Litchfield enquirer., 1857-09-03
Whole No. 1888


 lar curriculum fitted for tradesman's son. He was, consequently, better informed and more refined than either his father or his grand father ; and spent so much time in gaining a thorough insight into the branches connected with his own business that his father was pug zled Where did the boy get all these mo- tons said he. He dld not get them from me- I'm sure.' Welt had bad opinion of the travelling custom, and for these reasons How should these men, most of them badly brought np attain to any perfection in their bus ness if they left home and school without any preparation for it No one can under stand, if his understanding has not been devel- oped. From one publican they go to another, ] and from Ole workshop to another every where they find the common old track-the mechanical mindless life of labor, just as in the very first place, to which they were sent At most, they acquire dexterity by practice. Now and they learn trick from master or get receipt, which had been cautiously kept secret ; when possessed of this, they think something of themselves. Even the character of these ramblers is not seldom de- dstroyed by intercourse with their fellows. They learn drinking aGd roting, gambling aud licent ousness, caballing and dehasing. Many are ruined before they return tn their native place. Believe me, dearest father, the time of travel is to very few true school of life one in which, through frequent changes of good and evil days, the head acquires experience, the thoughts strength and clearncss, the heart courage and reliance on God V,ry few, even of those who bring a scientific education with them, can gain much of value to their calling in life extend their views, transfer and apply to their own line of business the inventions and discoveries that have been made in other lpartments of art and industry.
 Jon1s understood little of the refinement of his son, but he opened his eyes when veit ob- taincd lncrative appointment in a large me- talc manufactory, first in London and then n Paris In letter informing his parents of his good fo tune, were n losed the whole of the savings from his salary Master Jordan shook his head at this pass ., and cried out deeply yet moved as though veXed while a tear of mOtherly tenderness stole down Martha's che,k k; No no by no means What Is the fool thinking of ! He'll want the money himself--thc simpeton: Let him wait till he comes to the masterpiece. What peases me most in the story is his contentnent aud his humility. He is not ashamed of his old silver watch yet. It is nut everybody that could
 
 such extraordinary good luck. These the bursch has ?
 After years of absence, the young lgan at last walked into the maternal home, on his fa- thcr's birthday, and made them all scream and weep with joy. Hark ye; bursch ? ex- claimed Jonas, who regarded him with fath- erly delight, thou seemcst to me almost too learned too refined, and too elegant for Veit hot t,-ru huc nut ot of furniture out of so coarse a piece of tiul- ber?' His stay however, was short NJ. 1 and Mme. Bellarme, (his employer at Paris,) h .d been 10th, almost afraid, to let him go. The feeble state of health of the former began to be so serious, that he durst not engage in the bulk of h,s affairs In the space of year, both felt so complete confidence in Veits knowledge of the bu mess, and in his honor, that they had taken him as partner in trade, and in the foundry Henceiorth, NJ, BeIlarrne contributed his capital only yeit his knowl- edge, care and industry.
 l The reform of the guilds, and the establish ment of a technologlcal school for the young diworkers-both through the instrumental. 1 ity o. Jonas-we have no room to touch for we must Say parting word on the reunion of the family by Veit's return permanently from abroad. Notwithstanding the prosperity of the now old couple, everything, ay, everything, was as he had left it years ugo-as he had known it from chldllovd-only Christiane not There stood yet the two well secured old deal l tables, Wriukled though from the protruding libles of the wood there were the Straw-bot- l toned stools still and at the window mother Martha's arm chair, before which, as child, he had repeated bis lessons there still hung the little glass between the windows, and the | wall clock above the stove sent forth its tic tacs as fastly as ever. Father Jonas, in his enlarged workshop, with more journeymen ap- prentices, smelted and hammered, filed and 1 formed, still, from morning to night as before. The noble housewife flew about yet as busy as bee she had managed the household with out a servant since Christiane had grown up. And Veit came back with the same cheerful dispos, tion that he had ever shown In the simply furnished rooms which Martha had it. ted np for him, in the upper story of the house, he forgot the splendid halls, the boudoirs and l ante-chambers of London, Paris and the Bel larme estate, the Gobelin tapestry, the gold framed picture, the convenience of elegant fur l niture and the artificial delicacies of the table and silver plate. Assisted by the patronage of the prince, he established a great foundry in his native town of ball and caunon, bronze and brass and on his marriage with the hfore- said Christiane, the sovereign made him Q handsome present, in handsome mander, as small token of gratitude to family that had been so useful to the country"
 In addition to the hand-workers' school, there now arose, under the auspices of this family, a training school for females, and oth- CT establishments. The town was enlhellished, the land of the neighborhood rose in value uncleanness and barbarism in food disappear ed "Only old men and women grown rusty in the habits and ignorance of many years, complain that the times are worse, at the sigu