Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-11
From Our Regular Correspondent
Paris Letter.
PANS, August SOlh. Is


The head of the new COLOSSUS. a." Liber-
ty," which is in future to light all nations
into the harbor of New York. has pro-
duced profound impression on the visit
ors TO the exhibition. 1t is placed on the
left-hand side of the grounds of the Champ
de Mars, looking toward the Seine. The
face is very fine. somewhat resembling
that of the Apollo Belvidere, and the eff
feet from the other side of the grounds.
TWO thousand feet off, or so, is remarkably
grand. For the first time a modern sculp-
TOR has achieved that in which the Greeks
seemed to find no difficulty whatever,
namely, the necessary exaggeration of
parts to produce effect at great distance.
NJ. Barlholdi has had great success so
far The establishment of the mass OF
visitors is amusing, and their presence
serves to bring out to an observer the full |
grandeur of the work by comparison. A
staircase is established within the head. |
and hundreds of visitors ascend every
hour, while thousands wait their turn.
The staircase leads up to the eyes of the
figure which serve rs windows. From
head to foot the COLOSSUS will measure
just about one half the height of the
Monument of London; the arm which
holds " fambeau," that is to say. the
lantern of the lighthouse, measures forty
feet but the details read even more Curl
riously. Thus, the arms measure nearly
seven feet in diameter, the hand is more
than fourteen feet long, and twenty inches
diameter; lastly, the finger nail meas
ures more than fourteen inches by twelve.
The platform which is to surround the
lantern will measure nearly four feet in
width and will hold ten persons, and al
low space for them to circulate without
difficulty. The head is surrounded by rays
which are to be illuminated.
The COLOSSUS is to stand on base
.rected on Il rock, the base containing the
keepers residence and the accessories OF a
Lighthouse. This base will nieasuse more
than eighty feet high, so that the top of the
head of the figure will be little short of
Two hundred feet from the ground.
The whole is formed of sheets of COP
per repousse and bolted together, and the
quantity of metal required will be thirty
tons; while the iron frame work, including
he staircase within the statue, will weigh
.bout seventy tons more.
The statue of the Republic, grand
seated figure, by Clesinger, which is plac-
I'd in the terrace before the chief entrance
Of the exhibition, is. with its plinth, about
the height of the face OF the COLOSSUS. M.
: Clesinger is said to have received fS00
for his work.
q Sculpture is certainly in the ascendant
lst now in France; last year, sculptor
VI. Chapu, took one of the Grands Prir d
Honnear and the Prir du Salon, travel
| lug scholarship, and this year the Salon
] uries have awarded both of the GrandS
? Prir, as we'll as the Pri.r du Salon to
,cuptors-M. M. Barrias, Delaplanche
md Hector Lemaine. The groupin bronze
which won NJ. Mercie the Pr11 Honneur
IN 1874, is, perhaps, the most remal kable
Example of the sculptor's art produced in
e france since the last exhibition; it con,
lists of two figures, an angel, bearing tic
/ lead body Of warrior, with broken
sword still clutched in his hand, will
, wings outstresched, and feet Just about &c
{ ,lit the earth; the figure of the iangel I.
'rmarkably noble and admirably posed
Chis work stands at present in the centra
.raden, in the Champ de Mars building
, nut it is to be erected in in the Squar,
,Iontholon.
b A trial of plows on large scale recent,
q ook place with the authorization of M
J lrautz, at Vetit Bourg, near Ivry, on TIN
l.. .yons Line, on the farms Of M. Decanville
, Who worthly inherits from his father lh'
Vt tie of one of the most eminent agricul
II urists in France. NJ. Decanvlle is Il larg,
urchaser of American agricultural i'm
! dement's, and habitually uses on his prop
k rty both Steam plows, rs well as steam
= oilers scariiers, and harrows of Ameri
q. An manufacture. All these were in full
I york at the trial, and nearly monopolizec
! he attention of the wondering peasantry
Who flocked in great numbers from neigh
4 ,oring communes. The rapidity ant
leatness with which steam-plows do thei
e work make spectators marvel that any
r ,thers can be used, but the prime cost o
J.. he machinery is great consideration tt
= mall farmers. There are plenty of mor'
4. ,ld-fashioned specimens of agriculture
e labor to be criticised: Four-horse and two
o lorse plows; four-ox and two-ox plows
n md one pillow with six heavy horses ant
! even men whose performance was gener
q lly pronounced sad waste of labor. es
& ecally as Il pair of oxen side by side witt
me man seemed to pillow quite as dee
md good furrow. The jurors, amon
d whom were the Senators Feray an
y Foucner de Careil, who both are stated t.
be landowners in the department, will no
Is give their verdict for some days. Som
i. \rab chiefs, wearing many decorations
r md three Chinese of high rank Wake,
i ,ehind the plows and partook of Il break
l. asst given by NJ. Decanvile.
II One of the most striking characteristic
d # the exhibition buildings is the employ
nent of terra Gotta and enamelled earthen
ware in their decorations. This employ
nent meets the eye almost everywhere
r tho front and back of the building on tn,
Jhamps de Mars have series of plaster
decorated with square Slabs of bright.
o olored fiiience, the ornamentation con
listing of two designs alternating wit
each other, one composed principally c
a., ,irds the other of fruits and foliage. On
Z # the most remarkable colors in thes
slabs is a fine bright red, and this is said
;, rave been discovered during the expert
=. | mamie made with the view to the produC