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bouquets that can be found not only for fragrance but
mixed in with other trees, the maple & elm which are
just putting forth their leaves,-- are very beautiful.
A little further off is a pleasant garden divided by paths
into small grass plots with here & there a pretty
flower-- at the lower side of this field is the "[?]
house" out of which "sunny side" came. No wonder the
author had glowing thoughts for such a place is
enchanting-- To the right we see the "dormitories" long
to be remembered for here the first term in Andover
was spent-- There seems to be still a reverence for
these blue piramids-- Beneath their windows are the
small flower beds arranged by some schoolboy
who has a love for things that are beautiful-- But
let us look on-- through the thick trees in the valley
we see the curlign smoke of the steam engine, as
she bears with lightning speed the weary traveller
to his destined place. Also the sprakling Shawshine
winding its way through grassy meads and with
here & there a cottage on its majestic banks. As
the eye follows along over valley & hill the scenery
gradually becomes the same-- Nothing but a dark
brown interspersed ^{recessionally} with a village whose church spire
rising far above the other houses, tells the beholder
they are a church going people-- Then the eye
rests upon the most beautiful of all the others-- the
setting sun. he is sinking to rest with just
clouds enough to make his setting beautiful. What
pen can describe the grandeur of the scene. Nothing