Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-25
THE GLOBE REPUBLIC SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 25 1886:

the mcrcRnt Is to continue OF fail One
thing is certain, and that is that some kind
of Temperance meetings are ureded 10 Sus-
tain the men who have Just signed the
pledge. Il IS next to an impossIbility for a
man To swear uff by himself. If he has no
/ witnesses 10 the fact that he has signed the
. pledge. and has no sympathy 10 help him to
keep it, there is little chance that lie will
/ do 80. II. however. there are temperance
meetings which he can attend reg
ulary, and get just such sympathy
As he needs. il will be easy for
him To keep il. asked proh-
tuni>I yesterday why We had no pledge
signing under the prohibition reign III this
/ city. We'll" said he, Just wait until our
( hall is finished. think We will be able 10
dedicate it now in about four weeks. When
! the W. {. +. /. gets int" their new
quarters, then you'll STE some grand tenn
peranct meetings.
Back OF the lr0h'hition hall on Mechanic
street, a large fra ne structure has been
erected. which Viii he used a a publishing
house The NcIr Era and other puhica-
tiunS will be published there, as well a.
temperance literature of all kinds. II Is
intended to make the dedication of Prohi-
bitiun hall wonderful event. "pTuhlb~-"
from all parts of the state will be invited
and Dr. Leonard has even now commenced
To prepare his address for that Ucca>lnn.
On the corner of Clifton and Spring
streets. in this city, is homestead the
. sight of which carries the Older citizens
OF Springfield back 10 the days of the city'S
infancy mean the Frankenstein place.
Tall forest trees, swayng vines. and dense
shrubhrry, hollyn"cks, frightened by their
brilliant floral bells of white and crimson.
and other towering plants give the air
almost OF mXurant wilderness tO the
place; situated with its delightful masses
of cool green foliage in the heart OF dusty
streets, closrly-huilt houses, and hearlc>s
brick paVementS. The house itself has
stood amid the SHOWS of winter and sun
shine of summer since 1919, watching for
nearly forty years how the young giant
Springfield has Crept ont t" lis retreat,
passed it. and gone over mile beyond.
The house itself is Of frame, two stories.
and with an appearance which tells of age.
Grape vines. and the Virginia trumpet
vine with It's orange trumprtS, Chamber over
the house, and bright flowers ornament the
lawn in front The exterior Of the house is
perfectly plain and conveys no hint of the
artistic treasures il contains within. This
little house contains some of the best work
of one of the greatest families of artists
which ever lived in ohio. When the door
is opened the visitor finds himself face Ia
face with a large picture of the great Horse
shoe Falls at Niagara. The walls of the
two front rooms are literally covered with
pictures. and numerous other pictures are
boxed up and packed away in other parts
of the house. The pictures include pOr-
traits and landscapes. many of them painted
from Clarke county scenes.
The only members OF the FrankPnStein
family now living at the homestead are
GuStavuS FTanken>tein and Misses Marie
and Eliza FrankenStein. All the members
of the family are born artists CommenC-
ing with John. the eldest, Godfrey, Marie .
George. GuStayuS, and EllZa-ail COM
menced to draw and paint from the age of
five or six years. John FrankcnStriu was
the great portrait painter of the family, and
some of his works compare favorably with
that of the greatest masters. Godfrey /
Framkensteln painted the great panorama
of Niagara which was exhibited all over the
country. and in Springfield FOL the last time .
in 1878. Gustavus is a remarkable artist, .
and is also a thorough bOtanist and math- I
ematcan Miss Eliza, who lives at the /
residence on Clifton street, is an artist of
fine powers, and is especially successful i'll I
landscape painting. No artists have ever |.
lived in Springfield who have given 50 much /.
attention to the painting of local scenery aS
the FrankenSteins. In visit to the house /
the other day the writer was shown numer- |
Gus pictures of scenes on Buck creek, Mad
river and other scenes in the neighbnrhOOd
of Springfield. all of which are gems of the
landscape painters art
Visitors to the residence on Clifton street
to look at the collection of pictures are
numerous. and for the benefit of such per
sons it may be stated that the hours for
showing the pictures are between and i'll
the afternoon. To citizen of Springfield
this gallery is most interesting. since it
contains scenes familiar 10 him from his
bOyhOod.
1t speaks very poorly of the artistic taste
of Springfield that public exhibition has
not been made of these works of art long
ago. The pictures are probably 200 or 300
in number. and many of them are worthy
Of a place in the noted art galleries in the
world. The Frankensteins have several
times considered whether to send the
pictures to the Cincinnati exposition, but
have been deferred by the trouble Of boxing
up and shipping So large a collection.
Among the landscapes of subjects i'll the
neighbOrhOOd of Springfield is Scene ON
Buck Creek below Snyder'S mill: ''SCene
on Buck Creek" at the foot of Plum street,
showing what is now the entrance 10 Fern
cliff cemetery. In this picture the golden
light of evening is mirrOred i'll the stream,
and the picture Is gem. One OF the
most notable of the landscapes is the morn
ing view of Springfield looking up the
creek The surface of the creek. ripping
under the morning light, the spires of
Springfield in the distance. and the marvel
Gus dtiicaCy with which the whole is
wrought out, makes the picture one al the
most beautiful in the collection.
One of the interesting pictures IS paint
ing showing the FrankenStein humr~trad
as it used to be in the early days OF Spring
field. Clifton and Spring streets. now two
of the most pOpulOuS streets in the city.
look like pretty country lanes. and Clifton
like turnpike in the neighbOrhOOd of llar-
mony There is food for reflection in that
picture. The picture by Godfrey Frankeu
stein, of a dark pool among some giant
rocks which are surrounded by romantic
log cabin. recalls a well-remembered scene
on the old Day ton road. two and half
miles from Springfield. Another landscape
mill. A second landscape shows beauti-
full early morning along the rocks, ROW in
cludtd in the Fernclitf cemetery grounds.
Miss FrankenStein states that the pictures
will probably soon be catalOgued. The
Franktn~teinS were pre-emnently the ar
fists of Niagara Falls. GuStavlS and God
! frey painted the falls, from every point of
/ view. in sunlight and i'll shadow, in morn