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Show Artlstlo Work or Whlttlsr. As a humblo trlbuto from a city employo with whom ho did not oven havo an acquaintance, to Mayor Chat S Ashloy has been presented a most romarkable Imago of himself. Tim Image was mado by William Mcrclor, a water department laborer, who whittled It out with a Jack knlfs from a slnclo block of wood. The sta-tuctto sta-tuctto Is about SO Inches high and the flguro Is oomploto to tho minutest do-tails. do-tails. Thn right hand rests on a table on which nro a book and n flowerpot, with lcavos, stalk and flowers deftly carved with tho knlfo Tho whole flguro Is painted In different dif-ferent colors, the flesh tints being, to say tho least, striking Morclcr spent his Iclsuro tlmo tor tlx months on thlt labor of Ioyo and was then so bashful thai ho tent n friend to proscnt it to tbo mayor New Hedford correspondence correspond-ence Hotton Herald |