New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-03-21

= Did you ever drink whisky inquired the Doc
tor, 9 be paced the room.
8 Never, except upon one, or perhaps two occa
4 aloIs. said Miller.
You can keep yourself alive two years-probably
three-by the moderate use of whisky. 1t is dan.
gerous prescription, but in giving i to yon have
reason 70 believe that you will not let it obtain the
mastery over yon. Get the best whisky you can buy,
and drink pint Of it q day"
Poor Miller ready TO grasp at the merest shadow
Of relief went to liquor store and purchased demi
john Of bourbon whisky and commenced taking
doses o. It at intervals throughout the day.
year rolled away, and Miller was much improved
His cough was easier and the stimulus appeared to
mpsrt kind OF artificial strength to his body but
crayed alcoholic drinks, had assumed an abnormal
condition. 70 appease which II now required not less
IMAM quar- per oeIn. he let tnat pc was nov 90
ing much toward retarding his march down to the
grave but the heavy doses Of alcoholic stimulus in.
vested the past present and iature with feeling OF
onllviqusness tnat vas auiIe rene! 70 ms mean'
choly broodlngs over his misery when he was pro-
perry himself.
When IN this state Miller loved solitude, and be
frequently Waiked as ,ar away from nome as MS
strengtn wolid permst nlm.-generaiy 10 me nelgn.
nornood q me IN the sou1n@estern part
OF the CITY.
One DAY, having extended nis walk beyond his
usual limits, and being overtaken ny thunder storm
Wnen ne feacneu ths D.lck yaros, ne loon sleiter
unoer sns suea y Wy y enenl. Hssins dfahh az
unusual qnan.sy o. Mnlsky aoring the gay ne Iell
asleep upon me Mneeinarrow on Wnlch ne was rest.
ing, while ne storm was SUI, raging nor did ne
swake unti tne oaWn q ne4t oay-a mi,o, peauiial
June mormng. Al nIss e Vas ~. mys.ined Das u. ne
soon recalled % nis recoection Tue storm ana tne
DrlcK-yard, anu, ieellng someWnas arowsy, ne com.
posed himself ior anotner nap. y Is uncertain now
long ne slept-pronaply NOT over nal, an nour-9nt
during tnat lime ne nad q remafKaDle VISION. he
dreamed oet tne principles q macnlne lot lne man
ulacture oi Drick-'a macnlne tnat Wnnld IN great
measure snpersede all hand labor. Every wheel,
Peg ana cas.ng passsa ,naohgn u.s. on ana 10 MS
" II was o a he
FASTENED toward his home. His mind was entirely
taken up with the machine, his dream having evil
IDENTITY made an impression upon hm as lndelible as
any idea ever conceived in his most wakeful hours.
Long before he reached his home be had resolved to
carry out the spirit of the dream. After brea kas
be made the necessary preparations to work out a
model The obstacles that 1nserposed were legion
borrow be bought, and it was now that be went to
work most patiently and perseveringly, paying very
little attention to the whisky, as his whole soul APP
peared to be wrapped up In one grand object
His wife, from the very beginning Of his work,
thought that bis mind was giving way and the
Door, patient, enduring woman finding their stock
Of money rapidly decreasing, took in sewing, while
he sawed, planned and chiseled at his model He
grew mor0se, and seldom spoke Sometimes he
would paze abstractedly upon the model for a long
time and then as if treasured be would go to work
again with renewed energy; and he continued for
many long and weary weeks until the model was
finally completed and stood before him perfect in all
its parts. AZ be worked it ID the presence Of his
wife, CLEAN of satisfaction sat upon bis countenance
and he smiled 1t was the first smile that had illu-
minated bis features since he had been at work on
the model. He carried It off to a finished mechanic,
who engaged to make fine duplicate for $50; and
when he n d finished his job, the wife saw him take
that amount from their slender store more in sorrow
than in anger but she knew the utter fascy Of pro-
testing.
Richard Miller now for tie first time consulted a
friend in the matter aud that friend, having had
some experience in procuring patents gave him the
benefit Of his knowledge. To procure the patent
would cost thirty dollars more. This alarmed Miller;
but the patent must be had, and that amount went.
In due time letters patent arrived and he had the
rough model aud the document-no nothing more. Out
Of them " Wouio " he4s ~ Impossible TO realize.
No. he must have machine ah; capable Of working
he eit sansnea Inao l a;s Snors OF machine
how to get q machine built was a question
which puzzled him sadly. No one capable of
making herecs macnlne w %13a uhd ,e me
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