The Republican journal., 1873-01-23
Letter from Connecticut.
Correspondence of the Journal.

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| lighted up the whole city. The Colt Willow
Factory burned to the ground with all its valu-
able contents of Semi-manufactured stock. The
| fire commenced to blaze in the last hour of 1872,
and at the end of the first hour of the new year.
the destruction was completed. Aesthetically
considered it was the most beautiful fire we
ever witnessed. The night was clear and cold
and without wind. The stock of willow ware
| burned up bright and brisk, and the flames shot
| high toward the sky, throwing vivid rudy
glow over the fields of snow. Probably the
conhagration did not look so pretty to Mrs. Colt
as it did to US, for she and the stockholders lost
! 500 900.
NEW YEARS RECEPTIONS
are less general here than in New York city,
| but more popular than they are in Boston, 1t
| is singular fact that an annual call is all the
| link which holds together the friendship of
| many people. The public receptions of official
persons are often abused by citizens of doubt
| full social position and more appetite than
poiiteness, who seize these opportunities to get
square meal" Governor Marshall Jewell
| and Mayor Robinson each held a public recep-
| ton at their respective mansions The Cover
the press) the ladies Of the city to call upon him
as well as the lordly voters. The Governor be-
ieves in woman's equality and right of fran
chise. A his house we saw ladies' from all
circles of society. At the door the visitor was
met by cOlored gentleman in ''swalIow tail
coat" and white gloves, who passed him or her
over to the governors stah.otfcers who We're in
full uniform. A member of the staff lead the
way to the paror where the visitor was intro
duced to the Governor who in his turn present.
ed the poor embarrassed victim to Mrs, Jewell
who stood magniicent|v attred ready to take
| the hand OF each newcomer. The walls of the
house are literally covered with fine paintings
For the better understanding of these beauti-
fully printed catalogue given each caller
Some Of the pictures cost 50 900 and $4,000 each
we noticed particularly lovely and unique
Madonna painted two hundred years ago by
SAW. An interior domestic scene by Gerard
Dow, also two centuries old made me sinfuly
covetous. In the Governors salon stand,
Harriet Hosmer's statue of Zenobia, Queen of
Pamyia. Zenoba is represented in her regal
| robes and jewels and loaded with chains march
| ing a prisoner in the triumphal procession of
| the Roman Emperor Aurean. You remember
! the story. Ienobia, the beautiful and accom-
phshed daughter Of an Arab Chief, conniyed at
| the assassination of her husband, and assumed
| the title OF Queen of the East This so eXas-
perated the Roman Emperor that he marched
| against her kingdom, took it. and carried her a
| prisoner to Rome, where she was made to adorn
his triumph by marching in her regal robes. In
! the statue the mingIing of the expression OF
| dsdain with proud humility. is wonderfully
portrayed. Zenobia is Just stepping forward
with firm tread This fine work is an exact
copy made by Miss Hosmer of her first Zenobia
| that created such a furore Il few wears AFRO.
! MISS KATE STANTON.
| see that this fascinating lecturer il to tell of
| The Loves OF Great Men" at Rockand on the
18th inst. You ought to hear her in Belfast
! She is the leading and rising woman of the
times, and is fast adding to her popularity. One
grand secret Of Miss Stantons success as a
| lecturer Is IN the fact that she magnetiSes her
| audiences and puts them in full sympathy with
herself Miss Kate Stanton is personally a very
attractive woman. She is taking Il far higher
position before the world than the old dowaeer
|
curious to know something of Miss STATIONS
antecedents and history
| she Is great granddaughter OF the famous
! MAJ. Gen. Greene of the Revolution, Her
| father, the Hon. George Stanton of Rhode
! Island, is both an able and very comelv gentle
man, and Miss Stanton possesses enough of her
fathers Grecian type Of countenance to be con
| sldered beautiful. Carefully educated under
the best private tutors here in the same line of
studies which young men pursue at college. she
| eventually went to Europe and passed three
| years in The study of French and German
| literature. Returning She has followed the
| study OF the law, and prior to entering the lee
| tufe held was for year State Law Librarian of
| Rhode lsland. Determined to demonstrate that
| women can I'LL most positions generally occu-
| pied by men, she was constant at her post She
Is n brilliant aud SPICY writer as well as an
| eloquent speaker and is a favorite contributor
| always over her own name) to the columns Of
the Springfield (Mass) Republican, the best
| edited paper, by common consent, in New Eng
land Miss Stanton delivers her addresses with
out notes, and her Cloves of Great Men" is
| pronounced as a both beautiful and mas,erv
| Grafton.
| we want more first class female talent on the
platform The country is full of Young ladies
! VINO ought to prepare themselves for the ros
trum. No matter if they do not all win the
ianrels of Miss Stanton or Miss Dickinson.
| mere are very varying degrees of merit among
! male public speakers; but that fact does not
| prevent the less able Of them making them
selves useful as advocates of special causes.
There are thousands of poor preachers for ex-
ample, but the constant cry is that there il not
| enough of them.