, 1875-07-04
REVOLUTIONARY RELICS,
OUR GnASDMorMHns' DAYS.

from Gen Warrens body" no doubt adord grim 81:
isfscdon to large class who 4ttend funerals for tt
| pleasure Of seeing the corpse, while
| GEN. wAsAlsdrox'6 dRAvY uQAT AND cUsTAAl
! CUP
must e1citA in tho youthful h1east tho highest en-
thuasn to emulate tAo courage md PATRIOTISM of th
| Father Of his Country.
And tbi, remind. mo Of the presentation man:
! years ago to tho United States Of the camp ches
| Of Gen. Washington, which aaii to contain th.
very condiments IL his e;tul gae, on which soemt
thst be thought the me.nosy oi nish
possibly be preserved without the atd of pepper and
| salt. Thin levity IN Free-soier was very
who were anxious 70 pay sithes of mint and oumiu,
but were even then ready for rebellion and disuniou
These remarks, however, are trivial md unworthy.
! canamus r.a}oTa,-let lis sing highsr strain {or
MA joTes let us sing our ancestors-t you pesse>
Let US see what practical lessons this exhibition Of
hundred ye1rs ago teaches. And first Rs to
HOURS FURNITURE.
''eauty 10 tha action Of function and rests mainly
utility. The old settle, whirh in your grAnti.
Is wooden bench vilh hack of tight boards extead-
ing foot two above tho bends nt the sittars long
enough to @ seeoomoaste about, soout two boys
bslow tho seat to The door. THIS saas,
placed before the huge blazing woodhre, pro-
tected you from the drafts Of air rushing ia from bs
tho direct says Of The nre Of course when slas
Of you got hested obliged to turn tho other
80 eoad IL pot . 1sx %a
chairs, with ball and clnw-feet, at the
lofty can5pes, the ne5.w1ought silver bowls aud
pitchers and tesots by the faaous Paul AeveTe and
the furniture then common 10 the houses pf this
VIE FIND LITTLE PROGRESS TO BOAST OF. :;
The lamp of truth shone the old-faalioued hand
work. The old desk with it's slanttng cover, which
turns down for writing table, exposing s variety Of
drawers Of Ill sizes, is to-day mora convenient
rangenent for use IN private library than any mod
ern invention. Its trass handles were mads to pull,
mi inrA 1nn md
ing, white 1t show Ct - EastaKs furniture IN Bos-
ton recently, where thoy talked Of sincere work,
meath which was rair Of common butts which par-
formed the honest " function /" OF hinges.
While IN all the appliances OF war, the century h1s
wsonghs t. entire snaag 1 n p ths Ra bs 1T srn r.
cnssion lock toot the place Of the Old Hint within half
century, aud the brecch-loader, though invented long
ago. into use h;t tccentiy. Many Of the muskes
used at Bunker Hill were but small bore shot guns,
and Jingle bakery modern aTtlnery on sithes sis'
in thAt bastle would lave routed the enemy In i've
minutes.
In painting, the best feature Of the exhibition
CoPLEr' PICTURES, WHICH ABE PRESENT IN LARGE
SCNDERS.
aIany Of them are tan,iiir to lovers Of art. Many
othtzB, valuable especially carly specimens OF his
WORK, have probably aever been public e1hib-
ton, Among these arc two very much de-
vi the tme aud the evidently early effort Of the art
iat They cataloged Children Of the Ravoiu-
don, aore Family BY copIey." .1d exhibit the por
years old. The da.e does not appear but the cos-
tune and the details Of the drawing, especially of the
hands, noarly Ike copleya portrait Of the boy
William Merchant which ears the date Of l756 as to
establish them among his earliest w0rkR,
Upon reference to Perkina' list Of I" SOHO Of the
n it. In Ills catalogue (:So 47-4s] thcy @ are |
entercd As being contributed bS Misses Nobhins'
Both bear rarke Of hard aRace heng badly torn, and
genuneneas. OF their great value in collection Of
Tho works Of this distinguished artist where ther
lrUpetly bclonGA
- sflshts1uh, in his strtseeres with bowl In his
band Is ole OF the most striking Of copeys paintings.
intelligent face @ Il Strong good % huinored man Tea;
or an order from Gor. HAncock for punch bowl Of |
or midnight ride to Lexington md Concord.
~ So through the night rode Paul Revere:
And GO through the night went his CITY Of alarm
Toeve1y hiddlesex village and farm.
Acry Of dedaucs and not Of fear,
T9lce In the darkness, knock at the door. |
Aud word that shall echo foreyeEmore."
His tools liz his bench before him, and his ttn-
shed work, ut which he ta looking, reflects from ttg
olshed surtaoe the band which holds it, The light
Ais strongly On right dde Of the face leaving fhe
thar half in deep shadow. Reverb WIS born in 1885,
d 1856, he was Lieutenant Of artillery at Fort Ed
lates for thu paper money ordered by Congress- and
re also manufacturer Of gunpoHder. Copiey was |
ON in 17s, and left America never to return TIA
Sidently Revere years old when he sat for this
orsrzt that the picture is doubt OF Copley
test in this country. In an adjoining room is
a PORTRAIT OF THOMAS AdoRy.
tee-fourths length. brown coat leaning On Z |
At, holding glove in his hand. Land friend
ore competent criticize in art-both remarked
e striking resemblance in tone and ooior between
lis portrait and that Of Revere, and especially how
boih the STRONG light fills from above the right
de Of the face. They evidently among Oopleya
st pictures, and probably painted within year or
70 befuro he left Am a1tca.
Ihs very last portrait by him, before sailing for
Ill lknown picture not here exhibited which ha left
,fnshed. The moral of MI this detail is that Conley
Is very much like an other artists, and although be
inted tolerabe portratta when he IT Years old
proycd constantly By Close study End careful prac-
q till he Wa4 4e. H. r. F. ! :