Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-15

in Minnesota having moro Of natura
beauty than has Austin, and the re
mark is eminently proper. Anothe
thing is true; there is no village Q
which VIC have any knowledge, that ha
iaircr surroundings. The country I'M
mcdiately adjacent, being beautiful
suburb. Take whatever direction yo'
may, for a drive, aud the route will b
found to disclose one continued success
ion Of natural and artistic beauty. TX
pcrience has established this fact man,
times, but never more fully than upo'
the occasion Of a recent tour. Will
Willie" beside US, We gave free rei'
to " Dan," and wh;rling past our mag
nifccnt School-house-than which there
is none fner in the State-and out up
on the common, We dashed by the trot
ting park a. though we were driving
race. reaching the ford upon Turtle
creek, at a point not more than mile
distant from homo. Hero We halted q
moment for our steed to moisten his bit
and to see Willie "scadc through,
y hich he did, finding the water much
deeper than his eye had measur'
cd it, but the day was warm, and
wet clothes we're no Inconvenience
besides the boy learned that
looking across stream and
,cod;ng through it, are very different
things, a fact to which scarcely enough
prominence is given nowadays. Pass
ing along a serpentine track, we reach
the corner Of large field, in which
the shocks Of grain stand thick lit
tie further on We find farm buildings,
and family, and rural industry. Noting
this as the country seat Of Mr.. George
B. Hayes, Of Austin, We glide down a
gentle declivity into thick copse, where
rustic bridge spans foaming cascade,
and huge rocks in rapt silence receive
the caressss Of sunbeam and spray; it's
= spot for Elm voice, in song and
elee, but insteed there is heard only
the music. Of the waters. Emerging
from the little dell, We reach the end
Of narrow plain, which abuts upon
the west bank Of the Cedar river, and
then stretches aud widens as far as the
eye can see, presenting landscape Of
singular richness and beauty. Nestled
here in q beautiful bower, in the pro-
duction Of which nature and art We'd
each with the other, is the home Of Mr..
David Day. His capacious fields, give
evidence Of thrifty industry, but the
garden and. its environs, constitute the
glory of his " outside" home.
Only a little attention has been given
to that which is merely aesthetic, and
yet, the beautiful abounds, as it were,
by kind Of spontancity. There arc
long rows Of sweet corn ringing the
outskirts, and to the sight, seeming to
furnish kind Of protection to plants Of
less pretentious growth. The esculent
roots in great variety are there, and
especially that which is so great a
tavorite with tho Irish people. one Of
whom, residing in America, wrote to
his friend, "Come to this country, where
it takes but three potates for bushel
and nine for man a meal"
There are melons, cucun,bers, "a uash-
cs, peppers, and a large variety Of the
fruits which abound IN this latitude,
and flowers in the greatest profusion.
The wonderful fertility and productive
ness Of the spot, is no doubt largely at
tributabie to the near presence Of the
Cedar river, which irrigates the whole
plain. The river here is peculiarly a
thing of beauty-spreading out in width
about ten rods, with fair current and
an average depth Of t"elve feet, it
sweeps along through forest and grove
and lawn, without a curve or an angle
for nearly a mile, when q frowning
headland rising precipitousIy, nearly .
hundred feet turns it suddenly aside to
End a tortuous channel along which to
fret itself in its ceaseless fow.
Moored to the bank, a few rods from
the. house, Mr.. Day has little wherry
provided, with an abundance Of fishing
tackle. We boarded her." and in =
few minutes, had the pleasure Of seeing
6ne pickercl lying prone upon the
deck. But We must stop. The fish
was good, the exercise was hea]thful,
the scenery grand. We hope to 60
again.