Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-10-27

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"THr SUCCESS OF THE CROSBY OrsnA HOUSE,
ART AssociArios.-Th past week has been fruit
full for this widely-spread enterprise. Our ex-
changes from every quarter are filled with notices
of ite success. Its advertisements, which are on
scale surprising in general extent anything which
has been attempted by even American enterprise
before, occupy pages Of the New York press.
correspondent, writing Of its success in New YORK,
says THE Office reminds me Of q railroad ticket
office few minutes before the departure Of tho
train" ...
The feelings Of personal interest In Mr.. Crosby
seems to prsvade tho whole country. Every little
town or village has ts one or mole clubs. aud We
understand that the rapid sale Of through
out the countryis in measure to be attributed to
the cordial support Of the National Banks the
Presidents and Cashiers Of which are It's most nu
merous and efficient agents.
Another large club has been organized here upon
the plan Of that Of the express and telegraph men
II is to be supposed exclusively of railroad and
| steamboat men. They have secured 900 certih-
| Gates.
The pork packers have also club Of 500 nearly
| fled. The Young Mems Association nre forming
| largo club The Chamber of Commerce club is full
| Several Board Of Trade clubs holding large num-
Der of certificates, have been filed and others in
progress. Activity in this line seems TO increase
| with each week. These movements are rapidly
taking up the certificates all the country, and
fastening tho happy consummation Of scheme
which has in it more interest, novelty and spirit,
than anything which has engaged public attention
|
As many OF our readers may not be aware Of the
unusual inducements offered by this Association, we
| givo the following synopsis:
The Association will issue to its members 2l0 900
tickets, at S. each, emitting the holder to one or
more of the first class cngrnvings afterwards de.
sribed free admission to the galleries OF the AS
| socation, as we'll q share in the award of pre-.
miums from series of the grandest paintings ever
offered to the public by any Art Union.
The first premium, the Crosby opera house, in
Chicago, situated on Washington, with frontage OF
l40 feet and depth Of $50. 1t is built of marble
and four spacious stores either side OF the entrance
hall, with the offices and studies above them, pro-
ducs an aggregate rental of S30,0o0. The actual
cost and value Of this splendid building, conceded
to be of the finest in the world amounts to sil
hundred thousand dollars.
In addition TO this tho premiums consist of more
than three hundred splendid oil paintings, by th'
first American artists BIERSTADT'S great paint
ing The Yo Semitic Valley value $4,000
CROSBEY'S American Autumn value So 900
Irving and his Friends, value 5000 Woods II
Autumn value $4,000; Recognition value $4,000
Boards Deer the Prairie value $4,000
GlGN0UX'S Alpine Scenery, value $4,000, a
we'll as works by all the leading artist in the coun
try constituting the grandest collection ever brouSh
before the public; also. the original life-sze bus
of Abraham Lincoln, executed from life by L. W
Nok, value S2500.
To enable tho public to judge for themselves
th, entire collection, the largest and
MOST VALUABLE EVER OFFERED AT ANY
ART UNION.
Will be on free exhibition, a part alternately il
, the OPERA HOUSE, CHICAGO,
AND
THE ART INSTITUTE, No e25 BROADWAY.
\ Tickets Of Membershp--for s., one share Ger
tifcate, with of the following beautiful stet
Engraving The Little Wanderer,h by Thoma
Read br Gathering Apples, by jerome Thompson
For $40, two shares or certificates with the super
. Steel Engraving Of Washington Irving and HI
Friends" For Sl5 three shares or certificates wit
the fine Allegorica Engraving on Steel, Mercy
Dream by d. Huntington. For 500, four share
or certificates with the splendid Chrome Engravin
of Autumn"
The award of premiums will be made on the Il
of October next.
Applications for shares can bo made to
, L. IL. CROSBY,
Actuary, A. A
and directed to the Art Institute, No 625 Broadwa.
: New York, the Crosby Opera House, Chicago
where further particulars be had on application
The Crosby Opera House Art Association is II
gift enterprise, and must not be cOnfounded wit
dollar gift concerts which have advertised to TAX
{ place at the Opera House without the authority
consent of the proprietors.
JAcoD SnIPMAN, Sunbury, Pa, is the authorize
Agent for the above Association,