The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-12-12
Letter From Boston.
Correspondence of the journal.

MASSACHUSETTS, Is 10 De no longer DlSnOpleSS.
Last week DR.. Haght, of New York. was elect
ed to that honorable position, after rather an
exciting baloting. l did not know the clergy
ever allowed themselves to get excited over so
dignlfied and momentOus an affair as raising
Doctor of Divinity to the Episcopal chair, but
the animated discussion among the ''high'' and
"low'' factions prior to the convention We're
promising indications of an old Adam not en-
tirely cast out, and that hot prejudice was not
incompatible with saintlneSS. Boston feels
much aggrieved that DR.. Vinton was not the
chosen; indeed, he came within one Of it. and
but for his extreme low church sentiments there
is little doubt his ambition would have been
gratited. If a superb presence and fine intel
lectua qualities could entitle him to that office
he certainly deserved it, while his natural indo-
ence and age as surely units him. However,
it would appear from the election of Dr. Haight
that last clause has no barrier in the minds of
people, as a man Of nearly seventy and an in
valid to boot, can hardly endure many wears of
the laborious work in so large diocese. Per.
haps that is the reason he has been ealled-in
order his place may be filled by a Younger
favorite by and by. The opening services oil
the convention were extremely interesting, and
st. PauFs was crowded with clergy, laity and
many personal friends Of the candidates. Never
before did that dead and alive temple ring with
such loud responses. One can only compare it
to peas of thunder reverberaing from floor to
ceiling, and startling everybody with the solemn
grandeur of the church service. Bishop Nicely
OF Maine was to have preached the sermon on
that occasion, and great disappointment was ex-
pressed at his absence.
Last Saturday afternoon the artists in Studio
Building held their second public reception this
season These informal affairs are a pleasant
feature in the routine of outside life, and one
that probably gives more pleasure to the visitor
than profit to the visited; for It's doubtful if the
end the artists have in view is attained. The
large numbers that always frequent free en-
tertainmen's of this kind, or any other in fact
are not those who part readily with their money.
Still, one purchaser may be drifting along in the
crowd, or perhaps some little picture meets its
fate through the indirect appreciation of some
impecunious critic; and to hook that rich I'M
known, we are permitted to enter the sacred
fineS OF talent or may be future genuises, tree
of cost or invitation Mr.. j. Appleton Brown
has one of the best studios in the building, and
one Of the most attractive. Ii is situated in the
far northwest corner and lighted by broad
window that is reelected in panel of mirror on
the opposite wall. The effect is admir- able, Civ
ing the impression of two skies with no percep-
tbe window, and doing away with he ahomi-
nable cross lights. In this studio are hundreds
Ia l.at,
knackS, old furniture and mirrors, piano, odd
vases, and on two easels stand the two pictures
here came to see. They are views of New
huryport scenery-the level marshy land sur
rounding that ancient town by the sea, being Il
tityorite study ground for artists. Mr.. Brown
is IA very young man, and to use the cant phrase
usually awarded successful disciples OF the
brush, a very promising artist. His first picture
exhibited last spring was somewhat preten-
tious, but ii showed 50 much talent that he re-
ceived several orders ut once; and the present
studies eVince a simple freshness ri style, a
cool breezy atmosphere, speaking we'll for what
is to come. | know that mea,lowy outline. the
tall sedgy border round the dark flashing water
in the foreground where the drifting clouds are
reflected l, you, anybody can hear the summer
wind crossing over the salt marshes far beyond
A. we look and the artist stands talking modest
ly of his work before us, how nature has to be
sought and yet how near home She brings her
happiest lessons if we but look for them. We
who only see the picture and the artistic sur
roundngs, think it must be pleasant life when
there is youth and hope, to be thus shut away
from worldly greed, the signs OF misery and
seltishness; the confusion of the streets and the
and paint these fresh lovely scenes in u sort of
dreamland. But what if these pictures do not
sell. How the heart sinks and loses its in
spiration! Love of artl Is there such n pure
passion nowadays: for sordid, prostic
money getting creatures can scarcely believe in
anything 50 unsupportin@ rs that. But we en-
Joy these glimpSes of the artists ut their work,
and if they are successful, if fame and dollars
crown their efforts, our pleasure is enhanced.
There is yet another delightful studio in the
building, filled with trophies of foreign life and
travel, fragments of Rome, bits Of New England,
tapestries. charming studies Of golden haired
children, and dashing p encil sketches for future
pictures, every where in laWle>S but artistic
confusion. rh ere is a folding screen of light
blue silk on which are stuck huge butterflies OF
brilliant hues that seem TO swing against the
SKY perfect is the Illusion; several finished
portraits are supported in antique chairs or
stand halt concealed behind cabinet of oak.
One is pretty young mother in full dress with
il rose bud of Il child nesting in the tlounces of
satin and lace. Miss Adams, whose charming
trait Of young Boston girl,a most lovely Titan
head 1t is too; and beside her rs she works
stands a screen that she has just completed,
and sends this week out into the wide world to
seek lis holiday fortunes. 1t is Il beautiful de-
sign, the centre being of carved walnut with an
inner panellng OF eXquisitely painted flowers
on a black ground. On one side hangs a wild
tangle of n,sursians, on the other dropping
cluster of common wild flowers, the purple
aster aud golden rod, a delicate branch of ripe
leaves, with one curled and dead Just falling
from the stalk and butterfly airy resting its
brown and golden wings; tiny sprays of crim
son lobelia, and holly with bright red berries
form the corners of this exquisite frame If
these flowers had Just been gathered and ti,sten-
ell there, the effect could not be more natural
or refreshing than it is. Fancy looking 1T Il
brilliant fire light through Il lattice work sur
rounded by wreath, Of dainty, familiar buds
and blossoms, when out of doors its zero! There
is Il great charm in coming in contact with the
fragmentary works of art that fill IN artists
studio, and seeing how the pictures look before
they leave their nests for glaring picture stores.
And its Il real Kindness in the artists to give
these receptions. Many of our best artists were
burnt ont by the fire and lost everything, not
only their own collections of valuable works of
art, FINISHED portraits and half completed orders,
but pictures left with them TO be copied or
touched, and impossible to replace loss AS
keenly felt by them as though wholly theirs.
JAY.
The excitement over the box of bones lin Free
DOM some time since has subsidized it being now
known that 1t came from Il musical college. Bel
fast journal.
Ali ha! now we know where they educate
the 'end-men" for the minstrel troupes Or
acle.
And also the use that can be made OF