Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-11-09

| ny tue immortal Dlnlel hlmScli.
The following letter from Mr.. Web
'ter describes the homestead rs il wa!
at the time of his first residence there
"MARsIFIELD, May 26, Si2.-DEAI
Mrs. CURTIS: You are one OF those un
fortunate persons who have not seer
Marshticld, II would be cruel to spcab
of its beauties if your fate, in this re-
Spcct, were irrCvcrsiblc; but as you may
and | trust do, cherish the hope of one
day behOlding it, must prepare you
for something like IN ecstasy. And
yet single sight would hardly produce
that effect. Superficial observers see
nothing at MarShiicld but rocks and
sands and dcSOlatiOn, us one uninitiatcd
runs his eye over the picture of an old
master and wonders what folks can sec
that is pleasant IN such grim and
melancholy looking thing, Murshlicld
is to be studied. DO not come, there
fore, without weeks before you. Some
may tell you that its excellence is, like
transccndcntaliSm. so refined and in.
visible rs to hang on the very verge
of nonsense or noncntity, But these
are malignant persons, and not to be
believed. And now from gcncraliticS
to facts. An od-faShioncd twO-st0ry
house, with piazzi (Stoop0 all around
it, stands on gentle rising, facing due
south, and distant fifty rods from the
road, which runs in front. Beyond
the road is u ridge OF hilly land, not
very high, covered with oak wood, run
ming in the same direction aS the road,
and leaving a little depression or break
exactly opposite the house, through
which the southern brrrzcs fan lis Of an
afternoon. feel them now coming,
not over bed, Of yiolctS, but over
Plymouth Bay, fresh ii not fragrant.
\ carriage way leads from the house,
not bold and mpudcnt, right straight
up To the front door, like the march OF
u column Of soldiers, but winding over
the lower parts of the ground, shelter
iug itself among trees and hedges, and
getting possession al last, more by
grace than force, rs other achieve
mcntS are best made. Two other
houses are in sight, one Il farmhouse
cottage, built at the end Of the avenue,
81 covered M in an orchard as To be-
hardly visible; the other little further
of in the same dirrctiOn--that is, to
the left of the road, very neat and
pretty, with beautiful licldof grass by
its side.
"OppOSltc the east window of the
east front room stands a noble, spread
ing elm. the admiration of all behold
crS, Beyond that is the garden, Sop-
ing to the east and running down till
the tide washes its lower walls. Back
Of the house are such vulgar things rs
barns. and on the other side. that is.
on the north and northwest, is Il fresh
water pond of some extent, with green
grass growing down ON it, margin, and
a good walk all around it on one side,
The walk passing through u thick belt
of trees, planted by the same hand that
now indlcs this eloquent description.
This pond is separated ON the east by u
cauSrway from the marshes and its ~alt
water, and over this causcway is the
common passage to the northern parts
Of the farm. say nothing of orchard,
and copScS. and clumps intrr>pcrscd
over the lawn, because such thingS
may be- seen in vulgar places.
"l}ut now comes the climax. From
the doors, from the windows, and, still
better, from twenty little elevations,
all of which are close by, you see the
ocean, mile of, rcpoSing in calm or
tossed in storm, rs the case may be.
Here You now have MarShlicId and let
lis rccapitulatc. First, the ocean; rs
to that, when it is mentioned enough is
said. Second, dry and pure air; not
n bog, nor ditch, nor an Internal gut
ter in five miles; not particle of cN-
halatiOn but from the ocean and 4 rum
ming New England stream. Third, Il
walk Of Il mile, always fit for ladies'
feet, when not too wet, through the or
chard and the belt Fourth, five miles
of excellent hard beach driving on the
seaShorc, commencing u mile and u
half from the house. Fifth, region OF
pine forest three miles back, dark and
pincy in appearance and in smell rs
you ever witnessed in the rcmotcst in
terror Yours truly,
"DANIEL WEBSTER.