. Railway master mechanic [microform] . Frost is an artist of old and high renown istoo well known to reiterate here, but we think his work isseldom if ever caught for reproduction. By the kindness ofMr. John H. Kahler, forman painter, Erie K. R. shops, Mead-ville, Pa., Ave are enabled to give our readers a sample ofJacks work in these Kahler describes this freak of nature as follows: vI will tell you how it was produced. On the 22d of Janu-ary we had 14 inches of water in our shops, caused by thenear-by stream becoming gorged with ice 2 ft. thick. Whilethe water was at this height
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . Frost is an artist of old and high renown istoo well known to reiterate here, but we think his work isseldom if ever caught for reproduction. By the kindness ofMr. John H. Kahler, forman painter, Erie K. R. shops, Mead-ville, Pa., Ave are enabled to give our readers a sample ofJacks work in these Kahler describes this freak of nature as follows: vI will tell you how it was produced. On the 22d of Janu-ary we had 14 inches of water in our shops, caused by thenear-by stream becoming gorged with ice 2 ft. thick. Whilethe water was at this height the temperature took a suddendrop below zero and froze an inch of ice over the entire shopsinside. Four cab sash with glass in them, 24x30 were foundon the floor under the ice, after the water went down threedays afterward. They were lying flat, or in a horizontal posi-tion when found. I noticed they were all frozen togetherand very frosty between the panes. After awhile I pulledthem apart, and as the warmth from the stove got to them. An Etching by Jack Frost. this frost evaporated, instead of running down as we wouldexpect it to do, and left plainly visible the muddy settlingsof the water. All this time I looked for nothing out of theordinary, but after the thin layer of mud became dry I lookedwith surprise when I beheld the design worked out on theglass which is most beautiful to all who have beheld thestrange work of Nature. After the water had left the glassthe mud remaining; then the freezing took place, and as theminute frost needles crept along over the surface in workingout the design, the mud was shoved to either side down theglass, leaving the clear glass to represent the outlining ofthe design, as it represents a negative just as a photographnegative is produced. The design represents feathers in allpositions, and ending in perfect scrolls at the ends. Again,you see fine ostrich plumes, lace work and ferns. Many fig-ures can be picked out. Among several is an India
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