Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-12-15


gorgeous hOepitality; he filed his house
in Paris With ''bigotry and Tirtpe,g and
his Olympian nod was all-potent behind
the scenes Of the opera with divinities nei-
ther bigoted nor virtuous. His picture
gallery was famous even in the city which
contains the hotel of the Marquis Of IIert-
ford. There, in the apartments appropri-
ated to Madam de Rothschild, connois-
-eurs admired that noble boy" of Rem
brandt for which the representatives Of
half the finest. national galleries in Eu-
rope contended at the sale Of the Baron
Won Briemen's collection; and Il Hobbe-
ma, esteemed, and rightly esteemed to be
the finest specimen Of the msstor to be
seen III France since the Hertford Hobbe-
mas we're Transferred to enc # the Eng-
lish palaces of the owner; and the only
authentic specimen, save that in the ilS-
erlal Louvre, Of the skill of Jan Van
tycS, the ''nlorning-star" Of Northern art
Rcmbrandt's "Standard-Bearer;" !" d deli
cious "Laitiere" from The :orial pencil of
Greuze; charming portrait by Velas-
quoz Of an Inlanta-of-Spain; a master
work by Quentin NGet5is, the blacksmith,
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whom love, as sweet old ledgehd tells
us, cnoblod into an artist; and priceless
gem, "Winter," from the easel Of Van de
Yelde--wore oqpspieuous among the orna-
Emoats Of this palace Of finance. In The
pictures Of the more modern schools, and
particularly of the schools-of France, the
Barons gallery was only less rich than the
incompatible collection of N. de Lacaze.
A cabinet Of painted enamelF, net sur
passed by those Of De Ganay AM Basil
ewslli store Of rare Italian porcelain and
fairy-liko Yonetiap glass, and Persian yes-
sells Of price, rivalling the sapphire and the
ruby in 8plendor these, with all that
upholstery, all that Jric-a-6rac eer gave
to bear the witness Of beauty to the po-
toncy Of wealth, made the residence of
Baron James dc Rothschild one Of the
most sumptuous Of homes. And yet, from
the oyerplus Of the Rue I.aftto, The Paris
ian Crcosas had poured forth upon his
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treasures of art that these alone were es-
timatcd in the Inventories Of the insurance
companies at more than ten millions of
francs, Or two millions of dollars in value.
The latter years Of Baron James had
been somewhat cnbittored by the marvel
lous prosperity of the great financial COM
biuations which, under the direction Of
able aud far-seeing or of merely audac-
ious and unscrupuous men, generated
around the old hotel Of the Rue haftte
swarm Of rival fortunes, some Of which,
as for.examplc those Of the Pereires, were
g.. > ,,biIa ,,or,lorlv believed to bc aol;,s
,r, R,t ~ f,r, a,.;,oiinlog %
tablishcd by Meyer Anslem and by Ma
than Meyer wore down in the end these
oyonescabt oloria, which baving risen
.a;,,o an ov.Iat;or n.l;to an evbalation in
,,onv oosas beean ooair 70 dieonaar wbile
Won tho Barop I;vod 10 see them fade axov
IL hos ,,naohtoa,v d;ed as ba vy.o horn,
financial nr;nce Of tbe frat financial
bouse IN tho world WIN bis death the
soo,trs of Il, affair, i likely To naea from
Paris 10 London The .,puntials +" to use
n,o ro,,l ,,o.l of ! ,,.;,oses of tbe hama
of I,o,,aon w;4b ! rr;,,ca of tbs borse of
por;. vore eelahraied Il will he remem.
ha,sd Soma veors oco WITH ! nosn which
roo,,lod tbs fsblo5 mscnifceoces Of l,eck.
far5,s Fontbill. and which inspired the
ronaon T;mes 10 an on;thalami,,n, two
cobnps lono glowing with a6wers ike a
Cb;s,v;et borticplt,ral show and sna,k
ling with diamonds like the rcralia of 4
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