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CLOiir. f4rUI0M. *»/-V/Vf ma: MA! rflGWAM. OUK BOfS CAKOIM. .ce xuuii i DtmioiM. 'LOftAt Anr QA/tDtft. CHAflL . KAOSAIC CtA/IDtN. DOT HOt/iCa. HtsiOtnct. CAinr JOHN ADAHIS. SuKSCT SLOPC Art. LniLlAN rAriLIOH. OCTAdON tCAIi Pit. > ^ADIiS COTTAdt. ^ p-^ THE EIDGE HILL FAHMS A RE situated in Wellesley, INIass., fourteen miles from Boston by the Boston & Alban\' Railroad. They comprise eleven farms, owned by Wm. Emerson Baker, of Boston, who first bouglit, in iS6S, two farms aggregating 230 acres. By subsequent purchases the estate now encloses S20 acres. On the west and south it has the Charles River for a boundary nearly four miles. About one mile north- east from the Pavilion Grove is a singularly formed Ridge over one mile in length, thickly shaded by Oak, Pine and Chestnut trees, making, Avith fern glens and weird nature, an unusually picturesque walk. This Ridge — the approacli to wliich is too intricate to be found without a guide — suggested the name of the Ridge Hill Farms. But the owner has inade such extensive improvements that a large area of these farms have now more of the characteristics of an Educational Park. Numerous private and quite original fetes have been here given; some of them so extensive as to assemble three thousand guests. These have led to such publicity as to excite a wide-spread desire to visit this estate, so curiously combining art with nature — quaint history and comical amusements. Guide to the The applications from strangers for permission to visit the grounds, buildings and the Grotto, liberty to shelter carriages in the horse-sheds, and to use the i"o\v-boats, &c., have become so numerous, and when granted so expensive, that the owner, in order to get any privacy, is either com- pelled to destrov all his works, or else submit to the inexn- table., and, under some system, which in any case requires much care and constant super\ision, regulate the privi- leges granted. These privileges have been grossly abused by the thefts of plants, fruits and exposed articles, the careless handling and breaking of valuable ornaments, ferns, and of twigs from trained trees, strewing the grounds and ponds with paper and refuse from the luncheon basket, feeding the pet animals with tobacco, &c. ^ ery many visitors, who care- fully conform to the proprieties of life while at their homes, have here proved, in numerous selfish Axajs, their thought- less disregard of the expense caused to the proprietor. This reckless want of consideration for the courtesies extended to them provokes the closing of the gates to all. But in order to avoid this, — to gratify the well-disposed, who hesitate to ask favors, to control the indiscreet, who are the most numerous solicitants, and save himself and household numerous applications from strangers, — the owner has granted concessions as follows : — Ridge Hill FariJis. All a^p^licants to visit this estate, approved at 13 West Street, Boston, or at the Registry Office at the Farms, where every one is required to register his or her name, Avill be allowed _/>•(?vot'c ^\ut\. Enter by the Chaimois Gateway, opposite the Registry Office, so named from the cha7nois on the granite piers.* The Conservatory Laxvn on your right was an apple orchard in 1S73. The Portulacca bed bordering this lawn and Grove Street is seven hundred feet in length. The roof of the stable is decorated hy a large allegorical painting of the '■'■ Horen'' leading forth the Horses of the Sun, — by John Gibson, R.A. * Strangers entering the grounds liy any otlier than the Cliamois GatcAvay Avill be regarded as trespassers. Carriages will not be ad- mitted. Ridge Hill Farms. The Horen were known as the attendants of the Gods (particularly of Aphrodite), —as Guardians to the Gates of Heaven, — Goddesses of the Seasons, — of the Hours of the day, and also of Eternal Youth. The colored circular cartoon on the west side, represent- ing the controlling effect of music on animals, is from the mythological fable of Orpheus, by Engerth, in Vienna. The oil cartoon below it pictures the German mytho- logical legend of the Walkuren, the handmaids of Wotan (Jupiter), whose duties were to select the warriors slain in battle and conduct them to Walhalla (the eternal home of the brave). These Walkuren and their wild horses were supposed to be immortal. The frame of this stable was moved one thousand feet, placed on its present site, and reconstructed in 1S72. The tower adjoining was erected in 1S74, for a reservoir tank. But a more ex- tended water service was devised before the tower was finished. The proximit\' of the tower and stable gave the architectural appearance of a church. In order to destroy this illusion, the owner had the entire outside of the stable painted black, the trimmings bronze green, and relieved this by covering the fluting and dentals witla gold leaf. The striking effect of this bold departure, defiantly controls the mind, as intended. Guide to the Enter Norino Tower (from the word Noriiio, Greek, meaning to make known, to point out, gain knowledge of). The 1st department, twenty feet in height, is marked '■'• Architecture in Construction and in Dress.'" Here are found photographs of famous buildings, models of the Alhambra, steel and chain armors of past centuries, pictures, chromos, raised figures on rice paper, and stat- ues of bronze, claj and papier mache, showing the cos- tumes of various centuries. Ascend the Donkey Stairzvay, so named from the appro- priate paintings on the side wall, to the 2d floor, marked " Che?nical, Mechanical and Electri- cal " ^\'\i\ch. is devoted to apparatus, models, &c., explana- tory of these subjects. 3d floor: "Sanitary, Stcggestive of mental amuse- ment and less materia medical 4th floor: '■'•Optics., illusions and delusions'' Here are twelve round windows of varied colored glass, show- ing the outside nature as in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter; also other peculiar sunlight reflections. 5th floor: '•'■Harmony in outlines and colors, as tvell as in vibrativc brass or hujnan tongues" Art is here ex- hibited in toned colors by flowers, by stufled birds and chromos on musical subjects, and here also is a curious Rid (re Hill Fa7'ms. reed music box and the stringed instrument called the Zither. 6th floor : ''The E)id of Li'fe. What is it? What the aim of life ? What the record at the e?id ?" Here are found engravings of INIartin's wonderfully elaborate paintings of the Pandemonium, Fall of Babylon, Satan in Council; also The Crucifixion, Canova's Tomb, La Mort, allegori- cal souvenir of the French Revolution of 1848, and a large engraving, 200 years old, allegorical of the Day of Judg- ment, by Senonien. Twenty-two feet above this floor, we reach the 7th department, or roof, marked." What rve see abotct us. Looking down on our peculiar tvorld; looking up to the clear yet dark beyond.'''' Descend to the second floor, and by the Doggerel Gallery (the side-walls of which are covered with paintings, casts, &c., of dogs), pass to the Arcadium for Little Folks, which hall, thirty by fifty feet, is filled with oddities both to amuse and to instruct children, consisting of me- chanical toys, music boxes, dolls, baby houses, puzzles, pictures, skating rink, and an endless variety of other au- tomatic attractions, educating the child student by suggest- ing the reason xvhy. The table spread with cold lunch, the Japanese curiosities and other novelties, induce adults as well as children to linger here. Descend thence to the Guide to tJn TivoLi Hall, which is also thirty by fifty feet: here are found Billiard Table, Erratic Spinner, Tivoli, and many other table s^-ames for adults, a very peculiar mechanical piano, curious views of Paris on glass inlaid with pearl, porcelain hautes reliefs of the Erl King, Mephistopheles and Faust, of War and Peace, art engravings of Raphael's Twelve Hours, natural leaves from trees perforated in portraits and scenery, &c. Passing through the communicating door to the First Department of Norino Tower, and out at the same door by which you entered the Tower, proceed to the south side of the Stable, on which are found several colored cartoons ha\ing comical reference to draught animals. At the further or north end of the Carriage Department will be found the old-fashioned coach once owned by Governor Eustis, and in which his guest. General Lafaj'- ette, rode when he Avas received by the city of Boston, with a grand ovation, in the year 1S25. If admitted to the Stable, take notice of the peculiar arrangement of the stalls permitting the horses to see the visitors without turning round, and thus avoid being frightened. The hopper of the automatic feed-box being filled and the indicator of the clock set, the trap will fall and the feed pass to the horses at the hour indicated, thus soon in- Ridge Hill Par 7ns. ducing the horses to watch all clocks, thoughtful of the feed hour. Leaving the Stable, proceed by the Norino Avenue to the Album Bowling Alley in Pavilion Grove, which is so named because the owner makes use of its side-walls and ceiling, as others use a scrap-book, — for his private collec- tion of newspaper and other scraps, and also souvenirs pertaining to his eventful life. This is generally closed to all but guests of the Proprietor. If permitted to enter it, the visitor can here pass a half-hour very acceptably in examining the peculiar illustrations, original programmes and other souvenirs of the many fetes given at Ridge Hill Farms. On the roof of this Album Bowling Alley there is a chime of bells moulded from a new kind' of bronze for the Boston Peace Jubilee Coliseum. The greater part of the gifts received at the " Tijith'' anniversary of the Marriage Fete were lost by the fire on October 28, 1S76; but a very quaint collection of these tin gifts saved from the fire is here collected, consisting of Bells, Slippers, Decanters, Jewelry, Hats, Graters, &c.* The " UxioN Chapel" has marked over the entrance, " Creed, Liberty of Conscience^ Faith, Hope and Charity." From its ceiling are suspended Doves, Birds, &c. ; on * Gents' Toilette at the east end of the Bowling- Alley. lO Guide to the its walls are appropriate photographs ; and the following mottoes in blue and gold are over the windows : — " Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done." ' Do noble things, not dream them all day long, And so make life, death, and that vast forever One grand, sweet song." "Look not mournfully into the past — The present is yours : Go forth into the future with courage And a manly heart." ' Duty be thy Polar Guide, — Do the right what e'er betide : Haste not, rest not; conflicts past, God shall crown your work at last. There is no one so bad but has Some good in him. There is no one so good who Cannot be better. Ridge Hill Farms. ii "In things essential, Unity; In non-essentials, Liberty; In all thinsrs, Charity." This Chapel was dedicated at a social fete on the 4th of July, 1869, one year after the purchase of the first farm. The Paviliox Hall in the Grove was erected in 1S75, but an addition was made for the Liberty of Conscicfice Fete, given to the ministers of all the differing denom- inations, September 20, 1S76. It is 30 x 140 feet, with two side-rooms and Orchestre Gallery in an L on the south side. This Pavilion Mall is used for private fetes and ban- quets. It is generally closed to visitors. But blow the call-whistle at the north front door, and the attendant in adjacent rear building will respond if admission be granted. The Log Cabin east of this Pavilion is used as its kitchen. In the Pavilion Grove will be found the Leaky Boot Drinking Fountain, from Berlin, and several ornamental enclosures, and pet animal houses for coons, squirrels and turtle doves. One of these is made of piping, for the two raccoons, Mf. and Mrs. Davy Crockett, and the trvtji-baby Crock- ett- Coons. One large cage, cone-shaped, is for the black Florida fox squirrel, called Nnt-ty Black, and the two gray squirrels 12 Guide to the called the Gray Nun-such Sisters^ although they so quar- rel for tidbits as to prove a lack of charity for each other. Another large cage, cone-shaped, encloses the Ruig-ncck Doves and Love Birds. These are well symbolical of Horatio Harris, who died in Roxbury, in 1S75, from whose estate this cage came, and of whom it may be written : He was exceptionally faithful and charitable, and acutely sensitive of any publicity of his charity. Reader, what is your aim in life, and what will be your record at the end ? The other four cages, which are found during fine weather east of the Chapel in the Pavilion Grove, contain two sulphur-crested cockatoos from South America, known as Mr. and Mrs. Sulphurctta Cockatooto. One rose-colored cockatoo, called Rose Chatterbox. One blue and red macaw from Mexico, named Anti- hluc-la-v S-cvearing Jack^ because he /wi/;'(?/<:'/'/y interprets the "Liberty of Conscience," creed of the Union Chapel near by, and two green parrots from South America ; the one with the golden head being called Baby Mimic, because she cries like an infant, and the other called Sister Green. Near that for the African porcupine will be found the Diorama., enclosed by wire walls to prevent more than three persons examining it at the same time. Ridge Hill Farms. In the Grove south from Pavilion Hall, is to be erected the house for the monkeys, parrots, macaws, cockatoos, Madagascar and Bombay cats, &c., which are temporarily found in that part of the old Hot-house saved from the fire of October 28, 1876. This fire destroyed the Bell Tower, the Porcelain Building, two hot-houses and many valuable plants. As the flames spread towards the south end of the hot- houses, the heat and smoke caused the monkeys so to chatter and screech as to bring the aid of those attempt- ing to stay the flames. Many of the smaller monkeys were removed to the nearest convenient quarters, which happened to be the ice-house, and there allowed to cool oft; The African porcupine, Bristling Porcus (with one oZ v/hose quills we now do write), spread himself in such a touch-me-if-you-dare fashion that those who came to help save his life were afraid of their own lives, and therefore allowed him and the older monkeys to stay where they were ; but, fortunately, the fire was put out before it de- stroyed the house they occupied. The smallest monkey in the collection is named Silly, She is now an invalid, and weak physically as well as mentally. The drab ring-tail monkey hangs by his tail, is gentle, H Guide to the observant, and will pick jour pocket so amiably that vou are willing to let him do it again. He is from Brazil, and is called Dom Pedro. The dark, medium-sized monkey is called Jerry. Pie is very quick, and delights in stealing feathers from the hats of lady visitors, or sampling their dress trimmings. He will forcibly' exhibit his dislike of such as do not dress to suit him, by jumping against the wire netting as if he wished to tear to tatters the offending dress. The large gray male monkey is called Nafoleon. He has Bridget^ the red-faced washerwoman monkey, for his wife, and in their cage should be, but seldom is, found Bridgc.fs baby, the monkey Prince Imperial. The lady-like gray monkey, Enipcress yosepki?ic, dis- carded wifj of the gray Napoleon^ is in the cage with Crapo, the most dignified of all the monkeys. This Crapo, quiet yet quick as lightning, has many times jumped through the open door and escaped as the custo- dian came to feed hini. On one occasion, as the coolness of night came on, he returned within a mile of his home, and climbed into an open Avindow, and alarmed the inmates of the house, who were awakened by the noise apparently' of burglars in the " spare chamber." When the householder opened the cham- ber door to investigate the noise, Crapo was not the only Ridge Hill Pai- one frightened, and the door was quickly closed and locked, and Crapo occupied " the guest chamber" until daylight, when he left by the open window, glad to return to his home. On another escapade he visited a school-house about one mile from home, and entered the room occupied by forty bo}' and girl pupils. The teacher told her pupils to attend to their studies and not notice the monkey, and possibly he would leave. But Crapo, in one of those animal freaks which either '"just happen" or are caused by animal reason, sprang for the teacher's desk, which she quickly yielded and rushed for the open door, followed by her little flock. Crapo, deserted, and slighted in his first attempt at teaching, joined the outside crowd of pupils. One of the larger boys picked up a stick with which to pro- tect himself; Crapo, noticing this, made grimaces at the oifender, jumped and caught him, tore away his jack- et in three pieces, and made off with the stick. The impressive studies this day, in animated nature, will doubtless be rehearsed by these pupils to their chil- dren and grandchildren, with as much interest as; the story of Mary's little lamb at school. This old red school- house has recently been purchased, and now makes part of the Ridge Hill Farms. Bipeds wishing to practise gymnastics, or other elevated 1 6 Gtiide to the studies, must make early application for admission to Cra- po's School. The red foxes in the goat enclosure are called Winnie Red a.nd Rcddy IVinner. The names of the goats are Na?inic-ivhitc Goatee and Charley-black Goatee. The numerous dogs on the estate, at night will come when least expected, and offer their services without being called by any name. The carrier pigeons, making their home on the car- riage-house near the Registry Office, are of the dragon species, and of direct descent from those employed at the siege of Paris. Trustingly they Avill come to your feet to receive a crumb of comfort, as those fed by order of the authorities of the city of Venice. They are called Carrie Nota, Gettie 2\^ota, Papa, ]\famma, Sister and Brother Nota. The swans are named Air. and Mrs. Sxva7i-nie Black, Mr. and Mrs. Sxuan-nie White, and Miss White-head. The names of the black bears in the Circular Bear-Pit are as follows : Old Lady BrozvN, Black- Nero, young, active, treacherous ; Sitting- Bull, because he has a fancy for sitting on his haunches ; and Big Black Bruiser. The Madagascar cat in the monkey-cage, grunts like the pig, has wool like the llama, tail like a cat, and has feet Ridge Hill Faj-ins. i*] and springs like a monkey. The Bombay cat is quiet, but the monkeys sadly repent playing with Black Bomba's tail, as they play with Madagascar Charlie. Polly Gray^ the African parrot in the Hot-house, will impress you with the statement that she is a "pretty Polly." Another curious occupant of this old Hot-house is the Diamond Beetle, from Mexico, Avhich, upon being sprin- kled with water, will (in the dark) illumine a large room by its phophorescent eyes, which shine like emeralds of the finest quality. This beetle liyes on fruits, and a proces- sion of them in a dark night would outshine anj' torch- light festiyal that mortals eyer got up. Some Spanish ladies dress their hair with these living phosphorescent beetles, confined in lace nets, which dazzle in emerald bril- liancy any diamonds or other expensive jewels ever found. In the Octagon Bear-Pit will be found, in the month of September, if life be spared, two Seneca bear cubs, now on their way north. They were captured in April, when only a few days old, by Lucius Carrier, a native of Con- necticut, on Cow Creek, Indian River, Brevard County, Florida. Since the purchase of these cubs, August ii, by the proprietor of Ridge Hill Farms, the writer has made diligent search, but can find no description of these bears in any of the numerous books on Natural Historj'. 1 8 Guide to the Though differing from, the^^ come the nearest under the head of the Spectacled bear, which inhabits the great mountain range extending through the whole of the South American Continent, and which are specified very briefly by Arnold and Samuels as having been largely known as the most beautiful of all bears, but of whose habits nothing has been recorded by naturalists. An ex- tended interview with Mr. Carrier elicited the following interesting facts : The Seneca bears are well known in Bre- vard County, Florida. Their fur is smooth, and the dress hair-coat, light mouse color, which is hidden, as they ma- ture in age, by a coarser growth of a darker shade. There is an iron-gray shade from the nostril back to the eyes. The eyes are smaller than those of other bears, and do not show any order of excitement under which the animal may be laboring. Fear or annoyance is first indicated by the throwing back of the ears, which are larger, wider spread and more erect than those of other bears. The female is always so peculiarly marked that it seems im- possible for these bears to have existed in this or any age without some poetical legend describing the white fur only found at the breast, and there in the shape of a perfect heart.* * Wanted for exposition in the Flirtation Tunnel, a perfect heart, not only in shape, but in action. Ridge Hill jFarjns. 19 Will not Longfellow, Holmes and Whittier join hands and give us a triplet poem concerning the wonders of the fairy-land in Brevard County, Florida? Within the confines of this range of ridges can be found the ivory-bill woodpecker, described by Audubon, the existence of which has been doubted by some orni- thologists. And a profusion of the modest and of the gor- geous flowers, from the brilliant variegated grasses and their blooms, up to the royal palm, found only in Florida, the penalty, by special act of Congress, for destroying any one of which is tivcnty years' imprisonment. Here also is found a calcareous deposit — millions of shells — known as koqueno, which are connected together by the action of the elements, in the form of ridges and caverns, great boulders of which, weighing two hun- dred tons, are undermined by the tides and washed away. Tropical fruits are no less profuse, rich and varied. Its fauna are varied and beautiful, from the black and gold grasshopper, the owl which catches the food, while the gopher stands on the watch, and the snake defends their triune home, up to the mocking-bird, brilliant-feathered songster, and these Seneca, the most wonderful of all the bear family, whicK are next of kin to the porcus family, acknowledged as intuitively the most susceptible of edu- cation. Possibly these bears are very properly named as in 30 Guide to the direct descent from the old sage Seneca. Did he ever visit Flori-da? which in its profusion of beauties must differ from that of everj- other spot on this terrestrial sphere, and most resemble that of the old Garden of Eden. Will not the Mayor of Boston, and all the other city officials. Coun- cil and Aldermen, who voted to run ferry-boats to and from East Boston free to all the world, in order to increase the passenger travel to Europe by the Cunard steamships, and value of the wharf property of Noddle-Islanders, and save them (the owners) two cents ferriage when they come to the city proper to make money from tliose who pay nine tenths of the taxes, — will not, we repeat, these peculiar officials give all other Bostonians a free excursion trip to Brevard County, Florida, and charge it to the Pub- lic Health Department.' Please engross such an act of sanitary duty ( .'*) at once, and not refer our petition to those Avho may occupy \o\w official seats after the next election. We want to dig for the old pottery, which, to the depth of fifteen feet or more, is abundant in Brevard County. We want to examine the great earth-mounds having a full-form skeleton of one who must have been from seven to nine feet in height, surrounded in a circle by an immense number of human skeleton arms, legs and bodies, lopped apart. We wish to know if we can regard the St. John, the Indian, or the Oclawaha Rivers Ridge Hill Farms, 21 as once the Euphrates, and this region as the apple- orchard of Adam and Eve. We wish to sit at night bj the Lifc-Saving Siatio7i, told us as on the narrow neck of land between the Indian River and the Atlantic, and watch these Seneca bears who come to the sea-shore about the 20th of May, and tramp, tramp, tramp up and down the miles of beach until September i, living upon crabs, the eggs of loggerhead turtles, and removing the corks from and drinking the contents of such bottles (said to be numerous) as float ashore, thrown overboard from the steamships going south, which vessels, to avoid steering against the northern tide of the Gulf Stream, get shoreward into the counter-current flowing south. We wish to follow the bear tracks as the human species, and the deer, coon, and other animals do to the fresh-water pools, which these bruins know best where to find, and how deep to dig : six inches sometimes will be fresh water, and twelve inches salt water. If we cannot go, please send our poets, and let them weave us a yarn concerning these wonderful beauties, and we will read it while con- templating the Seneca bears Adam and Eve, in the Octo- gon Bear-Pit at Ridge Hill Farms. The Seneca bears when fully grown will x^vy in weight from 600 to 1200 pounds. If wounded, they will apply dirt to the part lacerated. Their bump of caution is promi- 2 2 Gttide to the nent, they mistrust every one. Thej' are slow but sure in their movements. While pursuing investigations con- cerning Seneca bears, the writer accidentally met with a taxidermist from Nova Scotia, who states that one of these Seneca bears, as herein described, with the white hair outline of a heart, was shot 200 miles from St. John, and sent to him to be taxidermisted, a few months since. The animal has never before been seen or heard of in Canada, and consequently was regarded with great won- der. As these Senecas are from the warm or equatorial regions, how did he get as far north .^ Can it be that there is some outlet in Nova Scotia from the Simms hole, which is said to run from the north pole through the sub- terranean fires, to the south pole? Leaving you to decide this matter, we leave this harping on the bear family, with the advice to such ladies as wish to hunt, capture or de- stroy him. to strike their snovit, and, in the expressive lan- guage of a Pacific-coast hunter we have just interviewed, " rip open their stomach with a jack-knife." If you wish to get away, never ascejid^ but always descend^ a hill, as the bears never descend a tree or precipice head downward, and always run down a hill in a ziz-zag course. They are so sensitive at the diaphragm as to be partially paralyzed if they descend a tree or precipice head first. When they fight, they pi-efer to stand erect on their hind feet. But their Ridge Hill Farms. 23 most effective mode is Avhile on their backs, so thej can scratch, hug and tear with their hind feet. On this 2ist of August, another and beautiful specimen of the Parrot species has been added to the collection at Ridge Hill Farms. It is of the semi-cockatoo order ^ — 'gr'T-V bodj plumage, rose feathers encircling the neck, and a salmon shade the crest. This brilliant bird was caught bv B. F. Curtis, at Hough's Neck Promontory, skirting QiiincyBaj, on land belonging to John Quincy Adams. It was con- tending against an attack of twelve king-birds, assisted by several blackbirds, who evidently recognized him as a gay- looking foreigner not yet naturalized, whom they were at- tempting to subjugate when rescued by Samaritan Curtis. The town of Quincy made curiosity calls to see the res- cued, but no one claimed him as his pet, and he was regarded, by reason of his wild ways, as having escaped from the ship which emigrated him from his African home. He evidently had heard of the national-executive Adams family, and though of African birth, yet believed that his gray uniform would win him protection from the preying blackbirds who were sorely oppressing him. This bird speaks only in an unknown tongue — niggerish-gib- berish. As he will probably soon speak for himself in the American naturalized tongue, calling himself a " pretty Polly," he has been already named after the great Roman 24 Guide to the orator, Roscius, to which pre-nom the family name of Quincyis added to appropriately designate all his descend- ants as originating from this imported African, who placed himself under the protectorate of the American Statesmen Adams, whose acts and domain at once spot them as worthy descendants of Adam's and Eve's Garden of Eden. Near the Pavilion Hall are also found Mus/iroom Scats from the French Department, Centennial Exhibition. The best effect of any seats on the ground is had from those placed near the junction of Pavilion Grove and Ridge- way Avenue opposite Minnehaha's Wigwam. In this Sweet- Water Wigwam will be found a series of eight paintings portraying the evils of Intemperance, and also two stereoscopic pictures of Minnehaha, to change which, press the two buttons on each side of the box in which they are found. Leaving this Wigwam, we reach Our Boys' Gar- den. The Play-House and store here found is for the sale of souvenir quills or feathers from the porcupine, pea- cocks, parrots, swans, &c., at Ridge Hill Farms, and to teach the children, by practical lessons in the first princi- ples of business, value of money, keeping accounts, &c. One tenth of the proceeds to be devoted to such charity as they shall designate. Here will also be found all that remains of the Devil's JRidge Hill Farjiis, 25 Den. This was constructed of one thousand old raih-oad sleepers, for the Re-Union Good-Cheer Fete given June 19, 1S75. It was so called because five attendants dressed as devils — ^ptlj representing their en^.plojment — here served claret punch to three thousand guests from the Southern States, visiting Boston to participate at the Bunker Hill Centennial. During the past winter an ice-house has been built in this DcviVs Dai. Near the enclosure for the foxes and goat teams will be found a curious specimen plant known as the Dc!no?n'Jicd CcrcHs, from Simms' Hole near the Equator. During Vv'arm and pleasant weather this plant blossoms four or five times in each hour, which almost instantly close or fall to the ground. The North Division of the Floral Art Garden — that between the Chapel and Hot-houses — was a vegetable garden in the early spring of 1S75. The South Division, with the balustrade bordering on Pavilion Grove, was covered with pear trees and small fruit plants in January of the present year; since which time all of them have been moved, and the walks, grass- plots and floral beds made. The three Arches at the south or trellis part of this Floral Art Gardc/i are from the Italian Department, Cen- tennial Exhibition. 26 Guide to the The visitor's attention will be attracted on Floral Avenue bj the chain border of foliage plants, consisting o^ pyre- thrum aurcjiw, alternaiithera spathulata and echcveria secunda glauca, relieved by gravels of various colors, and \>y the festooning of verbenas in variety on the opposite side. The Conservatory part of the new Hot-houses, that crowned by the cupola and agave plant, is entered from the north side. That part of the Hot-houses devoted to raising fruits is not open to visitors. During the latter part of the season of 1S76 some inconsiderate vandal climbed in at the windoAv and took therefrom every one of the ripe peaches from three specimen trees. Of this order of intruders of the present season was Bridget, the graj' monkey, who broke the glass and cut her hand, yet not so seriously as to say-she-ate her appetite until she had finished a large cluster of Hamburg grapes. The Mosaic Garden is on the south side of the unpre- tending summer home of the owner of the estate. Here are found plats of cchevcria and other plants arranged in unique designs to harmonize with a mosaic made of bits of white porcelain, black coal, red brick and blue glass. The Claude Lorraine mirrors revolve so as to reflect the picturesque of the Mosaic and Art Gardens. In the Mosaic Garden will be found the Danaidian Ridge Hill Fai'ins. 27 Fountain^ the statue of a female figure with an urn, flowing water into the Amymone Basin. It is named from the mythological legend of Danaiis, son of Belus, who was King of Libya about the year B.C. 15S0. He had Mty daughters, known as '" The Danaides." His brother u^gyptus (Rameses), King of Arabia, and, by conquest, of Egypt, had fifty sons, who plotted to destroy their uncle and get his kingdom. Aided by the goddess Minerva, Danaus built a fifty-oared vessel and fled with his daugh- ters to Argos (Greece) , and became its king. This country of Argos was extremely deficient in pure and wholesome water. Danaus set forth with his daughters in quest of some. While Amymone, one of the daughters, was en- gaged in the search, she was rescued by Neptune from the intended violence of a satyr, and the god revealed to her a fcuntain, since called after her name. These springs are Lake Lerna, where Hercules killed the nine-headed hydra, and which fed the waters of the Danube. The sons of ^^gyptus came to Argolis and entreated their uncle to bury past enmity in oblivion and to give them their cousins in marriage. Danaiis, distrustful of their promi- ses, apparently consented, and the Danaides were divided among them by lot. But on the Avedding day Danaus armed the hands of the brides with daggers, and enjoined upon them to slaj', in the night, their unsuspecting bride- 28 Guide to the grooms. All but Hvpermnertra obeyed, and the heads of their husbands were thrown into Lake Lerna. At the command of Jupiter, Mercury and Minerva purified them from the guilt of their deed. Danaiis proclaimed gymnastic games in which the victors were to receive his forty-nine remaining daughters as prizes. Samuel Weller had probably read the doings of these forty-nine widows, which led him to caution his son against a// " vidders." It is said, however, that the crime of the Danaides did not pass without due punishment in Hades, where they were condemned to draw water forever with per- forated vessels. Thus the statue of a female, bent as if by continued work, placed in the Amymone Basin, Mosaic Garden, at Ridge Hill Farms, is intended to memo- rialize the mythology of ancient time — 1600 B.C. — the urn, held by the female figure, through which passes the overflow water from the Water Tower, symbolizing the per- forated vessels used by the Danaides in their eternal work. The basins, fountains, buildings, &c., of these Upper Grounds have a high-service water supply from the Water Tower, one hundred feet high, surmounted by the statue of Neptune, eleven feet high, seen in the distance south of the Pavilion Grove. This tower is built of red brick, with six arches, in form of a Grecian temple. The capacity of the tank is 50,000 gallons. Ridge Hill Fai'nis. 29 This reservoir is filled with water by the large Eclipse Windmill^ thirty feet diameter, on the ornamental Wood Tower, ninety feet high. This Windmill Tower is located on the Charity Reservation (350 acres). The aggregate length of the main and branch pipes (which are of wood and from one to six inches in diam- eter) connecting the Windmill and Water Tower, foun- tains, buildings, animal enclosures and to the overflow in Sabrina Lake, is over five miles. %Kt$\ ^ide of 6vow ^\ut\. The Camp John Adams, for the Southern Guests at the seven-da\' Fraternal Welcome Fete commencing July S, 1S76, was on the Sunset Slope, west of the ]Mosaic Garden and of Grove Street. Here will be found a cannon which was bought in Liv- erpool by English sympathizers with the South in 1S61. It was run through the blockade, used by the Confederates, captured by the United States forces, recaptured by the South, and, while in use, a shell from the Northern forces struck it in the muzzle, lodged there, and disabled it. \\\ recognition of the social re-union hospitalities in Wellesley, in June, 1S75, and in Charleston, S.C., in Janu- ary, 1876, this cannon was presented to the host in Welles- ley, and led to the following correspondence : — 30 G 2 ride to the Boston, June 3, 1S76. R. C. Gilchrist, Commander Wash uigt 011 Light Infantry^ Charleston^ S.C. Dear Sir, — Your kind favor of Maj 29th is this evening received, informing me that, hy Resolutions of the Wash- ington Light Infantrj' of Charleston, S.C, jou forward to me a Blakely (Gun), rifled, used by the Confederate army in the "late unpleasantness," and disabled by a cannon- ball striking it in the muzzle and lodging there. This Cannon has reached me, and I shall highly value this mvizzled war-fiend which you now so kindly level at me. I shall plant it at my Ridge Hill Farms in Wellesley, where I invite 3'ou, who stood behind it, to meet those who stood before it and shake hands over it. Will you not come, with your command, immediately on leaving the Philiadelphia Centennial, or at some other time this summer, and accept a farmer's commissariat for one week at my Wellesley home.'' I shall be pleased to receive, also informally, and entertain in like fashion, as many of those ladies accompanying the members of your command to Philadelphia as can be persuaded to accept of farm-house accommodations which I will specially allot to them. Awaiting your response, and thanking you for your Big-Gun remembrance, I am at your service, WM. E. BAKER. Ridge Hill Farms. 31 HEADqUARTERS W. L. I., CHARLESTON, S.C., June 9, 1876. Col. William E. Baker, Trc7nont St.^ Bosto7i, Colonel, — Your hospitable invitation to the Washing- ton Light Infantry to visit the Ridge Hill Farms in Welles- ley immediately on leaving Philadelphia, to accept a farm- er's commissariat one week at your Wellesley home, was presented at a meeting of the company last evening; and I am instructed to infonn you of their grateful apprecia- tion of your kindness, and that as many of the command as can spare the time will be happy to accept your invita- tion. We hope, also, that several of our ladies will ac- company us. Truly and respectfully yours, R. C. GILCHRIST, Capt. Comd'g W. L. /. Upon this acceptance of the invitation extended to the Washington Light Infantry, invitations were extended to the Clinch Rifles of Augusta Ga., the Fayetteville Inde- pendent Light Infantry of North Carolina, the officers of the Richmond Commandery Knight Templars No. 2 of Virginia, the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues of Virginia, the officers of the Washington Light Infantry of Wash- ington, D. C, the officers of the Fifth Regiment Maryland 32 Guide to the National Guard of Baltimore, Md., and the officers of the " Old Guard" of New York city, with such ladies as could be persuaded to accompany them, to encamp for one week as guests at Ridge Hill Farms, Representative delega- tions of these organizations accepted the invitation : — so that the aggregate number of guests entertained for the week was about two hundred and fifty, and on the 7th or Charity Day, three thousand. A general committee of fifty, including the Governor and Ex-Governor of the State, the Mayor and President of the Board of Aldermen of Boston, the General command- ing the Forts in New England, Collector of the Port, President of the Board of Trade, and other prominent citi- zens, co-operated with the host in extending a welcome to the Southern guests, who arrived in Boston, July 8, 1876, and received a perfect ovation from the populace while being escorted to breakfast in Faneuil Hall, where they were welcomed by speeches from the Governor, A. H. Rice, the Mayor of Boston, and others. On their reaching Ridge Hill Farms the host very in- formally received his guests on Conservatory Lawn, and expressed the hope that they would immediately make themselves at home. Quarters were assigned the military in the Camp John Adams, which was formed in a hollow square, — composed of 137 wall tents and several pavilion Ridge Hill Farms. 33 marquees — laid out into streets, designated by the flags and names of the different visiting organizations. Wood pipes were specially laid in these streets, supplied with water from the Tank Tower, two thirds of a mile away. The lady and civilian guests were lodged in the Virginia Lodge, the Singed-Cat Cottage, and various other houses on the estate. A full description of the fun, frolic and excursions at the seven-day Fraternal Welcome Fete will be published in " The Fetes at Ridge Hill Farms " illustrated, subscriptions for which will be received at the Registry Office in aid of the fund to establish the Boston Food Dispensary. Entering Sunset Slope, on the left is the platform that served as the headquarters of the Camp John Adams. This platform is now in process of being so covered with a structure of wood and metal as to be permanent, and will be painted to resemble an Army Headquarters Mar- quee. This is to be the Union Monument to commemorate the United North and South. The conception of the pro- prietor of the estate is as follows : The four-sided roof will be bristling with one thousand bayonets used in the 34 Guide to the late strife between the North and the South. On the apex of the cone of bayonets will be placed a white dove hold- ing in its beak a sprig of olive-leaves. At the side en- trance will be a soldier guard ; one with a blue and the other with a gray uniform. Inside is to be placed, when finished by the artist, a large oil-painting representing a volunteer soldier uniformed in the United States service blue, clasping with his left hand the right hand of his affi- anced, a " Southern belle" (daughter of an active partici- pant in the Southern cause, born in South Carolina), while the soldier represented by the Confederate gray uniform grasps with his left hand the right hand of his affianced, a "Northern belle" (daughter of a prominent i General in the Northern forces, born in Massachusetts). Each of these two representative soldiers from the North and the South holds in the right hand a drawn sword, both of which are raised and crossed over the heads of, as if swearing protection to, their affianced. The shadowy face and form of General Robert E. Lee is to be seen on one side of this quartette group as if crown- ing approval of the union of hearts and union of hopes, while that of General U. S. Grant is similarly represented on the other side. Prominent in view will be seen the creed — " Liberty of Conscience, " " Faith, Hope and Charity." Ridge Hill Farms. 35 When this Union Monument is finished, there is to be placed in it a sketch (which, until the headquarters are completed, will remain in the boat-house) hastily painted in one day ; copied from a small photograph of a figure moulded life-size by a sculptor in Christiana, to form one part of the group he has submitted as his design for a monument to be erected in Boston, by the Committee of Bostonians who have the matter in charge (one of which Committee is the owner of this estate), to commemorate the first discovery and settlement of America by the Norse- men about the year a.d. iooo. It is possible that the design of this Norwegian sculptor or that of some other, may be erected in some form on camp John Adams, in the spring of 1S78 or before. It is now well established that the Norsemen visited our American Continent long before the time of Columbus ; coasting down from Greenland, passing along Cape Cod, through Vineyard Sound, to Narragansett Bay, in our Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Leif Ericson, son of Eric the Red, discovered, named and landed at Vineland (now Martha's Vineyard) in the year a.d. iooo. It was so named from the profusion of grape-vines there found. He built houses, and wintei-ed at Leifsbooths. He returned to Greenland in looi ; and Thorwald bor- 3^ Guide to the rowed his brother Leif's ship and landed at Leifsbooths, and passed the winter of 1002-3.* Thorstein, Eric's third son, fitted out the same ship to bring back the body of his brother. His wife Goodrida went with him ; a storm drove them to Greenland, where he died, and his wife returned to Ericsford. She married Thorfinn, a wealthy man of illustrious lineage, and per- suaded him to vmdertake a voyage, and establish a colony in Vineland. He arrived with 160 colonists at Leifsbooths- Hop (now Mt. Hope Bay, Massachusetts), in 1007. In lOoS Goodrida gave birth to a son, who received the name of Snorre. Bishop Thorlak, who was the son of the daughter of this Snorre, was born a.d. 10S5, and died a.d. 1133. He is reported as the probable author of the Icelandic Sagas, which give an account of these discoveries, which were written and o?i record in the twelfth century (more than three hundred years previoiis to the landing of Columbus. * Thonvald was killed hy an arrow at Kialarnes (Keel Cape, or Cape Cod) in the summer of 1004, in a fight with the Esquimau Indians who then roamed in these regions. He was buried at a place called, at his dying request, Crossness. There was found in Fall River, about the beginning of the present century, a human skeleton, encased in armor, supposed by many to be that of ThorAvald. Longfellow has immortalized this by his poem " The Skeleton in Armor." Ridge Hill Fa7'j7is. 37 The minute exactness of the record, giving the time of the rising and setting of the sun, variations of high and low water, the rapidity of the currents, tlie outlines of the coast, the naming of manj places by the Norwegian word HoU (hill), which has been corrupted to Hole — as Woods' Hole — the number of days' sail from Greenland, and other conclusive evidences, have proved to the satisfaction of all historians that the hardy and roving Norwegians first set- tled North America, and that our good old Common- wealth of Massachusetts has the honor of having received the first imprints of European civilization. It is therefore OUR DUTY, and we of Massachusetts should take the initia- tory step towards the erection of a Memorial Monument to these hardy voyageiirs. The inscriptions cut on the famous DIghton Rock, which is submerged at high tide in the Taunton River, have been by some historians regarded as Runic characters ; among them Prof Rafn, of Copenhagen, the distinguished Runic scholar, who translated a part of them to read *' Thorfinn with 151 men took possession of this country." The Ice- landic Sagas record that 9 of the 160 colonists separated from the company. But far the larger number of those whose researches are worthy of credence, hold to the opin- ion that these hieroglj'phics are of Indian origin, many similar to them having been found in the Middle and 38 Gtiide to the Western States. Drawings of these inscriptions are found in the '■'■ Antiqicitates Americance.'''' The first known copy of this inscription was made bj Dr. Danforth in 16S0, followed by Cotton Mather's in 1712; Dr. Greenwood's in 1730, and hy numerous others in the i8th and the present centuries. Whatever the origin of this Dighton Rock, it is one of the oldest archaeological relics of our country, and as such should be preserved from the abrasion of the tides and from vandalism. The Dighton Rock, and the land about it, was pur- chased by Neils Arnzen, a Norwegian residing in Fall River, at the request of Ole Bull, and deeded to the Royal Society of Antiquarians of Copenhagen, of which the King of Denmark is the active president, who had ex- pi-essed a decided interest in its preservation. This Society has recently signified its willingness to assign all its rights to a Committee of Bostonians consist- ing of Thomas G. Appleton, Rev. E. E. Hale, Prof. E. N. Horsford, Curtis Guild, Percival L. Everett and Wm. E. Baker, who solicit funds from those interested — First, for the erection in Boston of a Memorial Monu- ment to the Norsemen ; Secondly, for the preservation of the Dighton Rock as a valuable archaeological relic, be it Indian or Runic. Ridge Hill Far77is. 39 In this Union Monument will be found (and, vintil it is finished, in the boat-house) a large oil-painting of " The Ambuscade of the Racketers by the Pillow Brigade." This scene represents a night ever memorable to those in camp John Adams at the time of the Fraternal Welcome Fete. One portion of the camp formed a Racket Club, whose duties were to assemble at midnight and keep the rest of the camp from sleep the remainder of the night ; and thej succeeded admirably until, on the night of Mon- day, July 10, the Club, armed with two hundred wood rat- tles, sixty large brass bells and numerous tin horns, were returning, about midnight, from giving a serenade to the South Carolina ladies in the " Singed-Cat Cottage," when they were surprised by all the rest of the camp, under the command of Major \V. T. Geary and Judge H. D. D. Twiggs, of Augusta, Ga. ; D. P. Robertson, of Charleston, S. C, commanding the centre; and the right wing under that of George B. Edwards, of Charleston, and of "Chap- lain" Hall, better known as " the gentleman from North Carolina." This ambuscade force had armed themselves with their bed-pillows, and hid behind the walls by the roadside. The surprise was complete. The thuds of the pillows descending upon the heads of the Racketers, was the first notice of the attack, and the Racketers soon measured their 40 Guide to the length and left their impressions in the mud on the road. Recovering somewhat, they however rose to the emergency and captured many pillows ; but in the dark, having no distinguishing badge, all those having pillows were re- garded as opponents, and thus many Racketers were fiercely contending with their own partj^ The contest raged fiercely for twenty minutes. The prostrate Racket- ers rolled the mud hard and drj-. The ground was strewn with rackets, bells and tin horns. The Pillow Brigade finally conquered — but only for that night. The host finally converted the Racketers into A-Rousing Band, to give early matinde concerts, and arouse the camp for breakfast. Their work on the morning of the Floral and other days of that fete, will be recorded in the " Fetes at Ridge Hill Farms." In the basement of this Union Monument HEADquAR- TERs (which measures 25x60 feet), are two targets, one of an Indian, life size, who, upon being shot in the heart, raises his tomahawk, and the other of a female who beats a tattoo on a large drum. Here also are to be set thirty-six of Busch's improved magnifying stereoscopes, the invention of Frederic Busch, a native of Prussia, but adopting Boston as his home, who, without professing any knowledge of optics, has dis- Ridge Hill Par 7ns. 41 covered and proved the fallacy of many theories hitherto unquestioned. The valuable collections of objects, num- bering nearly two thousand selections, in natural history, &c., have also been secured, but these latter for the School of Microscopy to be established in November next at the Boston Aquarium, 13 West Street. In this monument will be seen a large painting, measur- ing 7 X 13 feet, portraying in front of the State House, Boston, a black sow — symbol of that one found astray in the streets of Boston in 1636 — the litigation concerning which was the direct cause of the organization of the higher branch of the Legislature, known as the Senate of Massa- chusetts, which was the first Senate organized in the United States. Gathered around the pig are seen many of the prominent makers of history in the times of the old Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th and iSth centuries. Those in the foreground include the following: — Governors of Massachusetts. John Winthrop, who held oflSce 1630-1633 ; 1637-1639 ; 1642-1643 ; 1646-1648. Henry Vane, 1636. John Endicott, 1644, 1649; 1655-1664. John Leverett, 1673-1678. Simon Bradstreet, 1676-1686. Joseph Dudley, 1702, 17 14. 42 Guide to the William Burnett, 1728. John Hancock, 1780-17S5; 1787-1793. Samuel Adams, 1794-1797. AND Edward Winslow, born 1594, died 1655. John Davenport, Thomas Prince, John F. Winthrop, F.R.S., John Cotton, LL.D., Increase Mather, D.D., Cotton Mather, D.D., F.R.S., Benj. Coleman, William Coleman, James Otis, Gen. Benj. Lincoln, Charles Chauncj, LL.D., Here will also be found, when finished bj the artist sculptor, Herbert Gleason, of Boston, a group representing " Our Old Mother Eve " as Pomofia, presenting a crown- wreath of laurel, and an apple of gold on a salver — em- blem of the knowledge of Good and Evil — to one of Massachusetts' most genial and distinguished citizens, 1597, 1669. 1600, 1673- I63S, 1707. I63S, 1699. 1639. 1723- 1663, 1728. i673> 1747. 16S8, 1729, 1725, 1783.* i733> 1810. 1747, 1822. * James Otis was born in Boston, in the year a.d. 1735. As an ora- tor he had to a remarkable extent that animal magnetism which electri- fied citizens of his time to valient acts. He was killed by lightning, in A.D. 17S3, while standing in the doorway of his home. Ridge Hill Parms. 43 who for many, many years has been endorsed all over the country by his continued re-election as the President of the American Pomological Society. When the world shall have ceased to relish the apple, queen of fruits, then only shall the world cease to vener- ate Marshall P. Wilder, founder of the American Pomo- logical Society, for many years President of the Massa- chusetts Horticultural Society and of the Historic-Gene- alogical Societj^ ; a stiring, effective and reliable man in aid- ing with his magnetic powers all that pertains to history, science, or the fruits of life. Brillart Saverin, writes that he who discovers a new dish is greater than he who discovers a new planet. Marshall P. Wilder's aim in life has been nobly accomplished. No man more than he has trained and improved the fruits of our land, and has made them luscious, beautiful and invigorating. Commenda- tion is ever in place for those whose life is so monumen- talized as no marble can make it, by the acts of these apostles to the doctrine, " By faith and works shall they know us." Reader, what are yoic good for? What \\2lVQ you done? What will you do to prove that you are of any worth in this world of ours ? Are you contented to prove yourself as only of the fungus order, rising one day and rotting the next? Nous verrons. 44 Guide to the Here also are found several games, including skittles, toss-ball, &c., which, whenever the convenience of the owner will allow, can, upon application at the Registry Office, be used, the fees for their use to be applied to the within-specified charity; but the use of the table games in the Tivoli Hall or of the Bowling Alle^^ are exclusively for the guests of the proprietor, and all considerate visitors will please discipline all such as disregard this restric- tion and meddle with them. On the right of Sunset Slope is the Chilian Pavilion, from the Philadelphia Centennial; its sixteen arches rep- resenting the sixteen departments in Chili. On or about this site in 1872 were four large barns and other farm accessories. These were moved awaj', herd- yards filled, slopes graded, and the five grass-sod Terraces, four hundred feet in length, formed. On reaching the Octagon Bear-Pit turn to the left — south — down to Ter- race Avenue. Turn to the right on Terrace Avenue to the Guoine Dri}iking Fountain at the base of the Bear Pit.* Looking west toward the water of Sabrina Lake you see Swan Island, one half acre, and on it the little church marked, on its roof, ''The Church for good little ducks." * Gentlemen's Walk at the junction of Sunset Slope and Terrace Avenues. Ladies' Cottage — Terrace Avenue near Octagon Bear-Pit. Ridge Hill Fai-ms. 45 Turn into the footpath bj the Arboretum Knoll to the Arboretum Basin., which is built of red brick, sixty feet in diameter; it is enciixled with a three-inch copper tube, so pierced that eight hundred fine jets of water can be ejected, curving upwai-d and inwardly towards the Spray FoiuitaiJi; which fountain, when in play, throws five hundred jets curving outwardly. These thirteen hun- dred jets form one combined mass of water, spray and mist, sixty feet in diameter and forty feet in height, which in the sunlight shows the colors of the rainbow. The fountain is fifteen feet in height, with four basins, one above the other; between the first and second basins are grouped four statues, as follows : Powers' Greek Slave, Thorwaldsen's Vemis, Pradier's Venus, and Urania. Between the second and third basins tliere are three metal Amphytrions from the balcony of the Boston Theatre ; above the third basin is a group with Hebe pitchers. Pass this Spray Fountain, and follow the footpath by the side of the Arboretum Knoll to the Arboretum Lodge, constructed of manj'^ thousands of small rounds of cedar (stop and count them). Descend the steps of the Arboretum Lodge to the edge of the lake, and, looking back to the west side of Arboretum Knoll, there can be seen, placed upon two dead limbs of a tree, three small Churches for swallows and other birds, which 46 Guide to the are marked, according to their respective elevation, ^'•High Church,''' ^'•Middle Church,'' ''■Low Church," — '•'■all on the same root." Crossing Arboretum Lodge bridge, the visitor reaches Tri-Pottt (three bridge) Island, two acres in area ; its second being the Rustic Bridge at the north end, and its third, the Coliseum Bridge, one hundred and sixty feet long, at the west side. This latter bridge is so named because the heavy timber composing it was first used by the city of Boston in constructing the tem- porary bridges over the Providence Railroad connecting Dartmouth and Berwick Park Streets with the Peace Jubilee Coliseum of 1S72. In the Medallions on the south side of this Coliseum Bridge are the heads of Apollo and Diana, and on the north side those of Ariadne and Silenus.* The granite curbing of the basin for the Frog Fountain * The latter a semi-g-od, the nurse, the preceptor and the attendant of Bacchus, who was very fond of him. Midas, King of Thracia, cap- tured him once and put various questions to him, among others, " What is best for men? " After a long silence he received for answer, " Life is most free from pain when one is ignorant of future evils. It is best of all for man not to be born ; the second is for those Avho are born to die as soon as possible. " For releasing him Bacchi s promised Midas to grant any request which he chose to ask. Midas craved that all he touched might turn to gold ; but was glad to have that power revoked when he found himself on the point of starving. Ridge Hill Farms. 47 on this Tri-Pont Island originally formed three enclosures in front of the Masonic Temple, Boston, corner of Tre- mont and Eoylston Streets. The BoAT-HouSE, 20x30 feet, on Tri-Pont Island is made from the ornamental Gothic shelving ordered for the St. George Cafe, Masonic Temple, Boston. The architect who originated the design did not recognize his own work in its adaptation by the removal of the shelving and using the Gothic frame as the side-walls of the Boat-house. This Boat-house has two niches on each of three sides, for which statues of appropriate size not being readily attainable, the owner solved the difficulty by selecting subjects from an Art book, and had his artist sketch and his carpenter cut the outline from boards. These were painted and shaded in relief so that this board stat- uary is quite deceptive. On the east or water-end of the Boat-house there are three doors for the exit and admission of the boats ; two niches with fret-saw statuary, Italianized, of Psyche Med- itive, and Clio; and seven oil-paintings, representing — The Frog Concert on an E^igUsh Steamship. Moonlight Courtship in the Gofidola. The Hog dressed as the Doge of Venice^ accompanied by his Pig page de- sce?iding the palace steps to his gondola. 48 Guide to the Penelope, Cinderella, Sappho and S tie mis. On the south side in the two niches, Melpomene and the Lute-plajer. On the six panels: — Bears as Italian piferart, the fe- male bear dressed in Albanian costume, dancing the tar- antella. Thomas Cat inviting Mrs. Pussy to a boat-ride on Sa- brina Lake, Descent from Olympus, Desolation, Fortuna, and Venus rising from the Sea. On the west end or land entrance are two panel paint- ings; one showing the Hydropathic Treatment, by an upset on Sabrina Lake, and the other " T/ie taking of the Sun (^observatio7is) on an English Ocean Steamship. " On the north side, in the two niches, Bayadere and Ganymede ; and on the seven panels, Nereide riding on a Ram of the Golden Fleece, Twilight, Dawn of Morning, Cupid drawn by two Deer, Mciim et Tuiun, or the bather who saved his shirt and is anxious to give the monkeys fts who borrowed his boat and clothing. Bruin's Separation from his Bear-wife when going to Sea with his Green Umbrella. The Arrival of the Irish- man, Scotchman, Englishman and Yankee. The Yankee, of course, is the frst ashore., and that be- Ridge Hill Farms. 49 fore the hawsers of the steamship are made fast. He takes a bold step, as if he ktiexv just where he was going. The Scotchman strokes his beard, and methodically plans his departure, from which an earthquake or a vol- canic eruption can divert him only long enough to cal- culate the loss by the desolation, and how much he can get by a sale of the debris. The Irishman waits to find where the others go, and then he means to follow, hunt up a drap of " mountain dew," help build a church, and remit funds to bring over the " rist of the family." The Englishman is in no hurry to move. He contem- plates the fact that he has arrived, and wonders where the best chop-house is to be found. He is aware that the Yankees are a wonderfully ingenious and driving people, but thinks they don't always know " how best to do it." He wants to start a general-improvement stock company to utilize the sewerage of Boston for the production of choice grapes and strawberries-and-cream, rather than throw it away where the incoming tide will wash more or less of it in lodgments on South Boston Flats, and give the deadhead co-associate contemplaters on Noddle's Isl- and and in the City Government (for 1877 only) another chance to deadhead citizens, this time in new hospitals and lovelv cemeteries. 50 Guide to the On the roof of the Boat-house are two Lions, ornated with gold-leaf: these were once the property of Francis L. Peabodj, of Salem. The inside of the Boat-house is temporarily floored over, and on the side-walls are various comical engravings, por- traying fishes, fishermen and boatmen. But of all the numerous improvements accomplished at Ridge Hill Farms, that of the greatest magnitude is the making of the artificial Lake Sabrina. Finding, in 1871, a spring near the site of the Boat- house, the owner excavaced and formed a small pond 200 feet in diameter. He extended this, in 1873, ^^ ^he large weeping elm tree, and built the stone lock with two gates, now covered by the Rustic Bridge^ intending to form another pond on the north side. The springs here were found more powerful, and as the water-sheds from the high lands naturally incited the task, the work was ex- tended, and in 1874, 1S75 and 1S76 tlie northern, western and southern dykes Avere completed and stone-banked and the artificial lake finished, which is nearly one and one half nii-es in circuit, and varies from four to twenty-two feet in depth. Sabrina Lake is thirty-five feet above the level of Charles River. It is fed by springs, Avater-sheds, a six-inch pipe, over one mile in length, to other springs, and by the overflow from the high-service Water Tower. Rids'e Hill Farms. It was stocked with black ba&s in 1S74, which fish and horn-pout have rapidly multiplied. It has three islands, of which Tri-pont is the largest, two acres, Oak Island at the north end, about one acre, the second, and Swan Island, one-half acre, west of Arbore- tum Knoll. On this Lake are Muscovy and Aylesbury ducks, black and white swans, thirteen row-boats, a fleet of toy ships, and a small steamboat, six feet in length, com.plete in all its appointments, built by a deaf mute in Boston, who spent twelve months in its construction. The works are of brass and copper, and have the capacity to run thirty minutes with one firing. Leave Tri-Pont Island by the covered Rustic Bridge, and pass to the base of the Circular Bear-Pit, built of red brick in 1875, thirty-two feet in dianieter; thence return to the Rocky Avenue and the Steamboat Pier. "The Lady of the Lake," here found, is fifty feet in length, and will carry forty passengers. It was built on the place, and is propelled in the water by floats attached to endless chains, in place of the usual side-wheels. By running the steamboat on to a truck-frame with wheels submerged in the water, then disconnecting the motor from the endless chain floats and connecting to the driving wheels of the truck, it can be propelled on a tramway. The increased size of Sabrina Lake, however, avoids the necessity of 52 Guide to tJie connecting it by tramways to Charles River, as was at first projected. This amphibious steamboat was launched on Charity Day, July 14, 1876, of the Fraternal Welcome Fete. From the Steamboat Pier continue north up Rocky Ave- nue to the Peacock House, which will be found at the junction of Krino Avenue. Looking south on Krino Ave- nue you see The Boston Fire Monument, composed of the only four granite columns of the new Boston post- office injured by the great fire of November 10, 1872. The arched iron girders tying these columns are surmounted at the apex by a revolving statue oi Mercury. All the Elm and Pine trees found near this Fire Monu- ment and the Peacock House have been moved about one mile and here replanted since September, 1875. They vary in height from thirty to seventy feet. The total number of trees, small and large, planted or transplanted on the estate, since September, 1875, will aggregate over three thousand. Near the Peacock House will be found the Deer Park. In this enclosure will be found two elks from Nebraska, named Stag-hor7i Elkie and Nebraska Fanny; three deer, one a fallow or spotted deer from England, named Cousin Fanny, another from the State of Maine, called Alatne-nie- Deer, and Deer-rie Orleans, who ran into New Orleans Ridge Hill Farms. ^^ as her city of refuge at the time of the last flood — not that of Noah's time, but that of the Brashear crevasse. The brown and white antelope from Colorado is called Nebraska Dickey, and his goat lady-love, Nancy White. The male bison is from Colorado, and is called Buffalo Bob Haycock^ in honor of Buffalo Bill (Haycock), the famous trapper — not he that is playing at the theatres — who first lassoed him. The female bison (by many called buffalo, though incorrectly unless preceded by the word American) was captured in Kansas, and was by the trappers named Julia^ to which the present owner added the name of Siveetiy^ in honor of Mr. John Sweeny, of Sandusky, Ohio, who or- ganized the expedition of eleven trappers which caught Bob Haycock^ and, after a three days' chase, Pompey Hay- cock^ the largest buffalo and evidently the king of the herd, who died this early spring by striking his head against the log corrall of his winter-quarters when the attendants were attempting to ring his nose. Pass northerly on the Krino Avenue to the Archway marked Krino Valley of Faticies^ Follies and Frivoli- ties.* * Krino {Greek) , to order, inquire and search into; investigate; to distinguish between good and bad; i.e., criticising judgment. 54 Gtiide to the The numerous comical peculiarities of this place are sufficiently explicit, and do not require anj' description in this guide. Thej should be seen to be fullv appreciated. A printed description first read of man j of them would be tame, and destroy half the surprise controlling the visitor to the quaint make-ups here gathered. Attention, however, maj^ here be called to the Tar- peian Rock, just at the entrance arch, the Race Horses, the Bottle Monument to "The Departed Spirits," 5^0/^;? Soulier's Epitaph, which reads as follows : " To the mem- ory of John Soulier, boot-maker. He was a man of great under-standing, and knew best how to treat corned feet. Not-a bene : the best way to stretch boots is to fill them with beans, then water and let 'em swell. His widow, a blonde, aged 27, continues at the old stand, and makes a specialty of giving fits to children and widowers." Also The Darwinian Theory, the Little Fawns from Boston Common, who died while fawning around city officials, Billy Bruin's Chaplet, containing the great Black Bear, taxidermisted, which escaped from Ridge Hill Farms in July, 1S74, just as he had arrived there, and who roamed about for ten days, to the dismay of residents within a circuit of fifty miles, by his scratching at their doors at midnight hours, seeking table dainties, upon whioh this tame Bear had been fed. The daily reports in the Bos- Ridge Hill Far 7ns. 55 ton newspapers, of Billy Bruin's visits to houses at night, and churches on Sundays, &c., to avoid his pursuers, of his maiming human species, swallowing babies, &c., &c., caused great fear among the credu- lous and timid believers, until he was reported as wounded at North Weymouth, and the next morning his body found floating near the beach at Hull. Numerous readers of the Boston newspapers will recall the funeral obsequies of Billy Bruin at Ridge Hill Farms on July 8, and that of the Swan Leander on July 19, 1874, killed by the alligator. Many of the one thousand invited guests present sent laments in prose or rhyme pertaining to Bears or Swans. One from Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes reads as follows : — "296 Beacon Sreet, Aug. i, 1874. " Dear Sir, — ^Many thanks for your polite invitation to attend the obsequies of the lamented plantigrade. I am sorry that it will not be in my power to be present upon the melancholy occasion. I have a great respect for bears since those two female ones taught the little children of Bethel and of Belial that they must not be rude to elderly persons. I think a loose bear or two might be of service in our community, and I regret much the loss of an ani- 56 Guide to the mal who might have done so much as a moral teacher for the young of this city and its suburbs. " I am, dear sir, vours very truly, "O. W. HOLMES." The small (?) Farmer's Boj' on the hill has a pretty smile. " The representative of the ''Hub'' or modern Athens^' has a wise look, derived, probably, from his an- cestors, the ''Greek Roots," or Grecian Benders, so curi- ously humanized on Oak Island. " One of the Kentucky Bourbons " looks tipsy, and has a rye face. The negro has lost part of his pipe of peace, and found a piece of pipe. The interior of the " Diggers' Retreat," shingled with old picks, spades and shovels, used up in making Lake Sabrina, causes all to smile " out loud." This part is thus explained : — "Sacred 2 the Memory Of those who for 3 years have been digging! — digging 1 1 — digging!!! — these Canals, Ponds and Lakes; who, standing in the water, got very wet, and yet frequently persisted that they were very dry I " If you use a little blarney, and give them plenty of rations. These lovers of the Green(s), they can just bate all nations In the use of the pick and the shovel. Ridge Hill Farms. 57 " On pipes the Dutch inaj possibly bate the Irish a wee bit, But they never can smoke out of them — a bit of their wit. " No I no ! ould Ireland's always readj- for a lark, As in classics it is certainly quite up to the mark; For you may 'get the best' dictionai-y and sarch it clane through, You maj^ torture your brain until all is sky blue, But surely, ' when Greek meets Greek,' must mane That the Emerald I'le is just like zi'arm Greece — that's plane." The large Hog, standing upright on his hind feet under the ornamental wood frame, was erected on June 19, 1S75, at the fete frolic given to Southern guests at the time of their visiting Boston to participate in the Bunker Hill Centennial; it is marked, on one side, '•'• Massachtcsetts Senate, 1636, Sozv." On the other side, " Japhct in search of h is A Ivi a Mater.'''' This Monument is to commemorate the circumstances which led to the organization of the higher branch of the Legislature or Senate of Massachusetts, the history of which, by Winthrop, Palfrey, and others, is thus recorded : There was a stray sow found in the streets of Boston in the year a.d. 1636. It was brought to Captain Keayne, a man of property and consequence (he was one of the 58 Gtiide to the founders of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany, in 1638), but he was unpopular for alleged hardness in dealings. He gave public notice about finding the sow, by the town crier and otherwise, but no claimant ap- peared for nearly a year, until after he had killed a pig of his own which had been kept along with the stray sow; then the Widow Sherman came to see it, and not being able to identify it with the one which she had lost, alleged that the slaughtered pig was hers. The Elders of the Church of Boston, after hearing the parties, exonerated Captain Keayne. The Widow Sherman was dissatisfied, and brought her case to trial before a jury, who decided for the defendant. Then Keayne sued the Widow for def- amation in charging him with theft, and recovered forty pounds damages. Mrs. Sherman was not satisfied yet, and appealed to the General Court or Legislature in 1642. This body was composed of magistrates and deputies, who sat and voted in the same chamber. The wrangling over the rehearing of the case occupied seven days. Then two magistrates and fifteen deputies voted for a reversal of the previous decision, and seven magistrates and eight deputies voted in approval of it; the other seven deputies stood doubtful. Thus a large majority of the superior officers was for one party, while on a joint vote the majority of the court Ridge Hill Par?ns. 59 would be for the other. Therefore the case was not deter- mined, and there also arose the verj' important question of the i-elation of the magistrates appointed by the Charter Company, who were more or less subject to the crown in- fluence, and that of the deputies elected by the popular vote. After long contention, the publication o'i ■^.brochure concerning the hog dispute, and a special proclamation by the Governor, John Winthrop, the negative voice of the magistrates was overruled, and as a sequence came the organization of the higher branch, elected by the popular vote, henceforth known as the Senate. The dedicatory speech at the time of the erection of this Senate Monument, was made by J. F. C. Hyde, Esq., who was President of the Senate in 1S69-70. The 1S12 War Hog Monument was dedicated June 19, 1S75? "vvith a speech by Governor Howard, of Rhode Isl- and. Ti-adition thus tells us that which has its earnest and decided believers and unbelievers : By the carelessness of a boy in iSii, a garden gate was left open ; two pigs entered and rooted up a few plants. The owner of the garden, when attempting to drive them out, had to contend against the well-known obstinacy of that animal to be driveji anj'where. They would not go out at the open gate, and finally fell dead exhausted in their race to keep away from their fierce pursuant. The owner of 6o Guide to the the hogs sued the owner of the garden for extreme vio- lence when ejecting them. This engendered a hard feel- ing, which led the owner of the garden to vote, at the next election, for the candidate to the United States Senate from the opposing party for which he had previously voted. This opposition candidate, Howell, was elected United States Senator bv one majority ; and the qnestion was put in the Senate, " Shall the question of war with England be post- poned to the next session?" This Howell voted no; and this vote also was decided by (his) one majority. He also voted no on the next question, namely, " Shall Avar with England now be declared?" which was carried in the affirmative; yet his two previous negative votes nullified his last vote, and caused the war of 1812. Thus the two hogs who stole into the garden to search for roots, by their resisting expulsion vmto their death, caused the election of Howell, whose negative vote caused war with England, in 1812, and settled forever the right of search claimed b^- the English Naval Service over American ships. This alleged historical fact or tradition has its believers and its non-believers; bvit ex-Governor Howard, and the then Lieut. -Governor (but now Gov- ernor) \^an Zandt, assert that this hog tradition reads so prettily that no true son of Little Rhody should be vandal Ridge Hill Farms, 6i enough to hunt up evidence to undermine the honors got by this big result for the little State of Rhode Island. Returning in the Krino Valley by the same path, the visitor's attention will be arrested on the lake-side by numerous ducks, heron, and other feathered species ; an alligator, otter, beaver, &c., so well stuffed that they re- fuse everj' dainty offered them. A small sign on one of a cluster of white-birch trees is marked, " Good for our boys." " As the twig is bent, the boy's inclined." Leave Krino Valley by the Lakeside Path^ which is just inside of the archway by which you entered ; pass the Rustic Seat Umbrella^ south, to the Gothic Arck, which formed the main entrance to the Presbyterian Church, corner of Beach Street and Harrison Avenue, that was partially destroyed by the Globe Theatre district fire on May 29,^873, and afterwards taken down by the city of Boston in order to widen the street. Through this Arch we reach the Smugglers'' Cove, the waters oi Lake Sabri- ?ia on one side, and on the other, boulders of rock, piled high, at much labor and expense, these rocks having formed division walls of the lowlands and fields now cov- ered by the waters of Lake Sabri?ia. On the right of the Tunnel entrance is seen the grim form and visage of the Smuggler Chief, and on the left the Red-man, with war paint and tomahawk. Passing through the rocky subter- 62 Guide to the ranean tunnel we reach the Round To-uer, thirty-five feet in height, its stone walls scintillating with crystals. This Tower was finished about the time of the Crystal Wed- ding- FeiCj September 20, 1S75. After going through the second subterranean passage we reach the Smugglers' Cave, Avith high vaulted roof, and huge rocks composing its sides, cut with grotesque and sphinx-like faces ; here also are found numerous of the smugglers' captives, among who!n are Mrs. Cardiff, Boss Tweed, Punch, four of the Forty Thieves, peeping from Barbara's oil-jars, and the Girl of the Period, with Ezra U7ns/ozv, the latter of which is placarded as follows: "English officials arrested me, the British Ministry requested my detention. But the Act of Parliament of 1870 released me, thus declaring that I was xvrongfully arrested and wrongfully detained ; ergo I have a claim against the British Government of 4^100,000, which I assign to the Boston Banks, as some satisfaction for not getting my body extradited." In this cave, here and there, from the crevices in the rocks are seen huge hands protruding, apparently to greet you, but show- ing also their cloven feet. To add to the weird and subter- ranean influences, the visitors can see, at the furthest southern extremity of this cave, the Black Bears, in the Circular Bear Pit before inentioned, ready to hug them through the iron bars which shut them from the cave. Ridge Hill Farms. 6 After viewing the ''Rock — a-boy-babj," on the right, about one hundred feet from the southern extremity of the cave, ascend the steps and pass through the long dark Flirtation TiumcL Here every gentleman offers his hand to some lady — to guide her underground. Thic hand-in- hand walk of faith below, makes light of the darkness, and leaves pleasant impressions for long after, the world above is reached. The timid may rest assured that there is nothing to cause alarm anywhere in these caverns or subterranean tun- nels. It may be noticed that in arranging his grounds, the proprietor locates everything pertaining to the same class or special kind of attraction or amusement, by itself, in one section; and does not, unless some peculiarity of na- ture specially tempts him, scatter in different parts of the estate his'^mushroom growth of varied surprises. Thus the timid visitor need not fear to pass all alone through the Flirtation Tunnel. The surprise experienced on reaching the Stalactite Grotto will amply compen- sate for and brighten the imagination of any clouded by the darkness in the Tunnel. Th2 rays of the sun when not too low in the horizon, entering through the colored glasses in the roof of the Grotto, which is just above the surface of the ground, reflect all the hues of the rainbow upon the stalactites pendent from the roof. 6a. Guide to thi The serpentine paths of this grotto are covered with white marble dust; it has eight miniature lakes stocked with gold and silver fish. The Ainct/iyst Lake is so named from the water spraying into the basin having the appearance of that jewel when tlie sun is high enough to reflect its rays through the roof opening. The water passes from Amethyst Lake into Lake Crystal, thence into two huge shells from Calcutta, overflowing from the flutes into the Fluted Shell Lake. The water from Diafia's Pool, at the south end of the Grotto, rushes in small streams through crevices and over the rocks, and in grooves in the stone, dashing against shells and other obstructions, falling clear and sparkling into the Devil's Basin, where the thirsty are tempted to stop and drink. The roof of this Grotto is supported by seven stone columns which Avere once the pinnacles of the same church as the Got hie Arch. The crystalline and conch-shell arches, the rose-colored shells, the prismatic hues upon the cubes and flakes of glass clustered around the lake borders, Avith the entwin- ing and other vines; the fern fronds, the intricate wind- ings, the rugged ascents and descents, and the music of the falling waters, idealize the romance of fiction. These subterranean chambers are inaccessible to frost, Rldgc Hill Farms. 65 and thus the work of construction has been continued all the winter months. The vandalism of many visitors, in breaking off and carrying away shells and crystals, are sore trials of pa- tience to the owner and his superintendent, who have passed many midnight hours planning and arranging them. The apparently uncontrollable propensity of visitors to carry away souvenirs is very costly and annoying. Qiiot- ing from the daily reports for the past month of July, one of the inspectors, while secreted in the Grotto for one half-hour, observed twenty persons, of the one hundred who passed through, possess themselves of shells, crystals, &c. Should one fifth of the visitors to this estate prove thus inconsiderate, the work of restoration must necessarily be constant and costly. As the visitor leaves the Grotto by the Exit Turnstile, and passes into the outer air, he Avill note the difference, and appreciate the cooler temperature of his quarter-mile walk under ground. Follow the Exit path, and down the grassy slope to the side of the goat-riders to the Krino Avenue. Thence turn to the left, and pass between the Boston Fire Monu- ment and Circular Bear-Pit, to the Camera Obscura. on the terrace near Hillside Avenue. The six pillars support- ,66 Guide to the ing the roof of this building are from that part of the Old State House removed bj the city of Boston in 1S76. in order to straighten Devonshire Street. Upon entering this Dark Chamber, the sun-ounding landscape will be portraj-ed upon the round table, perfect in outline, color and movement, bj the aid of lenses re- volving at the apex of the roof. Leaving the Camera Obscura, the visitor will pass to the Photograph Studio, which is near the Registry Office. Those who desire to purchase photogi-aphic views of the place will ask for a printed slip, and indicate by writing the number of each view wanted. This method Avill save the time and words both of visitors and of attendants. REMARKS. It is impossible for anv one to visit Ridge Hill Farms, no matter what his tastes, without having the mind direct- ed into new channels, and controlled to think for himself, on returning to his home, of some new departure from the conventionalities and ruts of routine life. If the owner has adopted any rule of action in improving his estate, it seems to be more that of avoiding the routine style of all others. He believes that his sphere of action in life is to amuse others, and that a little nonsense now and then is more compatible with the summer recreative season or Ridge Hill Famns. 67 country life, and tends to direct the mind for a brief space from the thorns and trials common to our daily walks. The financial expenditures, and the constant applica- tion, physically and mcntallj-, for the amusement and benefit of others, Avould be most appreciabh' returned bj courteous acts of consistency. Therefore will each visitor act as a monitor and disci- plinarian toward all who may be seen trespassing by Walking on the grass or flower plots ; Annoying the pet animals with sticks or stones, or by giving them tobacco ; Strewing the ground with refuse paper or garbage from the luncheon basket; Handling when they should not touch ; stealing orna- ments from the buildings, or plants, fruits or flowers from the gardens or hot-houses ; Breaking tvv^igs from valuable trees, destroying fern fronds, and that which requires months or years to re- store ; Crowding the veranda of the proprietor's residence, and peeping in at the doors or windows ; Or wasting by talk the paid hours of the laborers ; which, if it does not cease, must result in the employment of such as cannot speak English, that are deaf and dumb or wear anti-hearing ear-pads. 6S Guide to the The Registry Office is specially established to respond to all the enquiries concerning the Heavens above, the Earth beneath, and the Waters round about, which many peculiar people have been asking at the door of the pro- prietor's residence, — such as for the loan of tumblers, pitchers of ice-water, parasols, umbrellas, waterproofs, perambulators, tea-spoons, money on chattel mortgages, and for all the charities in the known and unknown re- gions; restoratives for tlic taint, halters for horses, and milk for tlic babies. Strang-crs -will confer a favor by fcnnittijig the fro- frictor to reserve, exclusively /br his family and guests, the inside of his residence, the veranda, round about^ and the drivcxvay on the north side of it. Although the proprietor has, upon request, consented to hold SOME horses, his duties are such that he cannot be relied upon to be always on hand for this service. NOTICE. In order to save retracing steps, visitors should follow the track as herein consecutively described. It may, how- ever, be stated that that which is on this ist day of Septem- ber, maj' be materially innovated before November, by the restless activity which here prevails and has given use to the sobriquet of the " human earthquake." JR-idge Hill Fa7'77is. 69 That which is herein alluded to as projected, may now never be done, inasmuch as the projector has such an aversion to any prior notice of the intention to do. The owner of this estate repudiates all titles, and partic- ularly desires it know^n that he is not ciitiiled to the pre- fix of Colonel^ by Avhich many have addressed him since the presentation, by the Fifth Maryland National Guards, of a broken sword with three ribbons attached, which, according to some military regulations, made him Colonel by brevet of that Regiment. He requires all so calling him to spell it ICernel. He believes that only such as earu titles are entitled to have them, and therefore he abominates that relic of the country village, the word "Es- quire," now so commonly used as the caudal appendage to the name of every man. Trusting that as you go to your homes, -vherever they may be, j-ou will be mindful that as you are blessed or are entertained by others, so you should extend to others such comforts and pleasing diversities from mental cares as mav be within your province, and hopeful that you will evidence your sympathy in the charities projected in the addenda hereinafter, — A Dmu. Toi-soinez, PORCUPINE QUILL. Czjide to ih CATALOGUE OF Statues, Busts, Vases, Curiosities, &c, AT THE WELLES LEY, MASS SEPTEMBER, 1877. This Swan, in a boat on wheels, drawn by a Turtle, is from the en- graving of The First Hour, by Raphael. It was adopted as the trade- mark of Ridge Hill Farms because of the general interpretation that the Turtle is capable of carrying a great weight, and of long-con- tinued work. The Brahmin mythology represented the globe resting on the back of the Turtle — and thus the Turtle, by its accumulated force from a strong will, moved the world, as the mosquito can worr}' and move the strongest man. So the Turtle, symbolizing what man can do, or should do, to'svard -working out his aim in life. No. I. 2 Chamois (Wild Goats). White zinc. From Berlin. Ridsrc Hill Farms. 71 2. 17 Large Moulded Stone Flower Vases, Roman style. 3. 17 Small do. do. do. BoRDERixG Conservatory Lawn. 4. 2 Russian Bloodhounds. White zinc. Froni Berlin. 5. 2 Water Spaniels. Colored terra-cotta. From Mu- nich. 6. The Cat Solicitor. Colored zinc. From Dresden. The legend says : Once upon a time the noble Marqnis of Carrabas was convicted of hig-h treason, his estates confiscated and himelf driven into exile. The unhappy man sent letter upon letter, asking pardon, withoiit receiving any answer; the prayers of his oldest and most influential friends were in vain ; his t\vo sons ^vhom he sent, one after the other, were not even received by the stern and unrelenting monarch. As a last venture lie sent his educated cat, dressed up as an ambassador, with an humble petition praying for grace and mercy. The cat, accompanied by a trustworthy old servant, was received with astonishment at the royal castle, but was allowed free access. The monarch, in a fit of good humor and merriment, was unable to withstand so much perseverance and humility, and granted revocation of the order of condemnation. 7. Statue, Music conquering Force. Zinc bronze. 8. 10 Green Majolica Flower Urns, with four Handles. From Montpellier, France. 9. Large Greek Vase on Pedestal. White terra-cotta. From Scotland. 10. Silver Reflecting Globe on Ornamented Iron Stand. From Paris. 7 2 Gziide to the Pavilion Avenue, East Side. 11. Diorama. 12. Swings, exclusivel}' for guests of the proprietor. Visitors using them, or any of the games in Tivoli Hall, will display a sorry return for the courtesies extended in permitting them to yisit the estate. 13(7. Drinking Fountain, " Leaky Boot." Zinc bronze. Froni Berlin. The basin of this fountain is a fine specimen of quartz rock. It was owned and used by Dr. Morton when making his anres- thctics. 14. Iron Mortar used in the Confederate Service. 15. Cherubs Playing on a Lyre. 16. 12 "Mushroom'' Seats. From French Department Centennial Exhibition. 17. Roman Vase. White zinc. iS. Statue on Pedestal, Flora. By Wittig. Black terra- cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Exhibition. 19. Statue on Pedestal, Asia. By Tondeur. White terra-cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Exhibition. 20. Statute on Pedestal, Africa. By Tondeur. Black terra-cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Exhibition. Ridge Hill Farms. 73 21. 3 Green Japanese Seats. Porcelain. 22. I Mottled do. do. 23. 2 Modei-n Seats, Imitation Wooden Stumps. Porce- lain. 24. Minnehaha's Wigwam. Containing a series of S paintings depicting the course of In- temperance. To change the pictures in the stereoscope of Min- nehaha, press on the two buttons. 25. Walter's Garden. 26. Statue on Pedestal, Autumn. Bj Wittig. Red terra- cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Ex- hibition. 27. Eddie's and Walter's Plaj and Ware House. 28. Eddie's Garden. 29. Statue on Pedestal, Evangeline. Red terra-cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Exhibition. 30. Statue on Pedestal, Europe. Bj Tondeur. White terra-cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Exhibition. 31. Statue on Pedestal, Psyche. By Thorwaldsen. White terra-cottac From Italian Department Centennial Exhibition. Pavilion Avenue, * West Side. 32. 9 Rustic Seats, Imitation Stumps of Trees. Colored terra-cotta. 74 Guide to the 33. Chinese Joss (Idol). White marble. 34. A Chinese God. Wood, gilded. Said to be Diabtctus, and to have been idolized for five hundred years. 35. Cats in Council. Black and white zinc. From Vi- enna. 36. Statue on Pedestal, Gladiator Borghese. Zinc bronze. Original in Rome. 37. 2 Antique Marble Lions, dormant. 38. I Silver Reflecting Globe on Ornamented Iron Stand. From Paris. 39. Antelope. Colored zinc. 40. Triple Cushion Seat. Colored tei'ra-cotta. From Florence. 41. Faun, dormant. do. do. 42. 2 Japanese Flower Vases on Pedestals. Colored por- celain. 43. 2 Gnomes. Red terra-cotta. From Bonn, Germany. 44. Triple Cushion Seat. Colored terra-cotta. From Florence. 415. Faun, standing. do. do. 46. 2 Statues, Atalanta and Meilanion. White zinc. Atalanta is recorded in Greek mythology as the daughter of lasos, King of Arcadia, who, having prayed to the gods for a son, was displeased at her birth, and as a mark of his displeasure, exposed her on the Parthenon mount. Here she was nurtured by a she-bear, and grew up to woman- hood, still, however, retaining her virginity, and Ijecoming the Ridge Hill Farms. ^$ most swift-footed of mortals. She vanquished the Centaurs, who sought to capture her, participated in the Calydonian boar-hunt, and engaged in the Pellan games. In course of time, her father was reconciled to her and restored her filial rights to her. But when he urged her to choose a husband, she insisted that every suitor who aspired to win her should first contend with her in running. If he vanquished her, he was to receive her hand as the prize of the victory; and if vanquished, he was to be put to death. Meilanion overcame her by practising the following artifice : As he ran, he dropped three golden apples, the gift of Venus, one after the other, along the course, which so fascinated Atalantathat she could not refrain from delaying to pick them up ; and while she thus delayed, Meilanion gained the race and a wife. And they lived happy ever after, until they were struck by lightning — by Jupiter — for disobeying Iiis commands. 47. Antelope. Stuffed. 48. Elk. do. Floral Art Garden, Balustrade. 49. Blue Majolica Vase with Goat Handles and Oak-leaf Pedestal. 50. 2 Ornamental Japanese Vases. Porcelain. 51. do. Urn Vases, Chinese Decorations. Terre- cuit. From Italian Department, Centennial. 52. Statue, B03' with Squirrel. Zinc. Italian Depart- ment, Centennial. 53. Statue, Bov blowing Bubbles. Rogers. 76 Guide to the 54. Statue, The Djinj Indian Warrior. By P. Stephen- son. White marble. 55. Flower Vase. Porcelain. 56. Statue, Shephcrd-boj' Flute Player. Terre-cuit. 57. 2 Large Etruscan Vases. Terre-cuit. Bronzed. 5S. Statue^ Flora. Zinc bronze. Italian Department, Centennial. 59. Statue, Bacchante. Bronze. 60. Ornamental Porcelain Seat. Chinese. 61. Statue, The Fisher Girl. Terra-cotta. Italian De- partment, Centennial, Philadelphia. 62. Majolica Vases on Majolica Pedestal. Harvest Glean- ers. Wheat and Corn Ornaments. English. 63. Roman Fluted Vase. Majolica. English. 64. Statue, Girl caressing Dog. Zinc. Rhine. 65. do. Girl feeding Pet Eagle. Zinc. Rhine. 65. Greek Fluted Vase. White terra-cotta. 67. Statue, Shepherd Boy. Zinc. Berlin. 63. Ornamental Majolica Vase. England. Niches in Garden Trellis. 69. Japanese Pedestals. Porcelain. 70. Bust, George Washington. Cast, on Pedestal. 71. Statue, Cupid, Silence, Antique, do. do. _ 72. do. Diana de Gabia. Terra-cotta. Ridge Hill Far 7ns. ^7 73. Statue, Ceres. Zinc. 74. Bust, Venus de Milo. Cast, on Pedestal. Floral Art Garden, South Division. 75. Greek Vase with Handles. On Pedestal. White terra-cotta. 76. Fluted Roman Vase. White terra-cotta. 77. do. do. 7S. Fountain. Boy and Girl Courtship under Umbrella. Red terre-cuit. Italian Department, Centennial. 79. Medallion Vase with Handles. Elaborate. Terra- cotta. Rhine. 80. Etruscan Medallion Urn. Snake and Eagle Head Handles. Rhine. Si. Flower Urn. Medusa Head Handles. On bronze Pedestal. Terra-cotta. Rhine. 82. Flower Vase. Ornamented. Terra-cotta. Rhine. 83. Flower Urn. Dragon Handles. Terra-cotta Pedes- tal. Rhine. 84. Statue, Jubilating Faun. Black terra-cotta. 85. Fluted Roman Vase. White terra-cotta. 86. Japanese Flower Stands. Colored porcelain. 87. Seat, Griffins. Terra-cotta. From Rhine. 7^ Guide to the 83. Greek 'S'ase, Grapes. White terra-cotta. From Rhine. 89. 2 Statues, Bacchante. Black terra-cotta. 90. Japanese Seat. Lattice. Porcelain. 91. 3 Japanese Pedestals. Qj.iaint Tentacular four-toed and Scaly Dragons. Highly ilknninated, 92. Greek Vase. White terra-cotta. 93. Ornainented Grape Vase. Black bronze, on Pedestal. From Rhine. 94. Ornamented Grape Vase. do. do. From Rhine. 95. Vine and Grape Vase. White terra-cotta, on Fluted Pedestal. From Rhine. 96. Statue, Hercules and the Nemean Lion. Terra- cotta. Italian Department. 97. Florentine Vase. Terra-cotta, on Granite Pedestal. Italian Department. 98. Group. Trions playing ^yith Dolphins. Red terra- cotta. Italian Department. 99. Fluted Roman Vase. White terra-cotta. From Scotland. 100. Fluted Roman Vase. White terra-cotta, on Pedestal. From Scotland. loi. Etruscan Vase. White terra-cotta. From Scotland. Kidge Hill Farms. ^9 102. 2 Roman Fluted Vases. White terra-cotta. On Stair Balustrade. 103. 2 Roman Fluted Vases. White terra-cotta. On Stair Balustrade. From Scotland. Floral Art Garden, North Division. 104. 3 Reflecting Globes (red, white and blue) on Orna- mented Iron Stands, From Paris. 105. Spatulated Greek Vase. White terra-cotta. Scotland. 106. Wicker-Basket Vase. Iron, on Pedestal. 107. Fluted Roman Vase. White terra-cotta. 108. Statue, ''Hide and Seek. Whoop!" Terra-cotta. Rogers. 109. High Fluted Greek Vase. Terra-cotta. Scotland, no. Spatulated do. do. do. 111. Statue, Flora. By Wittig. Zinc. 112. do. •' Dhudeen-evus Euterpe." 113. High Fluted Greek Vase. Terra-cotta. 114. Wicker-Basket Vase. Iron. 115. Fluted Roman Vase. White terra-cotta. 116. 2 Seats, Imitation Tree Stumps. Red and white terra-cotta. 117. Chapel Fountain, Statue. Venus on the half shell after Finelli. Surrounded by 2 Greek Vine Vases, terra-cotta, and 2 Fruit Vases, white marble. So Guide to the Mosaic Garden. iiS. Wicker-Basket Flower Urn. White terra-cotta. From Scotland. 119. 2 Greek Fluted Vases. White terra-cotta, on Pedes- tals. 120. I Water Lilac Vase. White terra-cotta. Scotland. 121. 2 Florentine Vases. Black do. do. 122. 2 Greek Fluted Vases. White do. do. 123. Bust, Danaide. By Rauch. Wliite zinc. Surrounded by 4 Etruscan Vases, ^vhite terra-cotta, and 2 Florentine Vases, black zinc bronze, 2 Cellini Vases. 124. Reclining Elk. By Rauch. White zinc bronze. 125. Statue, iSIurmuring Waters. B3' Pradier. Black terra- cotta. LowEK. Terrace Balustrade, Antique Venus on the rail. Bust. Etruscan Vase. Bust. George Washington. Terra-cotta. Etruscan Vase. Bust, Sabrina. Terra-cotta. By B. Thorwaldsen. Etruscan Vase. Statue, Goddess of Triumph. Terra-cotta. Etruscan Vase. 126 127 12S 129, 130, 13- Ridge Hill JFarms. 8i 134. Gen. Lafayette. Terra-cotta. 135. Etruscan Vase. 136. Bust, Galileo. Terra-cotta. 137. do. B. Franklin. Terra-cotta. 13S. Statue, Summer. Black do. 139. do. Autumn. do. do. 140. Bust, Ulysses (2d) S. Grant. White terra-cotta. 141. Statue, Cupid playing with Fish. do. do. 142. Etruscan Vase. 143. Bust, A. Lincoln. do. do. 144. Etruscan Vase. 145. Statue, Diana de Gabie. do, do. antique. 146. Etruscan Vase. 147. Bust, Venus de Milo. do. do. (Xo. 14S. Etruscan Vase. 149. Bust, Daniel Webster. do. do. 150. Etruscan Vase. 151. Statue, Psyche. White terra-cotta. B. Thorwaldsen. UxDER Trellis W^ork. 152. Bust, Christoforo Colombo. White terra-cotta, on Pedestal. Aboretum Circle. 153. Fountain, Statues, Greek Slave. H. Powers. Venus. B. Thorwaldsen. 82 Guide to the 153. Fountain, Statues, Venus in the Bath. Pradier. Urania. Antique, surmounted by Tritons and Dolphins. 154. Gnome Drinking-Fountain. Bronze and granite. 155. Statue. Santa Claus. Colored wood. 156. do. Flora. Bj Ranch. Moulded clay. 157. Frog Fountain. " Home, Sweet Home — be it ever so humble, there's no place like home," under an umbrella in a shower. 15S. Boy riding on a Goat. White zinc bronze. 159. Girl do. do. do. do. 160. Boston Fire jNIonument. Four gigantic granite pil- lars saved from the Boston fire, November 9, 1S73. Surmounted by Giovanni di Bologna's statue of Mercviry, the messenger of the Grecian gods. First Department. Norino Tozvcr. Odysseus (Ulysses). Bronze, marble pedestal. Leonardo da Vinci. do. Galileo. do. Richard Cceur de Lion. do. Philippe Auguste. do. Brennus. Parian mai-ble. Ridge Hill Fa7'ms. 83 Bellona. Porcelain. Pattas Athene. Porcelain. Chinese Mandarin. Papier-mache. From Chinese De- partment, Centennial. Chinese Lady. Papier-mache. From Chinese Depart- ment, Centennial. Japanese Armor. do. War Dogs. Bronze. I Mediaeval Armor. Iron and steel. Gladiator Borghese. Bronze. Idol, carved from roots in the Pacific Islands. TlVOLI. I Billiard Table. 3 Tivoli do. I Erratic Spinner, or the Devil among the Tailors. I Stereoscope. Faust, Marguerite and Mephistopheles. Haute relief, Parian. War. Haute relief, Parian. Peace. do. do. The Erl King. Haute relief, Parian. Canova's Venus. Terra-cotta, on pedestal. do. Psyche. do. do. Mary, Qiieen of Scots. Bronze. 84 Guide to the Ceres. Antique medallion. Pomona. do. do. Arcadium. Cinderella. By Cauer. Parian marble. Heads of several famous persons, nodding to all visitors. The visitor, by inserting- his head through the hole in a large card-board suspended at the southwest corner of the hall, will be surprised at finding himself portraited as drinking a mug of ale. Cherubs carrying Globe, on marble pedestal. Antique. Large Fish, from Japan. Victory. Wittig. On Pedestal. ISIedallion Vase. Florentine marble. Ophelia, Canova. Parian marble. Please notice the curious portraying or allegorical hallucination of one afflicted with neuralgia. Courtship in Sleepy Hollow. J. Rogers. Parian. Rip Van Winkle and Snyder. On pedestal. Diana de Versailles. Antique. Parian. Thalia. do. do. Head of Venus. Antique. On pedestal. Silver Globe. Canova's Psyche. On pedestal. do. Hebe. do. Edward the Confessor. On pedestal. Harold. do. Two ancient kings —but, like all mortals, made of clay. Rldgc Hill Fay'fns. 85 Model of Church of Notre Dame in Montreal. Made of wire, and intended foi use as a bird-cage. Paris Exhibition, 1867. Dulcimer. Harp. The printer of this book returns this 85th page, end- ing with the word " Harp," and requires twenty lines, — no more, no less, as all before, and most all after, has been electrotyped, — to fill out this page. The little "imp' has repeatedly tied me down to lines, pressing my crayon to limited minutes of time, in order not to stop his press. It seems as though he was playing on this word " harp," probably " of a thousand strings," leaving me only one, and that one binding me, brains and hand, under his printing-press. The brain, forced, doesn't make forced- meat, but it does Jiash one mentally; and whenever any siding from the subject matter under consideration has occurred, the reader will please credit it to pressing calls to fill the printer's-press vacuum. The encroachment on the Arcadium, which is devoted to such matters as interest children, for the display of certain reminders of those who were children one hundred years ago, is rendered necessa- ry because the owner has no other suitable place to locate the historic household ai tides used by those children of the 17th and i8th centuries, now matured in the eternal life. 86 Gttlde to the TEMPORARILY IN THE ARCADIUM WILL BE FOUND A LOT OF OLD-TIME RELICS, Dating hack to the year 1630, Showing- us how those lived who settled our rocky soil, and toiled in the 17th and iSth centuries, and picturing to our minds the advance of the present age in household art and science. 1. An ancient volume, entitled. " Commentariorvm de Regno Christi," bj Philippo Nicolai. Printed by Johannes Spies, at Frankfort-on-the-Main, in 1597 (2S0 years old). 2. " Harmonia Evangelica." Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1622 (255 years old). 3. German volume, entitled, " A great collection for the religious. In which the belief of right and hon- esty in the life of a Christian and God's children, is eternal, majestic and glorious. Compiled by ]M. Martino Static, Priest of St. John Dantzic, under the superintendence of Henry, John and Arndten Stern." Printed by John and Henry Stern, in Lunenburg, in 1652 (225 j-ears old). Ridge Hill Fai'ins. 87 Gerard's " loannis Vossii de Theologia . Gentiti et Phjsilogia Christiana." Amsterdam, 1663 (214 years old) . " Concordia pia ct Unanimi confeufu repetita Confes- sio." Leipsic, 16S5 (^9- je^i's old). "Johannis Lasseria." Copenhagen and Leipsic, 1701 (176 years old). Bichmann's " Hand Concordance." Leipsic, 1796 (81 years old). Two Ottoman Frames — Made from an English oak table, brought from England by Capt. Abram Brown, in the year 1630, only ten years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Capt. Abrain settled with his companions, the Saltonstalls, in what is now Watcrtown, but was then by the Indians called by the not very classic name of Pigs-gusset. Benjamin Brown, grandson of Captain Abram Brown, was born February 27 A..D. 16S1, prospected and erected his cabin, in 1703, on a high rocky eminence, in what is now Lincoln, but then was a part of Watcrtown. Here, in a very primitive \vay, lived " Deacon Ben," as he was called, with his eleven rugged children. The quaint old furniture and house- hold ware used by " Deacon Ben " have passed from his genera- tion down to his sons, and children's children, to the present time. Consequent upon the death of Miss Abigail IT. Brown, without direct heirs, has resulted the sale, by auction, on August 7, 1S77, of all the quaint collection, gathered and kept well in use in tlais old cabin home, which has now thirty-three rooms g-rafted on to it by the five generations of Browns who have suc- ceeded to its ownership. The simple ways of these descendants, from Abram the captain (but worthy representative of Abra- 88 Guide to tJie ham the Faithful and great sacrificer), has permitted the use of the same old household furniture and house utensils since the house was built in 1703. The innovations of fashion have not reached this primitive hearth home. Descending with the descend- ants, the habit of old association has reserved the same corner for the rag and button bag; the same nooks for fish-hooks, bullet- moulds, etc. ; the same shelf for the flint and tinder-box, though, since the time of lucifer and friction matches, a.d. 1829, this shelf has been otherwise used. As we examine and hunt up the associations connected with the articles bought by tlie owner of the Ridge Hill Farms, at this sale of souvenirs of Capt. Abram Brown, we may well ask our- selves if t!ie advance of art and science, and the greater density of population, lias not deteriorated the nobler attributes of man, so far as relates to honesty, truth and self-sacrifice. Are we of this age of the same bold daring in doing our duty; of the same fearless willingness to suffer for conscience' sake, or to work out any unselfish aim in life? Is it not got to be plot and counterplot ho^v to manipuliitc or control the executive authority for the self- advancement of the few at the expense of the many? Is there not proof of this in the action of the city officials of this present year, by their yielding to the importunate solicitation of the residents in East Boston, known as Noddle's Island, ^vho ac- cepted their habitation, separated by the laws of Nature and of the Great Controller, by a water division, from the other citizens of Boston, and now wish those whom we find, from a careful scru- tiny of the city records, number more than eleven twelfths of the voters, and who pay more than thirty-nine fortieths of the city taxes, to pay for free ferriage to this no-ju beggars'-corner, in their fear that the South Boston flats will be improved and their real estate become " as dead as Chelsea" (was) ? The reader of this " Guide to Ridge Hill Farms " may think this a digression, but he will find his mistake before "Finis" is reached. Tlie reader should reflect, when viewing these evidences of household life of the Ridge Hill Farms. seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, that we of the nineteenth, though living in the age of invention and the useful application of science in matters pertaining to our household, are liable, by having mechanical contrivances do our household work, to regard that class of the human species required to assist us in the " chores " of domestic life, as mere automatic machines, who are to be only '^ pointed" to their duties, supposing that they have been born and trained to a full knowledge of how properly to perform them. They forget that these human organizers (?) required for the domestic duties of every householder have. Top- sy-llke, only '■'■grown " to their work, without any teaching, and therefore should not be regarded "as regular as clockwork" in other than rf/5-organIzing the peace and comforts of the home. The age is progressive. The Constitution, framed in 17S0-81 for our Union of States, requires modllication to hold good for us of the following centiade. The system of elective franchise, the in- fluences warping executive administration, have changed as much as that of household economy since one hundred years ago, and we are required to carefully study the emergencies of our age, and regulate our laws and social life in conformity thereto. The sparse population, and self-sacrificing honesty of the times that are gone, gone, properly permitted every one who paid his petty poll-tax, to have his birth-right privilege of voting. But the great increase of population has very essentially changed the rela- tive dependence upon each other which existed in every small colony. Under the existing system., those paying only two dollars annu- ally, obtain the elective franchise, and by it — inasmuch as they compose four fifths of the voters — they really make the laws which ai-e executed, at the expense of the remaining one fifth who pay forty-nine fiftieths of the entire taxes; in fact, very many im- provements which may be outwardly whitewashed as of a public character, are more for the benefit of a few, and carried out at the expense of a very small proportion, possibly one tenth or less, 90 Guide to the of the citizens, and of those resident in such a section as to have no interest whatever in the so-called piihlic improvement. Thus a very limited class of our citizens in Boston who take no part in paying the bills,, have a four-fifths majority vote in making our laws and expenditures, and this is more or less true of the State and National Executive and expenditures. We find that in 1877 the taxes in Boston are assessed on a total valuation, real and personal, of $686,802,100, which, at the rate ct $13.10 on the thousand dollars of valuation, sums up the total warrant to $8,754,214, of which eighty-six thousand and seven, paying two dollars each, is only $172,014, or less that one fiftieth; and yet those representing this small fraction, control the execu- tive and the expenditures of the city, and consequently the pockets of those who pay more than forty-nine fiftieths of the city taxes. Over seventy-eight per cent of the voters in Boston in a.d. 1S74, were assessed on polls only. One hundred years ago the expendi- tures of the city were very small. The warrant for the years previous to 1S03 are difilcult to trace, by reason of the records having been destroyed by fire. That of 1S03 shows the entire warrant of the town of Boston to be $125,825; the number of tax bills, i.e., number of those assessed, were 44S3, and 1225 bills abated in whole or in part. Thus there was a more equal and average payment of taxes than in these times, when the expendi- tures are largely to benefit a class, or section of, rather than the total of the citizens. The statute as originally enacted, and never changed, provided that one sixth of the warrant should be assessed on polls, but the polls were not ever to exceed two dollars; thus the first part of the law became inoperative, and now the proportion, in place of being one sixth, is only one fiftieth. The double tax on mortgages, which is so oppressive to the poor, should be re- scinded, and the poll-tax should be raised to ten dollars. It would then only net less than one tenth of the total warrant. But if pro rata with the requirements to cover appropriations each year, it would be more equitable, and would check the at present Ridge Hill Farms. 91 tendency to •'jobs" or impropei- and unnecessary expenditures, and lay the foundation for a true civil service reform, which would tolerate, from interested motives, only such in official positions as were suilable for, and worthy of the place. This is quite different from the present system, wherein those who have the majority of the election, and through it the appointing- power, merely make drafts upon the pockets of those who pay forty-nine fiftieths of the taxes, in order to allow lazy John, inefficient Jim, or " treat- ing "George to live in clover and honey. Can we not regulate temperance reform by licensing the sale of ardent spirits in such a sum as is sufficient to cover the annual expenditures for police, criminal courts and correctionary institutions, and collecting pro rata of the remaining taxes required, per capita on the polls, and on such real or personal property as it may be deemed policy to assess ? Cannot the national revenue be collected per capita on the polls, and on specific duties on imports on those articles classed as lux- uries, and thus make voters pecuniarily interested in civil-service reform, and honest importers protected from their dishonorable competitors, who cheat the customs, bribe officials, and generally demoralize the community? Should not international expositions tend to freedom of thought, reciprocity of trade, international protection for the individual of each and every nation from piracy, murder, forgery, theft, and crime of every character? Can this result be reached while we discriminate in favor of certain products and special nations? Can the co-association of citizens as a Friday Reform Club help about a change from the old-rut routine, and place us on a basis more in conformity to that in which our age differs from that which WAS one hundred years ago? Are not these thoughts rationally the legitimate uprisings from viewing these old-time relics, which at once associate the men, the manner of life, and the requisites of the government service of that age in comparison to that in this second centiade of our na- tional existence? 93 Guide to the How much of the old furniture and dinner ware could be shown with as few " chips," from the china, and broken parts of the utensils and furniture, if other than the "gude housewife " and her home domestic daughters had washed, scrubbed and had the care of it! •'Rough and ready," has been the motto. " Rough and honest," should not be as fossils. Reader, please do not be a mere auto- matic-machine thinker as you examine these old-time relics, but reflect upon that which kept these articles in such good condition, and that which is required, in the present time, to conform to the requirements of our age. Many articles have no iaitials or dates designating their age, and are doubtless much older than the date herein given, back to which time initials, corroborated by descriptive wills, deeds and documentary evidence, reliably place them. 9. Square table with out-pointed toed legs. 1735. Top restored with a new one, one hundred years ago. 10. Silver knee-buckles. 1740. 11. Wardrobe or portable closet. 1740. A large portion of the articles following are known to have been in use by the family of Timothy Brown, 2d, who was born a.d. 1750, and married Hannah Lee, of Concord, in 177.J. Some of them were her marriage portion : — 12. Oak Frame Loom, with harness-cards and shuttles for hand-weaving. On this was made the cloth for all the family garments. 13. Flax Reel, Hatchell and Wheel for spinning linen thread. 14. Large Wheel for spinning woollen yarn. 15. Wheel for winding the bobbins. Ridge Hill Farms, 93 16. Reel Swift, on old log pedestal. 17. I Upright-bar, high-back, rush-bottom chair. 18. 9 Cross-bar, high-back, rush-bottom chairs. 19. 4 Parlor chairs, moquetry. 20. Bed Warming-pan. Long iron handle. 21. Looking-glass. 22. Cherry Desk. Secret Drawers. 23. Round two-leaf Table. 24. Pine Cradle, that has rocked many a " lullaby-baby" to sleep. 25. Old Saddle. 26. Snow-shoes. 27. Old Razors, that have got well rested, and thus show a keen, sharp edge. 28. Old Button-bag and contents, including buttons used during the commencement of the present cen- tury. 29. Butter Scales made entirely of wood. 30. Eight Pewter Dinner Plates and two Platters, very heavy, marked " H. L." 31. Three Pewter Porringers, " H. L.," one Pewter Cup, one Pitcher, two Salt Cellars and two Vegetable Basins. 32. Blue and white Cup and Saucer, Swan and Daisy pattern, very old. 94 Guide to the 33- 3 White China Dinner Platters, with blue edge; Chi- na Pepper-box and Mustard Cruet. 34. Set of Dinner Knives, including Carvers and Bone Cleavers; some of which are worn to within two inches of the handle, and two thirds of the origi- nal width of the blade ground away bv sharpening. 1^. Set of " Company Knives," the handles made from the bones of animals. 36. 3 Iron Candlesticks, with hooks to hang them on the back of a chair. 37. 2 Brass Andirons, the iron rests quite burnt through, 38. Baby Chair, used, probably, by all the Brown babies. Its pink covering; induces all babies "to take to it " immediately. All of the above are well authenticated as having been used by Hannah {iiee Lee) Brown, who was married in 1772. Of the following articles, some are nearer the com- mencement of the 19th century, and others again are of ante-bellum (1775) times : — 39. The " Gore " Crib. This was 2'>i'esented to one of the Brown family, perhaps as a marriage gift, by Christopher Gore, who was born in England in A.D. 175S, was Governor of Massachusetts in 1S09-1S10, and in whose office Daniel Webster studied law, and by whose advice Webster declined the position offered to him of clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of New Hampshire, immediately after his admis- sion to the bar. Ridge Hill Par ins. 95 Umbrella. The cloth covering showing that it either never had any color., or if it had, that it was not a fast color. Its frame is of whale- bone, stayed by double wires. The stick and handle is of dark wood, and altogether its general appearance would convey the impression that it had been carefully preserved since its use at the commencement of the rain when Shem, Ham and Japhet, with their father Noah, entered the Ark. Unhappily, the fact that umbrellas were not generally used until A.D. 177S, disturbs the poetry of this antique umbrella. Grain, Snow and Cider-apple Shovels. Made with a jack-knife by Isaac Brown, \Vho was born in i6So, and in his boyhood days was a great whittler. They average twelve by sixteen inches at the shovel part, and have handles vary- ing from four to five feet in length, each whittled by the pocket- knife from one piece of lumber. It seems like chopping down a large tree and whittling the trunk into a tea-spoon. 8 old Jack-knives and 3 loose pocket-knife blades. Five Cider-apple Baskets, Also made by Isaac Brown ; one of them, being nearly four feet in diameter, holds eight bushels, and would be just the thing as a iloral tulbute, filled with one entire hot-house of flowers, to Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, Miss Adelaide Phillips (the *' pretty, pretty Polly Hopkins" of our boyhood associations), or other sweet native songstress. Dinner and Tea Set of Blue Crockery. These were known to be in use about the commencement of the nineteenth century. They are remarkably free from " chipping." Wine Glasses. Were in use by the same Brown family as used the No. 44 Blue Crockery. But these glasses are supposed to be over one hundred ^6 Guide to the years old; and he that interpreted the expression, " Wine is better in old bottles," to mean old glass, would probably get his head turned if he imbibed from these ancestral glasses. 46. Padlocks. One of them very quaint, — reminding one of Bluebeard and the legend age. 47. Chapeau^ marked on a metal tablet "A. H. A. [An- cient and Honorable Artillery] a.d. 163S." By some this might possibly be regarded as made at that date, and to have been worn by Captain Keayne, one of the founders of this antique company, who by his dying bequest left itfive sterling pounds and one new-milch cow, were it not that the imprint on the inside reads "Bent & Bush, Boston;" and most of us well know that this Bush is not so old or Bent with age as to date away back to A.D. 163S. 48. Pair of Rubbers, Sold in 1S34 by John Rogers, not he that was burnt at his stake, but he that has been cornered, ever so many years, at the junction of Tremont St. and Pemherton Square, where old Gardner Green's slippery -elm trees grew, to the delight of slippery school-boys. These Rubbers or Elastic Treaders seem to have been made in a very primitive fashion, apparently after a similar manner that the Irishman described the making of cannon; namely, taking a liole somewhat resembling the foot of Jeremy Drake, for forty-two years the revered cashier of the Freemans National Bank, for whom they were intended, and covering it (the hole) with a very irregu- lar layer of crude gum rubber, one half inch in thickness. Con- trast this old-time elastic foot-dressing of 1S24 with that of Rogers' or H. H. Tuttle's present style of ladies' wear, which are found by the side of it, and tell us if you do not think that it is time to correct the old proverb which reads '• Le style c'est Vliomme" so as to read "Z^ style c'est lafemme" Ridge Hill Farms. 97 Military Coat and Chapeau, Worn by Major-General in the war of iSi3. The Bedstead on which slept General Lafayette at the residence of his Excellency, Governor Eustis, in Savin Hill, Dorchester, in 1824. During the last year of tne administration of President Munroe an invitation had been extended by our General Government to the Marquis de Lafayette, to visit the United States as the guest of the nation. He accepted the invitation, and arrived in New- York on Sunday, August 15, 1S34, with his son George Washing- ton Lafayette. From the Massachusetts " Centinel," and a communication from General W. H. Sumner, of Jamaica Plain, published, in 1S59, in the Historical Register, we clip this history concerning The Table used at the Dinner given by Governor Eustis in honor of General Lafayette, on Friday, August 27, 1824: "His Excellency Governor Eustis had directed two of his aides, with conveyances, to be at the line of the Commonwealth, in Paw- tucket, to await the arrival of Lafayette, who reached there at six P.M., Monday, August 23d, and rode all night, being received by the villages en rouie with greetings of ladies and citizens and bon- fires; in Dedham, by a general illumination of the houses; in Roxbury, by salvos of artillery; and escorted by numei-ous citi- zens he reached the mansion of his Excellency Governor Eustis, in Dorchester, at two o'clock Tuesday morning, thus redeeming his pledge that he would be in the vicinity of Boston on Mon- day." General Sumner thus writes : " The Governor gave an elegant breakfast, and then the troops, which were ordered for the escort, proceeded with him to Boston. On reaching the State House the 98 Guide to the Governor then welcomed Lafayette in a formal manner, in the name of the Commonwealth, the ceremony taking place in the Council Chamber." *' The following day being Commencement at Cambridge, La- fayette was the honored guest of the University. His seat upon the platform in the meeting-house, where the usual ceremonies of the occasion were performed, was on the right hand of the Gov- ernor. On the opposite part of the platform, where I had my seat, the Governor beckoned to me, and on approaching him, interven- ing the parts, he addressed me rapidly: ' I wish to speak to you. Gen. Sumner, in your capacity as Quartermaster Genci-al, or as Commissary General, as I might more properly express it, to ask you if you can get me a dinner at my house to-morrow, in honor of this gentleman and thirty or forty others whom I intend to invite, many of whom are here?' I replied that I had not had much practice in providing dinners, in my capacity of Quarter- master General, and that the powers of Commissary General were not confided to me. Gov. Euslis said, ' If so, I know you have had great experience in getting dinners at home.' I said that I would, individually, do everything that I could to ac- complish his wishes. I would state to him, however, for his consideration, that all the provisions and delicacies of the mar- ket had been selected for the entertainment at Cambridge that day, and that all the public servants who could be hired, were also at Cambridge, and it would be as difficult to collect his guests on the next day as it would be to get provisions or ser- vants for the entertainment. But, I said, ' If you will postpone it one day, I will take upon myself the responsibility that it shall be done, although I do not know, at the present time, whom I shall employ to do it.' The G9vernor said, ' I see it is impossi- ble, as you suggest, to have it to-morrow ; but I will ask him for Friday, upon tlie assurance you have given, for I know of no one else that I can call upon to assist me.' "Although it was not a part of my public duty to provide an enter- Ridge Hill JFarins. 99 tainment for his. company at his private mansion, I daresay the Governor thought my duty would be embraced in the order which he had given me. "As this was the first time he had called upon me to do anything but office busines'=, and especially as he had recently come into power, succeeding Gov. Brooks, by the election of the democratic party, in opposition to that under which I held my office, I did not think it worth while to be very particular. I therefore ^vent to work, with more zeal perhaps than I should have done if the enter- tainment had been given by the Governor's predecessor, or by any one else of the same party in politics. ' Well,' said the Governor, ' I must tell you another thing, sir, and that is, that I do not wish to give Mrs. Eustis any trouble except that which results from the use of the house. They may have my kitchen and my parlors and my chairs and tables; but as to having my knives and forks, and plates and dishes, they shall not have one of them. My decanters I will iill with wine and other suitable liquors, which shall be de- livered to the man who prepares the dinner, in proper order to place upon the table. Now, dp you think you can get any person to undertake it on those terms? If so, I will ask Lafayette to dine with me on that day, as he is soon to leave this place.' I said ' that it was something of an undertaking to do it so suddenly, and on those terms, and that I knew of but one man who could ac- complish it, and that I would go to see him that afternoon and get him to do it, or let him know that evening, if he would delay giving- his invitation to the principal guest for a few hours.' " I went.toCol. Hamilton of the Exchange Coffee House, an ex- cellent, cool-headed and systematic caterer, upon any sudden emergency, in his own house, whose ability I had often witnessed in giving some of the most splendid entertainments that Boston, at that time, exhibited. Hamilton acceded to my request, and agreed to undertake it, as, he said, * that for a guest to whom the nation owes so much, every person ought to do the best he can. Though it would seem to many almost impossible to accomplish [oo Gttide to the this, you may rest assured, Gen. Sumner, that it shall be done as well as I can do it.' I replied, ' You had better go out to the Governor's, and see how he wishes his tables laid, and what you will need, before you do anything else.' He did so, and satisfied the Governor that it should be all accomplished in the manner he desired, \vithout any trouble to Mrs. Eustis. «'At the dinner the plates were placed on the outside of a horse- shoe table, in the hall, leaving the inside open for the attendance of the servants and the change of dishes. There were between thirty and forty guests, the Governor taking his position at the head of the table, with Lafayette on his right. Gen. Dearborn on his left, the late Gov. Brooks second on the right, the Lieutenant- Governor and Council, the Governor's Military Staff and otlier guests, which are not now recollected, seated on each side." 52. The Coach owned by Governor Eustis, And in which, on the right side, on the rear seat, rode General Lafayette, on Tuesday, August 24, 1S24, when ofiicially received in possession by the Executive of the Commonwealth, and the Executive of the City of Boston, and with great ovations by the masses of citizens. It is recorded of Governor Eustis " that be- fore his inauguration he rode only in an open wagon with one horse, which was familiarly known as his electioneering wagon, it was so often seen during the canvass at the gates of his political friends. After his inauguration he kept a very handsome coach. Governor Brooks, his predecessor in ofSce, never owned a four- wheeled carriage, but always drove with a single horse and chaise." These Eustis-Lafayette souvenirs were purchased for Ridge Hill Farms from Fred. Ilassam, of Dorchester, who bought them at the sale of the Eustis estate and effects, in the year a.d. 1S64. We must leave to the imagination of the visitor many articles which we cannot enumerate herein. The *' sweetness," whatever there may be of it in this Ridge Hill Fai-ms. loi Guide, is now long drawn out. The patience of the reader, although endowed with a large allotment from old Biblical Job (the supposed inventor of the Job wagon), has been, probably, quite exhausted. We have given that important, none-other-such rare-ripe scholar, the book critic, a big capital or Archimedian lever, with which, petard-like, to hoist us so far into the heavens above, and then drop us down, down into the region below, as to save jou, reader, from another similar infliction to this Guide, the first pages of which went to press with a size selected for a ten to fifteen page pamphlet, which we are likely now to string out to near one hundred and thirty, largely because the printer's "devil" has so continuously pressed us ''for copy," and our obstinate wish to '* give him his dues." We wish to give j^ou a bit of rest, and an opportunity to commune with that one whom you think the most of in all this world, and whom you so often lead astray, — your- self ; we wish to tickle your individual glory, incite your heart to controlling you to active co-operation and co-association in the important work which is on before, and toward which this is the Guide, as will be enumerated in part three joined hereto. The hand that obeys the will of the heart has myste- riously lead us to dive deep into the statistics of history, and controlled our plumbago hieroglyphics (the frequent I02 Guide to the calls of the printer's " devil-apprentice" have led us to lay aside the porcupine quill) toward that work of Social Science, the Aim of Life, which we expected would be reached at a subsequent step. We do not heg you to hear us yet awhile and favorably consider our plea. We only sa}', if you do not care further to read this, then don't. Read, if you read, act, if you act, of your own free will. Let your heart be its own mentor. Do that which your heart dictates, freely, and do not wait for solicitation. If you take no interest, have no sympathy, in that to which this Guide — and the entire Ridge Hill Farm estate — por- tends, then say so, and oppose it with all your might and main; — and by so doing, ^^ou may incite to activity those showing a lukewarm interest, and be of more service than if you took out your pocket-book and helped lay the corner-stone. Finis. Yours, at service, PLUMBAGO CRAYON. NOTE. Before enchaining your mind by that which follows in the third part, we wish to give proper credit, first, to Antonio Passucci, a young Italian, now having his studio at 7 Pemberton Square, Boston, for the large painting showing the State House, and the portraits of the promi- nent statesmen of our Massachusetts Bay Colony in the Ridge Hill Farms. 103 17th and i8th centuries, the panel paintings and the niche statuary of the Boat-house, and for the panel cartoons done by him at the Piggery. Second, to W. L. Williams, artist, still engaged at Ridge Hill Farms, who painted Lief Ericson (in less than ten hours' work), and that of the large cartoon seen on the roof of the black and gold stable, por- traying the Horses of the Sun and the attendant Horen. By the aid of the Camera and lime-light this subject was magnified, from a five-inch square negative, to cover a can- vas measuring 16x34 feet; this the artist outsketched with charcoal crayons, in thirty-five minutes, and with a rapid- ity of hand and brain quite deserving of this special com- mendation, finished the relievo painting in less than forty hours' actual work. He is now engaged on the " Union of Hopes and Union of Hearts," for the Union Monument Headquarters. Those qualities required by the host to execute numerous projected illuminations at fetes or surprises for the grounds, and give finishing brush- touches to ornamental works, buildings, &c., have been found in the artist Williams, and with him, and the general superintendent, Richard Greaves, has the host communed when planning the work seen accomplished at Ridge Hill Farms. Of the superintendent nothing need be said, inas- much as "by his deeds shall ye know him." The garden I04 Guide to the speaks, as no words can, of the skill and taste of the man. Earnest, zealous, and with his whole heart engaged many, majty, many consecutive nights, continued far into the morning hours, has he, with matches and candles, walked over the grounds with the owner, building castles in the air, removing obstacles to progress, projecting ornamen- tal water-works, fountains, artificial ponds and lakes, and planning wonders underground. The architect who has most assisted the host at Ridge Hill Farms is George F. Meacham, of Boston; not bound, as many architects are, to variations of only one school of study; originating with a free hand, conforming to the projector's views, yet finishing and harmonizing with a classic touch, — to him is entitled the credit of displaying the master-hand in all such structures as may be admired at Ridge Hill Farms, while those not pleasing, and where the " classic touch " is out of sight, may be credited to — somebody else. ERRORS AND OMISSIONS. Seven of those who, by special permission, were allowed to pass through the grapery on August 25, were reported as having stolen Hamburg grapes. The lady in black, about fifty years of age, who divided her spoils just out- side, did not give her son a very moral maternal lesson. Lovers of others' fruits are cautioned against man and Ridge Hill Fai'ins. 105 woman traps, shower-baths, swarms of hornets, wasps and bees, so arranged that the least touch of a grape-stem maj revolve the flapper, tumble the fluids, or electrify the var- mints, and get the biter bit. Those who used the Norino Tower as a spittoon on August 29, must remember that those who expectorate in private houses, cannot expect-to-rate as gentlemen. A fair sample of this class is that of a party of seven who came to the Registry Ofiice on Tuesday, September 4, the spokesman saying, " We wish to go everywhere and see everything on this place; will >'ou tell us where to go.?" The lady in charge described, in detail, the places of interest, and added, "You will sign your names on the register, and then you can go everywhere on the grounds, in the hot-houses, amimal houses. &c. ; but if you wish to go into the Tower, Arcadium, Grotto and Camera, you will have to pay twenty-five cents each for the service em- ployed." — "It is an imposition — a regular humbug — to get us out here and charge us this. Mr. Baker is feathering his pockets nicely." — '' Mr. Baker does not get one cent of it, any more than you do, sir ; if there be anything over the sum necessary to pay the wage of twentj^ persons, em- ployed exclusively, by reason of permitting visitors to the grounds and buildings, it is to be given to a Boston charity ; if you came on the regular visiting days, Wednesdays or o6 Guide to the Saturdays, the service-fee would be only ten cents. To protect himself from being swarmed with visitors every day, and in order to cover the expense of keeping those employed on the off days, the fee was set at twenty-five cents for the off days." — " All stuff" and nonsense, madam : I know better than that ; I don't believe a word of it. It is all a catch and a lie. The charity is all pop-in-cock ; and Mr. Baker puts it all in his pocket." — "This is not a pub- lic garden, sir, where any one who pays can come. It is not advertised as you say, sir. It is a private estate, kept up at a great expense, very mucli greater expense by reason of the thefts, carelessness and lawlessness of the visitors whom he permits freely to visit the grounds, if they merely register their names. The fees to enter the buildings may cover for the service, but most certainly do not cover for the thefts, indiscretions and breakage, of visi- tors. If you object to the fee, register your name, sir, and you can go anywhere on the grounds except on the avenue immediately in front of the owner's front door." — "Well, I am here, and I don't mean to come again, so I must, I suppose, submit to the extortion — here's your pay ; " and he ostentatiously displayed a large roll of bills, the smallest of which was found to be of the denomination of ten dol- lars ; which, as Miss Ward could not change at that hour Ridge Hill Farms. 107 of the morning, one of the ladies accompanying him finally presented a five dollar greenback. This man was about fifty-five years of age, semi-gray hair, and keeps a hotel in Boston, the printed cards of which, about three weeks previous to this, Sept. 4th inst., were found strewn on the ground on the Arboretum Knoll, with a large lot of garbage from some picnic baskets, con- sisting of rinds of watermelons, pastry and old meat bones, the which are not ornamental to dressed grounds. Such deposits, and his insinuating language at the Registry'' Of- fice, try the patience of the owner and those assisting him, and suggest the thought to one and all, that it would be pleasing to have him keep away and leave his old bones in some other place. Many strangers, on being requested to register their names, say, " How absurd ! " " What foolishness ! " "What does the old fool want us to sign our names for ! " These left-handed compliments to the owner and employes are not rare and exceptional, but frequent, and so prominent and annoying as to severely test the patience of a saint, though he may have charity oozing from every one of the pores in each square inch of the mortal frame. Those y^\\o j) reach about the soft answer subduing this tainted talk, are here wanted to practise that which they preach, and heap coals of fire on the heads of those '" Inno- loS Guide to till cents Abroad," who, doubtless, make a large display of thin-skinned courtesy and politeness when in their homes. Miss Harriot Ward, who has the charge of the Register Book, and acts as an animated guide, is compelled to keep her tongue in perpetual motion answering funny questions, and is a regular American Nightingale (sister to Florence) in her opportunities to dispense from the medicine chest, indicate a quiet nook for rest to some fatigued and aged lady, or for some fond mother to put her baby to sleep. The sweet spices of her life are diversified and solaced Avith the oily talk of some, and the sharp, sour vinegar froth of others, fitting her to conquer, by faith and patience, while contending with these insect torments, quiet rest in the Registry Office above. To which, however, we hope she will not go at present, even if she is over forty, but remain in charge of this Registry here below, giving practical les- sons in courtesy and gentle bearing, even towards those who are forgetful of all other than their own selfish wants. The indiscretions for the month of August have been numerous and annoying. The devices to avoid paying the service-fee have been frequent. The reported penurious- ness of the host in requiring the service-fee of those who visit the Ridge Hill Farms, and for allowing his children to sell peacock feathers, have been frequent and amusing. Such lack of consideration expressed by acts and words Ridge Hill Farms. 109 show the character of some of our American "people;" and those having art galleries, or art arboretums which they are benevolently inclined to allow strangers to visit, have been constrained, by similar discourtesies and abusive acts, to close their doors to all. Any one wishing to study character can find it well diversified by passing any Wednesday or Saturday at the Registry Office, in the Grotto, or about the grounds at Ridge Hill Farms. Newspaper scribblers can fill a column any day with the peculiarities of peculiar people. ADDITIONS. Reached Ridge Hill Farms September 3, two Java Deer from Angers. These are about two years old, full growth, and yet are not larger than a medium-sized cat. This class are the cunningest little deers in the world. Deer Tonitnie died on September 4, and Little Deer Jeiuiie needs your deer sympathy. September 9th, arrived safely the two Seneca bears here- inbefore described. Which description, on being read from printer's proof to Josiah Quincy, he corroborates the supposition concern- ing Florida having been the Garden of Eden, by the state- ment that other parts of our nation have some indications of antique visitors and settlers, inasmuch as the Potomac River is evidently from the Greek word potatnos, meaning no Guide to the a river; and the Piscataqua River from the words ^/5ce5 et aqua ; thus giving us some ground to think that the Greek and Latin races visited our shores in bj-gone ages and left the mounds and pottery which so disturb our archaeologists, unless it was by the children of Israel, who by some are. supposed to have had the honor, long before Christopher Columbus, of having visited our shores, and deserted it by reason of the porcineograph outlines of these United States which they prophetically foresaw (see p. 131) or of some fatal disease which destroyed the settlers and led them ever after to eschew the porcus family and the country which resembled it. The only weak part in this chain of evidence is the fact that it is not recorded that the Jews spoke Latin or Greek, although they, of course, spoke their own language, — Hebrew. But as our venerable friend tells us of this derivation of the Potomac River, and as the Quincys have ever been prominent in good works, particularly in establishing the Quincy or Fanuiel Hall Market, we accept his verification that the ancient Grecians came here, or else sent their language here, — which accounts (through the Quincy Market) for the name of " Modern Athens," because our citizens literally live in Grease, under the present sys- tem ( ?) of cookery. Ridcre Hill Farms. m She (iDUavity licsievvatiaw Of land on the 7th or Charitj' day of the Fraternal Wel- come Fete (July 14th, 1S76), is bounded by Charles River on the south and Avest, and by Charles River Street on the north. It encloses 350 acres, some of it in plateaux, by the river side, and again, on the high land, well suited for cultivation ; while other parts are diversified b_y hills and knolls, cold springs and pine-tree groves. Here is an Artificial Fish-Pond covering five acres, stocked two years ago with 30,000 trout spawn, and this spring with 2000 small-fry California salmon. Near hy is the ornamental Wood Tower, 90 feet in height, for the Eclipse Windmill, which is thirtj^ feet in diameter. This mill, with average wind, has about six-horse power, and lifts a five-inch column of water from the cold spring (4S degrees Fahrenheit) up to, and fills, in from four to five hours, the Reservoir, holding 50 000 gallons, on the Water Tower. When all the fountains ai-e continued in full play for a length of time the No. 14 Blake Steam Pump can fill this reservoir in three hours. Southwest of the Artificial Fish-Pond, and near the Charles River, is the Riverside Herd-Barn, which in 1S71 112 Gziide to the formed one of the cluster of farm buildings near the pres- ent site, of the Chilian Pavilion. It was moved, full of ha^', over three fourths of a mile, and placed here. It can accommodate, in its basement and on the first floor, fiftvcows. Those here found at the evening milking hour consist of the Ayrshire, Brittany and Jersey stock. The niost interesting of the latter breed are the two mouse- colored cows found on the north side in the fourth and fifth stalls from the east end. One of them is called the '•'•Belle of Wellcslcy ,'"' and was so named by the guests attending the fete on July 4, iSjp, called tlie " Heifer-Calf Party ; " each one invited having been requested to offer, in prose or rhyme, a name for the Jersey heifer, Avhose pedigree was specified. A committee of three was chosen, consisting of Rev. Edward Everett Hale and Franklin W. Smith, of Boston, and -Judge James W. Austin, of the Sandwich Islands, who selected eleven names from those submitted, and these were put to vote until the assemblage made clioice of " The Belle of JVellesley," and the programine of the christening followed. The other cow was named in a sim- ilar fashion on July 4, 1S71, at the fete specified as *" The Eddie and Walter and Belle of Wellesley's daughter pai'ty." * The names of the two children of the proprietor. Rldgc Hill FartJis, The name selected Avas ^^The Maid of the Misf.^" These two cows have been exceptionally attractive on many fete days, yielding, apparently, an w^/Z/wZ/rr/ quantity of milk, which, on being tasted by the guests, was found to be verj' strongly tinctured with the "plated spoon," or Old Medford, giv- ing rise to many surmises as to these cows having browsed on rum-cherry foliage. The milker was carefully scrutin- ized, but no trick was discovered, the guest being allowed to take the teat in hand and taste his own milk- ing. The phenomenon is thus accounted for : The fifth teat was of rubber, painted like the four others, and attached with gluten to the cow; connected with it was a very small rubber tube glutinized to the hind leg and colored to harmonize ; thence it followed the woodwork, painted to match, to the hayloft, and there connected with a receptacle of warm milk punch. South of this Herd-barn is the Corner-Slotie Piggery^ so named because the laying of the corner stone, on June 19, 1S75, was the occasion of a frolic given in honor of the 5th Maryland National Guard and representatives of the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, S.C., of the Light Artillery Blues of Norfolk, and of the Knights Tem- plars of Richmond, Va., who were visiting Boston as participants in the Bunker Hill Centennial. The host received his guests in a Marquee Pavilion 114 Guide to tin on the Conservatory Lawn near his residence. They then marched in procession or were conveyed in picnic wagons to the site of the new piggery. Prominent guests were seated on the pLatform there erected, 'and the others gath- ered on the sida of Charity Hill. The Rev. Minot J. Savage, of Boston, opened the proceedings by prayer that from this frolic good miglit come; that men as they re- ceived pleasure should be mindful of extending it to those, daily met, overburdened with the cares and ills of life. The Governor, William Gaston, followed, welcoming the guests from the South to the farm districts of Massa- chusetts. Curtis Guild, representing the city authorities, apologized for the absence of the Mayor in such a fashion as elicited roars of laughter froni the three thousand guests assembled on the hillside. Col. Andrews, of South Carolina, responded for the Southern guests in such choice language as won for him the admiration of all tlie ladies present. The host then improvised a part which was as much a surprise to the Marshals as to every one else, excepting Col. Jenkins, the Commander of the Maryland 5th Regiment, to whom he communicated his thought, and finding that the joke was heartily endorsed, he addressed Col. Jenkins, saying that he found his Regiment lacking in only one particular, that of not having any adopted " Daughter of the Regi- Ridge Hill Farms. J 15 ment," as had many European military organizations. Therefore the host proposed to ofter the Maryland 5th 7inc fillc du rcgiiiioit — would the Regiment adopt her? The responsive " yli'^ " Avas strong - and unanimous, and was only drowned by the cheers and roars of laughter which followed the host's taking from a large basket, which was just then brought to him, a small white pig, and presenting it with all due fonnality to Col. Jenkins, who responded, holding with his left hand the little infant to his heart, while the right hand moved in harmony to his felicitous speech, which continued the laughter. As he was about to return to his seat the host again addressed him, saying that there had been a mistake inade by his farm errand boy sent to get the pig, who had been directed to bring a Berkshire, which was of stock that had been imported direct to Ridge Hill Farins from the Qiieen of England's farm at Windsor, — thinking it appropriate, in this Cen- tennial year, to symbolize the good feeling then existing between Old England, froin whoin we cut the apron strings one hundred years ago, and Massachusetts, Maryland and the South, with the latter having had more recently some misunderstanding. But now, as in all other cases, the white had got ahead of the black species, >'et the host tendered the Berkshire, of another sex, to keep the Ches- ter company. At this offering of the black pig there Il6 Guide to the were loud cheen* for ''The Twins." The continuance of this history of the miscegenation twins may be better described by here copying; the following letter from the host, and the account from the Baltimore newspapers of what followed : — Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, Mass., June 29, 1S75. Col. J. Strickkr Jenkins, FiftJi Rcg-imoit Mdiylattd Natioual Guards Balii' more, Md. My dear Sir, — The daughter of your regiinent, or the younger of the two Centennial pigs presented to you at the laying of the corner-stone of the new piggery at Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, is yet only a sucking pig from a litter of June 6, and I have therefore delayed forwarding it, I intend to send her by Adams i' brushed the flies from off the baby with a pahn-leaf fan. Garbage horns were used to amuse the babe and keep it from crying. THE ROUTE OF PROCESSION. The route of procession was the same as printed in the 122 Guide to the daily papers. Broadwaj' was densely crowded by anxious bystanders of all classes in life, who were eager to witness the carnival. As the procession moved along Baltimore Street, the crowd swelled at every step, and when it at length halted at the armory, the multitude was countless. AT THE ARMORY. Upon reaching Parade Avenue, the lost baby, whom some one thought was little Charlie Ross, was carried in and laid upon the floor. It did some crying, as was nat- urally expected, the large hall being filled with strangers. Some candies were administered, but the youngster con- tinued to yell until some one spoke of sirup of squills and paregoric, and then the infantile music at once ceased, and the ladies took it in charge and put it in its little bed. BRING ON YOUR PIGS. The squeakers were next seized by the Modocs and car- ried in, guarded by the K.K.K.'s. A gun-stand was placed in the centre of the spacious armory, and the objects of attraction carefully laid upon it. The ladies in the galleries tried the suicidal plan of letting themselves drop from their elevated position in their anxiety to welcome the little guests, but they were held back by their gentle- men friends. As ' Loney ' is young and tender, a guard was placed around him to keep off the rush. The officers Ridge Hill Pai'nts. 133 who had been mounted on mules sent them home to their owners. The crowd soon dispersed, and the grandest carnival that Baltimore ever witnessed was at an end." The Hog — Porcus (or Suidce Sus of the ancients) — family, in its wild and in its domesticated state, has habits which make it prominent above all other animals. They are thick-skined, and to the general observer are obtuse in most of their faculties. To the contrary, however, their sense of smell, sight and taste are in high perfection. The sense of hearing is very acute. They prefer vegetable to animal food. They are voracious, bold, and of immense strength. In their wild state they are the fiercest denizens of the forests of Europe and Asia. The lower grade called peccary, found extensively in Central and South America, is of a small size, and although not so strong as the true hog, 3'et most disagreeable to contend with, and man has but a slight chance of escape if attacked by them. They herd together, and are said to have leaders, or such as direct them in their fights. If taken young, they display great affection for such as are kind to them, and affiliate with dogs or other pet animals. There are many species of the hog family which are only of the Irish-cousin relationship orfamilv to the perfect- ed porcus, such as the Guinea pig^ the hog-deer of Java and the Indian Archipelago, the four-horned hog of Abys- 124 Guide to the sinia. The xvater hog^ semi-web-footed, lives upon fruit, corn, sugar-canes, and eats all the fish it can catch. The Spanish tatous (hogs in armor), the Dutch porcupine, called the iroii-hog: the porpoise has by -some been des- ignated as the sca-kog, and Aristotle writes o{ the /iog-ape. More than of anj other animal, naturalists have studied the habits of the hog family. Cuvier's memoir on the fossil bones of the hog, to the French Academy, in 1S09, Professor Owen in his work on Brtish Fossil Mammalia, and numerous other writers, have attracted the attention of other than naturalists to this higher order of animal life. The term hog is derived from a Hebrew word, meaning to encompass or surround ; suggested by the round figure in his fat and most natural state, and " narrow eyes." 1491 B.C., Moses inscribed those laws which imply that pork must have been the prevailing food of the Israelites prior to that date. The Greeks held it in high esteem, while with the Romans every art Avas put in practice to impart a finer and more delicate flavor to the flesh, to gratify the epicureanism of this people. Pliny writes that they fed swine on dried figs, and drenched them to repletion with honeyed wine. The Porcus Trojanus was a verv celebrated dish, and one that eventually became so extravagantly expensive, that a Ridge Hill Farms, 135 sumptuary law was passed respecting it. It consisted of a whole hog with the entrails drawn out, and the inside stuffed with thrushes, larks, becaficos, oysters, nightin- gales, and delicacies of every kind, and the whole bathed in wine and gravies. Another dish was a hog served whole, the one side roasted, the other boiled. Varro records that the Gauls produced the finest swine's flesh, and Strabo reports that in the reign of Augustus, they supplied Rome and all Italy with gammons, hog- pudding, hams and sausages. =•' Some of the ancients have held tlic hog as entitled to divine honor. In the Island of Crete it was regarded as sacred, and in several parts of India it was regarded as the favored of the gods, and the best intermediator for man. The Jews, Egyptians, and followers of Mohammed, alone appear to have abstained front its use. Tacitus writes that the Jews abstained from it in consequence of a leprosy to which the hog is very subject. Plutarch and other writers write concerning the flesh being strong, oleagin- ous, difficult of digestion, and liable to produce cutaneous diseases; and state that the Israelites were overrun with * Two young graduates of Harvard College, resident in Sout'iboro' and Framingham, Mass., are now doing the same work for our Boston, excepting only the hog pudding, which no doubt would have a large sale if as dainty as their sweetmeats of pork. 26 Guide to the leprosy at the period of their quitting Egypt. Thus Moses found it 'necessary to enact a law prohibiting the use of swine flesh. Plutarch states that those who drank the milk of the swine, became blotchy and leprous. Abstinence being necessary to health, the burning sun in Egypt, Syi'i^j ^^nd parts of Greece, will account for the prohibition of pork by the priests and legislators. " Order is Heaven's first law." " Cleanliness is next to godliness." The hog is naturally much more cleanlj- in his habits than many of those who say he isn't. A writer in the sixteenth century asserts squarely, that " the hog is the cleanest of all animals." Many other nat- uralists endorse this. Martin writes, that " if the stye or yard be covered with filth, it is as disgraceful to the keeper as it is injurious to the animal. The hog actually suffers, for naturally he delights in clean straw; his twinkling eyes and low grunt expressing his feelings of content- ment."* * The " N.ituralist Library" gives this incident: "A pig tliat had been kept several days a close prisoner to liis stye, was let out for the purpose of its being cleansed and his bed replenished. The pig immediately ran to the stable, from winch he carried several sheaves of straw to his stye, eacli time holding tliem in his mouth by the band. The straw, being intended for anotlier use, was carried back to the stable; but the pig, at the first favorable opportunity, regained it." Ridge Hill Fai-jiis. 127 The only motive which induces the hog to wallow in the mire is to protect his skin in the heat of summer from the scorching rays of the sun, and from the attack of winged-insect persecutors. In France, the traveller will find the pig in the houses of the peasantry, scrupulously neat, and displaying great affection towards those who are kind to them. This bond of sympathy becomes so strong that when the killing-time comes, the services of a neigh- bor have to be asked to kill their /f/. The pig, if allowed his liberty, Avill avoid all filth, and if petted will become as obedient as the dog, and display a greater sagacity or reasoning power. Darwin says, " It is a sure sign of cold wind when pigs collect straw in their mouths and run about crying loudly." Foster says, "When hogs shake the stalks of corn, and thereby spoil them, it indicates rain." Linnceus records that " the hog is more nice in the selection of his vegetable diet than any of our other domesticated herbivorous animals, rejecting all but 73 varieties of plants, while the horse, sheep, goat and cow eat from 262 to 449 varieties. In France and Italy, swine are employed in hunting for truffles, that grow six inches below the surface of the soil ; wherever they stop and begin to root with their nose, truffles will invariably be found. If, then, as naturalists assert, the pig is gifted with an exquisite sense of smell. 128 Guide to the thcv must be acutely sensitive to all the injurious physical influences arising from the filth in Avhich they are impris- oned, and their flesh must consequently be alTected by trichinx\a, or otherwise poisoned for table use. We arc led to enlarge upon this subject of the forctis family, its care, tS:c., inasmuch as its flesh is more generally used for table food than that of any other animal. It is the flesh food most preferred and consumed in each one of oin- union of States. By reference to the Statistical Department at Washington, we find that that portion of these Avhich have been raised in the cornfields of the West are sound and healthv. But excepting a few, who care for their pigs as daintily as the Harvard graduates hereinbe- fore cited — who will no doubt be sm-prised at this unan- nounced allusion — most of the pigs raised among what may be called our home farmers, are kept in filth\' pens and yards, and the flesh is unfit for market. The flesh of those swine f^d on city garbage is liable to be unfit for market, inasmuch as this garbage is often fer- mented and sour. vVnd thus the City of Boston, by the disposition of its garbage, directly aids — unless by a more thorough supervision by its Board of Health — in filling our hospital wards with patients diseased from eating un- wholesome pork. ■Ridge Hill Farms, 129 And here may be the proper place to inform you that we have led you, reader, purposely in the dark as to the REAL object of this printed Guide. We have apparently digressed from our guide-walk, and introduced history, mythology, and alluded to peculiar acts of city officials ; but there has been a motive in all this — partly to interest and amuse, but looking toward a reform much needed in this age so tinctured Avith bribery and legislative or other executive enactments to benefit the few at the expense of the many. Will you co-operate in this reform ? Please to take out 3'our pencil and jot down your approval or criticisms upon this that herein follows. Agassiz tells us that fish diet improves the brain. Althiough the fish has the smallest brain, compared to its size, of all animal life, Agassiz' s statement may possibly be true, by reason of the phosphates composing its flesh ; yet he omits to inform us that the cookery of fish lets ^o the phosphates or ozmozone, consequently the brain would be much more active if we did, as consumers of their own species do, swallow the fish alive, and thus get all the phosphates.* * The recent discoveries of a gentleman in the State of Maine, that the juices expressed from the flesh of the manhaden, separated from the oil, is not disting-uishable, when Similarly served, from beef tea, is destined to revolutionize our hospital life, and, we hope, will 130 Guide to the If fish diet improve the brain of the human species, may we not adduce the fact that swine flesh will debase or ele- N-atc the intellect of our race, according as it is more or less inflicted by trichinica, from being imprisoned in filthy pens and yards? Although the writer never eats any part of the swine, he yet believes its flesh may agree, when properly bred and cured, with others' palates. The Hog fairiily displays more intellect, or arc intui- tively more susceptible of education, than any other animal. In recognition of this we have the " Porcellian Club," one of the most reclusive of the social clubs at the Harvard University. There was on exhibition in Philadelphia, during the Centennial season, an educated pig, of which many have been exhibited throughout the country. By kind treatment he has been taught to look at your Avatch, and on being asked to tell you the time, to pick up and deposit at your feet the number or num- bers nearest to the hour indicated by your watch. On being asked to tell you who was one of the greatest statesmen of our age, or in answer to other ques- tions worded by the visitor, he would pick up the card lessen the quantity of poisoned leaf tea now imported from the so- called " heathen Chinee, ''•who seems to be, however, " civilized" in his adulterations. ■ Ridge Hill Inarms. 131 having the name of Daniel Webster, or of some other, upon it as would in piggy's mind ( ?) properly answer the ques- tion. Arithmetical questions in addition, multiplication and subtraction were also correctly answered. This was by no trick of the showman. Similarly educated pigs are recorded by naturalists. One was exhibited in Pall Mall, London, in the year 17S9, which had been taught to pick up letters, written upon pieces of card, and arrange them into words. As the Universal Yankee Nation are known as a " calculatitig'' race, it is eminentlj' proper that this animal of mind, the calculating Hog, should symbolize us as a nation. We have no cause then to be, ashamed of the porcineo- graph designed by the host at Ridge Hill Farms, and given by him as a Centennial souvenir in 1S76 to such residents in Virginia, South Carolina, and the South, as participated the previous j-ear at the laying of the corner-stone of the Ridge Hill Farms Piggerj'. It portrays the geographical outline of this Union of 3S States, exactly as shown by the U. S surveys of 1S70, to which, however, is added one imaginary' leg with its foot resting on Cuba. It adopts Lower California as a second leg, and the third is shown reaching to Sandwich, pacifically the Sandwich Islands. h\^%-queue is shown as the '* caudal appendage " by special act of Congress ; and it only requires 13^ Guide to the the angle of Canadian territory between the Northern Lakes, called Hydro-Cephalus^ because it is the "Recip- rocity P.;ssage," to complete the gehographj of the United States. The corner-stone of the Piggery was laid with all due formality, the voluntary offerings from the guests placed thereunder, consisting of buttons cut from the military coats, coins, and all sorts of keepsakes from the pocket, pipes of peace, newspapers from Boston, Rhode Island, New York, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and other States, &c., &c. One of the Boston newspapers, when giving an account of this fete, reported that there was a great demand for souvenirs, and that "three Governors were seen hanging to one rope " when lowering the corner-stone to its place. This was only two thirds true, inasmuch as the Governors of Massachusetts and Rhode Island were active in this duty; but Colonel Andrews, who was sent to represent the State as spokesman, was not the Governor of South Carolina, although he soon would be if the election rested with the Boston ladies. Leaving the Corner-stone Piggery, the visitor will turn south by the borders of Charles River, then east up Bellevue Avenue to and either by Pine Avenue through the pine woods on Charity Hill, to the open field east of Ridge Hill Farms. 133 the Windmill Tower, or else continue on Bellevue Avenue, on hill, through dale and pine groves skirting the ser- pentine Charles River, for one mile, to the house now in course of alteration, commenced September ist, for summer boarders in 1878. This house stands on high land, which shelves down to the Riverside Plateau, like an inverted bowl, reminding the traveller of the castel- lated hills on the River Rhine. This (unless some better name is selected) may be called the Governors' Castle^ inasmuch as it may be used to shelter such of the Governors of our respective States as accept hospitalities in these quarters, and participate in laying the corner-stone of the Ridge Hill Laboratory. The first step toward the erection of this Laboratory on the Pine Ridge, southeast of the Windmill Tower, was taken on August 27, 1S77, by Mr. Greaves setting the first levelling stake, and Eddie, the elder son of the proprietor, removing the first shovelful of earth. On September 3, at six o'clock P.M., Master Eddie Farnsworth Baker, with his six-year-old brother, Walter Farnsworth Baker, laid and cemented the first stone of the foundation for the corner-stone at the northeast corner, as has been the custom from remote ages. Kernels of corn and crumbs of bread, emblems of food staples, were strewn upon the cement by the thirteen guests assembled, who sang "Amer- 134 Guide to the ica," "When shall we meet again," and other appropriate hjmns, and the improvised ceremonies ended. Adjacent to this Laboratory there has been commenced, September i, the digging for the foundation of a building to be erected under the management of Mr. Alfred Green, builder, of Philadelphia, to be completed this fall, with over one hundred dormitories for the accommodation of summer boarders in 1S78. Unless a better name is suggested, this will be known as the Hotel Trephis, from the Greek word trepho^ meaning to nourish. It will be under the manage- ment of such employes of the Massachusetts Institute of Cookery, which is to have its headquarters in Boston, whose services are not required in Boston during the warm months of summer. The Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commissioners or- dered all the Centennial buildings removed from the Park grounds, and consequently these buildings were bought at auction, at such a sacrifice that this will cost, when fin- ished, at Ridge Hill Farms, discarding all but the frame timbers and ornamental work, and using new stock for outside and inside finishing, only one third of that which it originally cost at Philadelphia. The Restaurant and Cafe connected with the Ridge Hill Hotel will cater to the wants of the two or three thou- sand of visitors now weekly visiting the Ridge Hill Farms, Ridge Hill Farms, i-ir and of such clubs or special parties as wish to pass one day or more in the Tharis Home Hotel, in the pine woods, and in boating and fishing on Charles River. The initiatory step has been taken toward this Restau- rant; and in order to get familiar somewhat with the capa- city of those soliciting positions as teachers in the Institute of Cookery, there has been established a Lunch Department connected with the Registry Office, where visitors can obtain a cold lunch, or, by prior order given at 13 West Street, Boston, or at the Registry Office, can get a specially prepared hot dinner served in one of the rooms of the Vii-ginia Lodge, which is adjacent to the Registry Office. Preliminary to the organization of the Massachusetts Institute of Cookery, there will be opened in November, under the dii-ection of the projectors of this work, a School of Cookery at 158 Tremont Street, Boston. Early applica- tion should be made at 13 West Street by those desiring to join the classes, which will be composed of from six to twelve, and must at the outset be limited in number. In addition to teaching the art of Sanitary Cookery, there will be classes in the use of the microscope for the detec- tion of adulterations of articles used for table food, for the study of the condition or purity and wholesomeness of an- imal food, and the study of the elements producing fungi, or decomposing their material or the air which supplies 136 Guide to the the breath of life, with kindred subjects, in November next, at the Boston Aquarium, 13 West Street, Boston. This is that which has been too long neglected, and de- pendent upon which is the health and intelligence of our race. Should we not regard cause and effect as studiously as Moses regarded the sanitary state of his people, and as the Romans by enacting sumptuary laws controlled their race from degeneracy? Is it not true that the brain is acutely sensitive to that with which the stomach is fed? Of what use are our higher universities of learning, if we neglect the so-called cook, whose lack of knowledge of sanitary cookery so upsets physically as to render the brain dor- mant to all tuition, no matter how learned the teacher? If the National and State Executive encourage institutions for the education of our race, is it not of equal — yea, of prior and fundamental ~ importance that it should seek to control the brain towards educational influences, by enact- ing laws, and the appointment of special officers to en- force the same, controlling — First, the breeding and care of animals Avhose flesh is intended for consumption ; Second, the adulterations of articles intended for table or animal food :* * Through inefficient laws, or the inefficient enforcement of the laws, this may be truthfully known as The Adulterated Age, inasmuch as purity is rare, and adulteration abundant. Ridge Hill Farms. I37 Third, by encouraging .with a fostering care such insti- tutions as shall teach the art of preparing articles in- tended for consumption, and that of Sanitary Cookery, which, more than other science, controls the intelligence of our race. Is it presuming too much to hope that our Civil-service President, and his Temperance Reform help-mate, may find it both agreeable, convenient, and think it their official duty, to aid or encourage the establishment of such co- operative Institutes of Cookery, in each one of our thirtj- eight United States? The prevention of disease among our general citizens of all classes, as well as in the armj corps, is of more con- sequence than attention to its cure by the Medical Depart- ment. Then is it not of such paramount importance as to justify the executive thought to the cause and effect of this that may save the intellect of our entire race ; that ele- vates or debases and intoxicates the Executive, Legisla- ture and Judiciary, and is the foundation of crime, de- generacy and its attendant pandemonium ? Would that the heads of the National Executive could regard this move- ment with such interest as to determine to accommodate other duties to the endorsement hy their presence at the start of this new movement, namely, the laj'ing of the corner-stone of the Laboratory on the Charity Reserva- ^3^ Guide to the tion at Ridge Hill Farms, which (with the Governors' Castle) is to be under the management of the organiza- tion we wish to establish, with headquarters in Boston, under the name of "The Massachusetts Institute of Cookery." We hope that the Governors, those ex- ecutive heads of the several States, who may at this Fete assemble, will take such active interest in this important work as to encourage the establishing of sister or co-asso- ciate institutes for cookerj in their respective States. Cannot those Executive officials of each of our Union of States, accommodate their duties at home to their attendance at the Fete day, September 20th, 1877; reach- ing the estate on September 19th, and there remaining after the Fete in social re-union for the benefit of con- currence in other matters of social science until Monday, September 24th .? Should ViX^y oi t'hQ. National Executive department at Washington favorably consider this urgent hope for their presence, there will be placed at their disposal the only " White House" on the estate, while the State Executives will have quarters in the Gov- ernors' Castle, the Virginia Lodge and the Singed-Cat Cottage (an old Centennial farm mansion, so called be- cause more comfortable inside than the outer shell indi- cates). May we expect the sympathy of the State Legislature Ridge Hill Farms, i39 in granting such pecuniary or other concessions as shall develop the grains of seed into the full-grown plant? May we not hope that the officials of the city of Boston will regard this work as of equal importance to that of free travel on the East Boston ferries ? Is it asking too much of the City of Boston that its school committee require the study, by the senior female class in all our public schools, of that medical chemistry that is the foundation of our physical system, that prevents or causes disease, that dormatizes or increases the vigor of the brain, — in fact, upon which depends the intelligence of our race? We mean that chemical knowledge of the composition of every article used in the preparation of table food, and the chemical product of assimilating any two or more of them. Is the education of the female com- plete without a knowledge of these chemicals which are the make-up of hygienic cookery ? Is not cookery the basis of vigorous health of both body and mind, according as those who cater to our food requirements supply us with that which is composed of 2/??adulterated materials of the best quality, so assimilated by heat as to retain the ozone or electric air, helping solution with animal juices of the animal flesh, and be made palatable by an attractive aroma, or of disease, imbecility and death, by our recklessly bolting that pandemonium of vegetable and 14° Guide to the animal oil and grease, in solution, with nitric, sulphuric and muriatic acids, a combination of mineral and chemical poisons which incites a taste for those fluids which com- pletes the work and embalms the physical and enfeebles the mental organs of those who crowd our streets, our exec- utives, our hospitals, and finally our beautiful cemeteries? The intelligence of our race is, w^ithout doubt, more distributed; but are the literati of the so-called " Modern Athens," Boston, in advance of that of the old savans in ancient Greece? Do we give that attention to sumptuary laws, to the an- nihilation of all offenders who manufacture or sell poison adulterated with our food materials? Are the cunning arts and devices of such offenders sufficiently subject to the criminal courts ? Are the people properly protected by the Judiciary from these poisonous influences which sap the foundation of all sanitary laws, destroy health, induce crime, and tend generally to the demoralization of hygienics, as well as to law and order? Do not the cunning arts of the advocate, procrastinate the trial, and then by some legal quibble, make inoperative the punishment for offences notoriously proved? Do we not need new measures to conform with the peculiar CUNNING of the age — a judiciary oi public opinion Ridge Hill Farms, 141^ which- shall not be trammelled by town or State lines,, but whose decisions against offenders of our social life, b^ it from poisoning our food from selfish gain, or by attacks on individual character in the public prints, or by other en- croachments on individual rights and social exclusiveness? Can we get justice in a more sure, prompt and efficient fashion through the courts, or by the establishment of such; a conservative board of honorable men, above reproach and political bias, for each ward, district. State, and the nation, each in affiliation with the other, as shall calmly hear all evidence, //'o and co7i., decide the guilt or innocence, and the punishment of the guilty by such a re-establishment of the old-fashioned pillo)-y as shall monumentalize the acts of the offender to the odium of the general public? Reader, do you sympathize with this thought? Will you join the " Friday Social Reform Club," devoted to denouncing, in such fashion as maybe best for the general good, for general Odium in the pillox-y, located in public resorts in the city and State, on every Friday (hangman's day) such offences as shall be decided as worthy of desecra- tion, by a Conservative Executive? Will not those in each ward or subdivision of ward; town or city who sympathize with this plan select a few- energetic men, of reliable reputation, to act as lieutenants, t42 Guide to the captains, supervisors and conservative counsellors, and push hard to organize a subdivision of the Friday Reform Club?* * At the time of the Boston fire of Nove nber lo, 1S72, a trader on Winter Street, Boston, had verbally ai^reed to lease an estate to one who had made every p eparation to occupy it; but the contr ict not having been si^-ned on Monday, N^ovemher 11, the lessor sends word to the con- fer ictiu'd^ partv that he mast aijree to p.iy five hundred dollars per an um additional, or he should refuse to sign the lease; to which dish morable ext 'rtion he w s com )elle(l to yield, havin;^ g me 1 10 far to recede with out a greater expense. At the time ofthj Globe Theatre district fire, M iv .p, 187?, tie father of this extortioner was guilty of exactly the same act; in this case the owner of Ridge Hill Farms was the sufTerei', and 13 West St eet the subject matter. More recently this same man, learning that the 1 ase of one who had oicupitci the same wa ehouse for manv y ars would soon terminate, and that the occupant would be greatly inconvenienced if Comi)f lied to mow, bv c nnivance cotitracied with the lessor at an ad- vanced rent, and turning on the occupant compelled him to pa\ him fifteen hundred do lars bonus for the renewed lease. The judiciary does n )t reicii suci ci es. A c >urt of pu >lic opinio 1, pnly, can tend to p event a repetition of such offences against honoable dealing. 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