Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-01-29
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in the West would not purchase a fe-
square feet OF the canvass on which ties
great artists have depicted = rural seen,
Bat nature has forms aud proportions be
yond the painters skin; her divine pcnci
touches the landscape with living light
aud shadows, never mingled gu his pal
let. What is there on earth which cal
more entirely charm the eve. or graiifl
the taste, than a BOble farm 1t stand
upon the southern slope, gradually risin,
with variegated aseent from the plain, shell
tered from the northwestern winds b,
woody heights, broken here aud there Will
mOss-covered bOulders, which impart va.
siety aud strength to the outline.
The native forest has been cleared from
the greater part Of the farm, bu: suila.
bic portion, carefully tended, remains in
wood for economical purposes, and to give
a picturesque effect to the landscape. The
eye ranges round three-fourths of the no.
ti1on over fertile exPanse,-brieht with
the cheerful waters Of ripping stream,
agen'r1us river, or cleaning lake, dot
ted with hamlets, each with its modest
splre;-and, it the farm lies n the yicin-
lty OF the east, distant glimps, from the
high grounds, Of the mysterious, everlast-
ing sea, completes the prospect. 1t is sit
uatOd of the high road, but, neal enough
to the village to be easily accessible to the
church, the school house, the post Office,
the railroad, a social neighbor or a travel
ing friend. Ii consists in due proportion
of pasture and tillagc, meadow and wood
land, field and garden. A substantial
dwelling, with everything for convenience
aud oothlng for ambition, with the e.
ting APPENDICES of stable aud barn, and
corn BAN, aud other farm buildings, not
Iorgctt!ng a spring house with living
fountain OF wator,-occupies upon a grav-
ely knoll position well chosen to com.
nand the whole estate. A few acres on
The front, and on the sides of the dwelling
let apart to crafty the eye with the choic-
'r forms of rural beauty, are adorned with
| stately avenue, with noble solitary trees,
With graceful clumps, shady walks, vel.
ret lawn, brook murmu ing over peb.
ply bed, here and there a grand rock,
whose cool shadow at sunset streams across
he field; all displaying in the real lovli-
less OF nature, the original Of those land.
capes of which art in IFS perfection strives
. gives us the counterfeit prcsen,ment.
Animals of select breed, such as Paul
'otter, and Morland, and Landseer, and
tosa Bonheur, never painted, roam the
assures or gil the hurdles and the stalls;
he plough walks in rustic majesty across
he plain. and opens the genial bosom of
he earth to the sun and air natures holy
acrament of seed time is solemnized be-
cath the vauted cathedral sky; silent
ews and gentle showers, and kindly sun.
hine. shed their sweet influence on the
'eming soil; 'springing verdure clothes
nc plain; golden wavelets, driven by the I
est wind, run oves the joyous wheat i
cid; the tall maize flaunts 10 her crispy
'aves and noddirg tassc s;-whie ne la.
or and while we rest, while we wake and
hilc we sleep, Gods chemistry. which we
'unot see, goes ON beneath the olods
yriads and myriads of vital cells Torment
18th elemental life; germ and stalk, and
aI and flower. and silk and tassel, and
rain and fruit, grow up from the common
lrth;-the moving machine and the rear.
rivals Of human industry, per.
'rm their gladstone task; the we'll piled c
agon brings home the ripened treasures
the year the bow of promise fulfilled
'ans the foreground of the picture, and
he gracious covenant is redeemed at
hile the earth remaineth, summer and
inter, heat and cold, and day and night,
I'D seed-time and harvest, shall not fail.