Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-03-01
Y ST cLhtRsvlr1M ONO. MARCH ! 1850

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reputation Of being fine man. Samuel was
delighted with his fsthef'sp proposals, and
when be learned that Mr.. Young also carried
on quite large machine shop, he was in &c.
stncies. His trunk was pscked---a gsod cup
ply Of clothes having been provided; and az
ter kissing his mother and sister, and aha.
king hands with his fathe. ana brother. be
mounted the stage and set off for his new
destination.
He found Mr.. Young oil he could wish, ant
went into his business with an assiduity thu
surprised his ,msster. One evening, afteI
Samuel Winthrop had been with his new
master six menths, the latter came into the
shop after all the journeymen had quit work
aud found the youth, busily engaged in filing
apiece Of iron. There was quite p number
of pieces lying on the bench by his side, ana
!! seme were curiousy rveted together and fix
edyth springs and slides. while. others ap'
peared no yet ready for their destined use. =
Mr.. Y. ascertained what the young workman
was up to, and he not only encouraged him
in his undertaking, but he stood for half an
lhour and watched him at his work. Mex
day Samuel Winthrop was removed from the
blacksmi,h's shop to the machine shop.
Samuel often visited his parents. At the
end of two years his father was not q little
surprised when Mr. Young informed him that
Samuel was the most useful hand in his EN-.
ploy.
4 Time flew fast. Samuel was twenty-one
jeremiah had been free almost two years
I 4 ~ ~
trustworthy surveyors in the county.
| Mr.. Winthrop looked upon his eldest son
with pride, g. oftef expressed wishthat his
other son could have been like him. Sam
ue 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. "that
is a fine factory they have erected in your
town"
YES" returned Mr.. Young, "there are
three of them, and they are doing heavy bus
mess"
81 understand they have an extensive ma
chine shop connected with the fsctories.--
New if my boy Sam is as good workman
as you say he is, perhaps be might &c. first
rats situation there" S.t
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! They tell me they go ahead os any
hing that was ever got up before" t.ss
"You must ask your son about that" re-
turned MIR. Young. "Thst's some Of Sam.
uel's business"
/ ."Eh! What, my son1- Some os Sam
The old man stopped short and gazed at
his sen. He was bewildered. IL could NOT
be that his son--his idle son--was the inven-
tor Of the great power bom that had taken
all the manufacturers by surprise.
"What do you mean!' he at length asked
"It is'simply this, father, that this loom
is mine," returned Samuel, with look Of
conscious pride. I,have invented it, and
have taken patent right, and have already
Seen offered ten thousand dollars for the pat
en-. right, in two adjoining States. Don,
you remember that clap.lrap you crushed
witby eur foot six years ago!" .
"Yes," returned the old man, whose eyes
were bent to the fl Dor, and over whose mine
a new light seemed to be breaking.
"Well,' continued Samuel, "that was al.
most a pattern of the very loom | hove sci
up in the factories, though Of course have
! made much improvement, and there is rpon
for improvement yet" ts-
"And that was what you were studying
when you used to stand and see me weave
and when you used to tumble about my loom
so much! said Mrs.W nthrop
/ "You are tight, mother. Even then had
conceived the idea have since carried OUT
Sand that is why you could not understand
my mathematical problems uttered Mr. Win.
throp, as he started from his chair aud took
the youth by The hand. 49,
{. .Samuel, m sen, forgive me for the harsh
ness used towards sou. have been blind
and now see how misunderstood yo,i.-
While have thought youidle and careless
20 were solving philosophical prablem
could never have comprehended. Forgive
me, Samuel meant well enough, but lacked
judgment and discrminatlsn."
4 OF course the old nan had long befre been
4 forgiven for his harshness. and his mind wns
open to new lesson in human nature. II
was simply this:-
| Different minds have different capacities
and no mind can ever be driven to love that
for which it has no taste. First, seek to un.
; derstand the natural abilities and dispositions
of childrer. and then in your. management ol
their education for after life. govern yourself
accordingly, George Dombe. the great NOR
al philosopher of his day, could hardly reckon
in simple addition. and Colburn. the mathe'
matician could not write out common place
address. IS
WHAT TIE SOUTH THINKS OF Ir.--Here il
o Kentucky estimate of dough face;
DoUGH FAcEs.-We always doubt the
professions of Northern men or women whC
express love or admiration for the institution
of slavery! When such dough faces are a
bout, we look up our silver spoons and advise
: our richer but much less fortunate fellow cit
liens to place their "niggers' out Of the way
4 of temptaton, 4h-