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room in every house, is so kept that a look into it will not 

 sicken one of the meals prepared there. 



It is needless to describe the interior of this "Connecti- 

 cut farm house," only to say it is planned with attention 

 to comfort and convenience; and though richly furnished, 

 not too much so for such a mansion. It has several things 

 that some others should have, one of which is, a well- 

 selected library. In this, we noticed complete sets of the 

 old English divines, the classic, English, French and Ger- 

 man histories, and all the best works on agriculture. The 

 walls of the rooms and passages are ornamented with 

 choice pictures and engravings. Bath rooms with hot 

 and cold water, and shower baths serve to purify the 

 body, and that tends to purify the mind. Bedrooms, as 

 they always should be, spacious and airy. There is a 

 spacious dining room, and rich table furniture; yet, the 

 style of living and every-day habits of the family are 

 such as might be expected where good sense directs. An 

 iron fence that cost $5,000, besides the stone foundation, 

 adorns the front of the lawn. Outside of this, a row of 

 maples, an American tree, that is very ornamental. A 

 grassy lawn and carriage road, with a profusion of shrub- 

 bery and flowers, and newly-planted forest trees, beautify 

 the grounds. Further back is a handsome young orchard 

 of choice fruit. Behind the barn and stables, runs a little 

 brook that feeds the fish pond, which, with its little 

 island, forms an ornamental feature in the rear of the 

 house. Beyond this, a field which bore a "premium crop 

 of Indian corn last year." Grazing upon rich pastures, 

 are a couple of superior cows, that furnish the family 

 with plenty of rich milk, cream, and butter, home made ; 

 and in the pens, not in front of the house, are some 

 good pigs and porkers, furnished with a provision of 

 swamp muck and trash for making manure, indicating 

 the knowledge of the proprietor, that nothing but manure 

 is wanted to renovate the worn-out lands of Connecticut. 

 This lot contains seventeen acres, for which he paid $12,- 

 000, and rumor says, upon the house, grounds, and fur- 



