Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-23

arising TO a height Of a hundred fssas
where gracefully sweeping and rich noyl
palms spread their branches. The oFcna1
house is a treat In itself. for thars sA4
be found the rarest and contest Of thess
dainty blossoms The heat gardener has
u force Of hfty men under him who %
nothing but care for the blossoms aR4
plants In the conserYatories and abost
the lawns Equally important IN the peel
Of head forester whose crew 70 kept
buHily engaged trimming and pruning
the old and setting out new trees. Son&
idea Of the magnitude Of this work cas-
be had when II is known that one has
dred thousand Norway spruees alone hare
been set out In the past three years. ~
course, many OF these are TO Be sacff
fced as they extend their branchsA tho
head forester explaining that this nasz-
bsr was necessary to bring forth inmsfU-
ate effect, a. every hfll top and knsH
has been studded with these dwarfsd
evergreens
The water works Of the Duke estate b
an institution 10 itself Close to tA4
river IN reservoir with q capacity a.
twenty nye million gallons. This IL cas-
stantly fed by three rams. each with c
daily capacity OF nvs million gaiioDA
The reservoir feeds the lakes streams
fountains and cascades, this water agaia
-
number OF cotton and wooden mills b
RaritAn have, on more than one occasion,
been put out Of commission when tA4
Duke fountains were in play, but tbs
Rew system Of drainage has remedied ~
this and now the waste that ensues 3
only ttitt Of evaporation.
In his work of Identifying his esias8
Mr.. Duke has been ably assisted By hh
outside superintendent David :. SMITH
ka hos pa IN Ia
Of Miss Agnes McWilliams. Mr.. Dukes
secretary Smith oversees th5 work. bat
In realty Miss McWiliiams IL the master
mind which plans Il. From Der hand
some ofice. which Hdjoins the stf bic, By
an ample telephone system Miss MeWts-
Hams Is In constant touch with the yaFs-
GUS heads Of departments. 81 Vi whom
report directly 10 her. While NJ. Duss
IL a daily visitor to all parIs Of .dn ss-
tate Il Is only necessary for him to gfvs
Miss McWiliiams suggestion as TO tbs
work be wishes done, for its immsoiaea
execution,
The barns on the Duke Farms are by 20
means the least attractive features OF tos
estate. Each Ia ornamental 10 desigAy
covering a wide area Of aoor space anq
finished with :, care to detail one woulo
hardly expect to End 10 structures Of this
character. Three years ago Mr.. Duke 90
tabliEhed nne herd Of Guernsey cAtts
on this place Dukes miIk and Dukes
butter we're saRsriy sought by New York
hotel men and the dairy yielded hang
some profit. but Mr. Duke soon tired Of
his new olaything and the herd was dis
posed Of, only sufficient number OF TIE
original cattle being retained to supply
the wants OF those about the farm. While
bis tables are quite as handsome as those
OF the most ardent lovers OF horse desh.
Mr.. Duke does not 20 n for fancy horses
and OF the thirty bead that are main
tanned for his own personal use there ts
not q show horse among them. His eQut
pages are handsome but modest. and run
more 70 comfort than 70 a bizarre effect
He has several auto cars. however. whicA
mode Of iocomotion he seemingly prefers.
using one OF these ia his daily trip u
aud from the railroad station at souesN
Vile,
The worknen regularly employed %
Dukes Farms are ell provided with e0ka-
Portable aud picturesque little cottages
which are set about In sfor.2, giving 80
the Impression that he was In tss saidzs
Of q model village.