The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-10-22

With the advent of the lawn NOW
er, tn 'sa hiarous neces sites of rud.
er clvlliz ,tlon, picket fences, and in
deed doory,ra fences of every kind
excep, the very simplest and most
lneon>p,cuo are gradually disap-
pearlng. II is a good movement in
the interest both Of be ,uty and econ
omy. What IA waste of money, lum-
ber and paint, unless one desires to
cpnce.,l a slovenl y dooryard from pub
lie view, t. stretch fence before his
house Ii absolutely necessary for
protectlo fr IN stray cattlc-but cat
tie should be out OF the question in
any well kept street or dooryard-
let tn fence be just as open and un-
obstructive as p ,sslblr. 4 low iron
ie,c,, indeed, II han lsome pattern,
III punted upoa well-facsd stone
curb, is a good hiag. since it does
ze. very we'll with tasteful surround
ings.
But ii $ sur old wo i,n fence is
q ting sh,ky the expense OF
nes one IN these hari times gives
. opportunity for reflect on In the
fir t place remove The old fence, trim
th walks, remov. tue sprawlng and
choGsinr ruh sh Of tree aud shrub
berry "hi,.h IA tcae. j. apt u harbor,
and then Sc no. sou like II in "A few
days. AfIer that, ii yoa fad that the
cattle have made uo ravagrs, and
even the boys rc>pc. 4 your conf
dtnce, all temptation to their jump
iag and Ginning propensities being
removed. begin carefully to study
whit posi- H. c mbln,tion of pine
lumber an paint can bc any aldi-
iion 10 your lawn and flowers. You
will not desire aas thing So peculiarly
aggravatiny AS picket fence, nor
any massive bu|wark which seems to
say: "All persons are hereby forbid
den to look INTO t',ess gaounds," nor
any fus>y and pretcntious carpentry
to be pain ed glaring white, ami put
the tender yr ,ss and IN rles; Il pwers
out Of countenance. BY the time
you have studied your new fnce sui
iicienriy i viii ow beautifully less
IN your e>tin tliol, aud save II hand
some G 'nsl ieratlon t. your purse,
But If YOU have recently invested
heavily Ia new fence, of course you
must revenge yourself by maintain
ing It aui defending it against all Sc
cret convictions, to get your moneys
worth and Justify the outlay. A par
ticular ab>urdity is the partition
feyce or imp rvi1ua helge VIII eh Of
ten separates m-lghbortng grounds.
If your neighb n be slovenly and his
surrum ii ys offensive, there is an
excuse for shu ting Of the view: but
if you bo h have beautiful aud well
kept grounds, why not double the
enjoyment of them, and even more
than double it, ny the ampler pros
pect and breadth of view?
1t is not SO easy to give up old no.
tions, h ,wever delenseless, but we
predict that in our mpre cultivated
towns aud villages, the old wooden
fences will not he renewed in any
thing like their former bulk and pre-
Righteousness. They either will give
way to the lightest, simplest and
openest forms which may be necessa
ry for projections, or to the simplest
curbstone or low hedge for demarca-
tion, or. which in very many cases is
about as well, to no fence at all. 1t
has been tried at Williamstown. the
college fences and most of those con-
nected with private residences hav-
ing been removed, TO the manifest
Improvement and enhanced beauty of
the village. l.ongmeadow is trying
the experiment, the fences having
disappeared from before some of the
handsomest residences, with surpris-
inyly pleasant results. One of the
most charming manufacturing villa
gcs in Connection, Cheneyville, has
no fence, to mar its beauty, aud the
cottages Of Vineyard Grove owe
their garden like and inviting look,
in large degree, to tine absence OF
the var Gus eye sores with which the
customary variety Of fences are wont
to dctorn tn" lan1scape.--Sprn
Rep"biica".