Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-17

met Col. Joyce. tAs ney neocer IrS S1a
Rutlan the other day, Wit his agreeanle
wife. The Colonel was . gs!hnt othcer 10
lie Vernont s1ryicc sud If - hehts those
"rebs on &c floors Of Congrees as
brsvelv = ~ did in the I'D, bis State
vill hsve no mason to complain: ne looks >
ike a rentleran that would make himself
heard Thers is Mr.. Hendee- when ne
! 6rst cane L thought be would take pro :
minent stand. He is good looking ieiiow >
but have never heard that he has nau any
thing to say. These rev members nave 70
make fuss or get into some find Oh
row, or we think they are oil no account.
After having such men as Mr. iiiaiu anu
Judge Poland, We expect good deal rom
new corners When the Judge rose up with
those brass battons. why you could near
min drop on the floor OF the House, anu
he members all around him would take
| their fat off from the desks in front Of
them. 70 thew could lean forward. and
Alaysnder II. Stephens would take pinch
of snuff to sharpen his hearing, ana the
nav member would say to each other.
"Thsre that is the old Judge he is going to
Give il to 'em now See A.s eyes snap. ne
! Is the man that Investigated those Credit
Mobiljer fellows, president OF bank up In
Vermont. Just look at him have
warm place in nv heart for MIR. and Mrs
Willard. A promising yoang lawyer OF
Brattleboro, IT, said to me just before
election IF over took the stump Tor
any candidate. should do it tor Mr.
Willard, for We have no better man IN tss
State" He is q gentleman. OF culture snd
principle. He was not afraid to SPEAK on
the unpo puIar side OF question, IL he De-
6eyed it to be the right side. lie was ID
yorite socially, and on terms oil intimacy
with such men a. Eimunds, Carl ocnurh'
and the best men in Congress In speaking
of questions that right-minded mer- bad
snoten and voted against, he said just be-
fore leaving Washington, that it was dis
couraging to see Congress returning 70
practices that more careful and thoughtful
men had worked so hard to do away with
Washington Cor. Troy Press-
I'D. Perry, the Vermont sculptor IN Bos-
ton. is engaged on the statue OF Morality.t to
be placed On the buttress OF tne Plymouth
Monument. lie is meeting with good sue
cess in the pose and general proportions
Though cne-third size oi the proposeu
statue. it is colossal, and already makes an
imposing appearance Mr. Perry ~ engaged
ON several busts, these orders being the
fruits of his eminent success IA ioriner pro-
ductions-B0stOH Trarslisr.
The Rome correspondent of the New
York Tribune throws some further light
ON the recent proceedings IN the courts IN
Florence which resulted in the CONVICTION
and sentence of Mr.. Stephen Weston
Uealy. the author Of the ISLANDERS against
American sculptOrs in Italy. The charge
made by Mr. Healy. it will be remembered.
was that some of the best known and most
highly esteemed American artists In Italy,
Mr.. ". W. Story and Miss Hosner and our
Vermont sculptor. Larkln e. Mead, among
Others were in the habit OF passing OH a.
their own the works Of poor Italian sculp-
tors. TIE charges were made again and
again in Mf. Healy's letters from Rome to
American journals. but. Of course, the Tia
liam courts could not take eognIzanee oil
this But MIR. Healy also wrote series Oh
letters in a paper called the J0VTasts, when
Is printed and published in Italy Containing
repetitions Of the calumnies complained OF,
and thus became anenaele to Italian law
Among thuse most violently attacked was
Mr. Connolly, OF Florence, who brought an
action against his deiamer Tor calumny
and the result of the trial at Florence has
placed the whole body Of his tellow-artists
under an obligation to him The fact that
modern sculpiors are not in the habit OF
hewiug out with their own unGlded hands
their statues from the marble block made |
it an exceedingly dihcult matter for the !
prosecution to make out their case. All |
that relates to the conception OF the statue, |
and the artistic means by which this con |
ceptiou l. t. te communicated TO the minds /
of those who see it. must be the WORK. OF /
the artist exclusively. But modern econo-
my OF time, Of life. ami Of brain power |
has made il universal practice for u /
sculptor u avail himself Of the assistance |
OF mechanical labor IN the projection Of
statuary
Edward h Stokes, Izther Of Edward ). /
Stokes, died suddenly on Friday night. at
his residence 10 Now York. in the 76th year
of his age MI Stokes has long been in Ill
health. having never luliT recovered from
the shock be received upon the announce
ment Of his SON conviction.
Colonel Richard Henry Lee. no has been
selected 10 read the Declaration of indie
pendence at the opening OF the National
Centennial, resides at Miilw0Od, Clarke
county, Va, and Is actively engaged in the
practice Of law as well as farming opera
tons. He was born in Alexandra, Va, IN
1870. is grandson OF Richard Henry Lee,
Of revolutionary fame. nephew OF Light
Horse Harry Lac, and cousin Of Gen.
Robert T. Lee Col Lee entered the Con
isderate service as a lieutenant Of infantry
10 the StOnewall brigade