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BURLINGTON
Our Boston Letter.
/ xAu,xT-IHE TUI:Nours-o OF THE lord
ryrI,,Es IN me ENvIRoNs OF BOSTON.
BosToN. July 81, 1879.

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pos,o,, JuIv 81 1919
4 To ihr EIior Of the Free Press ana Times:
\ ,i,o,, . ,,,o,l, ..r, | drove ,ut IA \,hant
:
one "l 'l' it'i"'N 9"'"' - VI ' w. "
= the cadets of this city on their old camping
, uround The clmp is situated in one
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I'll tue iios' "c''s''i"' W ''' many '"'' '''''
slightly spots on the eastern coast "t Massa'
, , chusetts II is nm a platcau. a few rods from
,I,,, ,,,,,,,,,, nm ,,,Ir .r
: view ol ihc ocean IN ir"hl ana "i 'h' nay
lined ON lis farther shore with costly estates.
There the object of the Boston matrons
pride and maidcn's admiration have spent a
week performing military drill and playing
the gallant To the Young ladies who fill the
town: for vou must know that Nahant is a
very fashionable resort for Bostonians in the
Summer season; IN this respect, indeed, it
has no equal, excepting neither Newport nor
Martha's Nincvard. Nahant is a hilly pen
insula connected 10 the mainland, nj Lynn
by II long strip of natural land which is just
wide enough ut high tide Tor carriage
road. On the one side IS the ocean; on the
other, a broad bay: and on this cool avenue
variety of grand, ''nobby, novel and
English lumouis may be seen any afternoon
that would ill the heart of a New York
patron of Central Park with black discomfort.
The dog carts and the tandcms are in pro
fusion. and now and then brisk young
swell seated in Il tiny cOnlrlvance that IS
called for lack of II better name Il carriage.
drives fnur-in-iand along between the two
lines of turnouts at speed that arouses the
anxiety OF the mounted policeman. About
five O'Clock the elite par trcttffhce lake
drive 50 as to avoid mingllng III any way with
the families of low businessmen who
usually drive from SIX until sunset Another
social distinction has gained acceptance IN
this ltopia which is almost too funny 10 he
believed Among merchants Wholesalers
nevcrassoclaie with retailers and thus unwril
ten law is carried so far that Oak Hall SIM
mons and his family are moi welcomed INTO
the circle in which his son, wholesaler,
moves, notwithstanding the Father furnishes
the cash without which the son would he un-
4 able To do any business whatsoever. Oihcr
extreme foilcs ol caste which llndacccptance
. elsewhere might I've mentioned. But these
are enough to make the question one of i'm
mediate interest and pertinent one. Are
We sincere in our professions of dislike for
the principles "i aristocracy: principles
which have held more or les, sway among
! the English speaking people ever since our
ancestors first left the wilds of Sleswick.
| doubt II petty distinctions oi rank were ever
held 10 he of more Importance than they are
| in some parts of New England TODAY. More
over, not only do petty distinctions find az
ceptance &; there are landed estates within
ten miles nf B"sion which Will compare IA
V"raihN IN style ami maSnihcence, 1t not IN
extent, with any that are owned hy the Eng
liSh gentry III course the remark might he
extended Ia estates "i New orkcrS up on
the Hudson and Ia estates OF san Francis
cans; hut lrt us direct our attention 10 some
one of thcsr suburban estates which may he
examined AS containing IN Itself the chief
characteristics al the liunncwell place in
Wellesley, ola dozen places in Br"oklinc, Of
the Adams and Pratt places in Watcrtown.
and of others in Belmont and Naverly.
Let us walk together through the grounds
of the Gushing place, in Belmont, and per
haps We may discover ingquitc unlike
anything ihe brick and mortar Of Boston ever
disclosed Ia yon We are standing at the gate
hy the porlcr's lndgr. SIX miles west oft hctiiy
Hall. We are loukin" north over Il large cs-
tate Of more than two hundred acres of we'll /
titled larh. and nearly in front OF us. about
II third OF Il mile away. and in the centre Of
the land, stands the mansion partially hid by
intervening oaks, clns and walnuiS. We
will approach hy the drive of hard shell /
dust which winds gracefully in long curves
among the trunks of the full grown
trees. The rows Of large trees sug-
gest 10 the observer the two score Years
and more since the place was first laid out 10
please refined taste. The large two-slory, !
cream col lT.l. hrnk mansion has been
museum of ssulpiurr AMI paintin" for nearly .
as many wears. From the second balcony,
which extends around the east, south and /
west sides of the house the view extends I
across an intervening valley Ia the distant |
mountains and hills in the west and in the .
east il includes Brnnklinr Boston Highlands /
and Brighton. Mount Auburn cemetery with .
its forest and marble groves and Cam
bridge with ill., colleges. Boston with lis .
state house dome. central object,
impressed against the eastern sky, |
Charlrsi"wn and Summcrvillr with .
their smoking chimncys, and a long .
line of pretty villages that l"rk like .
well-watcrcd gardens, stretching 10 the .
north. Away from the mansion down n
gentle, irregular descent the wcll-trlmmed .
lawn OF hundred acres extends toward the |
ltVtl oi lhe pam heNnnu ana the laiSe, clear .
ilsh pond al tllt ioot oi Inc NIL; ana here .
anu There over Inc lawn clumpS "l c'nIiers
ana SHRUBS are panied III pihs "i ground .
oi various artistic iorins-
lew steps directly norm "i thc mansion |
Is L Hover garden occupying about an acre /
oi ground projected on ihe east north and .
Mcs' s''i'S 'H nt"N-"al almost len .
lect Ill bcinhi covered with .
treliis'S- Ah That ii"Iiculturist /
.ouiu u" I" l'i'nse refined taste would seem
10 he done IN 'his paradise "i howcrS. As /
resai'is 'hc st''tioh "i ihe l'iahls thelr M /
rahSemeh'' the care WIN winch the plants .
are "r'ei," anu tended and Their habits |
stuuieu inc ShfurG seems perfect. In The
centre Is Il fountain AMI al ihr i"ur corners
oi sHua'e einnllserihcd ah"ht MS hlsln are :
ioh Pietts VI iliaIplc s'aluatl.
Immediately 'ast OF The ll"wcr garden Is |
urer park containing nine deer. North .
oi the mower Garden and the adjoining rX-
lehsive hH.houses Is general garden sur
iotluea WIN an ain"r Vit'e hedgc ten icel
III hrlSh'' an" inc "hnl,' garden Is divided !
mo compartments wilh arhor Nltr hodges .
eight fert IN height. In one at these divl .
SONS peas ami Deans ate raised, IN another
beeis and carols, IN another currents, etc. !
In this gars.,n. the Hover garden and the hot I
houses fifteen men are constantly cmploycd /
during the Summer season. The paths GOING !
north from the general garden lead lo II /
clover field aud grain field. Here | found |
one of our promising young painters hurried |
ly sketching the landscape one evening Just
a. the sun was soitening lis most c"rgcons
tint, ON the eastern sky; aud il you happen |
10 visit Williams aud Evcrctt's gallery next
Winter YOU NAY possibly he able to discover I
this Painting.
4 few Steps ", 81 from the flower garden /
and hid from view hy rhickci Of conltrrs is
the carriage house and horse stahlr. Here
ARE eight styles of carriages and six horses.
Like most Americans, Mr. Pavson, the own
cr of the tla,r hasn't th.. Eurlishuan's /