Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-12-16
MIS- c L. LII A n Y.
THE YOUNG PHILOSOPHER.

sec no reason Why I"oplc suuu'u k'aHP nv
,hing, beyond what had been reached hy
their great grandhthcr,. lie had three
chlJrcu, ,wo b5y. and a girl. There was
Jeremiah. seventeen years old, S9musl. fI'
teen. and Fanny. fourteen.
Il was a c,'l winters day. Samuel was
IN the kitchen. reading bo,k, and 80 in
trres,cd vas 10 that be ID not Notice the
entrance Of h' father. Jerry wa' IN an
opposite corner. engaged in cyPhsrins on,
SUN which he had found in his AriIhms-
tic.
sam" ail the father TO his younse's
boy. " have you worked oa. that 'am
yG?"
NO. sir" returned the boy hc'ita'ius.
ly.
"Didn't tell YOU 10 stick to your Ari,h-
mslic rl you bad done IL. % altered Mr..
Winthrop, in severe tone.
samuel hung down bis head, and looked
troubled.
why haven. you don, i,?" continued
the ia;lsr.
lean, 10 it, iii" irombliusly return.
sl samuel.
Cant 10 Is ? anil why uot1 Look At
Jerry. there. with his slate and pencil. lie
bad ,ypher,I further than YOU have, long
before he ~. as oh as you are"
jerry va, always fond VI ma,h,maii
cal rroh!sms. ,ir. bot | cannot f.''sn nv
mind on them Tboy have no Interest .sr
mo-"
That's because YOU lon' Try 90 l'gl an
intrr,, iu your .talir, What book Is
that YOU arr rcaiins?'
"lti,a work On philosophy. sir"
"a work on GdiIs-'uck. Go. pat II
away ihi. instant, and ii . set your 'ia'',
suI don't 10, me ,es yol aWay lrJIn your
arithmetic Gutl yoa eau work out those
rl,n Do you understand me 20
samuel made NJ answer. bat .ilcn,ly D.,
put sway hi, philosophy, aud then be got
h,, slate AMI sai down IN th, chimn.y clr-
nyr. li,ns,hrr lip troubled, aud b.. cy''
mOi,tsued. fJr hi vas uni'ppy. His Ia
thsr haI bscn harsh t1Nari him. anl ho
i,lt that is W., without cause.
SAM" .ul Jerry. =. '10n as their IA.
thsr bad gone, =" wall do that 'an Tor
you"
" 10. jerry" rctarnol the youngest
brother, but wiia a gra,oiul lo1F, "thas
will h. iocs,Jins ia.hsr. lwill sry 10 do
tie ,um. bat | i.ar shall 40, succeed 30
Samuel worked y.ry hard, but sll 10 u1
purpose. lis mind Was not on the suhj,ct
before bim. Toe roots anl squares, tue
bases. hypotLcnn,s. and r-rp,nlicAIar'.
iH.. comparatively .mpls VA Ihsns'i,,'.
N,rl 8, Hi.ua mingled mass oi incumprs-
bcu,iu.l ,l,nss, .ni tho more hg tried the
mon be bs.4., psrrIsEei AMI bothered.
Toe truta was. hi, iathcr d.l not under
stand hin.
samuel was a hight 10y, and uneom.
mualy intc.isep, ,.r one %. bi.are. Mr..
Winthrop stbJrJash mathem ''iciau--
be never yet came acir'1 a problem lie
could not solve. aud 10 desired that hi.
boy, shovli Do Ike him, 'jr he cou.ilsFci
that ths acme ol educ,iona. perfection l-y
In tug power OF eluqucriug Euclid, and 80
often expressed his opinion that. were Eu-
clrd living then. he could give the old
eyums,yIcilu hard u-.lo." lie ssen.l
.us to Comprehend tha. different minds
were made with different capacities, aud
vha, ono mind graspod with ease, another,
II equal power. would fAiI 10 comprehend.
Hence. because jeremiah Progressed rapid
Is in his mathematical studies. anl could
already survey piece Of land Of many sn-
.i,s, be imagined that because samuel
made 10 progress in the same branch, lie
was idle sni careless, and treated ham ac'
c,riinsy. lie never eandiiIy conyer'ci
With hi. younger son, with view to as''r'
tain the true bent of his mind, hut b. bad
hr. oNn standard of the power OF all minds,
sni be psr!lnaciOu,ly adhered to IL.
There va. anothsr thing that Mr.. Win.
throp could not SEE. aud that wa, that SAM
usl was continually pondetlns upon such
profitable matter as wa. interesting 10 him.
and that be was scarcely ever idle, nor diI
hls father see, either. that if he ever wished
hls boy to become mathematician. be was
pursuing the very eourse to prevent such a
result. Instead Of sndrG'oEIns TO make tie
.,udy intsre.tins-t to tie child, he was ua'
king it obnoxious
/ The dinner hour came, and Samuel had
not worked out the sum. Ills father was
angry. and Obliged the boy to so without
hr dinner, at the same ;me telling him
that b, wa. an idle, lazy child.
Poor Samuel lsi, the Kitchen, and there
he sat aud cried At length his mind seem.
cd 10 pass IRON the wrong ho had suffered
at the haud Of bic parent. and took another
turn. and tie marks OF grief leli his facs.-.
There VI" large Grs in tho room below
his chamber, so that he vas not very cold,
aud getting Up he went to a closet, and
from beneath 10, or old clothes he took
iorih ,omO long strips Of wood and CON-
nieneed whiting. IL was no, for mere
pasumo that he whitfield, for he was f.sll-
,onine .Omc curious affair FROM those pieces
Of wool. lie lad bits Of wire, little scrars
Of tin plate. iicce' Of ,wine. and dozens OF
small wheels TIA, be made himself, and bo
,semed ~ be working 10 get the whole to-