The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-10-12


Mn. EDITOR
/ observed some beautiful spe-
cimens in the department of pictorial
work, at the late County Fair There
were good examples of the various pre-
vailing kinds taught in our Ladies Sem
inaries, as in Oil Painting, Pencil Draw.
ing, dark and colorcd Crayons, Crayolith-
les, &c., aud in each oftlosc, there were
very pleasing instances of refined skill
and taste. Much ofagrecable sensation,
and of a higher qualification in witness
ing the diffuscd culture of the softcning
arts of life, and its representation in the
natural talent of young ladies, must
have bcen communicated by them But
it was, as a whole, too little. As an
establishment Of the hall, more would
have been agreeable, and it may be pro
per to suggest to the Committee, that
something even of the benefit of light to
the pictures, might be sacrificed to this
object, and the bare panels along the
sides, apparently left bare for this object,
would have become much more interest
ing and ornamental, by sharing at least
a moicty of the burden with the pillars
through the centre. But the accom-
plishment itself deserves stimulus and
encouragement.
No talent, not even music, is natural.
ly more grateful to the soul in its of-
fccts than that of pictorial representation
The child at the earliest age of thought
dwclls over it with ecstasy, The taste
developed in after life is soothing and
elevating, q comfort OF recreation to the
affections or faculties of mature years.
The various improvements in teaching
have brought this development within
the reach of all, and by this aid, we
have those in our own families, who. du-
ring their years Of leisure. by cultvating
their natural talent, may provide us req
reservations of beauty or sentiment over
which the minds Of parents and of house
holds may dwell not merely with affcc-
ton, but with sense of improvement
and delight. 1t was said, no PREMIUMS
had been offered in this department.
Otherwise, including different portions
Of the County, l am sure this department
would have been more fully, but not
more beautifully represented.
Specimens Of tasteful needle and 9th.
er thread work were also deficient in
number, which the ladies, of whom so
many were present, may have regretted.
How much may be displayed in this way,
how much interest given to this meeting
of those who so often are skilful in these
arts of cunning workmanship, if they
please The most serious products
would suffer nothing BY it. On the con-
trary, they would catch reflection of
elegance from their association with pro
ducts of kindred, if of more exquisite
skill. The best of life, to any body, is
not in mere hard or useful work.; il is
much of it in that employment, which,
while it rests the body, elevates and cul-
tivates the faculties of the mind. The
of our agricultural societies,
with whom the PREMIUMS offered for
flowers seem to be great sacrifices, pur-
chase to themselves more costly and less
pleasures, than garden Of ro-
ses would diffuse about them, like an at
Taste is the sister of Indus
try, and his check CLOVIS the more health!
fully, when they run together, touched
by tho tangles of hci hair.
JENlsoN.