| p. 4-652- 1848.
If we are more gratified with milder scenery; with the
simple beauty rather than the wild grandeur of nature, we have
plenty of this kind of scenery also. Who has seen the beautiful
valley of the Rock river about Janesville or Beloit; or the valley
of the Pishtaka in Racine county, with the placid stream winding
through it, with the most graceful meanderings, embosoming many
islands of various sizes, ornamented by the overhanging branches
of the willow and other trees, without the most enlivening and
almost overwhelming sense of the loveliness of nature?
again those bright silvery lakes, set like rich gems among the
rounded or gently sloping hills, adorned by clumps of trees
and shrubbery, afford many charming scenes of great beauty; that
will be much visited in after times by persons of taste enough to
enjoy the beauties of nature.
Our "Oak Openings" as they are called, afford [afford?] much sce-
nery of extreme beauty. Thousands of dollars have been expended
in European countries to adorn and beautify the estates of the
noble and wealthy classes, without producing anything more than a
slight approximation towards the beauty and loveliness of our
oak openings. It has been said that if the buildings, the cas-
tales and the enclosing walls and hedges were removed from the
parks of the English nobles, they would resemble our wild woods and
scenery. Perhaps there may be a resemblance but who would not
prefer ours, so pure, so rich, so fresh from the hands of the
Creator, to this artificial imitation.
| p. 4-652- 1848.
If we are more gratified with milder scenery; with the
simple beauty rather than the wild grandeur of nature, we have
plenty of this kind of scenery also. Who has seen the beautiful
valley of the Rock river about Janesville or Beloit; or the valley
of the Pishtaka in Racine county, with the placid stream winding
through it, with the most graceful meanderings, embosoming many
islands of various sizes, ornamented by the overhanging branches
of the willow and other trees, without the most enlivening and
almost overwhelming sense of the loveliness of nature?
again those bright silvery lakes, set like rich gems among the
rounded or gently sloping hills, adorned by clumps of trees
and shrubbery, afford many charming scenes of great beauty; that
will be much visited in after times by persons of taste enough to
enjoy the beauties of nature.
Our "Oak Openings" as they are called, affrod [afford?] much sce-
nery of extreme beauty. Thousands of dollars have been expended
in European countries to adorn and beautify the estates of the
noble and wealthy classes, without producing anything more than a
slight approximation towards towards the beauty and loveliness of our
oak openings. It has been said that if the buildings, the cas-
tales and the enclosing walls and hedges were removed from the
parks of the English nobles, they would resemble our wild woods and
scenery. Perhaps there may be a resemblance but who would not
prefer ours, so pure, so rich, so fresh from the hands of the
Creator, to this artificial imitation.
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