Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-04-08
MRS. TILT0N.
She Is About to Return TO Her Old Home
Fran the On caco Times

She Is About to Return to Her Old Home
From the Chicago Times.
The tempest-tossed Elizabeth TIlton will
soon return to her old home at No. ia
Livingstone street, Brooklyn, which she
deserted nearly SIX years ago, when her
husband, became, in spite Of all her efforts
to restrain him the public accuser of Henry
Ward Beecher. It's an odd, old house
that Tilton owns, and was a curious art
gallery when it was occupied by
the family and frequently visited by the
pastor of Plymouth church. There was
picture of Tilden in it, which had been
painted to strongly resemble Jesus OF
Nazareth, and picture of the Savior, SO
oddly painted as to amaze artists. 1t did
not represent the Man of Sorrows with
bowed head and pensive countenance, but
seemed to be portrait of some old Ger
man knight. The head was placed upon
the trunk of Apollo, on the theory that the
perfect man had a perfect body. The
highest type of physical beauty had been
chosen in the same mold, and the large
head, boldly set upon the fair, full neck
was covered with u wealth OF golden locks
and the beard was pictured as of the same
hue, while the large eyes Of the Shak:
speare portraits, cleaning with the fire OF
genius, were set in the head. Then there
was picture of Henry Ward Beecher,
painted with pursed-up lips as though in
the act of receiving paroxysmal kisses,
and portrait of Elizabeth Tilton, with
ber head inclined, her black curls falling
at the side Of her face, and the brown
bird like eyes locking intently at the pic
ture of her pastor. There was winding
staircase, over which for sky-hght a
miniature painted dome had been con-
structed aud the mellow light that was
sifted down fell upon the plaster
image of T. T. himself These outlines,
however, have been removed, and the
house for some time has been given over
to boarders and landlady, who recently
moved away without saying the proper
adieux to tradesmen Of the vicinage. As
Theodore has been the sole benefactor Of
his wife ever since she made her confession
substantiating his charges against Mr..
Beecher, and will continue to receive his
support, he has requested her to return to
the old house, now vacant, and to make it
in the future her home. Mrs. Tlton has
been living for some time in Macon street,
Brooklyn, in house rented for her BY her
husband. Her two sons, Ralph and Car
roll, the latter youth growing much like
his father, have lived with her, while the
father has kept his two daughters, Flor
ence and Alice, studying music and ant
respectively in Stuttgart, Germany. He
designs to keep, them out of the country
as long as is possible. Mrs. Tilton, al
though grown nearly gray through all her
troubles, has not lost her devotion to the
church. She brings to mind the story Of
the colored brother, who was loud in ex-
hoitation but shaky in morals, who, when
rebuked for bringing so much scandal on
the church. said: Eyes, boss, owns
square up. Use done broke ebbefy one Of
de c'mandments; but, hress de Lord, l'se
nebber lost my 'ligion." There is now
no more devoted disciple Of the Rev.
Malachi Taylor, a teacher Of the Plymouth
brethren, than Mrs. Tilton, and her son
Carroll, who has become converted TO the
doctrines Of the same sect, and is study
ing for the ministry Of the order.