St. Mary's beacon., 1859-11-24
LEONARD TOWN THURSDAY MORNING NOVEMBER "a 1854

hidden spriDg or iHg,5siyus tridsery. The Ia
yentor WITS an oiA man who hfl spen. Bis
vlIoie lie Ia pursuit II the oilirtile bad now
attained. Hc had be,ome so much usd 4"
.'idicUle, that lac was very patient under il;
and the O',ly Ferly he made 10 the ca,aiefs,
who pronOnaee,l the thing in.prssiIsle, was--
'-bat II dOes % 7" The notice which we srint-
ed attracted thc attention a the euFioHs aud
fnr the FIRST ii;ne ia his histufy, the 5nvestar
fund profit in his hand:wofk. lie was in-
sitgd 10 be present at the various fairs AL tx.
b:bi'ipns or lew inSentiqns, and NherewG he
went. IIs micliiue fUTIbed one of tilk chief at
fractions. science. however. turned tsp iiss
.sl hial, aad aStNtniastR tipnsk sn.aanss
professors were All against him. aud as AZ
h,.'l pronounced the whsle thing a Hi,hlbug,
they were determined TO prove Tire sru,h FOl
the assertion. Accordingly Mr.. Hendrf ksou
was srizel a, Keypol', New Jcr.cy. rr prac-
;icirs ''jugglcry," under the "Aci for supprcs-
sinG Wee aud iDmnrl.i!y." At tue trial :rve-
raj Lui.ders, ui'!-Tights. engineers, anl phil
t's"pIcrs, wcrc called. who testified positively
that W. EuCu mutiSe EDWcr a. that alleged,
c1ui. drive the nIacl,iIr, and that there must
Zee s'ir" COZ ce,rd spring within the wooden
cv'ifd'r There was u" heil, for il; and the
IL. s:Urc r,U,t lc cxplod~,l An axe was
brought AID the cylinder spIiutrrri into irag-
r"uts. Alas ,!ur the plil Saphcr<. there
vas u" ronCca,l spring. aud the ,aat hine
hl'l goHe # Itself! But alas also, fer moor
llcndrickSOr, the machine would 20 no more.
With trInbIug HANDS hc again resumed his
spcctIclcS AMI his ia,k'.ifc His mn!el once
'1ur" completed. he haG n new MACHINE cnR-
Siruc'cd uf brass, h"llrv throughout - that
the eye cuuld cxanliue All It's pitts Tii~ was
brought t. our Office nearly two wear, a:n,
when VIC noticed Il oncr more, and gave to
our readers some II tho facts which We have
now recalled. The iavcn;"r was trying =" Sc
care patent for il,is disc. v,ry. but the work
went "n Slowly. The Patent Office required
working m"!cl 70 tcst tha priaciv.c and
'nc was sent to Washington. The mrlent
TIC h rks were taken out. tho wlcciS started
q like a thing Of life AL during ten
m'u'ns thd. ;ir model remained in the Patent
Ot"e. il never once st,rpci 81 breathe. Il.'
lnvcn'or hal perfected TWO new machiucS aGl,!
made a very comfortable livelihood exhibiting.
thcn:. Prosecuting Lis cG,rts meanwhile to Sc
cure patent. intending to apply tie power
20 c."sk-work, fr which il is peculiarly well
s.iarttrl. Age crcpt upon him, hnwevcr be-
fore hiS point was reached lns highest art
could not make his hcart-bca,ing perpetual
last, in the old homestead n: Freehold He
had bccf 81 ;nuch pcrsCcu'ed " the incrtsiu-
ious, that l'c had pr viieI secret place be-
ca;h the aIor II his shlp, where lis last two
machines were dcpotci. it was III the form
"f a yanit, c..ycrrd by ;rap-'lnM which was
!nckr,.. and tic floor s. replaced as 10 avoid
suspicion. After his la>t Illness cJnmrn,.d,
.e made kuown this secret tn hiS family. who
"xa'. l:"d tic sput carefully, and iourd the
contents exactly ~ de-, ribe,l. The night ar
ter his !calh. the shop was broken opn, tie
i'n"r taken up, the trar-l.r pricl II. and
hpta n, de- stuh'n. IL is lmr,aLlc that the
ta'n''y IN their VISITS had not taken the same
pr"rnu',ru a> tie inventor, and s"rnc pr ing
,.yc> Lad discovered the secret Fortunately
the drawings are preserved, and there j. a lii
tie machine one of the cari,st NAB. Tow
running ia Rr"nl,'yn. where it las kept up il,
ce:,Scl''>s t,r.lrg for nearly SEX years. Mr.
'iru1ri.i~"r ,",,"> rInjly uf frrr sns and
t"r daughters. a., @; tcru We believe, given
~ invuui'nit>. !i,l l,e iisl ten years az.
h 'W cmphA'i'a!ly wunl,! !! hal been sid t'at
his it be- wasted iu ',Lc hopeless cf., r;
- o'''d''. I',rl,.iual In"tUu.'