Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-02-19
Wistellaneons,
ALPHABET OF sELF-MADE MEN.

The following from Household Words,
gives, in brief space, the names and charac-
teristics of eminent living caracters who have
raised themselves by their own exertions:
To begin with the letter A, and dash hasti-
ly and skippingly on through the alphabet,
we find that Anderson, the popular Danish
novelist, was the son of a cobbler, and edu-
Gated at charity school, and that he tried
to gain living by handicraft trades, being
frequently on the brink of starvation Beren-
ger, the celebrated French lyric poet neg
lected by his vagabond father, lived with
his godfather, who was poor tailor, and
was a gamin on the streets of Paris, till pro-
noted for time to the dignity Of Pot boy.
Elihu Burritt, as we all know, was black
smiths apprentice. Carleton, the Irish nov
elist, who now enjoys a pension of 4:2oO
year, is the son of peasant and begged his
way to knowledge. Rafael Carrera, Presi-
dent of the Republic of Guatemala, began
life as drummer boy and cattle driver.
Mr.. Golden is the son of small farmer,
and entering warehouse in London when a
boy, rose through its various grades of ser
vice. Sir William Cubt was a working
miller, then joiner, and then milwright.
Dumas, the great French novelist and drama
tist, is the illegitimate son of a farmer and
negress, and was in all but starvation in
Paris, till he hit upon the way to distinction.
Farady, the eminent chemist, is the son of a
poor blacksmith, and began his career as the
apprentice to bookbinder. Millard Fill
more, late President of the United States,
was first ploughboy, then tried the trade of
clohier, and was then apprenticed to a
wool carder. Herring, the animal painter,
began the profession of art with sign boards
and coach panes. Jasmiu, the Burns of the
South Of France, was the son of tailor, and
the grandson of a common beggar. Mr.. Lind
say, M. p, the great ship owner, left his
home with IS. Sd, in his pockets to push his
fortunes as ship boy; he worked his pas
sage to Liverpool by assisting in the coal
hole of steamer; and for part of the time
after he arrived begged during the day, and
slept in the sheds and streets at night
Lough, tho distinguished sculptor, began
the world in the capacity of ploughboy.
MIME, the inventor of the we'll known rifle,
was a private soldier Robert Owen was
shop boy to grocer, and then draper
Johannes Rooge, the leader of the German
Catholic movement, tended sheep when
boy. Stan6eld, the distinguished landscape
painter, was cabin boy, and tho shipmaster
was his first patron. Thiers, the well known
historian and ex-minister of France, is the
son of blacksmith, and was educated gratu-
itously at the public school of Marseiles.-
Thomas Wright, the Manchester prison phi
antropist, was weekly worker in an iron
foundry for forty-seven years, till large sum
of money was raised by subscription 70 en-
able him to carry on his philanthropic la
bors
There is an encouragement here, we fancy,
for the down-heartened; and likewise rebuke
for those who are continually harping on the
wrongs of the INDECENT, and the impossible
barriers between the hi gh and the low.