The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1874-10-17
written for THE CARBON ApvocAfE.1
NM AMBROTYPE.
BY MARCUTIO.

Ahik euOut your pnoCograpnS, Wna'
can excel an ambrotype for beauty Of
6atness or the gorgeousness of its gen.
eral makeup? Not long since I dete-
mined to visit the four wheeled shanty
I should say gallery of a travelling am.
brotypist. Having climed the steps
which led into the rear of the wagon
/ mean gallery, I found myself In the
august presence of the artist. who re-
ceived me most courteously and beckon-
ed me to chair, as he was engaged IN
taking o picture. l did not sit down,
for the aforesaid chair was in o fearful
state of delapidatiOn and seemed to be
upon Its last legs. I preferred to gaze
cabOOse was plentifully adorned, until
the sitter before me was satisfied with
his counterfeit presentiment." With
what rapture did view the pictures OF
gallant soldiers In full uniform, how
blood.thirsty some of them looked ; one
of them in particular, looked 50 fero-
cious, that IL he had not been at "pa
rade rest," / should have vamoosed the
ranch instantly. Then how sweet some
Of the little sailor boys looked, they did
not appear as IL any of them ever were
sea sick and cried "gracious! heav-
ings 1 wish I were home." While
/ was smiling upon beautiful blue
eyed mariner, l unconsciously began to
sing that beautiful song-"In slumbers
Of midnight the sailor boy lay" when
the artist being annoyed, threw bottle
of collodion at my head to make me
keep quiet. The missile missed fire and
striking the little sailor boy square In
the face, 1t knocked his two pretty blue
eyes right into one, such Is life. Next
/ paid attention tn the babies, love
babies, the eyes Of the little ones SEEM
ed to be fairly starting from their SOCK
cts; then thought of the falsehood told
me when ! was young, 1t was this, look
here, right here and see the canary
Bird" this explained to me why the
infantile eyes were in such bulging
condition, and l was happy to think
was not the only little innocent who
had been so basely deceived by the art
ful ambrotypist, ''it is ever thus from
ohiidhooa,o 20 honrbp tbo . ,oi,ar,, ioyaeoo,
nanu T tonS ne w." hat ta,ho rovno
iadis: hou, 10 IoveIv tbov T iooSad Wv % s,, T,ass
aS in thsir ..SnnSau % to msst;n' [ hes.
NJ, how Cbas Henru nr T Im,ns,,I 80,
Cbss must haze nri1ad onnh o;e,mras
The walls of the gallery also boasted
pictures Of all sorts of gran'mas and
gran pas, all sorts of beaus in their
With their hair nartsS IN the m,Sd,s ~ and
nias,ered dow, Win .,h.;rN 81, % y, in Co., ,
thsre ware s,I sorts ~ n,oturas " ''''
w.s about ooin, ;ntp ~ t"",ha. ,,s
,ioa,,on yuban tba srt;St ,o,a NO ha ,,,o :
resdu to take INV nictnra And ostsd mo mo
into the onaratina room ,.assnma S 49, @
nosition" |" ssid he fa,tarsS a nnoTont &
as I ,ot,,aS a ano,har r,oIo,., eha;s a.',
Son,,,, ,ha hro,har 80 ,hn - a,,,a;Sa
sat down hnt no thsra % w.s nv NO Iu, h"s,ou,
n 81 ,hs % ohair T vss % in w"man..ru " nU vo.s soa.
q, ta,I,nn thronoh 70 Tho AGO. hnt..tor
tnna % tanera the Srav. W. '0 =. 90 J ai,oa.d O ,ho
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oa. GOV ~ ou'' ..,., as WI, uo, ,,s Oh S'''u sno
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sno sp,asn,ns . sIu ~ assnnsoi ~a.er .li'' Vim
Gun eua,a.eu M iIon, % n's Ie'ieae' AIter taA- Az
lng anotner stroil IN tue gallery, the
P,c.uts Ps.as,s was nanoea me, u Is peteesiy %
oeau'iul. never Knew was SO haho-