The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-25

us rapidly out to "IIittle Brook" the
fairy villa two miles north of Now
bu:gh. Past stutcly homestoads
and substantial country-se along
the smooth road wo bowled. Hero
massive gateway, overrun with
scarlet Virginia creepcr thore q
stone~lodSo ivy screened stables
which looked likely country church
es, end duiries initiating Swiss cots
ALI set in golden haze that soft
enel tho nearer views, and lent a
glory to mountain and hill and river
A sudden break in u long, dense
hedge revealed Il fresh picture of
delight. An emerald lawn thickly
dotted with partcrres of bright
Aowers-a lekelct glisteaing like "
silver shield the noisy little brook
fretting over it's pebbled bed from
thence 60 the river bclow--n rustic
bridSo---a stretch of sward and
meadow, broSon by picturesque
ciumps Of trees-all this at glance,
and our host standing on tho low
porch, welcomed US to "the hut" as
nc playfuily styled his exquisite
home
Into the sacred hospitaItios of
that homo the public will not in
trude, SO we pass over in silence the
appointments and adornments with~
in the walls where the purest taste
and most refined culture reign SUI
prone.
Luncheon over, and the chat
across the fruit and wines sharpen-
ing our desires for the promised
visit to tho studio, we adjourn thith
er, pausing on the way to admire
one Of Natures chef Geeuvres, M
Alderney COW 1t is not every day
that one sees quadruped of this
kind, valued ut five hundred dollars,
who comes when she is called, and
crops daisies on the banks Of the
Hudson, Only she was not
'cropping daisies" now, but very
sensibly keeping the grasses at Il
good length, and furnishing milk
warranted to produce apound of but
ter to every siX quarts. Let us im-
port somo Aldcrney COWS forthwith.
But there is tho studio,ss a white
building adjoining the stables 1 am
not sure but that it is attached to
tho stables, for the sculptor lodges
his horses in royal style, md
as be uses them for models, has their
welfare constantly in his mind. Tho
first object within tho studio, and
of course the most attractive and
imposing, is tho equestrian statue of
General Greene, for which Mr..
Browne has been commissioned by
Congress. The plastor cast of
this spirited work st t,nds in the
centre Of the room the horse of
superb proportions, every limb tense
with vivid action tho very veins
and muscles traccable, as the proud
creature spurns the ground with
lifted feet. The figure Of the Rcvo~
lutionary hero has not yet been
completed, but we gained general
idea OF the whole from miniature
model. However, this must, ofno-
cessity, lack the perfection Of detail
which the life~sized figure will pos
sess. Mr.. j. will probably com~
plcte this work IN Italy, as he res
CARDS tie advantage to his art much
greater in that favored country.
And when one considers that ho
spent twelve years of his life there,
with such congenial minds M
Powers and his cont/cres to enhance
tho poetry Of existence, one cannot
wonder that he longs for Ga be!ia
Italia," and Romo, the city Of tho
soul"
Many othor figures and groups in
various stages Of advancement, be-
sides copies and models of his bcsv
known works, arc ranged around
the studio in graceful confusion.
Here is q Confederate soldier, which
one would recognize ut glance, in
the thin, clear cut Southern profile
and unshorn beard and streaming
hair. lie stands leaning upon his
rifle in IN attitude of sad reflection,
as if gazing upon the dead figure of
a comrade after battle, and the pr
thos Of expression in face and fern
brought the quick toars to our eyes.
This statue was modelled ut the
request of u lady in Charleston, who
designs it for the grave Of hor woll-
beloved son, slain in tho war. Not
far from this arc full length figures
Of Stockton, General Kearney, and
Governor Clinton. A model of tho
famous statue of Lincoln, which now
a1Orns Madison, Su1,re Naw Vf,k