Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-07
FARMS AND GARDENS
AS Tnoy May Be Found Within the
Limits Of Gotham.
Spots in thc Metropolis Whore Ma
turc Stiil Lingcrs-Ncw Nork's
settlement of Market Gar
dcucrs-sIanty town.
tAmcrican Agricu.tmistl

lt'H'lI'Hn Agricultural
There are many lanes on the maps OF the
city of New York, but the only thing rural
about them is their names. There are, how
ever in this city of wonderful contrasts Of
the m,cric, aud ,plendurs Of modern life,
certain spots IN Shich nature still fingers.
oar city farms are not nearly rs numerous
now us twenty years ago. But there arc
some left ct, even in the heart of the city,
ami within the far-pacling limits of
Gotham Thousands of acres stIl return their
yearly crop, in produce instead Of rents.
There are old farms and peaceful pastures,
and among them people who lead pleasant
rural lives, euy iroucd by the turbulent null
titude that pul-ucS fortune with feversh
fury, in iactor.c, and stores. and the great
mnrts of commerce and speculation. People
who are not New Workers picture the metrop-
oil as owe =! Iu!..'t.l mas Of brick, and
stone. and iron, with enough timber thrown
in here and there to make a roaring fire
once in a whin. They know that there are
some PARKS, great and small. among these
rows of houses, but there, far as they
know, the touch of nature which brghtens
and puri,ie- the city. ends.
Among the rocky undulatiunS Of Nanhat-
talIvlle, agriculture stll holes its own
There is quite an extensive settlement of
market gardeners ON the west side of the
city, between Central park and North river
There are farmers here who live in the same
house, and till the same SOIL their grand-
fathers lived in and tillei nearly century
ago. HE Improvement in the city has made
their land worth rs much a foot n. if ,,,co
wa, worth an acre. The CID iorIn-hnl,-a ot
ManLattauville. the district Above Central
park and near the Hudson river vo. LuiIt
over a hundred ycal., n,,n two milo, frrtb.r
on. at Wa,hiugtou Ucirnt. fin. ,i,,..r ,nd nf
Manhattan island, is Suider', I,un - country
road around tie side Of a hill. with = oroot
row of tenement hou.e. and rr.,,..b an. AZ
one end Of t. and n cor1itield AT tIn otbnr
Within "A quarter of u milo of >ri,I.,'s Ioua
the lif. of The lrrtroI oil, bu.tIrs and .,.thas
From its highest point Won can soc tho
MYRIAD gas lamps and the electric. Ii,bt. If
the city .lram and flash at ni.ht Vat f,r
hall mile or 50 along its ucacrful lan,rth
YOU may wander in ,olituIs md for,.t
amid the rustic Of leaves and ;bo SONGS If
birds, that there i, such n place rs New
York.
Washington HEIGHTS is full Of hooks vbora
a metropoIitan dweller may Le surrounded
by quiet rural life. The denizous of certain
sections Of Harlem can lool, ONT Of THEN, win
dows i'm summer and inorina tbau,sol,.o. in
the country until the iiuoliuo street co,. or
the clankinn elevated trains dissinato tho
pleasant fancy Beyond the Harlem river
and still within the city limits which axtan5
for four miles and t,ke in tho vi,sga ~
FordAam, perched on its wooded hills Now
York exhihits a STRANGE alienation Of ci,y
and country A .ounI. Of minnie. vii, fro,,
High Bridge. in full slgbt of IFS crowded
picnic gardens. oyerlool,ino tle Harlan
filed with pleasure boats and win rows If
houses along the road. a solitary littIa Iona
leads to a farm as solitary. and ont Of tba
way aInouo its orchard tr.ns 81. II il ,,o. j.,
the Berkshire hin. The family ,vl,o .,.,,.,,,,,-
this firm hove Hvod bcro .inco tba COM
mencament of the present century
,Ter,,na ovaniia i. ono nf ,L, 1i,.olio.+
tLorojybfar4s in Nov Work II Load. fr,,r1
The Harlem river to the fa,nnp. ,Ior1,,,, port
race course, near For1hnu Vet tI.ra ore
bustling street Ono of th.., farms j. ,,,i+o "a
nous for sheen. and on others bloodad horses