New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-07-12

nesd there seems TO mo injunction Tor theo no
sibie temptation touch it, One could DO no happier
after tenohing &c than before. Nor can iosrh '"
baa ever been any attempt toravsh these works Oh "
from their pedsstas for tina adornmet OF any gallery
priyate or public. portion OF the country A .'
NO attempt was made 10 early days surely there u ''o
danger OF their rayishment now, for the Moses aio
mostly crumbled away, and the champion venus VI 'n
collection Ia soarrod and scanned by the raVenins 'oo "
time as though stood 10 represent case OF
smallpox. Yet Especial policeman mounts guAre o'pr
them and 20 the propretors heart they are dearmore
than deer in fact spends nearly all his Sundays In
admiration OF them, walking round them critically,
saving his head from side TO side for better vew as
connoisseurs do at sohauss and Goups shutting out
portions OF the figures with his hand and slowly stopping
back 10 mark tho effect with halfol0sed eyes some
times tumbng backward down the hill In his art alb
sorptiOn. The only to get an agreeable enect IN
looking AZ statuary he says by half closing the eyes
But he only half right about that of some ststuary
one gets moro agreeable effect and carries away
more pleasant impression by closing the altogether
have tried 70 prevail upon my friend Johnson to cart
these dapdated gods and goddesses away and replace
them by subjects germane to the place. Lots WHO
would be in keeping, l. tell him; kit OF maoAerei |;
anything suggestive Of salneness will do.
Besides the Congress Spring grounds there are other
cheerful spOts one can seek Here Is the Cemetery for
instance. II has been stated In an attempt al wiz
fancy, tnat the reSluent5 Oh w '"U
waters; these we'll filled grounds prove the contrary
As you read the sad inscriptions on tho headstones'
you wonder Of what particular water the that lies
below died--whch Is tho work Of the Washington, Tor
nstanoe where is illustrated the deadly sway OF the
Empire what Victim succumbedto the dreadful GeyseT
who was crushed by the High Rock And. MARKING inc
great addition of new made mounds since the discovery
of the horrible Hathorn. you draw your own conclu
SONS.
On registering at the Grand Union. one thing arrests
the attention the stranger and puzzles him. Let into
the counter In gilt letters is clreuar inscription winch
cannot be decphered without difficulty. 1t reads as
follows:
"The marble Of which this counter Is made came from
the guarries OF the Ph9neian Marble Company
After nearly twisting your head Off in the endeayor to
read it, you finally succeed and discover that 1t Ia an
annular advertisement. But the e bono OF its display
here is less easily seem Plainly enough It Is not the
interest OF the prOpretors OF the hotel to wiring guests
neck of Immediately he the house, and you argue
TO yourself that even Phenician marble company
could not suppose the Summer tourist likely to buy
marble pack round in his trunk or to carry
home with him. But you stand here in the cemetery
light dawns upon you; you discover method In this
marble madness Modistes, milliners, taors &C., drive
but dun trade at the Springs for every ono brings from
the city all that he She IL can, WILL or shall need IN
| those lines But no one thinks Of bringing grave
stone with him. And this marble company knows that
there Is chance OF your needing If You go through
the curriculum OF waters. And there is their card be
fore YOU on arrival Easy enough now To guess That
| the duarres are located In Vermont. JOHN PAUL