26 HARE'S GUIDE TO center of the city by way of First street, the attention " e ^ of the stranger is called to the beautiful are 1 Grounds of Mrs. S. J. Hensley, t Situated on the east side of First street, between dotti Empire street and the railroad. These grounds, com- flow* prising about twenty-five acres, were laid out in 1853 quir by Major Samuel J. Hensley, and are now owned and sync occupied by his widow. A minute description of all plat, the points of beauty and interest in these elegant prem- bloo ises would be unfair to the stranger. It is far better of c to let him come upon each new attraction unprepared, Eve and the pleasure will be greatly enhanced. Frederic of i Hall, in his history, says of these premises : “ It is the gua ground of enchantment. Here multifarious flowers the greet the eye with every hue, and perfume the am- of t bient air with odorous breath; here grassy lawns nev are shaded by gracefully hanging boughs ; here gurg- He ling waters sparkle like a jewelled queen ; here the S P° 1 apple blossom from the cold clime greets the mag- con nolia from the sunny South; here the fuschia, the jessamine, the orange blossom, the heliotrope and the q£. rose array themselves in vernal splendor, as if in- anc vited by Flora at a May day festival of the goddesses. tic) Here the shell bark stands by the side of the English on walnut and the almond on friendly terms—all thriv- is s ing luxuriously, as if indigenous to the same clime.” so ') It is not to be supposed, by the stranger, that these
