The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-08-12

All did you, indeed :" said he q and probably
you suppose l have usurped the glory due 70 the
serye artisan who first put rollers to skates 70 serve
The purposes q the mimckers of shatine scene ~
Really, sir said l. "the inventor Of that
scene must consider the inventor Of the instru
men. which nov, in 1860, is 50 universally used.'
tou are an envious fool, answered e. and
wnae y WORSE you are the enemy and deteaetor Of
genus was ralion. sr. the inventor Of the steam
engine, Or d.a ne merely apply il % use unInown
True" SAID !, = but vhat material difference /,
there between plnnk-raad and pIank-aser.n
immense! You veaomous reptle,u 4, swered
ne, difference Of millions Of money eenfur;s 81
time, and continents of distance Such dict. a
you, rested content 70 gape at the mountebanks
VINO skated on rollers. and candldIy bsf5eved the
apes alone could perform she feat On = loor sss ~
where else ~
Well, said ], still il yn. no s,,.t .tFa,, as
genius to perceive the new IN II ,ke roIl-,-..,.
as soon as plank roads were made
just what the three professors sn;d % coiur,-
bus after The discovery Of America
You almost persuade me, said /, that the
nAa who FIRST imported an umbrella from China
was genius
.,r. Ana g he was, answered the Prophet.
thousands had been to Tndia before him. and
none n ''so h7ndred years, had perceived that the
A'.,',s eoaia oe made useful 10 European society,"
1e'as ana ne vas pel.ed with mud and rotten
fruit for his pains" said j, lasahiug. -
The fools, and YOU doub,I.s. -. -
.fea'eo me as badly, answered he, he day /
borrowed from the dancer Il Piaci1e,s
Varieties and appeared for the 6rst lime with i, ON
the Canal street plank outsirippnr he l.,.s,
hofaemen, was ridicuIed, and would hav. b.an
Peited, like the umbrella man, could tbs rro,,s
have caught up with me-
when was ii ?" asked I.
Twas in December, 1850 replied h.. ar
asked for patent-it was refused-the thing .,;,,
they, as you do now, had been known before hut
since then, every tinker who could devise ma !,
shape for the rollers, or a new mode Of setting
them, or of making the mortices, gets patent q,
an improvement. So it is with every thing el.e
Piowsp umbrellas, pens and 50 fossh he in..
Pyepe1se7ats patented, when the thing itself or
its use, remains withodt an author.
z" So then" remarked |, q he who puts n ! nev
screw, seems entitled to greater protection than
he who discovers new use, no matter how bene.
| fetal 2'i
just 50" said he, warming up. Was mo-
L
Morse the discover Of the uses Of the electric eur
rent IN conveying news, cheated ous Of his inven.
ton by the improvers? So it is with me! Ter
| years ago, it was wonder for a footmzn 10 ,nake
one thousand miles in one thousand conseeu,iv,
hours, while now one hundred consecutive hour,
are sufficient for the same distance. Nv roller
skates slide from thirty 10 SIXTY feet al every st-p
Instead Of thirty fifty miles, man can now wall
| should say stiae) three or Eve Lundred mi1e
per day. Locomotives are now outstripped b
iootmen-horses are almost superseded Thes
animals are no longer used for quick and dis.su
travelling Why, sir, in 1855, al she sprinr race
on the Metairie track, there was a race betvvee
the greatest horse Of the times, and pedess,i.
mounted on roller-skates the horse was easil
beaten IN two straight heats. Sir, my invention
changing the habits Of mankind in a variety ,
ways l am, indeed, one of the beneGactors
humanity; but alas | am unrewarded, repudiate,
and slandered. Oh, ungrateful world y
When the Prophet had spoken these word.
opened my mouth to respond but here nv visio
disappeared; and found myself slowly and labo
riously trudging towards home, over the rough an
muddy Pavements Of the city.
YANKEE-CRKoIr.