Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-08-26

the plan, Il am not little surprised that
one ike you should have designed and
drawn this; but. nevertheless. you are
lucky man. Your plan has been accept
ed in every feature, and your recommen-
dations have all been adopted
The effect of this announcement npon
Charles Bracket was like an electric shock
Objects seemed to swim before his ewes
and he gragped the edge of his bench for
support
Gentlemeh said Mr. White. i do not
understand this What does it all mean2
1t means, sir, that this young man
has designed a complete and perfect ar
chlteetural plan for the new State House.
aud that it has been unanimously adopt
ed by the committee from among fifty
others which they have received from diff
ferent parts of the country.
Charles uttered the eold carpenter. wip-
ing pride-sent tear from his check as he
gazed upon his former apprentice, when
did yeu do thisE
Three weeks ago sir.
And that's what kept you up SO late
every night for a whole week
y es, sir
There's powerful genius there, sir,
said the spokesman of the visitors.
'Ay,' returned Mr. White; and there
has been a deep and powerful application
there, too. Charles Bracket has been
with me from a boy. sir, and every mo-
ment OF his leisure time has been devot-
ed to the most intense study
The gentleman looked kindly, fatter-
lngIy upon the young man. and then turn
ing to Mr. White, he said
He has not only given us the de
sign. but as YOU can see. he has calculated
to 4 nicely the number of bricks the sur
face Of stone. the quantity of lumber. the
weight, length, size and form of the re
qulred iron. as well as the quantity of
other materials, and the cost of construc-
ton. 1t is a valuable document
Ludlow Weston was dumb He hung
down his head and thought of the con
tempt he lad cast upon his companion
studies
Mr. Bracket continued the visitor. I
am authorized by the State committee to
pay you one thousand dollars for this de-
sign, and also to offer you ten dollars
per day so long as the building is In
course Of construction, for your services
as superiutending architect The first
named sum [ will pay you now, and be-
fore l leave, L would like to have from
you an answer to the committees propo-
sition
Before the delegation returned to s..
Charles had received his thousand dol
lars cash. and accepted the offer for su-
perinteuding the erection Of the State
House
All. Charles, said Ludlow Weston, af-
ter they had finished their supper. YOU
have indeed chosen the wisest part I
had uo Thought that carpenter could
be such a man
Aud why not carpenter as well as
any once 1t only requires study and ap-
p.cation'
But all men are not like YOU
Because all men don't try. Let man
set his eyes upon an honorable point.
and then f,l.ow it steadily. uuwaveringlv.
and he Will be sure to reach it, All
men may not occupy the same sphere
aud it would not be well that they should.
but there are but few who may not reach
to a degree of honorable emiuence In any
trade or profession, no matter now hum
bic it may be
1 believe you are right, Charles, but
it IS too late for me to try now | shall
never be any thing but journeyman
i win 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 a 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 be re
ceived the highest ecomiums of praise
from the chief officers of the State. Busi-
ness flowed in upon him. and ere many
years, Bracket, the architect. was known
throughout the Union When he led
Mary Walters to the hymeneal altar, he
! did own one OF the prettiest houses in
his native town, nor did poor Mary !"
+ have to wait long. either
/ There IS deep moral in the foregoing
I for our young mechanical readers, and we
/ have no doubt they have, ere this, discov-
cred it.
/ Mr.. CLAY.-A correspondent Of the Phila-
LGelphia Ledger writes zone of the most re-
markable phenomena accompanying the sick
! ness and gradual dissolution Of Mr.. Clay, was
/ a species of second sight-a living dream,
dreamed with the perfect consciousness that
+ it wasa dream, which brought to his bedside
not only the persons CT his living friends, but
also those who had departed this life for MANY