Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-10-23
faisrcIlaucous.
mon BY INCH UPWARDS.

Among the ashes aud slae oil poor coll
hery village, near observation-disclosures in the
unplas'crct ioom-with clay floor and gar
We roof-that was the entire homo of the
family to which he was born, there came into
the world, on June day. sevcnty-six years
ago. one of its best bcncactors. Tho village
is named Wylam. The family occupying, in
the year seventeen hundred and cighty-onc,
one of the four laborors apartments contain
ed in the cottagc--known as High Street
ITousc--was that Of Robert stephenson and
his wife Mabel, their only child being a two
year old boy, named James when on the
ninth Of June. in the year just named, sec
ond son was born TO them. whom they called
George That was George Stephenson, the
founder of the railway system.
The family continued to increase and by
the time when George was twelve years old,
he had three brothers and two sisters He
grew up in war times when bread was very
dear and it was bitterly difficult for working
men TO earn more than would keep body and
soul together. His father, known as old Bob
by the neghbors. was a fireman to the pump
ing engine at the Wylam collery, earning not
more than twelve shillings a week. Bob was
lean and gentle man. who took pleasure in
telling wonderful stories 90 the children who
gathered about his engine fire Of evenings
ABOUT ms engine hrc also tame rooihs would
s"'he' ior inc crumbs ne spared OUT OF ms
~"ul! uInncr-loi nc was man VINO loNeu
"i MINUS VI "iiiih",S, ana no coulu give no
oetter treat 10 nus chIu george IMAM 10 hold
nun up tna' ne mlSnt LOOK az tne young olack-
o'Ius III 'holr nest Inc mother' Naoei' was
uetcate ana nervous woman Who' though
Iouo'eu Wlta what the helShoors caieu the
ff lft1 hat
rsi"s 'i inc Napois' hau some qua'i'les tha'
W." 'uuir "rl",i"',oH' 4 surviving hciSh-
ooi' VINO ioonS oucN upon tnu coupe says o.,
num- ''i'' my n"u yer! H',g " Vo'nc anu
SO UPON Aney Wclc nOnOs, 'oiNS' ou' Soic
n"uuuen uoon i'll tue "ollu'
i"'''c No"i i'ou "'S i''ucl U'nneI 10
~ 9ns'no' "' 'l0" ~ 'uS 'oouc "uU nurse INC
oniuion ,ornS'r 'nun llIns''' anu 20 Keep
'ne,l OUT Oh tne way OF the hoiSes drawing
.L''.u'o" ""S1nS vi 'ne N1o''H ciai'''oH"
tuu' ran O'oSJ ooiore tno 'nrcsnoiu oi inc coz
.asI WI W., II ,ne iis'iiB % 'ne ,aPolS mao
"'"Ne N'"o0' guinness sue 'iiSu' nave us
.o''.oui az sue s'9ou al ','e uoor' nnes OF
n' ~ 'uo Two "oouen oouPig' On ,ne roau
V'oy uny ""'neu noi VI ""nB'r threaten
ing N'' on"uiCn "lHo DIT pay
we've shil''lss week when ''ines are
"tu' VIII NOT go lar 'o"a'us Ihe support OIL
,''"gI H. mother anu IaPlul oI l''le emu
Iei nc C''' AZ yam was |oINcu ou,T
,'''u o-u i'ou o.iS'.o' "'ii'" nS0 ''0ou ,'li
1'e s''" ,r l''''o''''' ~ iooN az NUS Pu',Io
"o"i' me 'oot Iol''y '"c" lo,lo"cu 'ue
wa ~ ''! 'u'" ""eio Nooei' 0'cPn-
"a'''" az ~ 0'''"'i On newer o"s''o,
"P "'' 'as.''''I r Al oi'V ',I i..',
III, L.'.. .i'n. - 5'p"P % ~. .n
NUS ,""' ''''i" U'' '"0 'u5o VI 'll'' /
oIIubJu over mere ana tn4rC' because there |
',,,I ~ oo'I'lli s'''ll'' o1oO''"B sucal
''''tO 0'' 0'veN was tnch
o'6", !o1's oiu' vi eouiSe nc nau nov neen |
SENIOR out ne was s'ronS' hiinoie OIL oouy
- VI ~ "'iN 0"Soi 70 o1si" inc BUSINESS I
VI "i""'"5 WIZ" e"c io"S' PoSsiole oe-
/" S"'o'ih9 in-houSe iiNeu grace
n'"si'o' "iu'"' "noSo COWS huu ~. 'no rlBne
~ s'"@e r'o"6 'no W"S"" '"au' ne post Oh
o,Piis mem ou' oi tne way Oh tne wagons
"uu PioNen"ns .non rom Tres passing on otn-
% PoiSDns Ho'''es, was gwen 10 Neoree' ne
was 10 nave a sni'.'ns week. ana ms DUTY
was 70 lnciuuo barring the gates at night after
'io wagons hau an passeu'
inat was inc beginning OF george oteph-
ensoh career' ana nom II ne pushed forward
ms iot'uho mon ny men upward. vi course
"e ma" certain peculiar "o'l'ieS OUT many
may nave 'ne'"' ye' lew no Soou with lhem'
~ ' .'""O'
anu Ui'U Goqeu largely 10 the wealth ana gen
crn' "e'Soeihs Oh society, our purpose Is
I n5 inc ue'~ls Puonshea recently by
W Smiles IN most ia'thiul ana elaborate
nioeraPn yMco Sno" no" a man may get up
,ne mn n''i'ui'y' VINO Is content 10 mount
ny shoi'' MI" steps AeePlhB ms eyes wen
upon the ground that happens to lie next be-
lore ms lee''
As watcher OF grace Ainshe cows the |
WORK OIL niue Neornle oteeNe gave nm time
JOE play ne became an authority ON oirus
nests maur whistles ol reeus anu SlawS
anu WIN ION lho'o"ay' ms CHOSEN play
,I' nau eSpec'al pleasure IN thc DuIulhS oil
niue c,ay engines WIN the soil oil DEWEY
Dog hen'ocN stalks neing used TO repre-
seut c'can pipes ana other apparatus Amy
chiiu' whose iather work was TO attend an
engine would nave played at engines; but
III .ne case OF george stephenson 1t IS new
er'nelcss, pressure 70 the fancy 10 uWeil ON
the lact that' as chud, he made mnd-en-
gthos' any, anu not lhuG PIES "hen playing IN the
uir' men ms 'eSs were long enough TO
carry MN across 'he NIUE burrows NIUE
george was promoted 10 inc business ei lead