Litchfield enquirer., 1870-01-06
Letter from New York,

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 Letter from New York
 ,osf NEw YoRK, Dec. 30th, 1869..
 The holidays find the city stuck well in the mud, while the constant whistling and ringing of tho bells. upon the riyer,5 tell lhow thick is the mist which came there.
 | The crowds that throng the streets shows
 how little these thisgs daunt those who are l preparing for the coming Newi Years day. T Broadway and many other streets are full of innumerable attractions which the poor
 may look at and covert, but which the rich
 alone can purchase. Each store vies with the others in the attractions placed in the show-windows, and the result is that it
 takes long time to so short distance, if you are tempted to gaze for moment at
 the choice things to be seen. o8a5 2
 As Wall street and the mercantile busl- tness are not in our, line, we invite you to
 take . look with us at some of the book fssorss and picture galleries. . ; @t Y. a sls THz BOOKSTORES. f.s i3 stgo t One after another the firms who once had their stores very far down town, have fol- flowed the lead of Appleton. who has for g number of years occupied magnificent
 marble building on the sunny side of Broadway. It is rich treat to every lover of good books, who likes to see his friends
 we'll cared for. to go through the book
 stores of Appleton, scribner, Sheldon. Carl tons, &c &cH-------~u- sAa- thA richast editions of works you have learned to con at home in more humble bindings. Here also, you will appreciate the fact. that of
 '.making books there is no snd."t The
 most elegant bookstore in New York is thst of Carleton. near the Fifth American l American Hotel; bat with us, who wish to get all we can with onr money, these stores are only to be looked at, while we go down to Nassau street to make our. purchases. This morning we wers 50 fortunate as to get for ten dollars what would have cost
 us thirty, elsewhere. s l G silal. AMONG THE PToTUREs .a eA
 Opposite the Metropolitan Hotel, for some time, there has been a very good ex- hibition of pictures by the French artist.
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 There are two large oil paintings, one of
 which represents II" Jepthah's Daughter and her Oompanions"- work of singular
 beauty. The other is, Dante and Virgil tvisiting the Frozen Regions of He'll and
 meeting Count Ugolino feeding upon the skull of his murderer, Cardinal Rugieri. This picture is full sof terrible power, .:fwonderful anatomy, an M. D. said, who
 was with me. The work. impressed me very much, as I remember the fresco of .. The Last Judgment" did, at the Campo Santo in Pisa, Italy. It is too horrible for contemplation. Taking g glimpse of some very pretty works of art at Schar's. let us
 walk up to the gallery of Goupil on 9th Av- enue. Here Church's last picture iston ex-: hibition.a ss Damascus" is about the same size on canvas as the other paintings which have given the artist so great . reputation,
 The foreground is mountain range, from which we look upon wids-spreading land9 lscape. in the midst of which are seen the minarets and towers of the far-famed city. The light ana snadows are arranged wiss
 consummate skill; still, we hardly credit the report that Mr. Church considers this his master-pieoe.a3 3o aasoses las s zaE. t E Es.
 Just above the new .Grand Hotel'' on Broadway, let us take peep into an ar tist's studio. Here we find onrs young friend, Linsley, who spent his last sum liner in Cornwall, The view of ]" Colts Foot" mountain and the adjacent valley is lascredit both to the artist and the scenery IMr. Linsley is at work on two paintings ordered by Mr. !. O. Calhoun. who spends This summers in South Cornwall. Both pictures are views taken near and inclu-. Iding his country home. We predict fn- tute success foroar artist friend. Se Yours truiy,id B: B. S1N7oaD.
 KEsr. Jan. sds 1870 ' AGR. EDITOR :lErs Adeline M. Thsyer l Nife ef James 8. Thayer. who was killed at Nswsl Milford in September, by thelcars, I has received on his life insnrance policy, l$l. .s98. .66 from . Newark company. Mrs
 Thaysr has fonr children to support and this timely assistance will be great help to, her. notwithstanding the persistent ef- Ier-e~ .>e ss,v,1 ~,s s.,vr t,vr <ffsenra f, l,a4