The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-04-15
The - sunny Side'' Author And
''The Bright Side''

1T was The winter of 1859 that
Washington Irving, the world
renowned author of "Knicker-
booker "Sketch Book" etc left
ioratlie last time his home at "Sun-
NY Side +" Seventy-six years OF
life heshad given to the9 world;
afw ays a JOY inspiring fifc
it had been to others, and now he
went home to a more delightful
place than even a'Sunday Side"
to receive as his reward, an eterity
of joy. His memory will ever be
bl. Il BY those who lee estha beauti-i
gal in thought or deliehtsi,r Soul
cheering, innocent laus Mar
BILE cannot preserve 50 durabIy as
grateful hearts, the name of such |
man.
Not long after his death, aome |
friends, united in the desire to per-
petuate and make PLEASANT his
memory. and to possess for them
selves the best portrait of Irving
it would be possible TO secure,
joined in the expense Of securing
for this purpose the services OF the
celebrated artists, F, o. G.. barley
and A. H Richie The result OF
the united skill of these two artists
was one OF the finest steel engrav-
ings and life like portraits sAmeri-
can art had ever produced. The
picture, very large one, was sold
at the price of 80 per copy. At
such a price of course there we're
comparatively lew purchasers, and
the management of the enterprise
happening to fall into the Ilands Of
men mQfe Able 10 art than skilled
IN bus ndSs, It's sale was soon alto
gathersuspe TIE publishers
of tbs BRIGHv SIDE, Chicago, have
recently purchased the plate, and
are now placing the cngrayings-
upon the market aga ain, in connec-
ton with their very sprightly
young peoples paper. and it will
| doubtless go into thousand of
homes ittwould reach 10 no other
manner. at is offered as prem
Jun for So, in subscriptions to
The BRIGHT SIDE. either three
subscribers one year. TIVE subscrib-
ers eighteen months, or one snb
I seribera three years in advance.
The publisher alec promise to be-
gin SOON, Life. of Irving, to be
written by one of the ablest writer's
| Of the day.
The wooden mills at Tell City
Perry County, have resumed work,
I The 'sEIeathen women" of Cor
4 nersvilie, have organized mission
airy society, ls i
4 Gen. Reynold who has been visit.
ing his friends in Lafayette, has
d returned to Texas. s ST. ~.~s4
Willard lee has forty cases II
theHenry county court. and Viii
liam Carpenter has thirty They
are liyuor dealers.
Il John Guiftermeyer. of Terri
, Haute, had an epilcptic fit, ant
fell with his face in a shallow poo
of water. He was drowned.
Nearly not occurred at Crow
II Point ON Saturday, because bal
loon burned up instead o.. ascend
ing in the manner advertised.
Henry S, Benson, Of Plymouth
was run over and killed by the car
E of the Union Pacific Railroad, &
4 Ogden, last Friday morning.
Mrs, Helene Desbeins, an oil
= lady eighty-six years of age, and
native Of that city, was burned t
: death at Vincennes on Friday las
e A little daughter of WIlia1
Eckart, of New Albany, fell bea
foremost into rain barrel O
: Wednesday evening, and ":
= drowned.
s The neatest rebuke of "col,
ness we have seen for long tin
is that of musical critic, Nho sal
f Miss Kellogg sings "Home, S~e
: Home as ii she boarded at kote
e Alfred Luokey, a deaf and dun
,. man living in New Carlisle, W
- run over and killed on WeiI 'da
: IA little west Of that place,by II
'e passenger train going east. /!
>. brother was Killed in the sar
manner near the same place abo
: a year sgo. $50
N Richard Jones fell from secol
y story floor OF the residence Of
l. COP, near New Amsterdam, on ST.
urday causing his death almc
Is INSTANTLY. MIR. Jones was eight
- two years of age, Que of the pi
% neers Of Harrison county, Pos
10 township, and served in the "
OF Isle under General TiptoD.
q Major James II. sIcMurdy
\, temporary resident of Lafayet
le got into an alteration on Wedns
bit day with Mr. Taylor, a livery 81
bic keeper, about span of bor:
re which the Major had crue ly DIR
y en-, during which he was struck
=, third person or kickel by
10 horse and seriously, probably
is tally, injured about the held
The workmens on the found
he tons OF the new Kansas City
1T, pot have bored down TO the der