The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-08-06

A ~ O. 80 aann - 1Gn1Uo9 - y
gentlemen a New York city, . lew hcsA
relative 20 Mr. Bullard, Whois now exhibit
I'M here his Panorama a New York CITY,
which q the time they wusc related very
much lneerested ~, and Ne have NO doubt
they will interest III who have str,smlcd
and ere struggling with poverty. Mr.. hui
lard il . native Of the town az Howard.
Stcubcn county, n. Y. His father wa 4
farmer, and young Bullssd remained 1t
home and worked on the farm until he was
fourteen years OF ags, IT which time bis
father declared he was "too lazy" to make
farmer. When he ought (as the father
thought) TO be at work on the farm he was
cutting out Of shingles the portraits Of every
boy and girl in the neighborhood. The
nfher mot being sblc g. control the bent IL
the boys mind, put him with Augustus A.
Oimstead, Esq, Of his native town, to learn
the trade u sign painting. lie remained
with Mr.. Olmstead seven years, till he be-
came twenty-onc years Of age. Affer com
plotting hi trade with Mr.. Olmstead, he
painted some twenty portraits u different
individuals living in Howard. For painting
these portraits he received some 02S. With
this amount Of money he started for New
York city.
He had expected to find the National
Academy of Design open "a exhibition, and
TO see the paintings, and become acquainted
with the artists, and TO find if possible some
one to instruct him in his favorite art. lie
arrived there, and found the exhibition
closed, which very much disappointed him.
lie roved around the great city day or
two, and was unable TO find any artist 10
mai Uvae 1T faex 4
coming rery loo he went to Hartford, Conn.
IN the vicinity Of which place he had friends.
lie remained in Hartford one year, receiving
Instructions In his art from IN artist by the
name of Hewens. After leaving Mr.. lIcw-
ems, he went into the country from Hart
ford, and painted portraits, and realized
money enough to pay the debts he had con.
tracted in Hartford, for board, &c. During
the year he was m Hartford, such was his
extreme poverty that he attended church
but six times, because he had not clothes to
wear that were suitable. After meeting
with various rcvcrses OF fortune, he returned
to Howard in ls&l, and was married to Miss
Angelina A. Olmstead, a daughter of the
gentleman II whom he hal learned the
trade of sign painter. From ls4l 10 ls43,
be was In various parts Of the Union engaged
in painting portraits. From is43 to lsaG,
he was resident of New York city, and at
work At his art, receiving instructions, and
continually improving, till now he il at
least" = prominent artist.
In 1stG he conceived the idea IL painting
his great work, the Panorama of New York
city, aud found noble hcartcd Englishman,
George Doel, who furnished the means 10 60
on with the Painting Mr.. Billiard and
from three To seven men were engaged in
this great work four years; Mr.. Doel
promptly paid the bills as they became due
in all $1,000. The Painting was CON-
plcted IN the LIST day of November, 1850.
What lesson here il for every young
man. is there young man in our city who
has felt the tears &c poverty ruling down
his cheeks, who, when he has become "a
tigued with the labors Of the day, has sat
down in his room BY the side Of his desk,
and rested his head upon his hand, and there
under the lid Of his desk were his board
bills and others too numerous tn mention,
unpaid, and he has At tho~e times felt almost
discouraged, and said to himself, il is no use
TO try Z II, We say, there in such an one, he
will be encouraged by reading this, and glory
in the success IL Mr.. Bullard.
Is there not good deal of difference in
Mr.. Billiards. feelings now, when he IL re
ceiving his one and two hundred dollars a
day from Persons who go to look at his
Panorama, and when he was at Hartford,
and could not attend church because he had
not clothes that were decent So il Is in
this world, "Gol helps those who help
themselves"
We say "a Mr.. Ballard ~ the coarssied
Heather said 10 one of our missionaries, 90
on, 90 on, % on.
Since writing the above Il occurs To ~
that we some time since read the life Of Mr..
ballard, in the American Biographical
Sketch Book, OF self-madc men.-Rochester
DAILY Herald.