Connecticut western news., 1871-12-22
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 Once there was ao very good little girl, wbo, by yFeason of her goodness. knew where to find strawberries in the.winter, In the same way less perfectpeople, blessed by the generous fairies ofmemory and imagihation, may sit, as l do now, in the midst Of falling leaves and whistling winds, and call back the green grasses and the sumRer sun. | see wonder in tho glean the darling of our house, the gold gleam in her brown hair, a chain of daisies in her hand, and in her eyes the roguish meditation Of kitten. weary for an instant only of its play, and think ing slyly of another spring. Thrown back upon the velvet grass, she is not resting, only pausing; from her bright giances to the tips of her tiny fingers she is wide awake.ad4 ~. f#al aH79 s,sit 1t stseed
 But now the merry play is over, and our petDestles wonder on the sofa cushion. tired at last m earnest. Slowly the lids fali, and the lingering smile dies out; but the flush in cheek and lip remains, like the glow af- ter sunset. The gathered butterc0ps and daisies are loosely held by the fair little disturb the sweet brow's perfect peace
 
 Tn other words, two chromos hang upon the wall, bewitehing child heads, in which every mother sees something of her own dear ones, never grown old, and never lost to her, however time or death may have dealt with them.' @sa 9# fad a27
 Nothing pleases more at first sight or gives pleasure longer than poetical pictures of children. "Thea little chiIdn whom Jesus sets in the midst of every family is a. joy that grows not old and fades not.
 .sAge cannot wither, custom cannot stale
 Its infinite varietY." sas 8,at8s 5.st sfs
 For. this reason happy picture of child brngsan enjoyment more lasting than any other, because it IS 8 subjectlof which no
 But these pictures, besides their constant charm for grown folks, are snch as children can understand and love. Our little " Wide Awake'' and $ Fast Asleep" would glve many a pleasant hour of companion able amusement and intercourse to the little people akin to them in age. | The pictures that children's eyesrest on as they are dropping of to sleep, or as they awake in. the morning, seem to them like living friends. ALI sorts of childish dreams and fancies make of the pictured ,tacera real companion. Not only in the parlor or the sitting-room would they be an attractive and fitting establishment, but they are a charming pair for the adornmentt of ia nursery. M daEg9f egt
 Undoubtedly these two. pictures are portraits. There is q realistic faiLhfalness and truth about them that forbids the idea of their being fancy heads They will remind many parents of little ones. either here or in heaven. Dickens says isome- where of his portraiture of little Nell that he has had letters from the Administrations of the earth speaking of children who resembled her-s0 dear. and so early, taken! He who paints one child well, paints thou sands, and speaks to the tendexest feeling of innumerable hearts. f6 a4.d 0GsA {sap . Of course there is pleasure in possess ing an original. painting; but when { the question lies between an original at i've hundred dollars and ia chrorno which can scarcely be distinguished from it at ten dollars particularly when one has not the five hundred to spare--the, choice is not very difficult. As to these two ex-. auisite ,chromos, only A critical exami- nation can distinguish between the copies and the originals, which sold for many -wAich is certainly more than can be said of the best copies of most pie lures painted by hand. la e11 II aa II. Blessings upon mo-lithography, by, which the successful painting of master can be reproduced indefinitely, and can enter thousands of homes with its educa- ting. quickening, reforming influence! u. T It is not alone ints the dwellings, of the great and wealthy that we follow this pretty pair with anticipations of delight. We see theming the cottages of the poor, in the log cabin of the backwoodsman, the toil of the hard wife and mother, and receiving the almost adoring wonder of children who have never seen pictures before. $, ailE s5s rs ou4as \
 God bless the darlings-send the little comforters fast and far! 9 ] -asrsit qd1 2 The charming pair of oil .ehromos,| E Wide Awakes anda "Fasts AAsleeps of whose real beauty and attractiveraess Mrs. Stowe's graceful sketch can give but anII imperfect idea-so pleasing are they te all who love, art or children-have always sold in the picture stores for $l0, and the original publisher has never been able to I supply the great demand for them even at 1 that price. And yet, although thousands I of them have been sold in America at that nigh rate, they are now within the reach 3f all, for they are aIa.ia as. .Epl 1pi I bal l GIVEN AWAYaa7h ayad | to every subscriber to The Chvistian Unsom, m unsectarian, literary, religious and domestic weekly newspaper, edited by WARD BEEcHER. aa ,3y3 ! The pair, by fortunate arrangement which one of the. partners of this house | was able to make in Paris during the late ,iege, with the proprietors of the pictures, ire furnished to ME Beecher's publishers | 1t rate esstsrsIy srceptsoso. TAe sssejsces Ire Lifs Siss. | 5a isngaEs bal 1 "fQesf ' As to the Caristian Unsoa, the great 'uccess of that paper has been n marvel in i she history of journalism, and the scholarly 1 md critical New York Nation oallsit ''not ] ,nly.the ablest and best, but also themost | popular of American religious periodicals. 1"
 This paper, after the first of January, I will be printed on a still larger sheet, fold@ d in t,oesty.four pages, posted at the baek ss,d trimmed at the edges, a decided adyans are possessed by no other religious week l V published. It contains contributions, rom eminent writers of oH denominations, md has natter of interest for every l uembcr of the household, yot,sg aspd old. 1 For the year 1872, Mrs. HARRIET BEEcHER