Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-28
OUR GRAND PREMIUMS,

UUR GHANU HHEMlU ND.
Our patrons will, we doubt not, desire
TO know something of the beautiful
premium pictures offered with this issue
of our paper To crafty this reasonable
desire, we herewith append a descrip-
ton of each.
The first mentioned is called The
Three Graces; or, Faith, Hope, and
Charity, grandly beautiful picture,
24x34 inches in size, containing three
female figures, each exquisitely beauti-
full. The expression of their angelic
eountenances, with corresponding atti-
tudes, typify those Christian Graces.
We have next Love, single female
figure, very handsome: represents Love.
The size is 19x30 inches, thus giving the
figure nearly one-third life size. This
picture has been called, by enthusiasts,
"The most beautiful woman in the
world"
Truth.-In the picture Truth we have
a companion picture to Love, in size and
style. Indeed, Love and Truth together
would make an elegant selection for a
pair of pictures to hang either side by
side, or at opposite ends of a room
while the "Graces," with "Love" and
"Truth," would form one of the most
beautiful groups of three pictures posi-
BILE. These groups are very fashionable.
We recommend the above to our lady
friends.
Next, we have that famous picture
The Prodigal Son, size, 24x34 inches.
1t portrays the career of the Prodigal
Son, and contains thirty-nine figures
eighteen of which are females, exhibit
ing every type of oriental beauty found
in those chimes so famed in story for the
beauty of their women. This famous
picture in the original was insured for
$4,000, and was valued at the immense
sum of 100000. While exhibiting in
Cincinnati it was destroyed by fire a
few months since. The beautiful plate
copy of this grand work of art issued
by the National Art Company, is now
offered to each patron of this paper.
Charity's Lovely Handmaidens-
represents Roman maidens soliciting
aims. Their scanty raiment, while ex-
hibiting the results of bitter poverty,
serves, under the. artists touch, to ex-
hibit those beautiful and graceful out
lines of the female figure for which the
"old masters" are 80 famous All our
patrons will be pleased with this gem,
and should not fail to secure it.
I'VE note next, Gods Promise. This
picture, 19x24 inches in size, is pro-
duced in chromatic water colors, and
is after the famous emblematical painting
of Grafton, the great landscape painter
BY means of two landscapes and two
figure subjects, grouped together, the
artist has typified Gods glorious prom
ise:-" While the earth remaineth, seed
time and harvest, and cold and heat.
and summer and winter, and day and
night, shall not cease" Although this
seems to be a religious subject, no one,
be he Jew or Gentle, publican, sinner,
or saint, should fail to secure copy of it.
Now we notice The Scouts Last
Shot. This picture, at this time, seems
peculiarly adapted to the hour. The
tragic fate of the heroic Custer, who,
with his gallant men, were massacred
by the Sioux, is still Sd fresh in our
memory that all will feel like securing
this picture i'm which the Scouts last
shot" is represented i'm so spirited a
manner. Size, 24x30 inches.
Beautiful Charity.-We might des-
language as that used for Charity's
Lovely Handmaidens, containing, rs it
does, similar figures. The same poeti-
cal beauty of detail in representing the
Maidens" is found in this picture.
1t will make a splendid COMPANION piece
for Charity's Lovely Handmaidens. In
deed, one of the most pleasing features
of this premium distribution lies i'm the
fact that having so much to select from,
careful selection will enable any one
with reasonable taste to secure pictures
that will produce pairs and groups with
the most effective results; and these are
now so very fashionable that all should
endeavOr TO secure ut least one group
if not more, as this opportunity will GER
tainly never again be presented to our
patrons
Last, but not by any means least, we
note The Good Shepherd. To those who
have never had the opportunity Of in
speeding any of the great European rep.
reservations of our Savior, Jesus the
Christ, this picture will be most oppor-
tune In ii Christ is depicted as a shep
herd, in one hand a crook, while reclin
ing upon his breast, in trusting conf.
dence, sheltered and embraced within
his arms. is a lamb. The face and figure
of "Our Savior" is one of matchless ant
superb manly beauty, with a counte
nance which, if possessed by morta
man, would indicate all the attribute,
of the perfect" and the like of which
we never expect to see here on earth
prior 10 the millennium. This picture
now retails at ten dollars in the foreign
G..o 1OwQ0 snobo.