The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-06-21
DAMS PHOTOGRAPH.

lile qle"fC@t fellow, without cNeCp
tion in an Wexford. was Daniel Bat
ties
] lie was sixteen years Of age, yet h,
had the reputation ot possessing u,
much knowledge about odd and out
of-thc-way things ~ anF ten ayegag,
lads. lie was believed to have an in
innate acquaintance with every trou
in tine streams, and every bird in tn,
woo,is, aud every rabbit in the bur.
! rows. iie had lhe largest collection
of birds eggs fo he found in the coun
. Try; and il wa> reported ami solemn.
/ ~ believed by aii the small boys in
/ the noighborhood. that he had .e-
/ cr"t understanding with the king
fisher, and orioles, rs which they
agreed t@ surrender one egg in each
/ liiter to him, in consideration uf 1is
nrcln'~r to let 3li others atone.
/ He was always taking up some new
I idea to work oit. and if lac did not
kno" all about maay things, he
really seemed to know little about
everything. H. knew how to print,
bow I" bleed ii horse. how - ran the
! telegraph instrument, how 10 oeultivate
/ -iill WORMS. how to make he most
outrageous noises with his hands,
+ how 10 graft pears. how 10 wfitn back
wards, bow to piuy checkers with bis
eyc- shut, ana in short, he knew how
to do nearly everything that came in
iis way 10 learn.
one day tho neighbnrs opened
/ thrir eyes and pricked mp their ears
at the news that Dan had takea ur
/ photography; not that they Were us
tonished, for they had lang since
ceased II he astonished ut anything
/ that Daa did, hat they were interest
! el ii, itis enterprise, though regarding
/ it simply a. another freak OF curious
!, gei,;a4. A*. s~9@s .-'@z aa
| well, welt" said they, Struggling
their shoulders, Pan is an odd stick.
Its aboat time he went into some
thing u~srI. Photography, eh?"
The report was true. Dan had oh
tain"i a camera OF good size, and was
experimenting with it up in his
''dcn." IN oac end OF his aluthcr'-
garr,t.
II wnnIt he hard TO imagine 4 more
/ :a;.3s, caaotia-lookiag place than
ilan'S "dnD.' Il was fa.l Of bottles.
OLD clothes, Jars, bits Of machinery.
mn.iaa Instruments, carpenters
tools, old maps, torn pictures, pots of
| paint and chemicals, fragments Of old
! inaghlue~, stuffed birds, etc. and il
smeiIed so fearfully that no one but
Dan could ever stay long enough to
make an inventory of the contents.
!lan WAS a. n,ld-'ooking a character
a. on" would be likely 10 see in II
years travel. lie was thin anI lank
in hoir and legs. His head was
large, and he had light blue erc~. and
long, whli.h hair. which lac rarely
! comhc@, and which struggled about
MI over his head, ~ if the rats had
made nests in ii the Hast tiu.e he
slept
/ He Wa4 nu, much og a taIkcr Iic
generally kept silent and stared. No
body knew " hat AT amount Of think
ing he did meanwhile, and in fact,
many who laughed at his 'g.aenes7"
had 10 confess afterwards that he not
only saw all thin-s that we've going
on, hut knew more about what he
..Iw than the >iuaFtest OF them.
| Dan wen. OH with his photograph
in@ tor several weeks. lie learned to
take very good pictures, bat he was
very lar from satisfied. lie grew
| thoughtful and almost melancholy.
| His inger- were always stained black
and brown with acids that he could
not wash oil. and his clothing always
gave out ~" peculiar z"eut of "rula-
! iinn.
! bans nsothef began really Ia he
anHioH< The hoy was growing up Il
| loose Observation-Disclosures, but with
out amy particular turn for one profit
| able calling. IL was, necessary that
| he should begin 10 earn money pretty
soon, and shc was anxious that he
! should choose some single business
and stick to il. She took the boy in
| hand and expostulated with him.
| Dan looked distressed.
I'm trying to do somei hing, moth
or. I'm Just getting hold of ii now, /
| guess. | only want a little more
| time.'
Fhi- was about ~ long a speech as
Dan WAS in the habit of making at
onc time. His mother was pacitied,
and, for the present, let him alone.
Two or three more weeks slipped
| by. Dan made pictures Of everybody
| he could get before his camera. He
| photographed the cat and her kittens.
He photographed his ",len" and all
lis miscellaneous trumpery. He pho-
| tographod the boys in the street, and
he photographed buildings, fences and
| trees.
Still lie DID not succeed TO his mind
| His pictures lacked the peculiar shad-
| ing of tone that he wanted, His
dream was to achieve this, which he
J believed would not only make them
very beautiful, but give him a large
profitable custom.
lie labored incessantly, now trying
this plan, now trying that, but with
out any perfect result.
lathe course of his experiments out
If his garret window, Dan made street
pictures of people both near and re-
mote, in divers attitudes, and at near
| ~ all hours Of the day. Dan took
them in single figures and in groups
he took them looking up and looking
! down; making gestures or sitting