St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-02-07

VT, by Albert Thompson. 1t seemed
to us the subject of the latter was well
chosen and executed in the center OF
the picture the bright fame had caught
in the branches, twigs and general de-
bris collected in mass, and the clouds
of smoke pouring up from 1t indicated
it was rapidly devouring them. On the
right and left of the flame, men with
oxen were fast clearing the land; the
perspective was pleasant and the whole
seemed like many scenes in an agrlcul-
tural State.
BENJAMIN Champney's White Noun
tain Notch from Frankensteln Cliff,
looking south, interests you If an adj
mirer of mountain scenery; but If
familiar with the grandeur and subllml-
tv of this section you feel a shade OF
disappointment in the vain effort to
delineate it faithfully on canvas. The
dim shadowy outlines of the far-distant
peaks of the mountains are in contrast
to the deep-toned evergreens which
clothe the hills and the brighter and
more varied green's which surround the
gateway of the ''Notch," or extend into
the far-famed valley below. Perhaps
the size of the picture does not allow
the artist, in such broad panoramic
view. to show all the wealth of forest
coloring, for which New England woods
are so remarkable, nor the wondrously
beautiful shadows which linger on the
mountain side on summer afternoon
before sunset. II. Learning OF Phlla-
delphia, has street scene in Montreal ::
woman, who holds up chicken in
tempting manner, which she has Sc
lected from her little hand-cart close
by. There is quite bright little
landscape at Villiers, France, by Earnest
Longfellow, the son of the poet, who is
studying abroad. 1t will bear no COM
parison with two others of his on ex-
hibltion at Doll g. Richards Gallery ::
one an ideal head of a young girl ; and
the other "The Bagpipe Player" which
is striking picture, and arrests your
attention ut once, by the strong pas
sions, and character displayed i'll the
mans face, with strong, coarse features,
and dark complexion. Yet you detect
enough of Il strong resemblance III the
child's face and similarity of dress, i'll
the coarse texture and color of the
clothing to pronounce them father and
son; while the bagpipe holds the cen
trail place and forms connecting link
and bond of sympathy between them.
Time forbids our speaking of other
interesting pictures here. The Shaw
nut Branch Sabbath School held their
Goth anniversary at the Chapel on Har-
rison Avenue Sunday evening, Feb.
End. There were responsive readings,
hymns, recitations, Il statement by the
superintendent Mr.. A. 5. Lovett, add
dresses by Dea. ). c. wilkins, Mr.. NJ. F.
Dickinson, Jr., and Rev. d. w. Wal
dron, Il city missionary by IL
collection of one hundred dollars; it
must have been given 10y some wealthy
person or persons, as it is Il missionary
chapel.
1t is interesting to trace back the
small, feeble beginning of this Sabbath
School ,u1 ,.nn,nora If with tho nraSanf
tlourishing condition. Twenty years
since, when there were very few dwell
ing houses on this avenue above Dover
dren playing in this vicinity, SO she
Mrs. Munger) opened a school i'll a
kitchen of Il dwelling house, with IA
scholars. The numbers rapidly in
creased, and from time to time they
moved from one room to another, until
four years after $4,000 was subscribed
for chapel to be built: S400 more was
raised by festival for the frescoing
and furniture of it. On the 18th of July
they laid the foundation, and in No
vember dedicated it IA years since.
Now the average attendance ut the
Sabbath School is $50, the whole num-
Der is over 300 pupils: "a medals were
given to those who had been there
every Sabbath, and smaller ones to
others who had been there three-fourths
OF the time. a prize of Testament
was given to a lad 20 years ago, and a
Bible was given to him for being a
faithful member of the Sabbath School
for 20 years. u.