The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-01-20
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

Cold weather-The Nilsson Concerts
Business FaiIures-High Rents-mo-
ney Photographers. w. Sawyer
Christmas.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9, 1sTo.-At last winter has
come in earnest. Last Wednesday the ther-
began 10 fall rapidly-the six inches
of snow that had fallen Monday night have
given the atmosphere a cdl-til Friday
morning the mercury was seven degrees below
zero. Sunday the cold abated somewhat, and
to-day it is quite moderate. II has been seve-
raj degrees milder here than at the principal
cities in the neighboring States north, and as
far south as st. Louis.
H NILSSON CONCERT
we're the events of the last week-Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday evenings and Saturday
afternoon. They were largely attended, Great
ed much excitement, gave eminent s~atisfac-
ton and were a marked success. On Thurs
day evening the Scandinavians gave her an
enthusiastic reception at the German House,
with music. Teasing, toasts and speeches, and
presented her with q laurel wreath of gold.
From here she goes to st. Louis.
BUSINESS
There have been several business failures
since my last. The exorbitant price of rents
absorb all the profits of many merchants. A
retail dry goods house paying $4,000 rent
50 1000 moro than it ought. No wonder it
failed.
HIGH hEsAE-
Ross & Goss pay $4,000 rent a year, but
they do a large business. But the fact is pat
ent, that landlords must reduce the price of
rents or have bankrupt tenants, or vacant
stores.
is very close at the banks, the demand Of pork
packers absorbing all their spare funds There
is little prospect of an easier money market
till after the Government call is made.
The art of transferring the likeness of the
human face and form have reached a great de-
gree of perfection. In canvass painting, where
the eye guides the handin thinning the features
and tracing the shape, size and relations Of
the different parts, there is necessarily more
or less imperfection- But, when the Sun was
made pencil holder and painter, the likenesses
we're true to nature, and daguerreotypes, am
brotypes and photographs succeeded each
other. and now pictures are taken on wood,
porcelain, and the different metals. There are
several styles Of pictures, recently introduced
by the best artists, that are deservedly pop
ular.
1. TEE REMBRANDT, or Shadow pictures,
so called because the lights and shadings are
after the style of the great Master. Those pic
lures arc very fine, and the artistic effects
most striking.
2. The BERLIN VIaNETTE: very large sized
heads, from retouehed negatives. A peculiar
ElNlC, WY DCdutnA III BOBu4lI-
8. MEDALLION HEADS, resembling the Berlin
yignette, but differing from it in the style Of
printing.
4. VICTORIA CARDS, in size between the Carte
de Visite and the Cabinet-the largest size that
can be put in a letter envelope, and very ap-
propriate for the large Berlin Vignette or
Rembrandt.
miniature to life, the most beautiful of all
styles for portraits, for they can be finished
equal to the finest ivory pictures.
A great improvement in photography is the
retouching of negatives before printing. To
do this successfully requires the highest skill
of our best artists.
The best specimens Of the art, in the various
styles of pictures, can be seen in the photo
graphic studio Of
S. W. SAWYER, "a WASHINGTON STREET,
successor to J.. Corbut, whose w~eIl-known pho
tographic art gallery he has purchased, with
all it's art treasures, improved upon its meth
DDS and increased its reputation and attrac-
tons. Mr.. Sawyer, though a recent conner,
is a pioneer in the art, took the silver medal
for the best daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and
photographs at the Maine State Agricultural
Fair in 1858, and stood in the front rank of
his profession at the East. He excels espe-
cially in the Rembrandt and Porcelain pictures.
/ saw some exceedingly beautiful pictures in
these-as well as other styles-thsre, and eey-
eral porcelain pictures, life size, exquisitely
finished, with a perfection of light and shade,
a softness and naturalness of flesh
tint, with a glow of life which no
artist could equal on canvass, and
which rival the finest ivory portraits. He has
also special arrangements for taking children's
pictures, and ample facilities for executing
work in every department of the Photographic
art. Using only the purest chemicals and the
best stock, and employing only the best ar
lists. his gallery is the favorite resort of the
lovers of art, and those who wish the finest
pictures, at reasonable prices, should visit his
studio when they come to Chicago.
CHRISTMAS M NEW YEARS
we're celebrated here r~eligiously on Sunday,
but Monday was the holiday celebration of it.
There is not snow enough for sleighing,
though a few sleigh bells are heard. All the
places of
AMUSEMENT
are open to-day, and will be through the week.
Fisk's opera troupe begin their season Wednes-
day night in Twelve Temptations. B.