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Show A FARM IN THE CITY. ' Senator Payra'B EzteimtT ro&Mlon at Cirvvlaud. One of the plainest houses en Euclid avenue, Clev daud, is tho home of Ohio's millionaire senator, Ueury B. Payne. It ... TUB ui.rc tahi ni'i sr Isbniltof sandstone in a style much In voguo a third of a century ago, and is nlmost entirely free from ornamentation. ornamenta-tion. When Senator I'ayno built it Cleveland was little more than a rill ago, and it was ou the ouUkirts of the town and had beyond it the broad acres of tho Perry homestead, which was inherited by. Mrs. Payne. The city has grown up to and miles beyond the residence, but it Is just as it was when built thirty-live years ago, and tho broad acres of the j homestead are still hell unimproved and j unallotted in spiteof the pressure of population. pop-ulation. No other American city can ; show such a phenomenon. Over seventy j acres of fanning land, where cows are j pastured in summer, in the heart of the j city, within a tuilo of the pulsus square, i The residence is two r.tories in height Btil rather narrow and deep, containing twenty roomsof moderate sizo. Like all the residences on the north sido of Euclid Eu-clid avenue it stands on the crown of tho little ridge back 300 feet from tho blieet and with a broad, beautiful luwu gently 1 in IVv WWW -,W ; t .?St'tf'J A" 14 WtlKKIS SENATOR PiYSB MVE8. sloping to the avenue. The interior Is rather plainly furnished in old fashioned stylo. Here tho old senator and his wife live when not ut Washington in tho most retired and unostentatious way, with seldom more than ono or two servants. serv-ants. Just to the east of the senator's present pres-ent residence nnd standing some 200 feet from it is tho long, rambling old farm house that was formerly the Perry homestead. home-stead. It is ono cf the old landmarks of the city. In it Henry D. Payne, then u ris-ing ris-ing young lawyer, wooed and won the daughter of tho retired wholesale grocer nearly half a century no, and there moat of the senator's children were born and spent their early childhood. It Is a most picturesque old house, and is kept in good repair, though but ono or two rooms are oven partially furnibhed. The broad fireplaces, small windows and low ceilings are full of attractiveness to the lover of the antiijuo. In the rear Is tho barn, built when Cleveland was a hamlet, ham-let, and near it a more recent though by no means modern carriage shed. The grounds are very beautiful. Great ipreading elms line tho avenue in front md ash, walnut, willow and other native trees are numerous about tho houses uud ou the lawn. Cover that bald spot on yonr head by using bkookum Boot Hair Grower. |