The daily gazette., 1874-12-05
|RET MIR, MuRRAT'sFARM
Graphac Pen-Pictare OF the
Place at GutlfOrd.

MADE some Special ulArk, sOuS tSAAh4 |
stroke, higher than their fellows-and
Conn, Is not behind In It's
names and families which are and
have been famous. Plains, rocks and /
hills, in fair proportion, make up the
town, and the farming population
have Just enough obstacles In their
way to make them Gctive. The town
town lies on Long Island sound, and
about q mile from the seashore is the
villa ge, with is handsome green, sur
rounded by churches, stores, handsome
ancient houses in good repair, and the
more lelegant mansions of later pro-
sperity. On each side Of the village,
east and west, rivers flow to the sea,
and beyond the rivers lines OF hills
stretch north and south.
In this pleasure seaside town, the
Rev. w. II. II. Murray, the popular
Boston preacher, has his country home
We drove out three miles from the
centre of Guilford, over the high range |
of hills that wall the village, across |
tho valley and its winding river, into
the midst of wild, woody spot to Mr..
Murray's farm of three hundred acres. |
On the place are five large barns and
sixth is in process of erection, with
three or four farm houses. The open
fields are divided into cultivated lots,
each one numbered and the numbers
marked on white signboards, 80 that
the farming preacher from his Boston
home can send various directions as TO
what shall be done with this or that
lot on the Guilford farm. The first
moving object we see is horse on
one side of the road is an exercise lot,
where half dozen horses are in mo-
ton others are in the barn, carefully
stabbed, and further away, in large
pasture lands, are horses and colts.
We see some standing quietly under
the shade trees others, shaking name
and tail, gallop off like wild horses,
and others came trotting up Mt the call
Of friendly voice.
This is the preachers recreation, In
farming and training horses to develop
strength of sinew and muscle, with
plenty of brain work to develop intel
lectual power. He has no less than
forty colts and horses, and blooded and
thoroughbred trotters and those train
ed to run, each with some special value.
From the large barns flags are flying
with th0names ofthe horses upon them
as Live Oak, Morgan. Abdallah, Star
of the South, Flying Bell, Gulmar, etc.
Here you are shown a favorite, the
Young Adirondack colt that came from
lTiconderoga, New York, another Fan
nv Drew, a two-twenty trotter, Stal
lAbdallah, or the Pride Of Guilford,
Black Bess, Gypsy. Beauty, Pet, Mes
sengcr and many others. There arc
I, ua pll q rpa n ha
horses, and give them faithful care. A
shelf of medicine is at hand, in the
grooms' office horseshoes hang up, har
ness and saddles, with sulkies, trotting
gigs and vehicles of various sorts, every.
thing that horse or rider needs stand
ready for u7c.
The walls of the large carriage house
are adorned with pictures, in which
the animal kingdom is well represented
in famous horses, Audubon's curious
birds, his pictures of wild turkeys ant
ducks, tho frigate bird, dogs, flowers
the village blacksmith and pictur
of Mr.. Murray himself and on one eacl
Q side of the entrance are stags' heads
y with their beautiful antlers, one kille'
o | in the Adirondacks, the other killed il
o the Murray deer park. Near by ar
" the dog kennels, where we see ten Iii
% tie black and white pointers, then
% Brazilian squirrel in its cage, u fis
" pond full of fgold fish, a troutpond wit
% plenty of trout, and beyond the fs
% pond the deer park on rocky ledg'
W " with grove Of trees, where tho de.
E0 bound from rock to rock as if in the
so native woods.
81 In some handsome, lots on the edl
90 of the woods, Mr.. Murracy has made
100 race course half mile in extent ,whe
,oo his fast horses can be exercised ar
NV trained. In the centre is the Judge
stand and from it we canview the cou
20 try for a.long..distancei a. in various dire
b. Itions. On one side is the sound, wi
sails here and there, and beyond it Il
p white, bare sandbanks of Long Islam
M At the left, rise the spires Of church
in the adjoining towns, and on L
other side dense FORESTS in their ri
autumn foliage, looking perfectly gil
ious, fill the picture.
Kind treatment to animals max
them gentle and manageable, and t
ladies of the. household ride a
ease. Out upon the track come.
lduy, urltinB luo hahusouo 30
- Ritcher, Jr., grace in every motion, q
.., In beauty and speed no fault. to
t oS. found with him. He Is deep dap
eT: brown. horse, with handsome name q
, tail, aud he dashes gayly by as II sp'
y; ex. were his perfect delight. The old il
mi. has been that speed and beauty rar
went together. That horse Is
ress much to1ook at, but 1t has some spec
you often hear, but Mr.. Murray hor
be can boast both speed and beauty.
e,s. Mr.. Murray occupies the old homests
'n' where the family have lived for gen,
tions. In front of the house are sew.
)NS maple trees, under them chairs and 8,
for outdoor comfort, and in the gar
n near by flowers and monthly roses in
lD. bloom, with huge button ball tr,
once q small stick which Mr.. MUIR
great grandmother had picked up to
; by her walk, and as she came to the h,
ersd set it up in the ground, not thinkir
would grow-but it took root and sti
like Q family heirloom, associated ,
the remembrance Of old age and its K
ness and benediction.-Cor. Boston 1
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