Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-09-29

"Did you draw this plan 90 continued
the stranger, opening roll he held in his
hand.
"I did, sir" answered Charles, as he
at once recognized his work,
"Did you originate it %
Every part of it, SIR"
The stranger eyed the young carpenter
with wondering look, and so did the
| gentlemen who accompanied him. Mr..
White and Ludlow Weston wondered
what it meant.
"Well, SIR" at length said he who
held the plan, "I am not little surprised
that one like you should have designed
and drawn this but, nevertheless, you
are lucky man. Your plan has been
accepted in every feature, and your re-
commentators have been adopted"
The effect Of this announcement upon
Charles Bracket was like an electric shock.
Objects seemed to swim before his eyes,
and he grasped the edge of his bench for
support.
I" Gentlemen" said Mr.. White, "I do
not understand this. What does it all
mean ?"
=" 1t means, sir, that this young man
has designed a complete and perfect archi
tectural plan for the new State House, and
it has been unanimously adopted by the
committee, from among fifty others which
have been received from different parts of
the country"
Charles" uttered the old carpenter,
wiping pride-sent tear from his cheek as
he gazed upon his former apprentice,
"when did you do this ?"
"Three weeks ago, SIR"
"And that's what kept you up so late
every night for whole week 90
eyes, sir.'
"There's apowerful genius there, sir"
said the spokesman of the visitors.
"Aye," returned Mr.. White and there
has been deep and powerful application
there too. Charles Bracket has been with
me from boy, sir, and every moment of
his leisure time, has been devoted to the
most intense study"
The gentleman looked kindly, fatter-
ingly upon the young man, and then turn
ing to Mr.. White, he said:
"He has not only given us the design,
but as you see, he has calculated to nj
Getty the number of bricks, the surface of
the stone, the quantity of lumber, the
weight, length, size and form of the iron,
as we'll as the quantity of other materials
and the cost of construction. 1t is a valu
able document"
Ludlow Weston was dumb. He hung
down his head and thought of the con-
tempt he had cast upon his companions
studies.
Mr.. Bracket" said the visitor, ''I am
authorized by the state committee to pay
you one thousand dollars for this design,
and also to offer you ten dollars per day so
long as the building is in course of con-
struction, for your services as superintend-
ing architect. The first named sum 1
will pay you now, and before 1 leave l
would like to have from you an answer to
the committees proposition"
Before the delegation returned to s.,
Charles had received his thousand dollars
cash, and accepted the offer for superin-
tending the erection of the StateHouse.
"Ah, Charles" said Ludlow Weston,
after they had finished their supper, "you
have indeed chosen the wisestf part. l
had no thought that a carpenter could be
such a man."
"And why not carpenter as we'll as
any one 1t only requires study and
application"
(" But all men are not like YOU"
man set his eye upon an honorable point,
and then follow it steadily, unwaveringly,
and he will be sure to reach it. All men
may not occupy the same sphere, and it
would not be we'll that they should; but
there are few men who may not reach to
a degree of honorable eminence in any
trade or profession, no matter how hum
BILE it may be-"
/" l believe you are right, Charles; but
it is too late for me to try now. l shall
never be anything but a journeyman."
:" 1 will own, Ludlow, that you have
wasted the best part of your life for study;
but there is yet time and opportunity for
reinforcement"
Ludlow, did try, and he studied, and
he improved much, but he was unable to
recall the time he had wasted. He had
now family upon his care, and as he had
to depend altogether upon his hands for
support, he could not work much with his
mind.
Charles Bracket saw the building he
had planned, entirely finished, and he
received the highest encomiums of praise
from the chief officers Of the State. Bu-
siness flowed in upon him, and ere many
years, Bracket, the architect, was known
throughout the Union. When he led Ma
ry Waters to the hymenial altar, he did
own one of the prettiest houses in his ma
tive town; nor did "poor Mary have to
wait long, either.
There is deep moral in the foregoing
for our young mechanical readers, and
we have no doubt they have, ere this,
discovered it.
SELF CRuctF1xtoN.-A student of the
olopY at Bonn, went in a fit of religious