Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-25
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.

Cold vFeather-The Nilsson Concerts
Business FaiInres-High Rents-Mo-
ney - Photographers. w. Sawyer
Christmas.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9, 187O.-At last winter has
come in earnest Last Wednesday the Their
mometer began to fall rapidly-the six inches
of snow that had fallen Monday night have
given the atmosphere cilll--till Friday
morning the mercury was seven degrees below
zero. Sunday the cold abated somewhat, and
to-day it is quite moderate. 1t has been seve-
raj degrees Inilder here than at the principal
cities in the neighboring States north, and as
far south as st. Louis.
THE NILSSON CONCERTS
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 satisfac-
ton and were marked success. On Thurs
day evening the Scandinavians gave her an
enthusiastic reception at the German House,
with music, feasting, toasts and speeches, and
presented her with laurel wreath of gold.
From here she goes to st. Louis.
BUSINESS FAILURES.
There have been several business failures
since my last. The exorbtant price of rents
absorb all the profits of many merchants.
retail dry goods house paying S12, 900 rent
$4,000 more than it ought. No wonder it
failed.
HIGH RENTS.
Ross & Goss pay 900 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
MONEY
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.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
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 hand in 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
were true to nature, and daguerreotypes, am
brotypes and photographs succeeded each
other, and now pictures are taken on wood,
porcelain, md the different metals. There are
several styles of pictures, recently introduced
by the bost artists, that are deseryedly pop
ular.
| l. THE REMBRANDT, or Shadow pictures,
so called because the lights and shadings are
after the style of the great Master. These pic
! lures are very fine, and the artistic effects
most striking.
2. The BERLIN YIGNETTE: very large sized
heads, from retouched negatives. peculiar
STYLE very beautiful and popular
| 3. MEDALLION HEADS, resembling the Berlin
| Vignette, but differing from it in the style OF
printing.
4. VIcroR1A CARDS. in size between the Carte
de Vislte and the Cabinet-the largest size that
can be put in q letter envelope and very ap-
propriate for the large Berlin Vignette OF
Rembrandt
5. PORCELAIN PICTURES, of all sizes, from
miniature to life, the most beautiful of al
styles for portraits, for they cen be finished
equal to Sle finest ivory pictures.
! A great imDrOyement in DhOtOpranhy iS the
retouching of negatives before printing. T,
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 well-known pho
tograI,hic art gallery he has purchased, witt
all it's art treasures, improved upon its meth
DDS and increased it's reputation and attrac
tions. Mr.. Sawyer, though recent conner
is pioneer in the art, took the silver media
photographs at the Maine State Agriculture
Fair In 1859, and stood in the front rank Of
his procession at the East. He excels espe
cially in the Rembrandt and Porcelain pictures
/ saw some exceedingly beautiful pictures il
these-as well as other styles-there, and sew
eral porcelain pictures life size, exquisitel,
finished, with perfection of light and shade
a softness and naturalness of fesl
TINT with a glow of life which NJ
artist could equal on canvass, anC
which rival the finest ivory portraits. He has
also special arrangements for taking children
pictures, and ample facilities for executing
work in every department of the Photographic
art. Using only the purest chemicals and thu
best stock, and employing only the best ar
fists, his gallery is the favorite resort of tn
lovers of art, and those who wish the fines
pictures, at reasonable prices, should visit hi
studio when they come to Chicago.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS
were celebrated here religiously on Sunday
but Monday was the holiday celebration of it
There is not snow enough for sleighine
though few sleigh bells are heard. All tn
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.