Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-02-17

for 1t looked much like q machine--up on the
floor, and then stood of and gazed upon it,
His eyes CLEANED with peculiar glow Of sat
isfaction, and he looked proud and happy
While he YET stood and gazed upon the child Of
his labors, tho door Of his chamber opened and
his father entered
"Whsi--are you not studyingi !" exclaimed
MIR Winthrop, as he noticed the boy standing
in the middle Of the floor.
Samuel tTembled when he heard his fathers
voice, and turned pale with fear.
"Hs, what is this !" said Mr. Winthrop, as
he caught sight Of the curious construction on
the floor. "'rhis is the secret Of your idIencss
Now ! sec how II is that you cannot master
your studies. You spend your time 10 making
play-houses and fy-pens. III see whether
you'll learn to attend to your lesson or not
There"
As the father uttered that common injunc-
iion, he placed his foot upon the object Of his
displeasurc. The boy uttered quick cry, and
sprang forward, but too late. The curious con-
siruction was crushed TO stoms-the labor Of
long weeks. Looking upon the mass Of ruins,
and then covering his face with his hands, he
burst into tears.
SAINT you ashamed - said Mr. Winthrop;
''a great boy like you 10 spend your time on
such clap-trsps, and then cry about il, because
l choose that you should attend to your studies.
Now go out to the barn and help Jerry shell
corn"
The boy was too full Of grief 10 make any
explanation. and without word he left his
chamber but for long days afterwards he was
sad and down-hearied
"Samuel," said Mr. Winthrop one day after
the spring had opened, al have seen Mr. Young,
and he is willing to take you as an apprentice.
Jerry and ! can get along on the farm, and
think the best thing you can do is to learn the
blacksmiih's trade. have given up all hopes
Of ever making a surveyor out Of you, and if
you had a farm you would not know how to
measure il or lay it out. Jerry will now soon
be able TO take my place as surveyor, and |
have already made arrangements for having him
sworn and obtaining his commission. But your
trade is good one, however, and have no
doubt you will be able 10 make living at il.
Mr Young was blacksmith in neighbor-
ing town, and he carried on quite an extensive
business, and moreover, he had the reputation
Of being fine man. Samuel was delighted
with his fathers proposals, and when he learn
ed that Mr. Young also carried on quite large
machine shop was in ecs.acies. His trunk was
packed--a good supply Of clothes having been
provided; and after kissing his mother and sis
ter, and shaking hands with his father and
brother, he mounted the stage and sci Oft for
his new destination.
He found Mr. Young all he could wish, and
went into his business with an assiduity that
surprised his master. One evening, after Sam
uel Winthrop had been with his new master
six months, the latter came into the shop after
all the iourneymen had quit work and gone
home, and found the youth busily engaged in
filing piece Of iron. There was quite num-
her Of pieces lying on the bench by his side,
and some were curiously riveied together and
fixed with springs and sides, while others ap-
peared not yet ready for their destina,ed use.
Mr. Young asceriained what the young work
man was up to, and he not only encouraged him
in his undertaking, but he stood for half an
hour and watched him al his work. Next day
Samuel Winthrop was removed from the black
smiths shop 10 the machine shop.
Samuel often visited his parents. At the
end Of two years his father was no, liule sur
prised when Mr. Young informed him that Sam
uel was the mos, useful hand in his employ.
Time flew past. Samuel was tweniy-one.
Jeremiah had been free almost two years, aud
he was one Of the most accurate and irustwor-
thy surveyors in the country.
Mr. Winthrop looked upon his eldest son with
pride, and often expressed wish THAI his other
son could have been like him. Samuel had
come home to visit his parents, and Mr. Young
had come with him.
"Mr Young" said Mr. Winthrop, after the
tea things had been cleared away, "thai is a
fine factory they have erected in your town."
"Yes," returned Mr. Young, "there are
three Of them, and they are doing heavy hns-
mess"
81 understand they have an extensive ma
chine shop connected with the factories. Now,
If my boy Sam is as good workman as you
say he is, perhaps he might get first-rate sit
uation there.
Mr. Young looked at Samuel and smiled.
"By the way" continued the old farmer,
"what is all this noise hear and see in the
newspapers about those patent Winthrop looms
I A"cJ sSii io hhct Bo ehceu W haa
ever was got up before"
''You must ask your son about that, return
ed Mr. Young. That's some Of Samue's
business"
"Ehi What My son I Some Of Sam"
The old man stopped short aud gazed ., his
son. He was bewildered. Il conld not be
thar his son-his idle son--was the inventor Of
the great power loom that had taken all the
manufacturers by surprise.
"what do you mean" he at length asked.
"Ii is simply this, father, that this loom is
mine," returned Samuel, with look of con
scious pride. 81 have invented Il, and have
taken patent right, and have already been Of
fered ten thousand dollars for the patent right
in two adjoining States. Don't you remember
that clsp-trap you crushed with your foot six
years agoi"
"Yes," answered the old man, whose eye:
were bent TO the floor, and over whose mind a
new light seemed to be breaking.
"Well," continued Samuel, "that was al
most a pattern Of the very loom have set ~
in the factories though of course have made