The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-29

FHOIOsR sRAPHlNG ABABY-DOESTICKS
/ RELATES HIS EXPERIENCES
, Had TO wait for several other people TO be pic
tured: Trumps (the b.by) disappeared for 6ve
minutes and was then found industrcusly wash.
| iEg his nurses shawl and bonnet under q pump
IN the corner of the room: The color had come
out OF The ribbons on his hands, and those hands.
had. OF course. at once transferred the color to
his face, and his nose vas now a bright green,
, one cheek was yellow. the other red. his chin
vas purple, and he had broad stripe Of light.
blue over both eyes OF Course We couldn't
have picture of him in that variegated condi.
| tion SO he WAS undeysd as fast as possible
During the washing process he howled as
though he was possessed with all the devils that
are mentioned in Scripture.
Is, tile time the nurse, by assduous scrubbing,
Lad taken OF the colors and the skin from his
lace, the Photograph man was ready; then
Trumps was ffiShreued; he, evidently thought
The camera Was some iunstrument designed for
hl- immediate and utter destruction; howled;
vas calmed by assurances o! photograph man
that bird was going TO come out of the tube:
then he eagerly looked into said tube, and man
made hurried preparations to take picture; got
the plate in; took of the curtain when Trumps;
sired of waiting Tor the bird, and beginning to
think the whole thing sell and a swindle, yaw-
ned, and began TO look around for amusement;
man stopped the tube; but all To late; the pic.
ture represented his majesty with mouth like
the side pocket To all indiaiubber overcoat; no
go, must try again baby wouldn't sit again
had been fooled once, hadn't seen any bird, and
didn't believe in any bird coaxed him 20 try
again, by presents OF large quantities of candy;
man SAID We mast all retire out of sight lest We
distract his attention; everybody got out of the
way; man renewed the fable about the bird,
with additions and variations; Truups looked in
a, the tube with all his eyes, and those eyes dis.
tended to their utmost size /; man didn't look al
Trumps-looked at his watch all the time was
! aroused by a peculiar noise on the part of
Trumps: man looked up, and discovered his
majesty in the act of conplacently sucking a
piece of candy, and kicking the back OF the
chair with his shoes; picture this time, was sin.
guarly mixed; Trumps had, il seemed. sudden.
! y risen from his seat, aud turned completely
around; the effec, Of this unexpected operation
was, TO present on the plate double view of him,
or front and back view, mixed half and half
the back of his head and face were SO congome-
rated that his nose appeared TO be growing out
of the back OF his neck, and his hair was sprOut-
ing all over his cheeks, while his eve calmly re-
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curiosity.
Man retired 10 the dark closet where he does
the mysterious things to the pictures after the
camera has got done with them, and had q pri-
Vate swear; knew he went there to swear. be-
cause he came out with his face very red, and he
left q streak Of blue fire after him, which he said
was occssioned by the chemicals. Ha, ha! As
II | had never seen q man swear blue streak
before that day.
Then We tried Trumps again; he seemed com.
paratively easy to keep quiet this time sat him
on chair aud gave him things to play with till
the tube was ready; suddenly somebody dscov-
cred that there was reason for his being %
very quiet; particulars Ommtted, but it IL
enough to remark that we didn't get picture
that time.
Half an hour elapsed, when Trumps again
came to the scratch; everything ready. and We
; let him slide. All was going on well, when sud.
denly during the last three seconds Of his sitting,
he, by some horrible mischsnce, caught 4 glimpse
of the little girl. lie instantly began to nod to
her, and the result was, .iA uo-e., twelve eyes,
and other features in propoI,i"r ate quantities.
Man again retired t. the dark closet, and on hil
issuing forth again accompanied by the blue
fire, and also by the smell of sulphur. We
knew, of course, that he had been solacing him.
: self with little harder swear than ever, and
: consigning that baby TO place that 10 not nee
essary to mention. l am fully convinced that
7 if that man could have had his way at that time
q Trumps would have been Immediately killed
cooked and set before the King Of the Gambia
, Islands for his Cannibalc Msjesty's lunch.
However, we tried again. This time the ltd
; girl, in the midst OF the sitting marched up an,
q demanded kiss, and got it--in return for whcl
$ she hit tba, young gentleman slap which mad
II him howl again. The effect OF these combines
Il operations OF the picture were not conducive
r. the achievement of perfect likeness.
aut int ia Haf
? another plate, and emerged, after having, l al
q convinced, sworn the skin of the roof Of bi
X mouth, and taken the edge off all his false teeth
In order to pacify the young man, Truu.ps.
~ nov, "a a last resort, gave him INV watch TO pa
~ith-be yelled until ne got t-he yelled uni
OF | opened il for him-he yelled still further, al
o. ,il opened The inside cover, and let him see tf
in works-then We all retired out of the way, q
IN the man could give the sitting. Trumps keI
III so still that thought We hsd got him th
time After the man announced that u
ie time was up. went up to his majesty 10 col
ar gratulate him on being such a good boy, when
H. discovered that he had pulled all the wneels o.
We of the said watch, broken the crystal, bert Il
"a hands double, aud was trying to pick his tee
ne with the handspring.
As a last resort; l now undertook To hold hi
n in NV lap, and see if I could not keep him qui
TO after many trials, ia which he defeated
er Efforts to keep him quiet by sometimes pulliI
a. my nose, sometimes piuching me ia the stomac
all and then pulling up his dress, and insisting th
10. | admire bis knees. he at ast got SO sleepy th
all he kept quiet enough to have picture mad
ise Il didn't look ike him than like an
OF bodys else baby, but IT served the purpose, u
joyfuIy got out of the place.
During the dressing To cone home, he CO
- trived to get away from the nurse, and dip
ND hands into some chemicals that deyed his ia
IN orange, ate his clothes full Of holes, and took
'ur skin all Of his fingers.
ma The man charged me for the loss Of his d.
and had a sweet bill Of $23 q to pay for p
,ch ture Of Trumps, tha, he tore into little sqna
eeL pieces early the next morning, for oats vi
nto which to feed his rocking horse.
His majesty has just came to tease me to
OF and have another picture made, because
yer horse wants more oats.
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THE LARGEST Res AT BILLIARDS on REco
~. On Saturday evening. Mr.. Michael Foley
a, Cleveland professional made, at his rooms
=! Bank street, the largest run" at billiards