow; delicate
lied floors and many lOzenge.paned
windows which recall the middle ages.
In tue drawing room an excellent piano,
and several fine books which are wedding
riffs, Tennyson, q prayer book, and others
bound in blue velvet, in wood with cary.
iug, in gilded morocco, illustrated with
care, with the neatness Of pencil which Is
peculiar to English artists, some orna.
mented on each page with paintings aud
COlOred arabesques. Not an object which
does not denote an exquisite and even
latidous taste. Everywhere are flower
stands filled with rare flowers; without,
within, flowers abound; this is the fullest
detail Of luxury, and they understand 1t
IS those who really delight in it.
This understanding and this care are
manifested in everything. There is not
sn object which fails to exhibit fore.
thought and calculated comfort. There
are carpets and long oil cloths from top
to bottom Of the house; and carpet serves
for warmth; the oil.cloth on which ono
reads may be washed and kept as clean
UScarpet. In my bed room Is a table
Of rosewood; upon this table a slab Of
marble, on the marble q round straw
INSTALL this to bear an ornamented
TaterbOttle covered with a tumbler. One
does not simply place ones book upon the
nble, upon the table is o small stand for
holding it. One does not have d plain
c1ndlestiCk, which one blows out before
going TO sleep; the candle is enclosed in
sglOss cylinder, and is furnished with a
selfscting GXtinguisher. Other details
are still more striking; a moments rehec.
lion Is required in order to comprehend
their use. Sometimes all this apparatus
hampers; It involves too much trouble Tor
The sake Of comfort. In like manner, on
alolFney, have seen Englishmen sup
pied with so many glasses, opera. glasscs,
aud telescopes; with SO many umbrellas,
canes, and irOn.tipped sticks; with so
many overcoats, COmforters, water. proofs,
and wrappers; with so many dressing
cases, TASKS, books, and Newspapers
IAatr were | in their place, I should have
stayed at home From England to France,
and from France to italy, wants and
preparation go on diminishing. Lille is
more simple, and il may say so, more
NAKED, more given up to chance, less en-.
numbered with incOmmodious incom.
mOdies.
Fifteen hundred pounds Ofincome, three
OF iouF horses, two carriages, six servants,
a gardner. The same style of living
France. :"
We have visited five or six parks.
large or Of the average size; nearly an ara
TgSsaauIal, two or three being admirable.
me intact and well known meadows
sparkle in the sun, Astounding with daisies
and outtercups. The oaks are old. often
enormous. AT the bottom Of the valley,
ILE,ulels, properly disposed, form little
. ,sAss ,, IN which swim foreign ducks here
anu t9ere, in zone of glitterinr wafer,
a. an ls ,.a covered with rhododendrons
Ill., tGaiS Us PINK Tut Along the woods rab.
oIS speed of beneath our feel, and at
e y winding Of the road the updulstinS
i pIatn' suewGd with clumps Of trees, set 3
, ~ us Verdure, varied mellowed, as far
~ Inc blue distances. What fresh,
l ~. and what silence! One feels in a
, Ssi,S Of rePose; this Nature welcomes one
WI %isq !. a lender, discreet, intimate cares:
s sT,I: some one; she has her accent. The
iHiLts N.Y. accent Of domestic happiness
~ aSg h a beautiful bride who has adorn.
v W aetse!l Tor her husband, and ad.
' 'aGseS IN ltont OF him with a soIt
i IGile. Every original work-a garden
WI Ha'Sa unveils deep seated sentiments. In
X opinion this one, more than any other
s 'o The poetic dream Of an EnpIish
S i"aI. IT'S not so with Their dwelIiprs@
G rIse machines, partly Italian or partly
S SUalc, without distinctive Character
S TIe sees that they are spacious, comIort
aug well kept-nothing more These
NC " tae houses OF the rich, who understand
SSUaloFts, and who, sometimes rather IN
,rUS,'uaaiely have had architectural iancics
% cn. elegant cottages, covered and an
S;S a with turrets, seem playthinT,
~, u S'alsd pasteboard. All their imsTins
tiOu ' al MeIr national and personal i9yen
ps,t, nave been expended upon theil
nil; TN, one, Of seven hundred acres co,.
~, Gees which two or three men c HU
o n.y. embrace with their outspread arms ms
S SSIa,, LINES, plane.rees, cypress, beecboo
t %I,Sa ~ nave freely developed lie SmnI;
~ o-U !. ana lulness Of their forms, IsoIStct
m \, ~ groups upon the mellow and ricS
dSm sUw, Their rich pyramids, their vSsl
S SnutsS expand at will and descend N ths
~ GNU M..n q latgeness Of expansion snch
teD SHupo; BE realized. They have bear beeI
SlTaSSa o IKE rich children; thew 6sy ,
ss,is;, s enjoyed perfect liberty and perts S'
ISSHo,siCuon; nothing has lessened ,bsi
tbsS ,atN or hampered their growth
g1est is oipa The air and, use the soll lik,
ioH mo- ~ 1SEGs 70 whom the air and all hS
IiSiSs0U ~ right. In the center Of so man nj
jeTsi. e@esalds Is a sill more precioG
e sS-lne garden. Clumps NJ TboJod
suutons twenty feet MI VI Enouou