The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-05
1 BEAVTIFUL PICTURE.
lsy EDWARD EFEEETT-

gratifcation to taste for the beanti-
full than well situated, well cultiva-
ted farm. The man Of refinement
will hang with never-wearied gaze on
a landscape by Claude or Salvador
the price of section Of the most
fertile land in the West would not
purchase few square feet of the
canvass on which these great artists
have depicted rural scene. But
nature has forms and proportions be-
yond the painters skill; her divine
pencil touches the landscape with
living lights and shadows, never
mingled on his pallet. What is there
on earth which can more entirely
charm the eye, or crafty the taste.
than noble farm? 1t stands upon
the southern slope, gradually rising
with variegated scent from the plain.
sheltered from the northwestern
winds by woody heights, broken
here and there with moss covered
boulders. which impart variety and
strength to the outline.
The native forest has been clear
ed from the greater part of the farm.
but suitable portion, carefully tend
ed. remains in wood for economical
purposes, and to give picturesque
effect to the landscape. The eye
ranges round three-fourths Of the
horizon over a fertile expanse--
bright with the cheerful waters Of
ripping stream, generous river, or
a cleaning lake ;-dotted with ham,
lets, each with its modest spire -
and, if the farm lies in the vicinity
of the coast, a distant glimpse from
the high grounds of the mysterious,
everlasting sea, completes the, pros
pect. 1t is situated off the high
road, but near enough to the village
to be easily accessible to the church.
the school house, the post-ofice, the
railroad, a social neighbor, or a trav-
cling friend. 1t consists in due pro-
portion of pasture and tillage, mead
ow and woodland, field and garden
A substantial dwelling, with every
thing for convenience and nothing for
ambition,-with the fitting appen-
dages of stable. and barn, and corn
barn, and other farm buildings, not
forgetting q spring-house with o liv-
ing fountain of occupies
upon gravelly knoll, a position we'll
chosen to command the whole estate.
A few acres on the front, and on
the sides of the dwelling, set apart
to crafty the eye with the choicer
forms of rural beauty, are adorned
with a stately avenue, with noble
solitary trees, with graceful clumps,
shady walks, velvet lawn, brook
murmuring over pebbly bed, here
and there grand rock, whose cool
shadow at sunset streams across the
field all displaying in the real love-
illness Of nature. the original of those
landscapes Of which art in its per-
fection strives to give US the coun-
ferfeit presentment.
Animals of select breed, such as
Paul Potter, and Morland, and
Landseer. and Rosa Bonheur, never
painted, roam the pastures, or Gil the
hurdles and the stalls; the plough
walks in rustic majesty across the
plain, and opens the genial bosom Of
the earth to the sun and air;
natures holy sacrament of seed
time is solemnized beneath the vault
ed cathedral sky /; silent dews, and
gentle showers. and kindly sunshine.
shed their sweet influence ON the
teeming soil; springing verdure
clothes the plain golden wavelets,
driven by the west wind, run over
the joyous wheat field the tall maize
faunts in her crispy leaves and nod
ding tassels while we labor and
while we rest, while we wake and
while we sleep. Gods chemistry,
which we cannot see. goes on beneath
the clods; myriads and myriads of
vital cells ferment with elemental
life germ and stalk, and leaf and
flower, aneg silk and tassel. and grain
and fruit, grow UP from the common
earth the moving machine and
the reaper-mute rivals of human
industry, perform their gladsome
task; the well-piled wagon brings
home the ripened treasures Of the
year; The bow Of promise fulfilled
spans the foreground of the picture.
and the gracious covenant is re-
deemed; that while the earth re-
maineth. summer and winter, heat
and cold, and day and night, aud
seed-tIme and harvest. shall not
fail.
That man has resolved to stay at
home more Of evenings, who upon
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