Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-31
MtsrellontOus
THE YOUHe BLACKSMITH.

poopie thouId grasp ct things beyond what ha1
been reached Ly their great grand-fathers. lie
had three ckiIdren-two boys aud a girl. There
was Jeremiah, seventeen yearj old, Samuel, fifteen
and Fanny, thirteen. s.I
Is was q cold winters day. Samuel was in the
kitchen reading q book. and 20 interested was he
that beeiid not notice the entrance Of his father.
Jerry was in an opposite corner, engaged in ciph'
ering Gus II sum sh;ch he had tolnd in his Grith
matte. H-t
Sam, /" said tho father to his youngest boy,
have you worked nut that SUN yet Z
No. air. returned he boy hesiatinSly.
'Didn't | tell you to stick to your arithmetic till
you had done it p uttered Mr.. Winthrop, in n se-
we're tone
Samuel hung down his head and looked trou-
lbled.
Why bGvu't you done 1t p continued tho ia
-rean't d9 it, sir trenbIingly returned Sam
RSl.
,Gur't do it 2 and why not Look at Jerry
Ahsre will, the slate aud pencil. lie had ciphered
ES1ahs7 ahA n you have, long before be was as old
o. SSn ere.
'Jprrs EaA' slwsys fond Of mathematical prob
lena sir, eMA / cannot fasten my mind on them
They have Cs interest for me-
.That's S-Ssa use you DONE try to feel an interest
in yo~r seUAies. VIVA, book 10 that you are read.
ing 2
1t is = work an philosophy, sir
"A ~oek 90 6dd 9sticks Go put it away this
instant aud then get your sla:e and d5n't let me
see you awaS fcssn your aritbmet's until you can
work oua those rspu,s D. you understand me ?
SauaSeI made ar answer, but silently he pot
away ais philsaeeAy. and then he got his slate
and sat dowH in the chimay corner. HIS neither
lin prpunbled. aud his eye mvistcaed, for he was
urhsepy. His Gather had been harsh toward
him, aud he felt that it was withcu Ut n cause.
SAM said j rg=y. as soon as their father had
gone, 4 will do psat sum for you
No, Jerry rebsrusd she younger brother, with
a grateful look, THAT will be deceiving father. |
viii trg to do te sun, but | fear | shall not sue
coed"
Samuel worked gerry hard but all to no purpose.
His mud was ne sA the subject before him. The
roots aud sqopres, the basis, hypothenuse and
perpendicu lars, tbo%gh comparatively simple in
themselves. were to him a mingled mass uI in
comprehensive thiNSs, and the more no worked
che more he Secame p~erplexed and bothered.
The truth was, his father did not understand
him,
Samuel WAS o bright boy. and uncommonly in
~telligeut for one Of his age. Mr.. Winthrop was a
thorough mashem atician-te never yet came
across d problem he could not sulve, and he de-
sired thar his boys should bs Ike him, for he
considered that the acme oE educational perfection
lay in the power of conquering Euclid. and he Ct
ten expressed mis- opinion that. were Euclid living
then. he could give the old genmetrician a hard
tussel.' lie seemed not to comprehend that diff
ferent minds were made different capacities. and
what one mind graspsd with ease, another Of equal
power, would fail to comprehend. Hence, because
Jeremiah progressed rapidly in his mathematical
s,udits. and could already survey a piece of land
of many an les. he iDag ned that because Samuel
made no progress in the same branch bs was idle
and careless. and treated him accordingly. tie
never candidly cunversed With his younger son
with a view to ascertain the :rue bent Of his mind
but be pertinaciously adhered TO ii.
There was another thing that Mr.. Winthrop
could not see, and that was that Samuel was cou.
t~inraily punderirg upon such a matter as was in
terestiog to him. and that he was scarcely eVel
idle nor did his father see, eiIher, that if he
wished his boy to become a NAH, matician, h'
was pursuing the course to prevent such "a result
Instead of endeavoring {, make the study in
sCiVseAb6 10 hHS N"'SI "S "NS
iuus. o. BIZ
The dinner hour came, and Samuel had no
worked out the sum. His father was angry, an
obliged the boy to 90 without his dinner, at III
same rime telling him that he was an lie, laz
child.
Poor Samuel left the kitchen and sat down an
cried. Al length his mind seemed TO pass fror
the wrong he had suffered at the hand OF his pal
emit. and took another turn, and The marks {
grief left his face. Their. was II large fire in IA
ruum belo = his chamber. 40 that he MAS not YER
cold. aud getting up, he went to a small close
and from beneath Il lot % old clothes. he took fort
some long strips of wood and commenced viii
,ling. Is wa- not for mere pasIime that he viii
tied for he wac tashinuing some curIuus aft !,
from thuse pieces Of wood. lie had bits Of wire
little scraps Of tin pla e, pieces of t~ine, and dol
ems Of small wheels that he bad n.ade himself, an
he seemed to be trying to fs thsm together, aft
some particular fashion VI his UNn.
Half the afternoon had thus pAssed away, VIII
hs sister entered his chamber. She had b
apron gathered up in her hand. and after closiI
.he door softly behind her, she approached {
spct where her brother sat.
Here, Sammy, see, | have brought you SON
thing 20 eat. 1 know you must be hungry
AS she spoke she opened her apron and to-
out four cakes. n piece Of pie and sume cheet
The boy was hungry. and he hesIrated not to ava
himself Of sis sisters kind offer. lie kissed h
ne be took the cakes, aud Ihankej her.
o. what a pretty thing that is you are maxim,
uttered Fanny. as she gazed upon the result
her brothsr's labors. 'Won't you give il to ne
ter i: is done 2
AN.I fhia ma faiafaF , FetnFnad the Inv with
smile. but as soon AZ | get lime ! will! make u
one equally as pretty $685.. -.
Fanny thanked her brother. and shortly ate
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