The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-04-14

, M sell uuu my iuSpirutiOuS' n uViihi auu
half We are on the brink of revolu
ton. The spiri, OF Arc c,J o.ann d'Orleans,
is upon me, aud am off. Emanci pate
yourself, Ms. Junkettr = and forthwith
she strobe away, mounting her horse at
door 10 manner worthy Of an 'emanci.
patcd woman and successor Of the
maid of Arc but which staggered Grisel
somewhat in her Jalote that he was a
/ female,
After Miss Trottorby came Mr.. Lori
mer, the famous publisher, with request
that my vile would writo an article for
his new magazine. In vain Kitty pro.
tested that writing was detestabe-she
would make her mark in preference to
aflixng her own sign manual, any hour.
Still that man persisted. They needed
her name to give prestige to the thing
| Would she send them little essay on
oil painting, on Raphael. on Millais or on
Buskn? L could better write on baby's,'
said my wife Very well, babys aprons
be it them quoth Lorimer, with enthusi'
asm. Anything to obtain your uame,'
and he went away.
Volumes would not contain the record
Of experiences that year Id as soon try
to give synopsis of the moral law. My
wife was besieged to execute every style
OF artistic work, from the painting of an
ice e.berg, which she never saw, to the de.
pictiDg of Mrs. Train Allston Train. Oil.
ston, Grisel called hcr), Der two children,
, and her two times two chins in the char.
acter of Cornclia, the mother Of the
Graechi. This last picture, as everybody
remembers, was painted Mrs. Train.
Allston presented ny wife with testi.
monial about that time. 1t was on ex.
hibition at Blarucys Tor six weeks. II
was this
, A clock after the antique. Cupid and
| Psyche, like the traditional lioc and uni.
corn, clasping hands over the clocks face
t Cupid was habtcd after the manner oil
@ gods on the Olympiau terraces, in pErii
I. maturalibgs, and Psyche, in concession tc
b modern prejudces, wore short gown and
petticoat, while ber wings, to the ravish
ment Of all beholders. grew out Of the
rear.seams Of the former garment Gu
pid had a hcart-rending expression o
o conntenance, | suppose because art hat
been less benefcent to him than to hi
h love, in the dry goods line. | proposed
d to Kitty that she should compose for Gu
pid also "a petticoat and cooler Of plnl
!. cambric, but my suggestion was peremp
toriy suppressed by my spouse as being
| 'inartistic' | was getting to dread tina
word.
q You may suspect that all these burden
r. some honors were beginning to break ou
+. home quiet A woman isn't famou
woman, nor her husband the husband o
, a famous woman, all for naugbt. Th
dear public doesn't sell its patronage 70
nothing Not an hour in the day bu
:, some nnit Of the vast aggregate revealed
~ his or her personality to US.
:, Now it was the matron of a !ouDdlln,
asylum wishing small painting for tn
h coming fair; then growth OF atteDuate
i legs aud an ornptivo skin modestly beg
> giug Mrs. Junkctt to read MS. poem
4 write preface for the forthcoming vol
- ume, receive its dedication. and puff tn
= whole for the ocean Weekly; close o
n his retiring heels boy from Kan Il Co
4 photographers
~ viii Mrs. Junkett be kind enough t
favor our artist with sitting? We ar
~ preparing series Of pictures from til
h old masters and Mrs CASTOR has intorme
us that Mrs Junkett's style is identities
"A with that of Slin, Catherine Of Correggi
- - L wioh to romark that since she wa
on her promotion my wife had been di.
ii covered to resemble every famous nympl
70 goddess and demi goddess, whose face, c
whatever style, has como down to U
ii from antiquity Mrs Train. Allsto
threw shaw over Kitty's head aud pre-
= uounced her the Mater Dooroso of Carl
- Dolce, to the life Mrs. Castor turbane
her, aud challenged the world to behol
-, the ta,ed Ccnci while Prof. Apex d'
~ clared she rce'led only striped mant
% % to present the Madonna de}la sedia
-, Poor Kitty she did her best in the:
= days. To g. -ure, had only littl
gimpses Of h., aud | began 10 thin
~, about rendins 1T Memoram :; and the
Tears Vi tie wiiowor when hc sees
Tho lost f-"i4. &c.
lg seems to touch my ease very near
Id Then | would ily for consolation to Il
newspapers, only to be told that, IT
a : husband OF the brilliant Mrs. Pell Junl
IT. EFT is = physician Of fair ability, with
ID tolerahe practice and thorough appreci
Id rion OF his incompatible wife Or agai
e We were shown yesterday, at the res
AT druce Of Mrs. DR.. Junkett, widow of Il
as late Mott Junkett VI. D., a work
great merit and transcendent interest.
er was no less than family portrait of Il
It. Junkctt household eat, 1t was pain
ny ed some years ago, aud is Of the create
of value as an early >cintillation of that bri
p. liant genius. Mrs Jnnkct.
er Again, 'Worshipers at st. Matthew
IT. Church. yesterday, doubtless noticed.
one Of the body slips, woman Of G
IT. quisite beauty and great taste in drc'
to having aer abundant golden hair ircSs'
of a Ia Gree, II is the artist who is renle
ing our city famous. Mrs. X. L junk et
Die We understand that the elderly gentlcm'
en- attending Mrs Junkett is her father, ID
ith Pell'
Her father Didn't love that editor
*. Why couldn't he have said 'grandfath,
ste and made an end of it?
m. All we'll. During this time Kit
op. was toliDg, all day, like the slave Mi
ss. Pen Trotterby called her, and rushi
nd about from one reception to another
nd the evening. She tried to live a qui
G a life, she said, but, ah me, when Que
r.. famous! One night We went to poll
he cal meeting and were cheered. That W
} a the night when the old lady mention
md Kitty again as my daughter. By:au
The by they got way of dragging her of
to- sil with distinguished people on the pl'
We form. aud | sat in The gallery and look
zen at Der, only did it once, though.