Ghost Stories

The Major's Lease
A curious little story was told the other day in a ce...

Aunt Joanna
In the Land's End district is the little church-town ...

Farm Barn 2 Floor Plan
INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT. Entering the large door, (a,) ...

The Butter Dairy
This, if pursued on the same farm with the cheese dairy...

Farm House 4 Surrounding Plantations Shrubbery Walks Etc
After the general remarks made in the preceding pages, ...

The Dancing Devil
On 16th November, 1870, Mr. Shchapoff, a Russian squire...

The Mignonette
Mrs. Herbert returned with her husband from London to t...

Farm House 4 Interior Arrangement
The front door from the veranda of the house opens ...

Ghosts In Connecticut
(N.Y. _Sun_, Sept. 1, 1885) "There is as much supers...

Farm House 1 Interior Arrangement
The front door, over which is a single sash-light acr...

Water-fowls

If a stream flow through the grounds, in the vicinity of the house; or a pond, or a small lake be near, a few varieties of choice water-fowls may be kept, adding much to the interest and amusement of the family. Many of the English nobility, and gentry, keep swans for such purpose. They are esteemed a bird of much grace and beauty, although silent, and of shy, unsocial habits, and not prolific in the production of their young. For such purposes as they are kept in England, the great African goose, resembling the China, but nearly double in size, is a preferable substitute in this country. It is a more beautiful bird in its plumage; equally graceful in the water; social, and gentle in its habits; breeding with facility, and agreeable in its voice, particularly at a little distance. The African goose will attain a weight of twenty to twenty-five pounds. Its body is finely formed, heavily feathered, and its flesh is of delicate flavor. The top of the head, and the back of its neck, which is long, high, and beautifully arched, is a dark brown; its bill black, with a high protuberance, or knob, at its junction with the head; a 371 dark hazel eye, with a golden ring around it; the under part of the head and neck, a soft ash-color; and a heavy dewlap at the throat. Its legs and feet are orange-colored; and its belly white. Taken altogether, a noble and majestic bird.





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