Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-27
PARK.
Mt, T;laen's Picturesque Estate on the
Hudson-Its Natura! Beauty.

MI. Tilien's Picturesque fs'".e u" e""
Hudson-Its Natura! Reauty.
The fine estate of Ex-Governor Ill
den, on the banks of the Hudson at
Yonkers. expresses a repose ana re-
veals the MANY beauties of lands whero
an easy and natural manner OF growth
has been encouraged. Within the i'm
it's of Greystone there are one hundred
and twenty acres, forty-nine OF which
lie on the west SIDE of the old Post
road, North Broadway. and seventy
one opposite, which extends to Odell
avenue From the moment the granite
piers of the entrance are passed the So
rene and peaceful influences of the
park. with its rich green sward, its tas-
seled larches, sturdy oaks and tapering
cedars, are unmistakable to those in
sympathy with nature.
The stately mansion stands three
hundred and fifty feet above the river.
The grandeur Of the position of Mr.
Tilden'sproperty is fully comprehended
from the view on the tallest tower,
which in every direction is enhancing.
Opposite in the east is the broad extent
VI loilihS lauos, lhc Slass-Clotuou
hills where the sheep and kline are
browsing, aud grove and copse, the
glory Of which are the massive oaks
and cedars. There are orchards and
colonies of evergrecns, and way beyond
green fields. splashed by the shadows
of noble chcstnuts, Long Island Sound
and its bold shores are distinctly seen.
The majesty of the Hudson is re-
yealed GU the north: at the south is
see the river piercing into the bay and
Staten Island with its bluffs and high
lands. Across from Greystone are
those mist-clad and everlasting hills,
the Palisades. that no other place show
such a masonry of strength.
"Then the sky!
All the misty webs are brushed
Into solid cloud-rows. crushed
'Gainst the stony blue in ranks;
Sun and wind upon those banks,
Nowise haunted,
Yet enchanted
Vainly force or Establishments would try"
1t appears as if a belt of trees met
the river at the margin of the water.
Down the steep bank of the river the
lawn is as smooth asst on level ground.
An orchard of greetings, pippins and
other varieties of apples. is planted
here, and the trees spread wide and
low, showing their green globe of fruit,
while the Lady Apple boughs are
thickly covered with a rosy-cheeked
crop that contrasts o~rnamentally.
Across the way from the park a road
passing the farmers cottage, the
kitchen garden and the poultry houses
t~raverses a field and enters a grove
which is the most picturesque portion
of G%reystone. A glade is opened
through grand oaks, young naples:
fine old chestnuts and compact ccdars.
The lands on this side are very rocky
and the great shelves of stone arc
heavily clad with moss. The roaG
winds around mounds tufted with
clumps OF trees. and through riffs OF
foliage cattle are seen cropping the
grass on quiet meadows. Mr.. TiIdcn's
saddle horse Topic, who is now nine
teen years old, is turned out to pasture.
He has never been driven be-
fore a wagon. The drive through
the grove discloses many natural ana
delightful features of the landscape. A
brook threads the entire thicket. and
the loveliest ferns lie in patches by the
roadside. Water in motion in this
woody recess, with its inviting shade;
has an inexpressible charm to those
who hear in the ripple of the stream.
the cleartones never sounded except By
the brook.-Town Topics.