The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-10-09
THE LOSS OF A GREAT PAINTING.


ter how small, without ascending and
descending as did the angels on the lad
der in Jacobs dream, in pursuit of beer,
of which he was very fond. The more
Goozleman went up and down that lad-
der the nearer heaven did he imagine
himself to be.
He was a little cranky in his spelling
of the English names, which made some
of'his customers a trifle impatient. Dr.
Lombard, for instance, kicked vigorous
Iy when he read CDR Bombardn on his
sign. Goozleman rarely began to paint
sign at the beginning. He was as lia-
BILE to begin in the middle of a man 3
name as anywhere else, and having
painted a few letters, off he would go
after some beer and not be back in u
week. In the meantime The pasSers on
the street would icer ut the unmeaning
letters. Goozlemau did not give entire
satisfaction when he painted new sign
for couple oG Israelites who had started
clothing store. The name of the firm
was -H"S' " NV '''' '''o' '0l
40 OuV peSlh "O '''' "ton5 oi'" VI t''o
sign ana as ne wa" c"Ilc" away J"S1 NC,
fore be flushed, the amused public read
in large letters, ''Ass q Bro
People came into the store and asked
to see the two donkcys, who, by tho way,
looked like twins. During all this ex-
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1t was not long before Nooziemah was
up on his ladder painting away 1or gear
life. There happened 10 be in beaSly's
show window an oil painting on eXhibi-
ton. 1t was the work Of a young gen
tleman who had acquired great local
fame as as amateur painter The paint
ing represented Moses coming down from
the mountain. While Goozlcm&n was
hard at work at the upper end OF the
ladder painting the sign, two gentlemen
stood under the ladder and conVersed
about the Oil painting III the window.
One of these two men was the editor Of
a local paper, who was to give the work
of art a favorable criticism in the next
issue OF the BdzOO, The other gentle
man was the gifted artist himself, who
pointed out to the journalist the beauties
of the picture. AS they talked. GOOGLE
man, who had Stacked his thirst, painted
away lndustriously over their heads on
Books and Stationery"
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of those pre-Raph@llita gemS|' asked
the JOURNALIST WHO was not wei up III
arC'
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