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Dunstan Times, Issue 727, 24 March 1876, Page 3

At Port Hope, Ontario, a competitive concert was given la'ely by two rival brass ban Is, ami now, rather than have it repeated, the Port Hopers avouhl prefer having twenty-seven successive thunderstorms. Pierre Veron makes a startling revelation in the Monde Tllrtslrd. Ha announces a discovery das tin id to revolutionise completely the world of art—photochromy, or photograohy in colors, th» inventor ot which, he states, is M. Vidal, formerly che ideal Facnl yo f Paris. M. Veron says —“ The public will soon bo invite 1 to see the almirable results already obtained by photochromy—results which will ho pub. liely exhibits 1. As for myself who was, in a way, present behind the wings at the general reheanal, I was wonder-stricken, stupefied. Pictures ware there before my eyes with all the splendor of the true colors with all the suavity of drawing. You could oven study the method of the painter, every touch of whose pencil appeared in this reproduction as in the original. And it was a truly living portrait; flesh, costume, accessories, all vibrated cnrreotlv. Tn one pla'-e afl igon, stamned in gold and s i vo •. seemed to I*> metal itself. The application of euoh a discovery is limltlees,"