New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-26
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posed The newness Of community, he INFORMS US %
not to be measured BY its age in years. nor w 'H
density of its population but rather by tue reia'o" "
the people to their means OF deveiopWeo'' 0'"i"SH
from this point, the writer maintains '"a' 'Do
American character has already atlaihed hS
normal features instead OF stu helug !" Wv
procoss OF formation. No nation OF cq""'
sizo WAS ever developed so TapioV pl"0'
The fusiue action goes on as in Dlast iu'"'0'
single year transforms the EnsuSn' tne Hcl"u' 'no
Irish emigrant into American Ohl"rn 'ns"'U
lions ideas, language the influence OF the MAJORITY
80, No 600, "a similar complexion; the individuality
q, tho almost even his traits OF race ana re-
)elop fuse down in the democratic aIemoe ike ehps
Of brass thrown into tho melting pot TIe resulting
character seems to definite alloy; and It's mono
reney is guarantee that the nation 10 roman enc
s long as the Federal Government shall retain the least
efficiency. IL is hard TO see what cause OF cNh war
should arise among people so homogeneous In Ian
euace, customs, and ideas as ourselves VIC are one
rs no other great nation Of ChriSiendOm 49, ana IL
seems unlikely that domestic quarrels, as about tFS'
or in this latc age any discussion between CAthoho
and Protestant should become bitter enough to blns
about any secession Predictions are dangerous
but what is there for TO quarrel about. unless
dictator should try TO make himself our h'hg soe ""'
Dr. Coan does not accept tue usual apology TOT our Ue
rciency In the Fine Arts on account OF our youth VIC
are destitute OF high excellence 10 art because we 10
not want IT, not because too young for It's attain
tpept There wish for great architecture Tor
instance but for good railway bridges tunnels, ana sta
TONS do not need palaces cathedrdls or galleries.
and we shall have them. Not only arc we surpass
BY the European in the sphere of art but 10 the
amount OF their higher intelligence. As people VIC
lack senstiveness the productions OF the mind, and
hence fail to inherit fruits of European culture We
arc out Of sympathy with its thoughts its ereeds ara It's
ideas ana no advance OF no win Civ these to US any
more than it viii Us Gothic catledYals To snow
the duness OF aesthetic sense, the writer presents
highly Imaginative contrast between the reductions
of European Journey and the cherries Impression Of
Anew England tour.
will leave the ochOusH region ont OF the question
and take picture from New-Engl4u1; ana VII ~.
agne a critical foreigner 10 IT, rather A'n any one
predspoScd 10 praise the American landscape Sdch a
traveller Will recall. as he sets out some pieta(s rom
his joutueyiDgS in the old wOri; tue Journey lIom
Lyons TO Geneva perhaps, from DIesgn To spasgnty,
from Berlin to PARIS any other OF those routes whGh
charm ne for day aud tho memory Tor years ne
recalls them Tor comparisons SAKE; he remembers
handsome towns aud VILLAGES, distant bhS Sro"Isd
with castles, and trD railway stations that hIsh be,
meath his eyes, seniing up IN summer time the sent OF
carefully cultivated crops, which make the whole
Landscape seem spacious p"e,te G""rHeu as ~un
Ia almost every part, even where IL a., Is
beautiful; the smoothing away Of drfgrmtics me
care shown even where taste Is d.hcen He VIII also
remember the pcUreSqueness OF Tue homes "a almost
at coIor in the that tney max tn tru beds
vegetables tue well-kcpt hedges, and, above all the
comfortable AND sOhd look OF the houses themselves
thai seem uut Tor a nfctmos occupation, aud 20 nave
Trn taken IA one SIN takes "A bride in OIL FASHIONED
countries to have and to hold until death These pic
ture. que nOuses may be less comfortable or healthy
than Ours-I say DO,hug aOOnt haC but they are more
beautiful; those VINO I'D them ana hYe ID them nave
srigen TO win some charm FROM nature 10 throW some
glamour OF the !edl around IN IA'lr tIirs toW4t1
ornament often crude OF fceDr yet especially IN
France and lazy, these cottages are 1ne homes VI peg
pie who care iOr beauty
Sir Charles Dlke was struck with the clm-shaded
towns around Boston, and expressed his opinion that
"in all Elglin1 there was no city With slcn gray AMI
venerable suburbs" Dr.. Coan, the other hand,
fluids them without form comeliness or even ordi-
nary convenience and dcscants their defects with
certain holy which would seen to grow out of
sense OF personal injury.
What does traveller point OF fact. when ne
first ZINE IN BOStOJ, Win MS guide BOOK
"s1Tlr!s 30 grIv an venerable Z" lie Wi Iu trust,
better things IN Cambridge. fOr instdhc', IMAM h'To
10 strike him Orc1Dy, II be DO familiar with the
appearance OF Cll towns III Europe, tam Ihe aIIaht
Tws ,nI other Jealous writers have told usi sort
of chimes str kes through hin. fading tnat the an
uQutes OF Cambridge Sre mostly ID yellow pine. WHeu
last tGete they were pdihng down sOm0 OF III 80
historic eldpoondS Tor purposes not wholly uu-
connected with the kindllng OF fires Many
Of tho streets were anu IRE sun unpaVcu,
aud the sidewalks, after settlement OF more tnhn two
centuries, afford in many parts nOhn. more suosIah-
tal lhan pine plank IOF IOodhg; WINE ~ RAINY
weather The mud lies ankle deep In the thOroughfares 0
the historic is not cOmIacty Ouit; IL extends
large area td OF open spaces ch@rnlng thlnx
IN Iae Slp'HCr Nv w1 tbe ns'S G fInces the deem
mud and The lack Of cabs keep people away from eacI
other, ana social intercourse ldnSIlsAes from sAe9I
the first cOnYcuiCuCts OF town civilization. In
100 years these good people have not learned to
get Comfortably t. eacn others a visitor
lug in Cambridge IN midwiuter, anu unfamiliar with
Mir bikes valuable observations upon the place. wOult
be ikely fancy himself IN new country as al oid
one in bowling wilderness as III venerable town OF
medieval Europe.
But leaving the walls OF the brilliant complalner,
travels from Dan to BaersheOa, and hads that all
is barren" TO o moro agreeable aspect Of
American life in "My Farm at the Five-AIle Stone"
describing the OF Mr. Robert nOx, the late emf
pent merchant Of this city, and m son. Mr. James LenOx
whose name become identified with public spirit
and generous liDerality. The "O!d NewYOrker" who
writes The article presents variety of Interesting rem
iniScence and indul spirit OF rosecOlOred proDh
ecies, follows:
Robert Lonox was born in 1852 came first to iris
country u l779, as a mdshipman in the service OF
stay America he became engaged 10 young lady be-
longing Of KnickerDOcker families Later he
returned TO England, resigned from the navy, came
back 70 NewYOrk, married, aud embarked In commercial
pursuits, have already said at the commencement
II Mr. Robert Leuox could ton years hence revisit the
OF h'- active life, could with his friends and
neghbors, Peer Harmony. James J. Roosevelt, aud
Henry j. Krager, drive from the vicinity OF their then
re&dences up Broadway TO Fhhaye. and up Ffthave.
10 the Old iaru," how great would be their bewder
ment and astonshmcnf. To them 1t would no longer be
Ncw-York They would LOOK ID Va!o Tor some familiar
landmark the i0ug rows OF stately warehouses
and costly residences Which line the route As they
drive past tue Park they recognize the Old City Hall,
much puzzled ut the PostOfce, and cannot uu
when they come to Central Park 1nd rocks
marshes OF their day transformed into series OF beau
tiiul Landscape gardens running over hills aud through
daes covered with lakes and penetrated every
direction by admirable roads and pleasant paths
foremost amoug them Mr.. LenOxs own countryman
Walter scott-when they see all this they will say surely
years ago
beveDtyecoudst gate in search OF the old farm" he
met by rows OF magnificent houses. libraries hospi
city bTowsed in other DAYS. He over TO the
road FOurth-ayeJ, and finds NJ uiseif in Of
theaters hotels &c; while countless numbers
OF people rushing in every direction, through streets