Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-09-20

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scattered along the street. By no
means should wood be piled in front
of the house in summer.
A yard fence IS not an essential Cor
a neat outlaying ground the house. If
there is a poo: old fence around the
front yard, it had better be taken
away. Better have no fence than a
disgracelul one. Put a lool, Of thrift
in the fence. Then why not arrange
for the comfort Of pedestrians in mud
and dust, by having well defined
and properly kept sidewalk, for at
times, there is too much of either to
render walking in the carriage
track pleasant. 4 carefully pre-
pared sidewalk, if only of gravel and
dirt, adds much TO the comfort and
the tidy look of the street. BY and
by some one will improve upon that
kind of sidewalk, and by putting a
neat plank walk in front of his lot,
set the whole village an example.
Who will do that first? Imagine the
changed appearance and the increased
comfort of Cross street, when it shall
he we'll graded, and thoroughly laid
with six feet wide plank sidewalks on
both sides.
Well arranged trees on the street
add much to the beauty of village.
1t may be difficult to make them live,
but by repeated trials, it can be done,
New England elms are celebrated far
and wide by the beauty they give to
the street, where they become large.
They have in all cases to be planted.
They might not thrive in our gravelly
soil, but at some points in our village
they might be made to live. The
maple makes q beautiful tree for orna-
ment and shade. They will not thrive
anywhere, but they can be made to
grow in some locations. Ever greens
look pleasant in summer, and charm
ing in winter. Their cultivation is
difficult, but not impossible shrubery,
vines, roses, llacs, and other follow
inc bushes, can be made to grow al
most anywhere. A village resting in
the sha c of trees, and hidden by
shrubs and vines, and beautlied by
flower gardens, gives widely differ
cnt impression to a transient visitor
from one that is naked and treeless
and flowerless.
These things require little atten
sion each year. Why can we not
have movement all along the line,
on every street, until the whole village
is beautifed? When planting trees
why not plant two rows, one just in,
side the fence, and the other just out
side the sidewalk? Then in time, the
sidewalk would be archcd with foliage
and completely shaded.
Some attention is needed to the
house to make the street look beauti.
full. Bay windows, verandas, porch,
es, and piazzas give look Of neat.
ness and comfort, as well as afford
real comfort to their occupants. These
are not costly cXtravagancies, they
are parts Of well constructed village
residences. They are not luXuries
for the rich alone, but comforts fOl
the laboring man. they make his
home more attractive, and more en-
jovable They are not too good fol
any neat village house.
The painting Of the house affords {
fine field for individual taste. Some
prefer the pure white. That used tt
be the New England color, Tint>
now dispute with it for neatness aAc
popularity. But whatever be the col
or, let it not be the weather-heatcr
color of neglect and dilapidation. A
well painted village, other things be,
ing equal, is a beautiful village.
Hotels, stores, school-houses, church
cs, and other public buildings mus
receive equal attention to make the
village charming, A full show win
dow, we'll and hastily arranged, be
comes an ornament, and an advertise
mcnt at the same time. A clean an(
sweet looking hotel allures travellers
and they remember il and patroniz'
it again. Bat the dingy, begrimed
dirty Widowed, tobacco scented
house, scatters its guests, Tidy schoo
houses, with no broken windows, o
chalked doors, or broken clapboards
indicate q good school within, ant
faithful teachers, Slatturned church
es, with knobless doors and cobwebet
windows hardly denote the piety o
order and cleanliness.
These public buildings are the OF
iects that strangers and travellers lool
at, and from these they form their i'm
pressions Of the people. A village o
neat residences, and tumble-dow
school-house, or weather-beatel
church, or a staggering hotel, or era
zy stores, would be the home Of
strange people. The outward sign
would indicate neither intelligence, O
piety, or enterprise, or thrift.
Nature has done much for the vii
lage here Mountains are on ever
side of us. Oar climate is unsul
passed. Our village can be made t
rest like 0em in these rich SETTINGS.