The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-04-13
Vol. -. No. 80, Whole No, OO3

away aad LEFT thsnl spinning
One day VIA tuning ny anvil benehlliH q
hot iron, aud busy with lhe thought, lhhl
lLere HAA an much iuiGlleGllal philosophy m
NY hammer as ln any Of tho energy agoing
iI1 gg.s4sleEH l4sgla4, sslssH lnost uneaTlllg
screaming pierced my eursi | stepped 90 tho
doDr, and there 70 wnH, the great Iron Horse
Yes, be- had come, looking for all the world,
like tho great DsRgaa wa read Of in the
Scripture, hnfneHsod 90 bhlfa living world,
aud Just landed on the oHFllh where be stool
brnying ~ surprise aud indignation at tho
"baHe uEo" 20 which hr hHd lfren turned
saw tile gigantic ueAiped move with pow
90 llaI made The TaHh IrGmhie for miles,
saw tLo army Of humag beings gliding will
Tie velocity Of lhg wind over lhe iron track,
aHd droyoa ofoaulo travelling In their stables
at The rate Of twenty miles an hour toward
their eity slaughter house. II was wonder
ful. The little busy bGe.winged machinery
ofihe chilnn factory imindled into luhignih
cHnce before H. MOnslrUua beast Oi passage
aud burden II deyouTed the intervening diH
gsIies, s.Id welded ll''s- siIies tofeil'sf l'Ht
for lls furnace heart mud iron sinews, IL whs
nolung but benht mn enormous aggrega-
tOu oi-horse power. And went hack TO
The forge with uninpaired reverence Tor tho
Intellectual philosophy ofmy hammer.
Posing along the street one afternoon,
heard "a noise Ia hu old building, ns of some
one putting pair Of bellows So without
more .,ln, stepped in, and there. IN n cor
nef OF room, J raw the cEefd'Wuycr of all
the nnchiuerS~lhnl has ever been lnyunted
rinco tho birth Of Tabnl Cain. In lIs con-
stfuction II we az simple aud unnssuming
~ cheese ptoss. Il went with lcN6r-wilh
a lever, siroug,slrongcr nimn ihni viii which
Archimcdes promised To In the world.
ell i a. - sulI kng afuun-
ING by the ink trough, with cuelcss turl'hn
thrown paper on lls head, A printing
prctrY qurrisd musiugly to mytclE IA
printing! 'pfrsS what do yal print|' ask 70
ed "Prnt y said The hoy, starting Rt the,
douhtlully "why,We print thoughts" "Print
lhoughr" " slowly repeated nfler him;aad
wc stood looking FOR monIcui ut eacieolher
ia mutual udmiralion bo IN the absence Of
nm iden, mud in pursuit of onc. hut look
ed nl him illo hardest, and be- left another ink
mnrR on his forehead, from uniietic motion
OF his ief, hand, to quicken his apprehension
ofmy mcn6iug. why, yes" he riiIcmIed,
m tone of forced confidence. M " passing
on iJcr, Which, though having been current
o hundred years, might still be- couuirr6cii,
for all hc could show uu The spot. eve print
thoughts, to he sure "But, my hoy" ask
rJi ~ huurst sutgrUcEs, ''wtlHt Hre Thoughts, =
aud how rnn you get hold ofthom 10 print
tl,emT "IhouEhs nro whrt come o,r az
the peoples minds" he replicd. "Get hold
Of them. indeed? Why minds nin't nothing
you cuu got hold o., nor thoughts eiIher-
AiI The minds that ever thought. and all The
ihot,~ ~hls that minds eNer made wsultrt
make bail az big us our tst. Minds they
say nrc inst like o'r; you rRn't see themihey n
dunt nuke my uoisr, nor have any coioEthey
don't weigh any thing. Bill Decpout. the
scNton, snS Z, ,ihbt man weighs just NJ much
wrrrr NY asI.c did
before. No, sir Nil tie minds hat ever lived
wouldn't wcigh mn ounce troy"
"Tlru how 90 you I,riui ;!.ce:hts ~ ask.
ed "lf minds are thin ~ mir, mud d,ouehls
thinner still, nnd make no noise, aud huve no
.uhsiahces- shade, or color, Hnd ure like mo
Ninds, mud, moro ihnu the winds, nrc any
where a. moInGut; sometimes IN heaven,
md H'tiietitnes on earth, AMI IN the writer's
under tlie enrlG how can you get hold Of
hon hOw caa you see them when caught,
VI SHOW thcm 10 others ~
Eyck'ci'a eyes grow luminous With new
den, mud pushing his ink-rullur proudly n
ross the metallic pasc nGihc newspaper, 10
replied, "Though,s work and walk in things
hnt make tracks; and we take them lTucks,
,Ud e'aHnp laeip on Fapor, ca iran, wood
stone, or Whnt nui. Tint s the wRv we
print thoughts. Don't you understand -
The prcssmnn lct 90 tie lever, and looked
ot Ezekiel, beginning n the
putol OF li: rWingIc-s lTognns, and follow
ng up with his eye 60 the t"p of the boys
brown pnucr hui car. Ezekiel CumprrhPHd-
+4tts- af LiS -lluSiIaiinIl AII I,iHe-
his hands on his tow apron, gradually ne
.uucd an utlhndc of earnest exposition.
gave him on encouraging wink, aud 90 ho
went ON.
"ThoughIs mike uacks," lac continued,
mprcssiNcly, ~ r involving new phnse of
he idcn hy repeating it slowly. Seeiug wa
rsseutcd 10 this proposition inGOirnrly, he
'tcppod to the typc'case, wil, his eye fixed
upon us. "Thonghts make
rncks," he repeated, arranging in his tcft
innd score or two of metallic slips, "Bnd
With these here letters we can take the eXnct
Of every thought thHI ever went
,ul Of the heart ofn human man; and we
an print II toq,' giving the mixed form
ilow with his fist, /" we eau print IL too, give
~ paper and ink enough, till the great round
'nrih is bluukotrd around with n coverlid of
houchts as much like the pattern as INo
,ens." Ezekiel seemed 10 grow an inch at
very word, md the bFHwUy rrr=st'att- lsal,
d first at him aud then ut the press, witt,
yidcnt nstoniShmenT. "TFiK EhoUt The
nind,z- living fnrrvGrh cScln1rrcd the -huy.
,oin,ing pn,runi2ihgly ut the ground, as IL
mind was living there incapable of immortal
~ until The printer rcorhcd jS6 Tclping hand;
why the world is hriulfh of live bright in
Iustrious thoughts, which would hnve bern
lead ns dead M stnu(p i1''n hntln'i iecu for
,oys like me, who havc run, tbs ink roltcrs.
indeed WHY, minds" ho
on,inuctl, win his imagination climbing In
o the prorucly sublime. "prople's ninis
Wouldn't be immortal ir'twGsn't fnr tho priut-
rs-ut any rate, in this planetary I,Nryinr.