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Updated: July 10, 2025
Although its elevation is eighty-five feet, it comprises but two stories, terminated by a flat roof, whence you command a fine view of Paris. You ascend thither by a winding staircase which has a hollow newel.
Not even a country seat of a bishop is correctly called a palace, much less the residence of a bishop when ejected from his see. Just inside the doorway is a fine Gothic stoup into which bucolic rustics now knock the fag-ends of their pipes. The staircase newel is a fine piece of Gothic carving with an embattled moulding, a poppy-head and heraldic lion.
Susan entered a small, square entrance-hall, papered in arabesques of green against a dark brown, where a bead of gas flickered dispiritedly in a red glass shade over the newel post. Some fly- specked calling cards languished in the brass tray of an enormous old walnut hat-rack, where several boarders had already hung wraps and hats.
We give an illustration of the staircase newel in Cromwell House, Highgate, with its quaint little figure of a man standing on a lofty pedestal. Sometimes one comes across strange curiosities in old houses, the odds and ends which Time has accumulated. On p. 201 is a representation of a water-clock or clepsydra which was made at Norwich by an ingenious person named Parson in 1610.
Two attractively turned balusters grace each stair, their bases alike and otherwise differing only in the length of their tapering shafts. The newel treatment is especially appropriate, inasmuch as it reflects the Ionic order, the balustrade winding scroll-fashion about a slender fluted colonnette, and the first stair tread taking the outline of the rail above.
A special spiral design above the foot scraper, however, virtually becomes a newel in this instance. The same is true of another much more elaborate stair rail at Seventh and Locust streets with its attractive diaper pattern between an upper and lower Grecian band, the whole grille being supported by a graceful three-point bracket.
Visions of Miss Eliza rose before her, making more frantic the efforts to locate it. How many times had she said, "Whatever you do, Arethusa, don't you dare lose that trunk check!" She sank weakly to the floor to lean her head despairingly against the heavy newel post of the stairway. "What will Aunt 'Liza say?" she cried, with the hopelessness of one already condemned. "Oh, what will she say?"
The image didn't deign to reply. "I wish I could make him talk," said Hortense aloud. Somebody snickered in the corner. "Sounds like Lowboy," said Hortense. Lowboy started to run for the door but collided with a chair. "I've scratched myself," said Lowboy. Hortense did not wait to console him. Instead, she ran to the newel post. "One, two, three for Lowboy!" she called. "Lowboy's It.
One of the men alighted, and springing up the steps, walked into the store where one of the owners was standing. "Newel K. Whitney, thou art the man!" exclaimed the visitor, extending his hand as to an old friend. "You have the advantage of me," replied the storekeeper, "I could not call you by name as you have me." "I am Joseph, the prophet," said the stranger, smiling.
Among those who attended these meetings was Newel Knight, son of Joseph Knight. This young man had many talks with Joseph about the gospel, but still he kept putting off doing his duty in being baptized. Because of this the evil one got power over him and treated him so badly that the prophet was sent for. When Joseph arrived he found his friend Newel acting strangely.
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