Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-04-20
A wIzARpts WORKSHOP.

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stands near the road. II they are OBJ
.er,ant probably the figure Of q man
who sits apparently engaged 10 some
work inside the building. near a window.
will a,,rae, their attention. This seem
insly industrious per.oa !. always there ;
Away. intent upon the work before him;
never raising bis eyes Al instant 10 look
upon the scene outside. hosever a,trac.
tiv. . model public servant, surely. II
the visitor enters the big building. and
then turns into the little wofk.room At
his leh, he will &c, = view Of the figure
from the interior. Tho man slis Al =
table upon which are sire~n some OF the
tool. and materials used by . iaxidermisi.
In hi. left hand he holl. the body Of a
partridge. and in hi. rgh, IL a wire.
which he 4. apparently oa 'hs poin, OF
running into the birds boiy. lie has
hi. Goa, OIL and biz working clothes on.
Nj, Derby hA, !. ,ippei a little towards
the from, 70 shade his eyes. Upon his
no.e I. perhed = pair Of glasses. Out
Of his ve., poke, peers. a cigar. and at
the eide Of the chair l. a spi,toon OF
eu.pidore. showing that this ,alidermisi
.%olsce. himself with tie weed while a,
work.
Every stranger who oomes Ia wait. for
thi. silent. m~o,ionle.s figure 10 speak OF
move, ba, he never ,p,ak. or s,irs In
fact. the man who male the figure did
no, supply IL with vocal organs or motive
po~er. lt.A mere inAnima,e. voice.
le.. ,aigy. ba, 80 naturally modelled,
po.ed. eolored and dressed that 20, one
person oa, Of q hundred who 20 in,o the
work.room for the first time can Jay bis
hand on hi. heart whcn he comes on,
and say be knev all the time ihA, he
anew |, wa. only an ell U. This il Mr.
~. W. Hendley'. w~ofk.room. ADD that
gentleman take. much delight in the
amusing perplsIiiy Of The visitors over
the mo,ionles, tAxidefmi,t.
"a book agent came in here the Other
day" ,Aid Mr.. Hendley to a Star re.
porter. 'He talked "a me Abou, biz
books. Ard | told him TIA, Did no, care
TO subscribe. Then be asked me Il /
though, the gentleman over there by the
window would take a book 'ie'. |
aid, Il think he will. lie i very deaf.
ba, /. fond Of rcadiag' The book Ageh,
vent over and began 10 talk about hi.
books, in the NOS, glowing manner.
told him be would have 20 speak much
louder. As the man was very hard Of
hesrins. indeed lie ven, on a little
further. then stopped. BOXED into The
face OF the shgy. Strengthened himself
up. said: well. I'll be darned. and
gathering UP his books. shot on, Of the
door without, saying another word.
While the reporter was talking i~o
gentlemen came ia. one Of whom was a
stranger. Ahsr the stranger bad been
introduced 10 Mr.. Hshiley, biz CON-
panion sail Come. l,i me Introduce
You to Mr.. Hshdley'' assistant, a man
quite q. clever in bis way a. Mr.. Hsndley
himself" The two walked over 10 the
figure seated a, the table. The stranger
paused a momsn, for the ,fhgy 10 DROP
hi. work and pat out bis hAnd. then
.,ooped down 20 a. 10 inspsc, the i'm
mobile face closely, and rising remarked
"well, never" Amer that he went
around the room inspecting is curious
contents. and closely 'crutinirsd the re-
porter 20 lake sure thu, be bad not en-
counier,d another ,fhgy.
Near the ,AHidsrmisi Is seated the gi'
gAn,ic form Of an lndiAa on an old tree
stump. reclining forward with bis arms
re.,ins upon hi, knees. This Vas mod.
eled from life from the ,on Of Spotted
Tall. Thi, Indian. though bu, eighteen
years old when here. was 'iN feet four
inehe, In hsish, and quite well P'oPor-
toned. lie died recently d eonsump.
,ioa. The anatomy Of the figure Aad
the o%oloring are all perfectly natural.
The old stump on ehieh the figure 'iis
va. made by Mr.. Hendley from paper
macls and copied from nature. Near
10 the Indian on another stump i seated
the .~ean,ily clad figure 81 a Negro boy.
lie hA. been fishing. aud bis rude pole
and line, with il cork bob or ioa''
rest. against bis arm. Two catfish GA
the ground al biz Zee, rpressn, The i'o'
phie. Of his skill. There i an old COM
cob pipe in one hand while hi' head rests
a%sAin., the other. hi. eyes are closed.
hi. lip. parted and he Is just noddlng of
10 sleep. The posture j. mos, lifs-like'
Abou, the shelves. on the ioor. every
where are counisrfeii. Of nature Ia vAri'
GU. stage. OF completion.
Mr.. Hendley /, not a modeler merely.
lie say. be can initiate anything IN ma
,ure. both in form and color. His work
range. all through nature, from making
human figure. % life.like ihA, one IL aP,
to apologize to it II be accidentally runs
again., Il. 10 initiating The ,in,s aud veins
Of o when an elephants skull
damaged by bulle, holes come. 70 the
Museum, be ,repAns the skull with paple'
mdehe 90 one eAnno, tell where the
natural bone end, and the artificial be-
gins. When a rsre old cup or plate Is
broken be pieces IL on, 30 ihA, no one
can ever detect thu, the cup or plate has
suffered any damage.
On n table isA collection Of fruit,
grapes. cherries, peaches, apple. and
waisrmelons. 90 perfse, ia form and color
that Mr.. Hendley say. that when he puts
natural fruit among them he cannot
himself pick oui the natural from the
artificial. Some Of the cherries are hung
upon cherry trees in the cherry season
and the birds attack them quite yofa-
eiOu.ly. as they are full. ripe aud luscious
looking. The peculiarly delicate ,inis
Of the oyster are Reproduced by Mr..
Hendley 90 perfectly that the oysters on
the half. shell lying about the room make
ones mouth water. Hung upon a rack
Is a side Of mutton. which has no, ret re-
eeiyed it, finishing touches. There are,
however. cuts OF steak lying Abou, which
have a rich and juicy look that would
temp, any housewife. And" said Mr..
Hendley. ",hey are no, much tougher
A.. -. "a - al. hUteh..f. /"