Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-10-24
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Notes and Comments.


kINNEY's BusT OF ETHAN ALLEN.-Mr. B.
II. Kinney, of Rutland, is now exhibiting. at
No. ii, In the State House, his busts of Ethan
Allen, Gov. Williams, and other statuary, in all
which the artist has exhibited skill and origin
atty of conception which must soon give him a
high stand among the sculptors of our country.
His bust of Allen was moulded from the
best lights now attainable, and especially from
the likeness of Col. Hitchcock, of the U. s. Ar
my, who was declared by his mother, the daugh.
fer of Ethan Allen, to resemble her father more
than any man living At all events, this bust is
sufficiently bold and Lion-like in look and con-
tour, to come up fully to all our conceptions of
the old Hero of the Green Mountains. The
bust of the Governor is very like him; and the
smaller pieces the Indian girl admiring fresh
plucked wild flower, and the factory girl-are
new and well executed designs We much
commend Mr.. KS notions of bringing out native
subjects. For what man is there among US. of
taste and just degree of State PRIDE who, on
beholdmg the rich variety of materials every
where spread around us, and counting the appro-
pnatlon of our native artists and writer's can
forbear to exclaim with the poet
Shall foreign legends e'er go brght'ning down,
While cold Obllvlon's night cloud hides our own?
Look round this land, to faith and firmness dear!
Finds no wrapt soul fit inspiration here?
We sincerely hope the Legislature will EN-.
ploy Mr.. Kinney to carry out his attempt to
preserve the likeness of Allen, in more dura-
BILE form.
LIND AND CHARITY.-Jenny Lind, who was
30 years old on the 9th of October, gave about
$1,000 of the $4,000 of the profits of her sing.
ing in Boston, to the different charitable socie-
ties of that city. For this, she has been greatly,
ard we presume, justly applauded But while
the papers are ringing all the changes of lauda-
ton through the land for the action. will it do
any hurt to glance at another side OF the oues-
ton? She and Barnum, it seems, take from the
people of Boston $4,000, and leave $1,000. or
about twelfth part Of the whole sum, more
than double of which fraction, probably, having
been drawn from families who may to. morrow
IT not to-day, need assistance themselves
Surely this charity is great thing for it not
only hides multitude of failings," but some-
times multitude of common-sense calculations
also.
AERIAL FUsIrIvE.-Last week, Mr.. Herrlck,
the ingenious Preceptor of our Academy. In the
course of experimenting before his pupils. con-
structed and sent up, at the end of some hundred
yards of Irvine, balloon, of cat. or small dor
carrying capacity when, in the process of draw
ing 1t down, with such suDdry jerks as might fa-
vor display, in its descent, the twine broke. and
away it went upward, till it found the electric
current, which is thought to be the guide of wild
geese, and then seemed to turn in on their great
highway to the south, Should this siIken aero
lite conclude to return to the earth, within any
reasonable distance, and the finder will return It.
VIC will see that he, or she, shall be rewarded
with copy Of our forthcoming academlcal cat
alogue, or anything else In reason, together with
ten dollars worth the gratitude ofthe Preceptor
and his pupils, who have thus lucklessly be en-
deprived OF SO interesting portion of their sci.
entifc illustrations,