MY FARM OF EDGEWOOD 



my attention to a park of which he is the pro- 

 jector, and within which several desirable 

 places, with admirable views, remain unsold; 

 while land in the neighborhood might be se- 

 cured at a reasonable valuation, for such farm 

 experiments as I might be tempted to enter 

 upon. Attention is particularly called to the 

 social advantages of such a neighborhood, 

 where none but gentlemen of character would 

 be permitted to purchase, and where the re- 

 finements of city intercourse would be, &c., &c. 

 Now it so happens that I never heard of a 

 park upon this mutual method, where there did 

 not arise within a few years a smart quarrel 

 between two or more of the refined occupants. 

 The cows, or the goats, or the adjustment of 

 water privileges, are sure to form the bases of 

 noisy diflferences, in the management of which, 

 I am sorry to say, the amenities of the town 

 are not greatly superior to the amenities of 

 the country. Aside from this danger, I have 

 not much faith in the marketable coherence of 

 those rural tastes which would belong to a 

 promiscuous circle of buyers. A community 

 of cooks, or of coal-heavers, I can conceive of, 

 but a community of ruralists, or of amateur 

 farmers, quite passes my comprehension. I 

 say amateur farming, for I know of no farm- 



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