The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-03
The Home off BOSTON Prenchcr,

Tn0 Home Oh n R0SsOn preacher.
TIE DEVASTATING PARSONS MAGNIFICENT
EsrABLIsaaEST-THE PLACE, THE PEOPLE,
THE DOGS, AND THE HORSES.
A lady correspondent fil.s two columns 10
the Philadelphia Press with a description of
the farm and the family of the Rev. W. H i.
II. Murray, in the historic town Of Gliilford,
Conn.,, where she is a guest, She begins her
letter in this chatty style:
"Modern orthodoxy is a big thing" said
to myself, as Miss Ida and |, the former dri-
wing. dashed up to Rev. ". II. II. Murray
$4,000 carriagc-housc, with its $500 harness.
room, finished in black walnut and white
oak, the Stars and Stripes going up the in.
slant the hoofs OF our horscS-Lady Velvet
and Lady Mcsscnger-struck' the boards.
At the extreme end opposite the entrance,
and therefore the first thing to catch the eye,
Is photograph of Mr.. Murray, looking able
TO manage any and all of the twenty.six
horses in his stables. The picture is sur
mounted ny his old Adirondack hat, adorned
with the flies so dear to his trout-loving
heart. while through the top are two parallel
hullet-holes, separated by tiny strip Of felt,
which was made in response to chal-
lenge from one Of the guides in the VIII
derncSs who declared that Mr.. Murray
could not put two shots side by side, using
only one barrel of his rifle at time: g Ny
hat needs vcntiating; will do it now"
cried Mr.. Murray, and he did it! This old
and curiously-ventiatcd hat will figure
again on Mr.. Murray's head during cam
p.igu in the wilderness this season. Around
the interior of the building hang wild fowl
from the first London edition Of" Audubon's
Birds of America pictures Of Bonner's
Dexter and Rysdyk's Hamblctonian, with
that exquisite English engraving "The
.Eilluge Blacksmith" while the most con-
spicuous objec: is the head of stag, brought
down by the hand Of Mrs. Murray in the
Wilderness. The granary connected with
the establishment is on very large scale, as
YOU will believe when ] tell you that Mr..
Murray's oats and corn come from the West
in carloads of twelve hundred bushels at a
time.
The Adirondack room, where date my let
ter. is IL rural study, in which Mr.. Murray
can read, write, or sleep. and whose key IS
never out of his possession. 1t Is furnished
with camp bedstead, simple toilet conye-
nicDces, n table, and books for reference,
while the walls are covered with trophies or
Supplements of adventure in the Wilderness,
FOR Mr.. Murray Is, like Nimrod, "a mighty
hunter" Here is telescope rifle, made by
Lewis. of Troy. \. Y, through which Mir.
Murray has seen a turkeys eye at sixty rods.
Here are specimens of Mr.. and Mrs. Muir
rays targct-shootipg, duly signed by the
nudge chosen for the occasion. Here is one
that Il tivc-ccnt piece would cover, through
which Mrs Murray uncrring aim had sent
ten balls mt six rods; and here is another
That a silver quarter of a dollar would cover,
through which Mr.. Murray, at twenty rods,
had sent six out Of ten balls.
Sport. Nettle, Jack, and jet are the four
dogs of the family with which | made ac-
uuaintancc in the carriage-housc. Jet, black
as her name and graceful a. bit OF ebon
.tat,!ary, is very valuable, BENG pointer
from the famous unmiNcd English breed,
one of which was presented to Daniel Web
.lcr by British noblcman. Jack. the watch
dog, also black, is Il noble fellow and evil
IDENTITY has Newfoundland and st. Bernard
blood in bis ycinS. Ncttlc, rightly named,
4 Skyc-tcrricr. true to her mission OF rat
,.alchcr is, like all terriers. dIsagrecablc,
s',arp-yoiccd. rowsy. useful little thing.
sport Il beautiful creature, with pure white
body and notified brown head. was born in
lie A,iirondackS, and there is always look
nt lonoir. for the wildwood in his soft hazel
eyes.
Mr. Murray, like all riglh-thlnkinS and
trclin" persons, is dcvnut believer in the
>rriptllral declaration, "if any provide not
for his own, and especially for those OF his
own house, he hath denied the faith and Is
worse than AN lnlillcl.' Accordingly, the
father and mother nf Mrs. Murray occupy
one, and the father of Mr. Murray has bis
home i'm another OF the four houses on the
farm. MIR. Murray, Sr., is in failing health,
but his grand head and face. such as one
sometimes sees in an antique Roman com,
show the possibilities of his nature when
in health and yiSor. MIR. Murray has,
with exquisite tact and tenderness, placed
Mis-, Sindber.'s oiI-Wintin@ of "AbdaIlab,"
toycthcrwth some of her ilowcl-prccS, in his
fathers room, THIS breaking by pleasant sug-
uc,tions The monotony Of his wcarisome
DAYS. On entering Mr.. Murray's dwelling
house. the house where he was born, which
is almost hidden by ovcrarching Gins, the
first noticeable thing in the little porch is
the word Welcome" wrought in large
letters in the door-nmt. The parlor lisa long,
low room, for it is an old-timc house, cX-
tending across the entire front. IL has an
Immense chimney, on both sides OF which,
in cool weather, blazcs an open wood-tire,
Frightening the brass Tenders, deepening the
vivid Color> If the rich carpet, and ut
nighttuil making weird SHADOWS among 1ne
pictures on the walls. The large family Bible
rests on table. and on one side of the chin
ncv is II collection of miscellaneous books.
and above them towers Goldsmith Maid
2:iI." On II table below the books is large
punch-bowl, constantly full of iced lemon
AIDE. TO which you are served in pale green
"iasses, bealing on one side the beautiful
deer of the Adirondacks. Indeed, Mr. Muir
rays fine Imagination has stamped itself
upon all the appointments of his home.
The glass has the icrrs or deer of the Wilder
ness, the Dresden dinncr->ervice is an a"ri-
cultural set, with horses, cows, and sheep
among the designs, and tiny deer ornament
the miniature silrer-Sets from which each
guest makes tea or coffee agreeable to the
taste. Near the house, and within the limits
Of IN aiter-tca ramble. is the deer park, and
the trout pond, now Astounding in goldfish,
while the doves, the foX->quirrclS. and the
Zig Cochin ChinaS vary the entertainment.
" hen il clergyman assumes to be witty it
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