Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-05-01
agricultural.
For the Freeman.
Lessons of the Fairs No. )

The gentleman having charge of the haa
sas products took them from Lowell III t.
American Institute Fair in New York 3
while there presented samples of the toir
to the Inst tute Farmers Club, who p-=sa.
the usual complimentary resolutions. .u'
these did not fully satisfy him, 50 he % sse
ond time brought in apples, pear ..a.
grapes, and wantei them reported on br -ae
club as superior in flesh and flavor, wins.
the club refused to do. whereat he wac
much disguised, that be packed up his Shows
and shaking If the dust from his feet 81 Is.
unappreciative Workers. wenled his va.
westward.
The Fair Of the American Institute ta-
held at the Empire Rink as last year. thong.
quite extensive additions were made to j, .ar
the Machinery, and an Art Gallery added.
in which at certain hours Miss Winnie Eeam
IAN artist Of considerable. and not aItogetaer
enviable nOtority, mostly achieved by lei
$50, 600 statue Of Lincoln, and resting csial-
~ we believe on the mastery manner ~
which the buttons on his coat are sclIpsL.)
was L" moulding in clay" we think tha-'-
the correct phrase. Ia her studio were ba-t-
said 20 be Of Peter Cooper, Horace Gree.c,
and Others and when We paid our visit sAe
vas at work o. one about which there na-
ONE dispute among the spectators, some
serting that it was Emerson. others that e.
was Admiral Farragut. The first U.a't
you see the prominent nose, and the sw.e.
childlike and bland = and the same care.ss-
grace in the wearing Of the hair OFF course.
its Emerson Second party % Sure, aat
don't you see, the coat is the naval uniform.
notice the buttons who ever saw Emer= 4
IN naval uniform" which seemed to SEA-
tie their hash for the Emersouian party ~.
fectually.
Near Miss Winnie stood u colored boy hold
ing open book at an engraving of tie
Admiral, which she consulted as she worked
The idea Of genius glowing with 'seconJ
hand inspiration was very good. Miss Ream
is below medium height, quite small, 81
fact with common place schoolgirl face, al
aspiring nose above which shine "a pair d
large and lusfrous dark eyes, whose glance
might be yelled at VIII by the dark brown
hair. which fell 10 unconfined tresses below
her waist | marvel not that our suscepta-
be Solons in Congress, gazing IN The liquid
depths Of those wondrous eyes, should be-
come as plastic as the clay in which Sd,
mpulds them, and gazing still, see 1nirrored
there the statue of Lincoln IN such perlec-
ton of art, that another $1,000 were but q
beggarly recompense.
The Gallery had the usual amount Of pho
tOgraphs, engrayings, etc. many fine ones
but of more general interest, because Civ ng
really good pictures at price which vii
allow our common people to adorn and
beautify their houses, crafty their love 3
the beautiful and cultivate genuine artistic
tastes, are the chromoes OF these Prang
& Co. of Boston stand first and foremost in
this country, and equal to any in the world
Germany has held the first rank and given
Us the6nest pictures. but now it Is conceded
by the Germans themselves, that Prang's
equal their hest The influence Of gooo
pictures in the house, is often underestI-
mated, and perhaps because so many POO
ones are common, after theIiruits Of course
at some seminary or other, of some scion o
the family, who brings home as the results.
a lot of mOnstrOs ties under the high sound
ing names of Oriental, or Grecian OF Ekvp-
tian paintings, and made by oiling over the
backs Of engravings, or sticking colored foil-
on glass. Time spent on these humbugs i
worse than wasted, for the results remain.
and what they have learned can apply to no
earthly use. Good honest drawing. shading
and cOloring. give definite and direct advan-
tages, as the first and necessary step in all
art and what is learned is so much gained
on the direct road to something higher and
better, and if one has time and ability cal
20 on to the highest and best. Make home
pleasant for the cbildren, with good pictur. 5, |
good books, good music and good company
twill be cheaper in the end than, lacking
such home influences, to have them seek
companiOnship away, in the street or at the
billiard rooms or corner groceries. 7.