OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



dweller, indeed, upon a line of railway, has a 

 reputation to make or lose in all that relates to 

 his treatment of ground, whether as woodland, 

 farm, or garden. 



If the homestead be so near the clatter of 

 the trains as to give too great exposure of the 

 domestic offices, good taste, as well as the 

 quiet which most country-livers enjoy, will 

 suggest a planting out of the line of traffic by 

 thickets of evergreens ; and these, by their care- 

 ful adjustment, and occasional openings for a 

 glimpse at the more attractive features of the 

 situation, will themselves give such a place a 

 character. If, however, the house be so re- 

 mote as to admit of all desired seclusion about 

 the dooryard and to yield only distant views 

 of the trail of carriages whirling up their white 

 curls of steam, a mere hedge may mark the 

 dividing-line, or some simple paling; and the 

 lands between, whether in lawn or tillage, may 

 be so ordered as to greet the eye of every intel- 

 ligent traveller, or impress upon him such rural 

 lessons as every adjoining proprietor should 

 make it a virtue to teach. 



When a farm or country-seat is traversed 

 by a deep cutting for the railway bed — so deep 

 as to forbid any extended side views— a taste- 

 ful proprietor may still mark his lands notice- 



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