The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-09-28

lNu@T ilC DEst ClrCUtDStbuCts.
( am really sorry 10 hear you saw SO p,
Mr. Allen replied The merchant IN hind
tone how much cen you earn 10 d week
I nov 7
If ! had steady work, could earn nine
or ten collars week. Bu, our business is
very Bad, the substitution Of steam engines
on railroads for horses upon tufnpkes, has
broken in seriously upon The harness max
/ ing business. The consequence ~, that /
DO not average SIX dollars week the year
I round
lsiI possible that railroads have wrought,
such change in your business 2
les-thc harness making brsuch Of il,
especially IN large cities like this, " here
the heasy wagon lIade 10 ul.nosi entirely
broken up.
ID d you say tina, six dollars a week
were al 'ha, you could average T.
Yes, sir
How large is your family ?
! have I've children, sit.'
Eve chIldien, and only six dJIals 0
week ?
That is all, sir. Fat SIX dollars week
will no, support them, and am IN couse.
qnence gong behndnand.'
! 90 oughtto Try 10 set into some other
business
Blu, don't know any other.
The merchan, unused for while, and
then sad, Perhaps can aid you in getting
into something better. ON President Of
q newly projected railroad. and we are
bout putting on the llue company Of en-
gineers, for the purpose Of surveying and
engineering, aud as you studied these scien
ces al school at the same time tina, did,
aad suppose have sltll a correc, knoaledge
of both; # so, | wal use my iunlence 10
have you appointed surveyor. The cugl
Deer is already chosen, and at ny desire
will give you oil requisite Instructions un.
al you revive your early knowledge OF
these matters. The salary is one hundred
dollar a month
shadow slllI darker llan that u hich De.
fore rested there, fell upon the face Of The
mechalic.
Alas sir, he SAID, | have no, the slight.
eel knowledge. IL is true | studied II, or
rather pretended 10 stUdy II at school-bui
II m1de no permanent impression on my
mind. saw no use IN II then, aud am now
as ianotan, Of surveying as It had never
taken lesson on the sui ct
an very cory, NJ Allen the mer
chant replied IN real concern. YOU were
a good accountant, might. perhaps, get
You into a store. What is your capacity
80 this respect 7
ought to have been good accountant.
sir, for studied mathematics long enough
bu. took little lnteres, in figures and now,
although vas for many mouths at school,
and pretended to study book keeping, | an
utterly incapable OF iuklng charge Of sci
OF books.
Such being the case. Mr.. Allen, | really
do no, know wha, | can do with you Bu, T
stay am about sending out an assorted .
cargo TO Bueuos Ayres, and thence round TO /
CaIao, and wan, a man to 20 as supcrcargo,
who can speak the Spanish language,
remember, that We studied Spanish togcih.
ar. Would you lie wiling TO leave your
andy and gol The wages viii be 500
4 month
1 / have forgotten all my Spanish, sir.
lid not sec the use OF II while at school. and,
hofelore, It made no impression on my
mind
The merchant, really concerned for the
,oor mechanic, again though, OF some way
10 serve him. At length he said, i can
hlpk OF but one thing that YOU can DO, MI
A lien, and that will not bs much better than
our presen, employment. Ii is service
or which ordinary persons are employed
hat OF chain carrying to the surveyor, on
he proposed railroad expedition
What arc the wages, sir ? +!
% month
Aud found 7
Certainly
i. will accept it, sir, thankfully. the man
said. III will be better than my present {
employment,
Then make yourself ready at once, Tor
he company will start in week.
j viii be ready, sir, the poor man re.
,l,ed, and then withdrew.
In o week tho company of engpeers
started, and Mr.. Allen with them as cham
carrier when. had be, as II boy, taken the
,dslce of his patents aud friends, and stored
lp 10 his memory what they wished him TO
earn, he nigh, have filed the Surveyors
office o, more than double the wages PAID
mn as chain carrier. Indeed We cannot
Tell how high a position Of usefulness he