Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-07-28

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Tuxedo Blade.
Gov. Hayes house WAS built 10y
his patron uncle, Silas Bircharl, in
1862. 1t is a plain two-Story brick
building, with a gable roof and AL
/. of the same material and out,me.
Since the Governor occupancy he
has built a frame addition TO the /
of spacious proportions, for the
working and convenience of his ser
YaWs. 4'he w6rd@' plan ahodid
be iaSele eiH5ts br e:ldest sense Ia b.
speet to this homo. A pi zza ofgSn-
erouS 81 elter, but unpainied fl or,
exLeLd, acr,ss the front end and the
twu sides of the main building.
There Is no tower, nor :lc ny, nor
iinlai, Tor fiiagree of amy kind. The
TOR cks know mei her drah or red
paint, but are of good red color
of well samded mortar and a well
burn kiln. Frouting squarely 10
the east, and standing uloh the mar
gin of grove of grand old oaks and
h!ckories, from whose branches the
native fox squirrel and red tuIted
woodcock have never been frightcn-
Ell, it is truly the home IF popular
SimphcI'y. Comfort and durability
III the strictest old bachelor sense,
were chief In the eve Of the huilIeE
THE INTERIOR.
Entering the end door you stand
ina Isali0f limited dinRiw eHS esA#d
here htlnlebegin by $lyhig i6atN5
the lady reader who mas bankrupted
her husband by purchases of furni-
ture of costly wood and rich uphol-
stering expects To find a. feast for
her vanity-itchiug eye in the home
of the wire of the next President,
she had better turn up her nose and
switch out. SO, even wi hthe eonI
noisseur of pictures and paintings,
he will find upon these walls some
specimens which he might want to
hustle into box IN the garret, un-
less he understands that there may
be excellence ia cheapness, that there
are pictures more precious for assO-
Citations than execution, and unless
he has brain and knows thai the
mind, which in the face of a proud
and arrogant age can admire excel
lence, though not found in gilt, which
can cherish family and friendship
memories, though uncuItured and
unadorned, reveals an art, by the
side of which the art of using the
chisel and brush is SIMPLY trifing.
At the right, within the hall is a
decidedly narrow staircase; at the
left is door opening into the par
ler, and = yOus1frNFt@ is 7anefher
openiins into the sitting. room D.
eIittAe wall by ale el0See door, I'm
der The staircase, is a hanging hat
rack, such as you will find in the
hall of clerk with a thousand do
lar salary. Here is divian in
green rep, and a chair or two. Sit
ting on bracket, in the corner at
the foot of the stairs, Is a photo
plaster representation of Gen. Grant,
and upon the wall close is draw
ing of the battle of gettysburg.
Upon the left wall is that tragical
picture, the rescue of Wesley when
child from the burning parsonage
in Ellsworth, Lincolnshire, in 1909.
THE PARLoR.
Passing into the parlor you find
room l5x2O feet, perhaps, with
Brussels carpet of red and green fig
ure; chairs and divians upholstered
in hair cloth, and some in green rep;
two marble-top tables, piano, stand
and a stereotype with views, and
well-cushioned windows, but no lam
brequins. Upon the walls are seven
or eight chromOs and paintings, the
chief of which is fine portrait of
the Governors benefactor, Mr.. Birch
ard. One-half of those exit avagant
and vain people who, without 9
blush, owe thdr lgrpeer one half the
time and the doctor the rest, would
be wretched in SO plain parlor as
this. The ceiling and walls are un-
papered and untouched with fresco,
or gliding, or plastsr ornament.
They are finished in spotless white,
and SO are all throughout the house,
except the diuing-room.
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