House and Garden 
AN INVITING CORNER 
rare in the house which must he seen to he fully 
a ppreciated. 
W ith all the wealth of facts at command, it seems 
impossible to pick and choose the most interesting— 
everything about the place is interesting! Space 
forbids a minute and particular mention of every 
point about this quite ideal country estate, yet some 
things must not he omitted. 
1 he house stands on a spacious lawn, with a clean 
sweep to the sea. “Over I here” is a bungalow, the 
(piotation marks enclosing its name. It has two 
fireplaces of its own and large plate glass windows 
overlooking the river and the sound. “Down 
d'here” is the house where the crews of Mr. Da\is’ 
numerous boats live; another picturesque place, 
also with its own fireproof chimney and fireplace, 
for warmth and comfort. “The Work House,” an 
immense and commodious boat house, with the 
inevitable fireplace and huge brick chimney, is a 
great office where Mr. Davis and a large force, work 
summer and sometimes winter in his business, or 
businesses, to he exact. Stables there are none. 
Mr. Davis’ boats are his horses, his greatest pleasure 
being salt water in large quantities, taken at speed, 
preferably m a race from the deck of the finest boat 
of her class he can vet built, d'hese three buildings 
are the principal out-huildings, hut more, save a few 
sheds, paint houses, pump houses, etc. are not needed 
wi th; so|large a house. 
Some minor points of construction of “The House 
of the Seven Chimneys” may he of interest as showing 
and always will hang, 
where they put it. 
I'he house contains 
much anticjtie furniture 
which came from the 
private collection of Mr. 
Bigelow, who IS a brother- 
m-law of Mr. Davis. 
Among the pieces is a 
very handsome block 
front, claw and hall foot, 
desk originally belonging 
to Dr. John Snelling 
Popkin, who was Greek 
professor at Harvard 
College in 1H32. It un¬ 
doubtedly came to him 
from his father. Colonel 
Popkin, who fought at the 
battle of Bunker Hill. 
Phe maple highboy is 
also an Interesting piece. 
It having belonged to Mr. 
Bigelow’s great-grand¬ 
father, who was “ Deacon 
Badger” in Mrs. Stowe’s 
“Old Town Folks.” 
d he dining chairs are 1 lejtplewhite in design and 
are unusually fine, as well as the dining table and the 
sideboard. 
There are various other pieces of interesting furni- 
THE ENTRANCE HATE 
1 lie clock is the gift ol the workmen and is where they hung it 
