St. Mary's beacon., 1852-12-09
misrellaneous.
a CLASS OF USEFUL ME,,


WANTED. go
We have scientific writer's d
kinds, and their number is c,nis1
increasing; there is nc hs..wsy
their studies are mains
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but unable to put their 90
work. Danish 70 their countr7S
most celebrated engineers, and l6sya
be as embarrassed to perform the small
thing for themselves, as our s,atesn;
magistrates, professors, poets, pain.ei
and wealthy merchants. IF a lamp leae
Q coffee pot is broken, @ screw LOST
lock damaged, or chair on three legs-S
and for q thousand other petty triHes2
they must send to the neighboriug town.
il !. is an emergency, messenger on
horseback mus; he despatched. with per-
haPs kettle round his necS, and cou.
pie of watering pots in his hand-there is
no poor Robinson Crusoe to be found in
these cases of luxury and indigence.
There is, therefore. wanting q class of
men who have a slight knowledge-not OF
enough to manufacture, but sufficient to
repair every thing-who can place little
solder on this place. little glue on tn at:
clean their employers gun or watch ;
forge q bolt, take down q stove, bore a
hole and fit screw, patch up valuable
piece of porcelain, and adjus, hand OF.
gan who can give one low with a ham.
mer and another on flute bend a piece
of wire, and tie up a bell rope saw off
the end of plank, plane little of the
door, make a shovelful Of mortar, mix up
a little plaster, lay coating Of color on
a wall, and take out spot Of it on your
coat-in short, who can frame picture,
prevent > chimney from smoking, varnish
SP::crss { - 81. SAD, Ill oass 0.necss.
slty, put shoe On horse, &c., &c.
In our society Of imbeciles, each OF
these things requires a particular work.
man, who must be sent for several times.
and who only troubles himself with what
concerns his own trade and nothing else.
What heap of bills and accounts at the
end Of the year-ihey are never done
coming in. While the workmen whisper
to one another, "what an awkward help.
less set of fellows these rich men are
obliged to run after us to open q trunk,
splice rope, make hole in q strap, Join
hoop, put pin in the wheel of child's
coach, and tail to the kite. All those
great men who make laws, and do not
know how to work with their ten fingers,
can teach US nothing. have seen some
who do not know the difference between
tin and lead-between gum arabic and
gum lac they take iron pyrites for silver
ore, oats for wheat, and do not know how
the bread they eat is made. | have heard
OF one who wishing TO instruct his son,
attached 10 an embassy, said to himl
You see that big tree-that is q popl,i@
pine boards are made out of it." Afi
yet they always have book in their hss
and send their children to school u
twenty years of-age. What in hean,
name can they learn there TheyA
be very thick-headed not to know ass
as We who have never learnt 4
II is not for ~;snt Of tine. .fasa.
know what 20 Go wits4
day"
These are very natural exprss
work.people among themselves; b
us return TO our "Useful Man"
possible that man Of this kind woul
be valuable on q gentleman's cou
seat--that be would not be sought
and paid the same as good cook. W.
any young coon,ryman thai knows hd
to read. srite, and cipher, would requirel
at the utmost. two years at d special
school TO learn TO do al the repairing that
we have mentioned, and mach more.
Five days passed in the workshop of q
turner, cabinet-maker, smith, locksmiih,
tinman, glazier, plumber. sadler, frame
maker, &C., would be sufficient, with q
few explanations, and recipes written in
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