Class Book E*± • W^a Bi.f SMITHSONIAN DEPOSIT ^ IW213 WELLES LEY, MASS. .:. IE IE 3 "Z^E MBEK, 1877. BOSTON: GETCHELL BROS., PUBLISHERS AND PRINTERS 253 Washington Street. 1S77. copyright: GETCHELL BROS., BOSTON. IS 77 . 9! SIT. 3 J Of lg es er h- ge ne rd ■ lit as. its he ite of ts. ad th - CHAI>tl * 0t "- 5 *£3JO£rtcc. ) 's!^/, "" *OA*>3 II -SSI? " 7 'SLAMO " ° / " r 'SCAffO. ft *?*TIC BHIOOC so A??? LA * BiAf > nr. ■36 r«*,„ /!«*«,/• X>»o* se 3 „ tD3 = y «• »»■•■«* «roG *iow«tfy»r. THE RIDGE HILL FARMS A RE situated in Wellesley, Mass., fourteen miles from Boston by the Boston & Albany Railroad. They comprise eleven farms, owned by Wm. Emerson Baker, of Boston, who first bought, in 1S6S, two farms aggregating 230 acres. By subsequent purchases the estate now encloses 820 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, with fern glens and weird nature, an unusually picturesque walk. This Ridge — the approach to which is too intricate to be found without a guide — suggested the name of the Ridge Hill Farms. But the owner has made 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 row-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 destroy all his works, or else submit to the inevi- table, and, under some system, which in any case requires much care and constant supervision, 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. Very many visitors, who care- fully conform to the proprieties of life while at their homes, have here proved, in numerous selfish ways, 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 Farms. All applicants 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, will be allowed_/>e6' access to the grounds and the pet ani- mals on the visiting days, Wednesdays and Saturdays. But no visitors will be permitted to enter the Grotto, nor the Norino Tower, the Camera or other buildings, except upon payment of the small service fee (10 cents), necessary to pay the one-half cent to each of the twenty attendants there required, both as guides and to prevent the thefts and other indiscretions which have been so frequent and annoying. This regulation avoids all necessity of gifts to employes, and is objectionable only to that class who pi-efer to live at others' expense. In order to deter visitors coming on other than the reg- ular visiting days, a charge of twenty-five cents, for service- fee coupons, will be made on other than Wednesdays and Saturdays. Thursdays xvill be most liable to be reserved exclusively for the guests of the owner. For this service fee visitors will receive three coupons, one of which will be given up upon admission to each of the following places : Norino Tower, including Arcadium for Little Folks and the Tivoli Hall — the Round Tower, Smugglers' Cave, Stalactite Grotto — and the Camera. G tilde to the Upon showing any one of these coupons admission will also be had, ■when the convenience of the ozvncr will fier- mit, to the carriage-house and stable departments, to the Chapel, the Bowling Alley, the Pavilion Hall, the Con- servatory part of the Ilot-IIouses, and the Boat-House. Should the service fees aggregate more than the expen- ditures specially arising from the admission of visitors, such surplus will be given to the Charity Fund. On arriving at the estate, the Registry Office will be found on the west side of Grove Street. Here every visi- tor is required to register his or her name. £a the %w*l $vomut*o green parrots from South America ; the one with the golden head being called Babv 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 F arms. 13 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, 1S76. 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 of whose quills Ave 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 you 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. He 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 Napoleon, He has Bridget^ the red-faced washerwoman monkey, for his wife, and in their cage should be, but seldom is, found Bridget's baby, the monkey Prince Imperial. The lady-like gray monkey, Emperess Josephine, dis- carded wife 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 him. On one occasion, as the coolness of night came on, he returned within a mile of his home, and climbed into an open window, 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 Farms. 15 one frightened, and the door was quickly closed and locked, and Cra-po 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 boy and girl pupils. The teacher told her pupils to attend to their studies and not notice the monkey, and possibly he would -leave. But Cra/o, 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. CraJ>o, deserted, and slighted in his first attempt at teaching, joined the outside crowd of pupils. One of the largerboys picked up a stick with which to pro- tect himself; Crafio, noticing this, made grimaces at the offender, 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 Mai-y'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 Git id e to the studies, must make early application for admission to Cra- ■pd's School. The red foxes in the goat enclosure are called Winnie Red and R 'eddy Winner. The names of the goats are Nannie-xvkite 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 will 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 Xota, Gettie Xota, Papa, Mamma, Sister and Brother Nota. The swans are named Mr. and Mrs. Srvan-nie Black, Mr. and Mrs. Sxvan-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 Farms. 17 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, which, 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 lives on fruits, and a proces- sion of them in a dark night would outshine any torch- light festival that mortals ever 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 11, 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 History. iS Guide to tht Though differing from, they 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 Avhite 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 Farms. 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 twenty years' imprisonment. Here also is found a calcareous deposit — millions of shells — known as koqueno, which are connected together bv 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, which are next of kin to the fiorcus family, acknowledged as intuitively the most susceptible of edu- cation. Possibly these bears are very properly named as in 20 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 every 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 those 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 who may occupy your 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 Rid o-e Hill Farms. 21 as once the Euphrates, and this region as the apple- orchard of Adam and Eve. We wish to sit at night by the Life-Saving Station, 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 1, 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 ashoi'e, 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 vary in weight from 600 to 1200 pounds. If wounded, they will apply dirt to the part lacerated. Their bump of caution is promi- 22 Guide to the nent, they mistrust every one. They 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 snout, and, in the expressive lan- guage of a Pacific-coast hunter Ave have just interviewed, " rip open their stomach with a jack-knife." If you wish to get away, never ascend, 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 prefer to stand erect on their hind feet. But their Ridge Hill Farms. 23 most effective mode is while on their backs, so they can scratch, hug and tear with their hind feet. On this 21st 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 — gray body plumage, rose feathers encircling the neck, and a salmon shade the crest. This brilliant bird was caught by B. F. Curtis, at Hough's Neck Promontory, skirting Quincy Bay, 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 2 4 Guide to the orator, Rosciits, to which pre-nom the family name of Quincv is 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 Mushroom Seats 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- wav 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 arc 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 Ridge Hill Farms. Dex. This was constructed of one thousand old railroad sleepers, for the Re-Union Good-Cheer Fete given June 19, 1S75. It was so called because five attendants dressed as devils — aptly representing their employment — 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 Devil's Den. Near the enclosure for the foxes and goat teams will be found a curious specimen plant known as the Dcmonificd Cercus, from Simms' Hole near the Equator. During "warm 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 Garden are from the Italian Department, Cen- tennial Exhibition. 26 Guide to the Jfotttln 6avden. The visitor's attention will be attracted on Floral Avenue by the chain border of foliage plants, consisting of $yre- thrum aurciim, alternanthcra spathnlata and ccheveria secu?ida glauca, relieved by gravels of various colors, and by 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 window 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 gray 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 echevcria 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 Dana'idia7i Ridge Hill Farms. 27 Fon?ztaiu, the statue of a female figure with an urn, flowing water into the Amymonc 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 fifty daughters, known as '* The Danaides." His brother yEgyptus (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, Danaiis 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. Danaiis 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 fountain, 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 sonsof yEgyptus 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 wedding day Danaiis armed the hands of the brides with daggers, and enjoined upon them to slay, in the night, their unsuspecting bride- 28 Guide to the grooms. All but Hypermnertra obeyed, and tbe 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 all " vidders." It is said, however, that the crime of the Dana'ides 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 Dana'ides in their eternal work. The basins, fountains, buildings, &c, of these Upper G rou /ids 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 Farms. 29 This reservoir is filled with water by the large Eclipse Windmill 1 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. The Camp John Adams, for the Southern Guests at the seven-day 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. In 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 Guide to tJic Bostox, June 3, 1S76. R. C. Gilchrist, Commander Washington Light Infantry., Charleston, S.C. Dear Sir, — Your kind favor of May 29th is this evening received, informing me that, bj r Resolutions of the Wash- ington Light Infantry of Charleston, S.C, you 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 muzzled war-fiend which you now so kindly level at me. I shall plant it at my Ridge Hill Farms in Wellesley, where I invite you, 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 Philadelphia 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. L, Charleston, S.C., June 9, 1876. Col. William E. Baker, Trcmont St., Boston. 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 inform 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 IV. L. I. 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 tlie 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, 1S76, 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 aili- 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 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 187S 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 wintered at Leifsbooths. He returned to Greenland in 1001 ; and Thorwald bor- 36 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 undertake a voyage, and establish a colony in Vineland. He arrived with 160 colonists at Leifsbooths- Hop (now Mt. Hope Bay, Massachusetts), in 1007. In 100S 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, an ^ 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 on record in the twelfth century (more than three hundred years previous to the landing of Columbus. * Thorwald was killed by 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 Thorwald. Longfellow has immortalized this by his poem " The Skeleton in Armor." Ridge Hill Farms. 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, the outlines of the coast, the naming of many places by the Norwegian word Holl (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 voyageicrs. 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 hieroglyphics are of Indian origin, many similar to them having been found in the Middle and 3 8 Guide to the Western States. Drawings of these inscriptions are found in the " Antiquitate$ Americanos." The first known copy of this inscription was made by Dr. Danforth in 16S0, followed by Cotton Mather's in 1712 ; Dr. Greenwood's in 1730, and by numerous others in the iSth 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- pressed 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 Farms. 39 In this Union Monument will be found (and, until 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 they 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 W. 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 party. The contest raged fiercely for twenty minutes. The prostrate Racket- ers rolled the mud hard and dry. 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 matinee 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 Farms. 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 office 1 630-1 633 ; 1637-1639; 1642-1643 ; 1646-164S. Henry Vane, 1636. John Endicott, 1644, 1649; 1655-1664. John Leverett, 1673-167S. Simon Bradstreet, 1676-1686. Joseph Dudley, 1702, 1714, 42 Guide to the William Burnett, 17.28. John Hancock, 17S0-17S5; 17S7-1793. Samuel Adams, 1 794-1 797. 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 Chauncv, LL.D.. Here will also be found, when finished by the artist sculptor, Herbert Gleason, of Boston, a group representing •' Our Old Mother Eve" as Pomona , 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 2:enial and distinguished citizens. i597> 1669. 1600. 1673- 163S, 1707. 163S, 1699. i639> 1723- 1663, 172S. i673> 1747. 16SS, i7 2 9> 1725, 1783.* 1733, 1S10. [747, 1S22. * James Otis was born in Boston, in the year a.d. 1725. 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 Farms. 43 who for many, many years lias 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 Society ; 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 you good for ? What have 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 Alley 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 1S72 wore four large barns and other farm accessories. These were moved away, herd- yards filled, slopes graded, and the five grass-sod Terraces, lour 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 Gnome Drinking- 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 j.unction of Sunset Slope and Terrace Avenues. Ladies' Cottage — Terrace Avenue near Octagon Bear-Pit. Ridge Hill Fa?'ins. 45 Turn into the footpath by the Arboretum Knoll to the Arboretum Basin, which is built of red brick, sixty feet in diameter ; it is encircled with a three-inch copper tube, so pierced that eight hundred fine jets of water can be ejected, curving upward and inwardly towards the Spray Fountain; 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 Venus, Pradier's Venus, and Urania. Between the second and third basins there 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 many 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 ," ' i Lozv Church.," — "all on the same root.*' Crossing Arboretum Lodge bridge, the visitor reaches Tri-Pont (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 ApoTlo and Diana % and on the north side those of Ariadne and Silenus.* The granite curbing of the basin lor the Frog Fountain * The latter a semi-god, 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 |\vho 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 Boylston 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 English Steamship. Moonlight Courtship in the Gondola. The Hog dressed as the Doge of Venice, accompanied by his Pig page de- scending the palace steps to his gondola. 4S Guide to the Penelope, Cinderella, Sappho and S Hants. On the south side in the two niches. Melpome7ie and the Lute-player. On the six panels: — Bears as Italian piffcrari, 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 " The taking of the Shu (observations) 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, Meum et Tiium, or the bather who saved his shirt and is anxious to give the monkeys /its 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 first ashore, and tb*"t be- Ridge Hill Farms. 49 l fore the hawsers of the steamship are made fast. He takes a bold step, as if he knew 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 Avhere 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 lovely cemeteries. Guide to tJic On the roof of the Boat-house are two Lions, ornated with gold-leaf: these were once the property of Francis L. Peabody. 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 187 1, a spring near the site of the Boat- house, the owner excavated and formed a small pond 200 feet in diameter. He extended this, in 1873, to the 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, 1875 and 1876 the northern, western and southern dykes were completed and stone-banked and the artificial lake finished, which is nearly one and one half mi.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, water-sheds, a six-inch pipe, over one mile in length, to other springs, and by the overflow from the high-service Water Tower. Ridge Hill Farms. cj It was stocked with black bass in 1874, 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, complete 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 capacitv 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 diameter; 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 i truck, it can be propelled on a tramway. The increased size of Sabrina Lake, however, avoids the necessity of 52 Guide to the connecting it bv tramways to Charles River, as was at first projected. This amphibious steamboat was launched on Charitv Day, July 14, 1S76, 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, 1S72. The arched iron girders tying these columns are surmounted, at the apex by a revolving statue of 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, 1S75. 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 l J ark. In this enclosure will be found two elks from Nebraska, named Stag-horn Elkie and Nebraska Fanny; three deer, one a fallow or spotted deer from England, named Cousin Fan?iy, another from the State of Maine, called Maine-nie- Deer, and Decr-rie Orleans, who ran into New Orleans Ridge Hill Farms. 53 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 Bcb 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 Siveeny, 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, Pomfiey 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 Fajicies, Follies and Frivoli- ties* * Krino (Greek), to order, inquire and search into; investigate; to distinguish between good and bad; i.e., criticising judgment. 54 Guide to the The numerous comical peculiarities of this place are sufficiently explicit, and do not require any description in this guide. They should be seen to be fully appreciated. A printed description first read of many of them would be tame, and destroy half the surprise controlling the visitor to the quaint make-u$s here gathered. Attention, however, may here be called to the Tar- peian Rock, just at the entrance arch, the Race Horses, the Bottle Monument to "The Departed Spirits," JoJin Soulier* 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 bean--, 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 Lawns 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 which this tame Bear had been fed. The daily reports in the Bos- Ridtte Hill Far v & ins. 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 S, and that of the Swan Leander on July 19, 1S74. killed by the alligator. Many of the one thousand invited guests present sent laments in prose or rhyme pertaining to Bears or SAvans. One from Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes reads as follows : — i; 296 Beacon Sreet, Aug. 1, 1S74. " 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- 5 6 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 (?) Farmers Boy 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! ' — digging!!! — these Canals, Ponds and Lakes; who, standing in the water, got very wet, and yet frequently persisted that they were very dry! " 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 may possibly bate the Irish a wee bit, But they never can smoke out of them — a bit of their wit. ' " No ! no ! ould Ireland's always ready for a lark, As in classics it is certainly quite up to the mark ; For you may 'get the best' dictionary and sarch it clane through. You may torture your brain until all is sky blue, But surely, ' when Greek meets Greek,' must mane That the Emerald Pie is just like ivarm Greece — that's plane." The large Hog, standing upright on his hind feet under the ornamental wood frame, was erected on June 19, 1875, 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, "Massachusetts Senate, 1636, Sorv." On the other side, " Jafihct in search of his Alma Mater.' 1 '' 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 Guide to the founders of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- pany, in 163S), 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 Farms. ^9 would be for the other. Therefore the case was not deter- mined, and there also arose the very important question of the relation 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 of a brochure concerning the hog dispute, and a special proclamation by the Governor, John Winthrop, the negative voice of the magistrates was ovei-ruled, 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 1812 War Hog Monument Avas dedicated June 19, 1S75, with a speech by Governor Howard, of Rhode Isl- and. Tradition thus tells us that which has its earnest and decided believers and unbelievers : By the carelessness of a boy in 1S11, 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 driven anywhere. 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 60 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 by one majority: and the qnestion was put in the Senate, - ' Shall the question of war with England he post- poned to the next session?" This Howell voted no; and this vote also was decided hv (his) one majority. lie 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 1S12. Thus the two hogs -who stole into the garden to scare//, for roofs, hv their resisting expulsion unto their death, caused the election of HoWellj whose negative vote caused war with England, in 1812, and settled forever the right of search claimed hv the English Naval Service over American ships. This alleged historical fact or tradition has its believers and its non-believers; but ex-Governor Howard, and the then Lieut. -Governor (but now Gov- ernor) Van Zandt, assert that this hog tradition reads so prettily that no true son of Little Rhody should be vandal Ridge Hill Farms. 61 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 every 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 Scat Umbrella, south, to the Gothic Arch, 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, 1873, 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 of Lake Sabri- na 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 Sabriua. On the right of the Tunnel entrance is seen the grim form and vLage of the Smuggler Chief, and on the left the Red-man, with war paint and tomahawk. Passing through the rocky subter- 62 Gu ia 7 e to the ranean tunnel we reach the Round Tower, thirty-five feet in height, its stone walls scintillating" with crystals. This Tower was finished about the time of the Crystal Wed- ding FSfe, September 20, 1875. After going through the second subterranean passage wo reach the Smugglers' Cave, with 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 whom 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 Winslow\ the latter of which is placarded as follows: "English officials arrested me, the British Ministry requested my detention. But the Art of Parliament of 1S7C released me, thus declaring that I was wrongfully arrested and wrongfully detained; ergo I have a claim against the British Government of £100,000, which T 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 mentioned, ready to. hug them through the iron bars which shut them from the cave. Ridge Hill Farms. 63 After viewing the "Rock — a-boy-baby," on the right, about one hundred feet from the southern extremity of the cave, ascend the steps and pass through the long dark Flirtation Tunnel. Here every gentleman offers his hand to some lady — to guide her underground. This, 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. The 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. 64 Guide to the The serpentine paths of this grotto are covered with white marble dust; it has eight miniature lakes stocked with gold and silver fish. The Amethyst Lake is so named from the water spraying into the basin having the appearance of that jewel when the 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 Dianas P00L 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, tailing 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 were once the pinnacles of the same church as the Gothic Arch. The crvstalline and conch-shell arches, the rose-colored shells, the prismatic lines upon the cubes and iiakes of glass clustered around the lake borders, with 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, Ridge 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. Quot- 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 will 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 by the city of Boston in 1876 in order to straighten Devonshire Street. Upon entering this Dark Chamber, the surrounding landscape will be portrayed upon the round table, perfect in outline, color and movement, by the aid of lenses re- volving at the apex of the roof. Leaving the Camera Obscura, the visitor will pass to the PhotografJi Studio, which is near the Registry Office. Those who desire to purchase photographic views of the place will ask for a printed slip, and indicate by writing the number of each view wanted. This method will save the time and words both of visitors and of attendants. REMARKS. It is impossible for any 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 Farms. 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 mentally, for the amusement and benefit of others, would be most appreciably returned by 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 twigs 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. 68 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 the faint, halters for horses, and milk for the babies. Strangers "Will confer a favor by permitting the pro- prietor to reserve, EXCLUSIVELY for his family and guests, the inside of his residence, the -veranda, round about* and the driveway 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 1st day of Septem- ber, may be materially innovated before November, by the restless activity which here prevails and has given use to the sobriquet of the " human earthquake." Ridge Hill Farms. 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 known that he is not entitled to the pre- fix of Colonel, by which 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 Kernel. He believes that only such as earn 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, -wherever they may be, you 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 maybe within your province, and hopeful, that you will evidence your sympathy in the charities projected in the addenda hereinafter, — A Dieu. Toi'-soinez, PORCUPINE QUILL. Guide to the CATALOGUE Statues, Busts, Vases, Curiosities, &c, AT THE H8LL 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-COfl- 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 worry and move the strongest man. So the Turtle, symbolizing what man can do, or should do, toward working out his aim in life. No. i. 2 Chamois (Wild Goats). White zinc. From Berlin. Ridge Hill Farms, Ji 2. 17 Large Moulded Stone Flower Vases, Roman style. 3. 17 Small do. do. do. Bordering Conservatory Lawn. 4. 2 Russian Bloodhounds. White zinc. From 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 Marquis of Carrabas was convicted of high treason, his estates confiscated and himelf driven into exile. The unhappy man sent letter upon letter, asking pardon, without receiving any answer; the prayers of his oldest and most influential friends were in vain ; his two sons whom he sent, one after the other, were not even received by the stern and unrelenting monarch. As a last venture he sent his educated cat, dressed up as an ambassador, Avith an humble petition praying for grace and mercy. The cat, accompanied by a trustworthy old servant, was received with astonishment at the roj'al 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. S. 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. ^2 Guide to the Pavilion Avenue, East Side. ii. Diorama. 12. Swings, exclusively 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 visit the estate. 13a. Drinking Fountain, " Leaky Boot." Zinc bronze. From Berlin. The basin of this fountain is a fine specimen of quartz rock. It was owned and used by Dr. Morton when making his anaes- thetics. 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. *3 Ridge Hill Farms. 73 2 Green Japanese Seats. Porcelain. 1 Mottled do. do. 2 Modern Seats, Imitation Wooden Stumps. Porce- lain. 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. Walter's Garden. 26. Statue on Pedestal, Autumn. By Wittig. Red terra- cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Ex- hibition. 27. Eddie's and Walter's Play 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. By Tondeur. White terra-cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Exhibition. 31. Statue on Pedestal, Psyche. By Thorwaldsen. White terra-cotta. From Italian Department Centennial Exhibition. Pavilion Avenue, IVcst Side. 330 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 Diabutus, 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. 3S. 1 Silver Reflecting Globe on Ornamented Iron Stand. From Paris. 39. Antelope. Colored zinc. 40. Triple Cushion Seat. Colored terra-cotta. From Florenc e. 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. 45. Faun, standing. do. do. 46. 2 Statues, Atalanta and Meilanion. White zinc. Atalanta is recorded in Greek mythology as the daughter of Iasos, 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 becoming the Ridge Hill Farms. 75 most swift-footed of mortals. She vanquished the Centaurs, who sought to capture her, participated in the Calydonian boar-hunt, and engaged in the Pelian 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 Atalanta that 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 his 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. $2. Statue, Boy with Squirrel. Zinc. Italian Depart- ment, Centennial. 53. Statue, Boy blowing Bubbles. Rogers. 76 Guide to the 54. Statue, The Dying Indian Warrior. By P. Stephen- son. White marble. 55. Flower Vase. Porcelain. 56. Statue, Shepherd-boy Flute Player. Terre-cuit. 57. 2 Large Etruscan Vases. Terre-cuit. Bronzed. 5S. Statue, Flora. Zinc bronze. Italian Department, Centennial. 59. Statue. Bacchante. Bronze. 6 '. Ornamental Porcelain Seal. Chinese. 61. Statue, The Fisher Girl. Terra-cotta. Italian De- partment, Centennial, Philadelphia. 62. Majolica Vases on Majolica Pedestal. Harvest Glean- ers. Wheat and Corn Ornaments. English. 63. Roman Fluted Vase. Majolica. English. 64. Statue, Girl caressing Dog. Zinc. Rhine. 65. do. Girl feeding Pet Eagle. Zinc. Rhine. 65. Greek Fluted Vase. White terra-cotta. G-. Statue, Shepherd Boy. Zinc. Berlin. 6S. Ornamental Majolica Vase. England. Niches in Garden Trellis. 69. Japanese Pedestals. Porcelain. 70. Bust, George Washington. Cast, on Pedestal. 71. Statue, Cupid, Silence. Antique, do. do. 72. do. Diana de Gabia. Terra-cotta. Ridge Hill Farms. 77 73. Statue, Ceres. Zinc. 74. Bust, Venus de Milo. Cast, on Pedestal. Floral Art Garden, South Division. 75. Greek Vase with Handles. On Pedestal. White terra-cotta. 76. Fluted Roman Vase. White terra-cotta. 77. do. do. 7S. Fountain. Boy and Girl Courtship under Umbrella. Red terre-cuit. Italian Department, Centennial. 79. Medallion Vase with Handles. Elaborate. Terra- cotta. Rhine. 80. Etruscan Medallion Urn. Snake and Eagle Head Handles. Rhine. Si. Flower Urn. Medusa Head Handles. On bronze Pedestal. Terra-cotta. Rhine. 82. Flower Vase. Ornamented. Terra-cotta. Rhine. S3. Flower Urn. Dragon Handles. Terra-cotta Pedes- tal. Rhine. 84. Statue, Jubilating Faun. Black terra-cotta. 55. Fluted Roman Vase. White terra-cotta. 56. Japanese Flower Stands. Colored porcelain. 7$ Guide to the 8 . Greek Vase, Grapes. White terra-cotta. From Rhine. 89. 2 Statues, Bacchante. Black terra-cotta. 90. Japanese Seat. Lattice. Porcelain. 91. 2 Japanese Pedestals. Quaint Tentacular four-toed and Scaly Dragons. Highly illuminated. 92. Greek Vase. White terra-cotta. 93. Ornamented Grape Vase. Black bronze, on Pedestal. From Rhine. 94. Ornamented Grape Vase. do. do. From Rhine. 95. Vine and Grape Vase. While terra-cotta, on Fluted Pedestal. From Rhine. 96. Statue, Hercules and the Xemean Lion. Terra- cotta. Italian Department. <)-. Florentine Vase. Terra-cotta. on Granite Pedestal. Italian Department. 08. Group. Trions playing with 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. 101. Etruscan Vase. White terra-cotta. From Scotland. Ridge Hill Farms. 79 102. 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. 10S. Statue, ; ' Hide and Seek. Whoop!" Terra-cotta. Rogers. 109. High Fluted Greek Vase. Terra-cotta. Scotland, no. Spatulated do. do. do. in. 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 Gut ac to tJie Mosaic Garden. ii8. Wicker-Basket Flower Urn. White terrancotta. From Scotland. 119. 2 Greek Fluted Vases. White terra-cotta, on Pedes- tals, 120. 1 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. ByRauch. White zinc. Surrounded by 4 Etruscan Vases, white terra-cotta, and 2 Florentine Vases, black zinc bronze, 2 Cellini Vases. 124. Reclining Elk. By Ranch. White zinc bronze. 12^,. Statue, Murmuring Waters. ByPradier. Black terra- cotta. Lower Terrace Balustrade. 126. Antique Venus on the rail. Bust. 127. Etruscan Vase. 125. Bust. George Washington. Terra-cotta. 129. Etruscan Vase. 130. Bust. Sabrina. Terra-cotta. By B. Thorwaldsen. 131. Etruscan Vase. 132. Statue, Goddess of Triumph. Terra-cotta. 133. Etruscan Vase. Ridge Hill Farms. 81 134. 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. do. 14S. Etruscan Vase. 149. Bust, Daniel Webster. do. do. 150. Etruscan Vase. 151. Statue, Psyche. White terra-cotta. B. Thorwaldsen. Under Trellis Work. 152. Bust, Chi istoforo 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. Pr'adier. Urania. Antique, surmounted by Tritons and Dolphins. 154. Gnome Drinking-Fountain. Bronze and granite. 155. Statue. Santa Claus. Colored wood. 156. do. Flora. By Rauch. Moulded clay. 157. Frog Fountain. ''Home, Sweet Home — be it ever humble, there's noplace 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 Monument. Four gigantic granite pil- lars saved from the Boston lire, November 9, 1S72. Surmounted by Giovanni di Bjlogna's statue of Mercury, the messenger of the Grecian gods. First DEPARTMENT. Xoruio Tower. Odysseus (Ulysses). Bronze, marble pedestal. Leonardo da Vinci. do. Galileo. do. Richard Coeurde Lion. do. Philippe Auguste. do. Brennus. Parian marble. Ridge Hill Farms. 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. 1 Mediaeval Armor. Iron and steel. Gladiator Borghese. Bronze. Idol, carved from roots in the Pacific Islands. Tivoli. 1 Billiard Table. 3 Tivoli do. 1 Erratic Spinner, or the Devil among the Tailors. 1 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, Queen of Scots. Bronze. S4 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. Medallion 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. Ridge Hill Farms. 85 Model of Church of Notre Dame in Montreal. Made of wire, and intended for 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 electrotvped, — 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 hash 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 articles used by those children of the 17th and 18th centuries, now matured in the eternal life. S6 Guide to the TEMPORARILY IN THE ARCADIUM WILL UK FOUND A LOT OF OLD-TIME RELICS. Dating' buck 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," by Philippe Nicolai. Printed by Johannes Spies, at Franktbrt-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- est;- in the life of a Christian and God's children, is eternal, majestic and glorious. Compiled by M. Martino Statio, 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 years old). Ridge Hill Farms. S/ 4. Gerard's " Ioannis Vossii de Theologia Gentiti et Physilogia Christiana." Amsterdam, 1663 (214 years old) . 5. " Concordia pia et Unanimi confeufu repetita Confes- sio." Leipsic, 16S5 (193 years old). 6. "Johannis Lasseria." Copenhagen and Leipsic, 1701 (176 years old). 7. Bichmann's " Hand Concordance." Leipsic, 1796 (Si years old). S. Two Ottoman Frames — Made from an English oak table, brought from England by Capt. Abrarn Brown, in the year 1630, only ten years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Capt. Abram settled with his companions, the Saltonstalls, in what is now Watertown, 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 1732, on a high rocky eminence, in what is now Lincoln, but then was a part of Watertown. Here, in a very primitive way, 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 II. 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 this old cabin home, which has now thirty-three rooms grafted 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- S8 Guide to the 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 1702. 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, Szc. ; the same shelf for the flint and tinder-box, though, since the time of lucifer and friction matches, a.d. 1S29, this shelf has been otherwise used. As we examine and hunt up the associations connected with the articles bought by the owner of the Ridge Hill Farms, at this sale of souvenirs of Capt. Abram Brown, we may well ask our- selves if the advance of art and science, and the greater density of population, lias not deteriorated the nobler attributes of man, so far as relates t.) 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 how to manipulate 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, who 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 nozv beggars'-corner, in their fear that the South Boston fiats 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. The reader should reflect, when viewing these evidences of household life of the Ridge Hill Farins. 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, toregan. 1 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-like, only " grovjn " to their work, without any teaching, and therefore should not be regarded "as regular as clockwork" in other than c/z's-organizing the peace and comforts of the home. The age is progressive. The Constitution, framed in 17S0-S1 for our Union of States, requires modification 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 are 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 public 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 1S77 the taxes in Boston are assessed on a total valuation, real and personal, of $6S6,So2,ioo, which, ;;t the rate cf $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 difficult 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 4483, 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 improper 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 suitable 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? 92 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 initials 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 1772. 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. 1 Upright-bar, high-back, rush-bottom chair. 18. 9 Cross-bar, high-back, rush-bottom chairs. 19. 4 Parlor chairs, moquetrj. 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 by sharpening. $$. 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. 35. 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 {nee Lee) Brown, who was married in E772. 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 presented 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 Farms. 95 40. Umbrella. The cloth covering showing that it either never had any color, or if it had, that it was not a fast color. Its irame 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. 41. Grain, Snow and Cider-apple Shovels. Made with a jack-knife by Isaac Brown, who was born in 16S0, 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. 42. 8 old Jack-knives and 3 loose pocket-knife blades. 43. 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 floral tuioute, fdled 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. 44. 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." 45. "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 96 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. Chapcau, marked on a metal tablet " A. H. A. [An- cient and Honorable Artillery] a.d. 1638." 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 it five 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. 4S. 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 Pemberton 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 hole 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 rhomme," so as to read "Le style c'est lafemme." Ridge Hill Farms. 97 49. Military Coat and Chapeau, Worn by Major-General in the war of iSia. 50. 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 51. The Table used at the Dinner given by Governor Eustis in honor of General Lafayette, on Friday, August 27, 1S24: " 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 33d, and rode all night, being received by the villages en roufe yfith 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 numerous 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 96 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. I lis 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 General, 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 >ny capacity of Quarter- master General, and that the powers of Commissary General were not confided to me. Gov. Eustis 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, 1 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 Governor said, ' I see it is impossi- ble, as you suggest, to have it to-morrow ; but I will ask him for Friday, upon the 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 entei Ridge Hill Farms. 99 tainment for his company at his private mansion, I daresay the Governor thought my duty would be embraced in the order which lie had given me. "As this was the first time he had called upon me to do anything but office business, 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 went 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 fill 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, do 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 to Col. Hamilton of the Exchange CofTee 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 ioo Guide 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, without any trouble to Mrs. Eustis. "At the dinner the plates were placed on the outside of a horse- shoe table, i:i 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 other 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 officially received in procession 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 office, 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. Hassam, 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 Farms. 101 Guide, is now long drawn out. The patience of the i*eader, 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 you, 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 u give him his dues." We wish to give you 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 102 Giiide 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 beg you to hear us yet awhile and favorably consider our plea. We only say, 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 Farms estate — por- tends, then say so, and oppose it with all your might and main; — and by so doing, you 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 iSth 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- traj-ing 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 i-apid- ity of hand and brain quite deserving of this special com- mendation, finished the i-elievo 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 104 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, many, 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 Ridge Hill Farms. 105 Lovers of others' fruits are cautioned against man and woman traps, shower-baths, swarms of hornets, wasps and bees, so arranged that the least touch of a grape-stem may 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 Office on Tuesday, September 4, the spokesman saying, "We wish to go everywhere /■(•, Afd. My dear Sir. — The daughter of your regiment, 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 [une 6, and I have therefore delayed forwarding it. 1 intend to send her by Adams & Co.'s Express, Fri- day evening, July 2. These two Centennial pigs — the white Chester (the daughter ^\~ your regiment), born in Massachusetts, and her black Berkshire cousin, of dam horn at the Queen of England's farm at Windsor — arriving in Baltimore on the Fourth of July, may well typify the olive-branch and good-cheer bond no~v existing between Great Britain, Maryland and the good old Commonwealth of Massachu- setts. Ridge Hill Farms. 117 These porcine souvenirs of jour visit to Ridge Hill Farms will go forward in a wire cage. I had this cage arranged with four arms, so that porters could bear it on their shoulders from the Baltimore depot to your armory, in company with three of my fete marshals, whom I had delegated to convey and present to your regiment a ban- ner to souvernize its participation at the June 19 fete ; but the superlative warmth of your complimentary newspaper reports. &c, towards Bostonians has so frightened me that I do not dare let any of my friends make an attempt to go through Baltimore. If your kind-hearted distemper tow- ard Bostonians is contagious, I fear your Adjutant General will order out, as escort to these pigs, on the Fourth of July celebration not only the Fifth Regiment, but all the other regiments of your State, and also invite the co- operation of those of all the other Southern States. I therefore send as a personal escort to the file da reginient, one who is proof against all heat, be it of jour kind hearts or oi the present season; viz., one of the representatives of the Devil's Den at Ridge Hill Farms. As I send, how- ever, only the shell, you will have to find one from your own ranks to animate the devil. As the disturbed spirit who roams around the shell of our mother earth seeks most to bend the twig of childhood to formulate the rebellious man, I also send the shell of one of those babies found in Ii8 Guide to the the woods on June 19, into which you can place the biggest " bab v " of your command, and on his and the devil's shoulders convey the daughter of the regiment and her cousin from the depot to your armory. Thanking you for giving me the opportunity to receive your regiment at my farms, regretting that some of my good intentions, by reason of the storm, came to naught, I am, my dear sir. with three strings of distinguished consideration, a kernel (by brevet) of your honored regi- ment. W. E. BAKER. N.B. — At a suitable time, when you have had time to cool from your, at present, nine-days' warmth tow- ards Bostonians, T shall take the opportunity to send you by the hands of a few lady and gentlemen friends the banner, &c, for your command. W. E. B." The proceedings at Baltimore are reported as follows in the Baltimore " News : " — ■• A.S was predicted, yesterday was a jolly Fourth of July. The people were aroused at early dawn of day by the ring- ing of ' Big Sam.' a patriotic treat that no other city in the Union enjoyed. The arrival of the pigs from the Ridge Hill Farms was the grand event of the day. The Hub porkers reached the city early in the forenoon, and were kept in charge by David Boswell. 61 Granby Street, Ridge Hill Far jus. 119 until the escort made its appearance. A * News ' reporter, having spent the da}' in reading the story of Washington and his little hatchet, as laid down in the order of the day by his superior officers, sallied forth to interview the porkers. DESCRIPTION OF THE PIGS. The little pig ; Loney,' he found to be a delicate blonde, weighing about seven pounds. Mr. Boswell was kind enough to drive his wagon behind the Point Market, to allow the enthusiastic in the crowd an opportunity to greet the stranger. ' Pontier,' the big pig, was dark- complexioned, the hair being mixed with gray. ' Pon- tier, 1 it was learned, devoured more soft crabs, fried oysters, spring chickens, Mary's little lambs, &c, than any other pig during the laving of the corner stone of Mr. Baker's new pig-stve, and yet it squeaked ; Let us have peas.' This, no doubt, accounts for the difference in the weight of 'Pontier' and * Loney,' who don't like such things. At five o'clock the Fifth Regiment, in disguise, called for the pork. The escort was headed by a band of music, the notes of which have seldom, if ever, been surpassed. G. II. Spilfcer, Jr., was marshal of police, and wore the uniform of the man who first invented that valuable institution. Big Chief, T. J. Owens, furnished tobacco to the tribe, who delighted in 120 Guide to the the abundance of native product. The Modocs, headed by ' Captain Jack Holt,* the railroad savage, were ' Scar Faced Charley,' ' Shacknasty Jim,' ' Lonely Wolf,' { Square- Nosed Ike,' ' Scalp Snatcher,' ' Lava-bed William,' ' Great Father's Son,' 'Washington Murphy,' 'Ulysses' Bull Dog,' "Reporters' Skull Scraper," "Much Mush Johnny,' 1 Starve-us-not-Phillip,' ' Let-us-have-wings Tommy,' and others with names equally as poetical and expressive. The savages were scattered through the streets to prevent the ladies from stealing the pigs. The big chiefs, how- ever, rode in a gaily decorated wagon, with a 'News' reporter as interpreter. THE Kl-KLl'X KLANS. The K.K.KYs, about whom so much has been said, and who caused so much legislation and stir in Washington, were telegraphed for, and assisted in safely escorting the pigs from South Broadway to the armory. They were in charge of D. W. Gillespy, who has been missing from the community since the close of the late onpleasantness. Their grim visages and mortuary costumes inspired an awe suitable to the occasion. The police, though armed with revolvers and clubs, stood aside and seemed to say, ' Mr. Ku-Kluxes, please pass on off my beat.' An old lady, who had stepped out to get a cent's worth of milk, and who doubtless had not read the ' News,' was R it Ige Hill Fa mis. 121 taken by surprise at the approach of the savages, and caused some merriment by darting into the house, and spilling the lacteal fluid over her new Fourth of July dress. The last seen of her, she was hanging out of a third-story window with a broom in her hand, looking to see if any of the varmints had got loose from the gang and were lagging behind. THE PIGS. The pigs were mounted on a gaily festooned express wagon drawn by the finest horses in the city. During the route of procession, when they would recognize any of the boys of the Fifth who chanced to be undisguised, the porkers, who squealed from fright, seemed to know what the regiment did at Mr. Baker's farm while they were there, and trembled for their lives. BABES IX THE WOOD. Immediately behind the pigs, on the same wagon, lay the infant that was found in the woods by the Fifth during their fete at Ridge Hill Farms. The devil kept an eye on old father Time, as the last- named gently brushed the flies from off the baby with a palm-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 satne as printed in the 122 Guide to the daily papers. Broadway 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, tbe crowd swelled at every step, and when it at length halted at the armory, the multitude was countless. at tup: 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 tilled 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 VOIR 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 ' Lone y ' is young and tender, a guard was placed around hrm to keep off the rush. The officers Rid ore Hill Farms. 123 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 Snidce 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, yet 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 or family 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 tki sinia. The -cater hog, semi-web-footed, lives upon fruit, coi-n, sugar-canes, and eats all the fish it can catch. The Spanish tatous (hogs in armor), the Dutch porcupine, called the iron-hog: the porpoise has by some been des ignated as the sea-hog, and Aristotle writes of the hog-ape. More than of any other animal, naturalists have studied the habits of the hog family. Cuviers 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 was 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 very celebrated dish, and one that eventually became so extravagantly expensive, that a Ridge 'Hill Farms. 125 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 the 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 from its vise. 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 Southboro' 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. 126 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, Syria, and 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 cleanly 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 "Naturalist Library" gives this incident: "A pig that had been kept several days a close prisoner to his stye, was let out for the purpose of its being cleansed and his bed replenished. The pig immediately ran to the stable, from which he carried several sheaves of straw to his stye, each time holding them in his mouth by the band. The straw, being intended for another use, was carried back to the stable ; but the pig, at the first favorable opportunity, regained it." Ridge Hill Farms. 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 rajs 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 j>et. The pig, if allowed his liberty, will 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." Linnaeus 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 72 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 they must be acutely sensitive to all the injurious physical influences arising from the filth in which they are impris- oned, and their flesh must consequently be affected by trichinaea, or otherwise poisoned for table use. We are led to enlarge upon this subject of the fiorens family, its care. &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 our union of States. By reference to the Statistical Department at Washington, we find that that portion of these which have been raised in the cornfields of the West are sound and healthy. But excepting a few, who care for their pigs as daintily as the Harvard graduates hereinbe- fore cited — who will no doubt be surprised at this unan- nounced allusion — most of the pigs raised among what may be called our home farmers, are kept in filthy pens and yards, and the flesh is unfit for market. The flesh of those swine fed on city garbage is liable to be unfit for market, inasmuch as this garbage is often fer- mented and sour. And 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. I2 9 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 with 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 your pencil and jot down your approval or criticisms upon this that herein follows. Agassi/ tells us that fish diet improves the brain. Although 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 go 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 ilesh of the manhaden, separated from the oil, is not distinguishable, when similar!}' served, from beef tea, is destined to revolutionize our hospital life, and, we hope, will 13° Guide to the If fish diet improve the hrain of the human species, may Ave not adduce the fact that swine flesh will debase or ele- vate the intellect of our race, according as it is more or less inflicted by trichinaea, from being imprisoned in filthy pens and yards? Although the writer never eats any part of the swine, he vet believes its flesh may agree, when properly bred and cured, with others' palates. The Hog family displays more intellect, or are 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 lie has been taught to look at vour watch, 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 Farms. 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 Pali 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 " calculating" race, it is eminently proper that this animal of mind, tbe 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 year at the laying of the corner-stone of the Ridge Hill Farms Piggery. 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. Alas-queue is shown as the ;< caudal appendage " by special act of Congress ; and it only requires J3 3 Guide to the the angle of Canadian territory between the Northern Lakes, called Ilydro-Ceflhalus, because it is the ' ; Recip- rocity I to complete the gehography 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 eUe continue on Bellevue Avenue. on hill, through dale and pine groves skirting the ser- .penthie Charles River, lor one mile, to the house now in •course of alteration, commenced September 1st, for summer boarders in 1S78. 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 laving 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 u> Araer- J 34 Guide to the ica," "When shall we meet again," and other appropriate hymns, 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 187S. Unless a better name is suggested, this will be known as the Hotel Trephis, from the Greek word trcpho, 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. 135 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 Virg'nia 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 direction 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 1^6 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 Mose.s 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 arc 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 whose 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 Ad idle rated Age, inasmuch as purity is rare, and adulteration abundant. Ridge Hill Farms. 137 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 thirty- eight United States? The prevention of disease among our general citizens of all classes, as well as in the army 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 by their presence at the start of this new movement, namely, the laying of the corner-stone of the Laboratory on the Charity Reserva- 13 s Guide to the tion at Ridge Hill Farms, which (with the Governors' Castle) is to be under the management of the organiza- tion wo 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 cookery in their respective Stat Cannot those Ex2cut:ve officials of each of our Union of Stales, accommodate their duties at home to their attendance at the Fete day, September 20th, 1S77 ; reach* ■ 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 any of the 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. 139 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 ^^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 i^jo 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, without 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 of 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, be 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, pro and con., decide the guilt or innocence, and the punishment of the guilty by such a re-establishment of the old-fashioned pillory 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 pillory, 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 wai'd, town or city, who sympathize with this plan select a few energetic men, of reliable reputation, to act as lieutenants, 142 . 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 November io, 1S73, a trader en Winter Street, Boston, had verbally agreed to lease an estate to one who had made every preparation to occupy it; but the contract not having signed on Monday, November 11, the lessor sends word to the con- tracting party that he must agree to pay five hundred dollars per annum additional, or he should refuse to sign the lease; to which dishonorable extortion he was compelled to yield, having g >ne too far to recede with- out a greater expense. At the time of the Globe Theatre district lire, May 30, 1S73, the father of this extortioner was guilty of exactly the same act; in this case the owner of Ridge Hill Farms was the sufferer, and 13 West Street the subject matter. More recently tins same man, learning that the lease of one who had occupied the same warehouse for many years would soon terminate, and that the occupant would be greatly inconvenienced if compelled to move, by connivance contracted with the lessor at an ad- vancud rent, and turning on the occupant, compelled him to pay him fifteen hundred dollars bonus for the renewed lease. The judiciary does not reach such cases. A court of public opinion, only, can tend to prevent a repetition of such offences against honorable dealing. If such as sympathize with such an organization, will evidence their interest, by getting their friends, acquaintances and neighbors to notify their desire to join, and also to subscribe ior, say " The Friday Record and Social Science Weekly," a small-sized newspaper, devoted, 1st, to sanitary cookery, new preparations, best methods of making bread, preservation of articles intended for table food, best modes of trans- porting animal food, detection of adulterations in articles intended for table food, 6zc. ; 3d. Friday Pillory or Correctionary Department. Examination of offences by individual, public press, &c, against personal rights; epi- • Ridge Hill Farms. 143 The organization of the Massachusetts Institute of Cookery, as projected by the proprietor of Ridge Hill Farms, is as follows, but which may be materially amended by the t;obcr reflections of those co-associating to work out the scheme : — 1 st. Organization as a corporation under the general taphs, caricatures and illustrations, monumentalizing such as are offenders against the laws of society, making the editor or proprietor responsible for errors of his apprentice who has been allowed the col- umns of the respectable journal " to sling malicious ink; " 3d. To similarly epitaphilize such officials as yield to the peculiar pressure of interested parties, and so legislate for the beneiit of the few as shall be at the expense of the man}'. The first care of this order to be that of taking every possible step to prevent thirty-nine fortieths of the capital represented in Boston proper, from paying the cost of running the free ferriage for the one fortieth represented by residents in East Boston z'wproper; and also de- voting our heads, hands, feet and pocket-books in preventing the re- election of such officials as voted for, and do not now recant, this prece- dent, so dishonorable and damaging to the best interests of the City of Boston. Members of this Friday Club should not be bound to vote for any one to political office, merely because such or such an one was a member of " our club." Many deliberate villains join churches, and to the world are very devout, but a^e finally found to be wolves in sheep's clothing; and every caution should be taken to prevent political bias warping the executive of this Friday Club. Therefore each member should have entire liberty of conscience to act and vo^c as he pleases. But when there is no appearance of guile, it is supposed the members will all vote as the executive may, after a .sober hearing of all sides, decide as proper. 144 Guide to the statutes, or, as will doubtless be preferred, under a special charter from, and with perhaps some pecuniary assistance of the State Legislature. 2d. Shares one hundred dollars each. Capital varying from one hundred thousand to one million dollars, de- pending upon the erection of a building for the Boston head- quarters, and upon the practical sympathy given to this work by capitalists, who invest from their hope of good dividends, and from the benevolent, who subscribe for shares in their own and that of others' names, whom they wish to compliment, as trustees, for the benefit of The Massachusetts Trepho-Phagian Institute (from the Greek trcphein, to nourish, phagien, to eat), which is strictly a charity, to distribute delicacies of sanitary cookery, &c, to the invalid poor. This food-dispensary institute getting all its supplies from the Institute of Cook- ery, and paying for them with the dividends on its funds invested in the capital stock of this Institute of Cookery. In furtherance of this plan, the owner of Ridge Hill Farms proposes to deed the so-called Charity Reservation of his estate, comprising three hundred and fifty acres of land every way suitable for agricultural purposes, as well as having all the desiderata of pine woods, boating, fishing, &c, required by summer recreationists, to the Trepho-Phagian Institute, to form one part, at such sum Ridge Hill Farms. 145 as may be decided, of its stock in the capital of the Insti- tute of Cookery. The building and work now just com- menced, he proposes shall be at the cost of the Institute that receives them. This large and valuable territory already has two large barns, capable of sheltering over one hundred cows, be- sides other buildings, including the Corner-stone Pig- gery, &c. The National Government has made reservations of funds from the sale of Government lands, in aid of agri- cultural colleges teaching the art of production of food supplies. Are such institutes of cookery as teach how to prepare these food supplies, as shall best control the in- telligence and the physique of our race, unworthy of sim- ilar aid and encouragement? The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has made appro- priation in aid of the Agassiz School of Zoology, at Harvard University, amounting to three hundred and twenty-three thousand dollars. It has aided in publishing Harris' great work on " In- sects Injurious to Vegetation." It has given a fostering care to the food supplies cultivated in our rivers and on our coasts, by the appointment and payment of fish com- missioners. It should now pass one general act requiring all towns 146 Guide to the and cities to stock with fish, in order to purify the waters of the same, such ponds, lakes or streams whence they obtain their water supplies. Will it not commence by requiring Brookline and Newton to stock with fish the waters of Charles River, inasmuch as fish are regarded as the most efficient purifiers? The Commonwealth should encourage its State Board of Health to investigate minutely and enforce all laws relating to the adulterations of articles offered for sale for table food. And may not the Commonwealth, with equal propriety, make an appropriation in aid of this Massachu- setts Institute of Cookery? The several towns and cities of this Commonwealth are permitted, and do make investments in railroads and other works of public improvement : may not this Massachusetts Institute of Cookery be regarded as a public improvement very much needed, and one pointing to the good of all? The City of Boston has expended between one and two millions of dollars for the Danvers Insane Hospital; and millions for its City Hospital, court-houses, jails, and other correctionary institutions. It has annually appropriated about five thousand dollars for the free distribution of soup, from the police stations, to the famished, suffering from the stagnation in commerce and manufactures. Ridge Hill Parms. 147 Then may it not, with economy to its treasury, appro- priate one hundred or two hundred thousand dollars tow- ards the erection of an edifice in Boston for use as the head- quarters of the Massachusetts Institute of Cookery, wherein all the female members of the senior classes in our public schools may be educated in that art of chemical and of sanitary cookery, which, more than any other science, is the basis of intelligence or depravity of our age, and to a large extent the prevention of that disease and crime which compels the erection of hospitals, court-houses and jails? If the City of Boston is to feed its famishing, it can be better done by giving coupons for deliveries of soup at the branch stations of the Cookery Institute, where that prepared by superior experts can be had at as low a cost as that produced in the police stations, where the deserving poor naturally are averse to go for it. By so doing, there is no scorching of the amour profire, inasmuch as the charity coupon may not be discernible from that bought by those more favored with this world's pecuniary comforts. These branch selling depots will serve a large class who will not steal, cannot beg, and at present prices, particu- larly in Boston, where flesh food is higher than in New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, are restricted from buy- 148 Guide to tJie ing. This institution can buy at wholesale at less than one half that paid by the consumer, and can save fully another twenty-five per cent (in all say three fourths), by utilizing the residuum, and methodizing work, and ex- penditures on the factory system. This institution, by its branch salesrooms, will enable many to be independent of those social grievances, the house servant, which now migrate from A to B, and from B to A, because their mu- tations increase the fees of, and therefore are not frowned upon by, the proprietor of that well-known institution, very properly called the "Intelligence" Office, as it cer- tainly does control the "intelligence"" of our race more than the Boston schools or Harvard University. The City of Boston is most certainly warranted in en- couraging the work here outlined, by a liberal appropria- tion, or by investment in its capital, as cities invest in other works of public improvement. The Boston City Board of Health should work with it and be of it. The poison imported in tea should be exposed, and dealers punished. The students, male and female, in our public schools, should be taught chemical analysis, and the use of the microscope, and how to detect the adulterations in sugar, pepper, coffee, flour, and nearly three out of four of our food staples, which are now undermining the vigor or physique of our age. Ridge Hill Farms. 149 The Board of Health can affiliate in many ways with such an institution. It may study if it be practicable to control the mixing of water and milk, which tends to fearfully increase the mortality list of infants, by laws compelling producers of milk to send it to market in re- ceptacles holding not over two quarts, with a slip of paper pasted from can neck over the stopper, showing by its being torn or broken, that some one has tampered with the milk. This paper, having the name of the producer printed upon it, will make him responsible for brewers' grain or Indian meal milk, and give him a reputation ac- cordingly. The Board of Health, in common with this Institute of Cookery, should print monthly, and when necessary, weekly, a circular-sized newspaper, offered to subscribers at not over one dollar the year, containing reports of analyses of adulterations, a fiillory column of those detected in adulterations, sanitary laws, recom- mendations for the comfort of the healthy as well as of the invalid, how to protect man and beast from mosquito trials of life, and to be used as a communicator with the Boards of Health of other cities, and as an authori- tative advertiser of those sanitary grievances which should be copied in the public journals in all sections of our country. The City of Boston is most certainly warranted in en- 150 Guide to the couraging this work by a liberal appropriation. Will it be done by the city officials of the present year? All such as take any interest in these matters, may no- tify their wish to subscribe for stock in the capital of the Massachusetts Institute of Cookery, in their own behalf, or as trustee for the Food Dispensary, by notifying any of the following Trepho-Phagian committee : — Harvey D. Parker, Edwin Chapin, Mrs. S. T. Hooper, Mrs. James Browne, Mrs. Oliver Ditson, Mrs. Osborne Howes. Trustees. Ex-Gov. Wm. Gaston, Charles M. Clapp, J. W. Candler, Isaac Fenno, Dr. Joseph Burnett, Wm. E. Baker, Jerome Jones, Edw'd Farns worth Baker, Walter Farnsworth Baker : or by calling and subscribing at 13 West Street, Boston. This committee will also have supervision of and decis- ion as to awarding ten prizes to such as shall send to 13 West Street, Boston, in time to be practically tested at the Governors' Fete on September 20, at the laying of the corner-stone of the Institute Laboratory at Ridge Hill Farms, the best samples of bread made by the sender, or of some approved new dish of cookery, best recipe for pre- paring any special kind of cookery, &c. All bread should be sent well packed from dampness. Ridge Hill Fa rms. 151 All such as wish to subscribe any large or small sum toward a permanent fund for the Trepho-Phagian Institute may notify any of the above-named committee. Such as believe that trying is succeeding, and that it is our duty to act, and not listlessly remain passive, think- ing we cannot change or get out of old ruts, those who sympathize with this suggested Friday Reform Club, should select some men above reproach or political bias in their respective wards, districts, towns, cities or counties, as Quartermasters, Lieutenants, Captains, Colonels of the Grand Friday Reform Army, and such as shall compose a const ""ative Board of Counsellors, and push this work till j r ou also stir up and incite an active interest in this work by receiving numerous letters from you, the following gen- tlemen, who, however, will know of this project for the first time on reading it in this book, but whom we desire to in- terest as principals in this work, and hope to do so, if you, reader, that sympathize with the plan, will only write them, signifying your w T ish to join, and thus incite them to take hold : Ex-Governor William Gaston, Ex-Mayor Otis Nor- cross, Ex-Mayor Frederic W. Lincoln, Henry P. Kidder, Henry Lee, Marshall P. Wilder, Joseph Burnett, Harvey D. Parker, R. C. Greenleaf, Albert Bovvker, Nathaniel J. Brad- lee, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Gameld. Our interest in the work must be our apology for thus using these names with- 152 Guide to the Ridge Hill Far 7ns. out the knowledge of any one of them, and thus, of course, in no way making them responsible for this our assumptive act. Pleading guilty to bringing these conservative modest men into print, and of skirting the edge of the globe in our social-science rambles, if we have bored you with this long epistle you have yourself to blame for reading the effusions of your friend, who wishes both to amuse and interest you in a good work. CRAYONATED SCIENCE. INDEX GUIDE. References may be made to the map, but please make allowance for the numbers thereon differing from the num- bers herein. PAGE i. Permission to visit Ridge Hill Farms . . 3 2. Register jour name at Registry Office . . 4 3. Visit Norino Tower, Arcadium, Tivoli Hall 6, 7, 8 4. Black and Gold Stable 5, 8 5. Coons in Pavilion Grove . . . . 11 6. Album Bowling Alley 9 7. Diorama, green wood-work, wire sides . . 12 8. African Porcupine in oval enclosure . . 12 9. Cages containing Cockatoos, Parrots, Macaws 12 10. Squirrel Cages . . . . . . . 11 11. Leaky-Boot Fountain . . . . . 11 12. Pavilion . . . . . . . . 11 13. Cage of Ring-neck Doves . . . . 11, 12 14. Mushroom Seats ...... 24 15. Pass through Minnehaha's Wigwam . . 24 16. Eddie's and Walter's Gardens, and their Play and Ware House 24 INDEX. 17- iS. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23- 24. 25- 26. 27. 28. 29. 30- 31- 32. 33- 34- 35- 36. 37- 33. 39- 40. Goat enclosure Balustrade Walk to Chapel Chapel .... Floral Avenue . Monkey Building Conservatory of new Hot-houses Pass to the South of the owner's residence . Mosaic Gardens ...... Camp John Adams ...... Union Monument ...... Chilian Pavilion ...... Octagon Bear-Pit — Seneca Bears . . 17, Gnome Drinking Fountain . Arboretum Walks, Basin Spring Fountain Arboretum Lodge ...... Boat-house Frog Fountain ...... Coliseum Bridge ...... Rustic Bridge ...... 46 Circular Bear-Pit Steamboat Landing . Peacock House Deer Park, Buffaloes, Bison, Elk Krino Valley, right side .... PAGE IS, 16 25 9 26 13 26 26, 67 28 33 33 44 21,44 44 45 46 47 46 46 5c, 51 5i 5i 52 52 55 INDEX. iii 41. Krino Valley, left side PAGE 61 43. Rustic Seat and Umbrella 61 43- Gothic Arch and Smugglers' Cove 61 44- Entrance to Crystal Tower 62 45- Smugglers' Cave 63 46- Flirtation Tunnel 63 47- Stalactite Grotto 63 48- Turnstile 65 49- Boston Fire Monument 52 5o- Circular Bear-Pit 65 Si- Camera Obscura 65 52- Photograph Studio 66 53- Registry Office 4, 66, 63 54- Charity Reservation 29, in 55- Windmill Tower 29 56. Riverside Herd Barn in 57- Corner-Stone Piggery • H3> 132 58. Governors' Castle .... • 133 59- Ridge Hill Laboratory (for the Mass. Insti- tute of Cookery, headquarters in Boston), and the Trephis Home Hotel for summer boarders 134, 144 60. MISCELLANEOUS. Ladies' Cottage 44 61. Gentlemen's Cottage, rear f Bowling Alle y INDEX. PAGE 62. Gentlemen's Walk ...... 44 63. Friday Reform Club .... 89, 140, 151 64. Trepho-Phagian Institute . . . 144, 150 65. Boston Aquarium, 13 West St.. Boston. 66. References to Executive Board of Boston free- ing the East Boston Ferries . 20, SS. iyj. 143 67. Ridge Hill Farms Lunch Department . . 134 6S. Porcus Family habits, litter-ary inclinations. &c. ... ... 123-31 69. Florida, Brevard County Wonders . . 19 70. Subscriptions to the Institute of Cookery 135,143,150 Those subscribing ten shares in trust for Trepho-Phagian Institute, to be Patrons of this Food Dispensary. Those subscrib- ing four thousand dollars to be classed as Founders — all Stockholders to be invited guests at the" 20th September Fete. The Boston Aquarium, 13 West Street, Boston, is es- tablished specially in aid of and is to be donated to the Treph'o-Phagian Institute, and in the hope that it may result in inciting such an interest as will lead to an extensive Aquarium in Boston, for the education and amusement of the masses. It has salt and fresh water departments, stocked with Seals, Beavers, Sea Robins, Anemones, Crabs, Lobsters, Trout, Salmon, and thousands of curious mammalia and crustacaea, the study of whose habits is both instructive and amusing. J F you would keep Your lips from slips Five things Observe with care : Of whom you speak, To whom you speak, And how, And when, And where.