Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-07-03
!. "a h.ss IN eshibition two DAYS she had

baf, been on exhibition two days she had
receiyed orders for half dozen copies.
She is now painting, with equal success,
Mr.. Murray's Live Oak and Ned. Nor
does she confine herself to one branch of
the art. Her flowers are scarcely less per-
feet than the living blossoms. She is 4
very lovable person, blonde, with clear
blue eyes, auburn hair, and the fine inspir-
ational temperament lnseparaoie from
from genius. "Jcg hdr hort at Pht1atteLphtd
er en- smack by," she said to me on the night
of INV arriyal,la Danish sentence, the Eng
lish Of which is. 81 hear that Phliadeiphia
i a.beautifnl city," Then she told me with
so much enthusiasm of the graces and ac-
complishments OF three Philadelphia ladies
whom she met last year at Dinsmore cot
tage, in North Conway, Miss Lille Guern-
sey, Miss Eliza Chase and Miss Laura
Jones, that had to draw heavily on my
principles to keep from telling her that l
knew them all very well, when, As a mat
of fact, never saw either OF them.
The fine grazing farm. with its meadows,
upland pastures and bubbling spring OF ice
cold water. which flows into the deer park.
Is with additions, the homestead of Mr..
Murrays youth. and includes third of the
school district of his boyhood. 1t forms
parallelogram, unbroken except by the
public road, which runs through it north
and south, of $50 acres, with frontage OF
three-quarters of mile. 1t is nearly en-
circled by fine belt of woods belonging
10 the estate, but on the eastern side You
look across pleasant New England
country, dotted with churches and school
houses, to the blue waters OF the Sound,
Al l. ~ oh oil
in the sunlight. The land is divided into
fifty lots, which are numbered, to enable
the owners to send orders by letter ortele
graph.
Mr.. Murray, like all right thinking and
feeling persons, is a devout believer i'll the
Scriptural declaration, eff any provide not
for his own, and especially for those of his
own house, he has denied the faith and is
worse than an intidel.n Accordingly the
father and mother of Mrs. Murray occupy
one, and the father of Mr.. Murray has his
home in another ofthe four houses on the
farm. Mr. Murray, ST., is in failing health,
but his grand head and face, such as one
sometimes sees in an antique Roman coin
show the possibilities OF his nature wher
in health and vigor. Mr.. Murray has
with exquisite tact and tenderness, PLACED
Miss Sindberg's oil painting OF "Abdal
lah, together with some Of her flowe
pieces, in his fathers room, thus breakin
by pleasant suggestions the monotony {
his wearisome days and nights. On er
tering Mr.. Murray's dwelling house, til
house where he was born, which is almo:
hidden by overarching elms, the first ne
ticeable thing in the little porch is tn
word "welcome, j." wrought in large letter
in the door-mat The parlor is a long
low room, for it is an old-time house, eN
tending across the entire front. 1t has al
immense chimney, on both sides of which
in cool weather, blaZes an open wood-iirc
Frightening the brass tenders, deepening
the vivid colors of the rich carpet, and a
nightfall making weird shadows among
the pictures on the walls. The large fam
ily Bible rests on table, and on one side
the chimney is collection of miscellane-
Gus books, and above them towers "Gold-
smith Mad-2:17." On the table below
the books is large punch-bowl constant
ly full of iced lemonade, in which you are
served in pale green glasses. bearing on
one side the beautiful deer of the Adiron-
dacks. Indeed, Mr.. Murray's fine mag
ination has stamped itself upon all the APP
pointments of his home. The glass has
the ferns or deer of the Wilderness, the
Dresden dinner service is an agricultural
set, with horses, cows and sheep among
The designs, and tiny deer ornament the
miniature silver sets from which each guest
makes tea or coffee agreeable to the taste.
Near the house, and within the limits Of an
after tea ramble, is the deer park, and the
trout pond, now Astounding in goldfish,
while the doves, the fox squirrels and the
bic Cochin Chinas vary the entertainments