The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10


 what might hare been accompkshed had yeAn beea granted hin. Oniy one seventh of Benjamin Vests time ~as sl- los,ed L,m. and this time encumbered b, poverty and obstacles that were who'll, unknown ;o the renowned and fortune as pred Quaker.
 An anist. almost siihout exception. has concomirant amusements with hss pencil. The game oi the woods and the nSh of ;he streams are next in interest "a his pictures Edward Washbourne from his earliest days was devoted to hiS gun and rod He lived tn region where sport was in excess. When he hunted he had the advantage of untrod, virgin woods. and when he sished, he could SC lect spots where no one had ever before game, or in his s,len, occupation at the brookside. he gathered materials for pc lures in after hfe. The landscApesas yet was free from the effects of mans con. tact. il stood as God had made IL X land ot mountain. prairie. wood. and crystal streams. such as was Arkansa~ m the days ot her trss settlement. was a neld worthy the pencil of the be a painter on earth-a held calculated to awaken ar, in whomsoeser heart 1t might sleep IL was the py:;gi9gs of communion with unaffected nature m hls youth. that jed us ,o hope for and expect, uncommon delineauons by Edward Mashboufne' < hand Tn coming tune.
 Arkansaw has produced hordcs of pol ltieians and lawyers. numerous doctors, l caistrt. oniy one human being out of four hundred thousand. called to bc a child ot Art, The firs, painter of Ar kansaw.. Will our children ask what manner of man he was! Can any one tell how kind. how gentle. how earnest he wass How he loved hts parents how, when he saw they were poor and unable to assist him. he. with fralt and unmaiured body. threw himself into the battle ot litc. and with hons courage overeanse all obstacles. Edward Wash bourne lief: good and bright name be- hind him. it IS true he died while yet almost boy-he was m his twenty seventh year but he had always enl loyed the sunshine of good conscience Lite never brought misery or unhapp,ness to his door. His aged parents were on the pathway 10 Heaven family respected and honorable. lie had no enem,eS He was Chtisttan-a constant. hopeful faithful follower of the Redecmcr He died happy.
 |, mus, have been lntolerable for his friends to lnser m h,s studio after he passed away. Pictures in every stage of advanC Ccment. from outline to almest the last touch were iefi-pot;raits that never will ee hnished commissions unlntclll- gible to any earthly eye. The second scene ot the .Arkansaw Traveller needed but a tes. more hours to render |, glory of a,,. We hope tha, it ye, may be fin- ished. No hand can do Il lusuce but the one that originated il, s,iil, as there was nothing lei, unfinished bu, the head of Colonel r :, and as he bids far 10 re- .nain tor long tune a peffee, model. and is thc outlines are deeply marked ii would not be impossible. 10 d degree. ,o gise the posi,ion and expression in- tended. Whether ihls will be done, or whether It will remain sad memorial of the gifted and lost. we canno, say. But we hope tha, ere long il ~iil be found l companion of the one published. The country needs H.
 The yieh die ieasiug nothing but N hat they have accumulated The #eE!, l. not betiefed by ther existence. They leave not a single object which was not furnished them. But the chiid of Gcnlus creates. Ills labors enrich his felioa- men. He gIyes them treasure, winch. had he not lived. they could have never possessed. When he dies. igh, that burns not for gold IS quenched. fcun- tam that runs not at the bidding of wealth IS stopped.
 Afkansaw boasts numerous sons who own broad acres and great property men of influence among their fellows men who proudly walked the broad load of ordinary affairs but within the sa. red circle of arts she has had but one 10 tread and he is dead.
 We knew the plans which Edward Washbourne had marked out for his fu- ture career. It was his intention to make his home. for few years. at Memphis Al that place he would be in easy com munic auon with ali the cites, and no, wholly GU, of from his native state. He never entertained an idea of leaving Ar kansaw. We have no, the least doub, had he lived, that he ever would have produced a picture that was not illustra tive of Arkanss~ life or history lirs firs' attempt. the Traveller. vas bu, a ray from the lamp within him. l, was h.; wish to establish a gallery of the south place for the exhibitions of his o~n aBd other artists works. He intended. with increase of means. to gather the produ, tons of other countries and display them with those of the Mississippi valley. | was a scheme worthy The unsoiied and pure heart that entertained Ii. That | would have been realized. had not deait prevented. there can be no question: fo . to dlrectness of purpose and earnestness Edward Washbourne Joined the cleares foresight. and exalted capacity. The e> tablishment Of an art emporium for th' south 1t vas a noble and briihan vision.
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