Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-04-24

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Mr.. Winthrop looked upon his eldest
son with pride, and often expressed q
wish that his other son should have been
like him. Samuel had come home to
visit his parents, and Mr.. Young had
come with him. t
"Mr. Young" said Mr.. Winthrop, af:
ter the tea things had been cleared away
''that is fine factory that has just been
erected in your town" @sa
eyes," returned Mr.. Young, 'sthere
are three of them, and they are doing a
very heavy business.
'sI understand they have an extensive
tfmacliiDe shop connected with the facto-
ries. Now, if my boy Sam is a good
workman, as you say he is, perhaps he
might get frst-rate situation there"
Mr.. Young looked at Samuel and
smiled
"By the way" continued the old farm
er, s'what is all this noise I hear and see
in the papers about those patent Win
throp looms? They tell me they go
ahead of anything that was ever got up
before" 11-
"You may ask your son about that, ~
said Mr.. Young, ssthat is some of Sam
uel's business. -
"Eh? What My son? Some of
| Sam
The old man stopped short and gazed
at his son. He was bewildered. 1t
could not be that his son-his idle SON
was the inventor of the great power loom
that had taken all the manufacturers by
surprise.
"What do you mean?" he at length in
quired.
"It is simply this, father, the loom is
miner returned Samuel, with conscious
pride. II have invented it and taken a
patent right. and have already been of
fered ten thousand dollars for the patent
right in two adjoining States. Don't
you remember that clap-trap you crushed
with your foot, six years ago?"
eyes" answered the old man, whose
eyes were bent to the floor, and over
whose mind new light seemed break
ing.
"Well," continued Samuel, tthat was
almost patent, though, of course, 1
have made much alteration and improve
ment, and there is room for more
"And that was what you were study
ing, when you used to stand and see me
weave, and then fumbled about my loom
SO much?'' said Mrs. Winthrop.
"You are right, mother; even then I
had conceived the idea which / have
since carried out"
"And that is why you could not un-
derstand my mathematical problems, !"
uttered Mr.. Winthrop, as he started
from his chair and took the youth by
the hand, Samuel, my son, forgive me
for the hastiness / have used toward
you. I have been blinded, and now see
how I misunderstood you While I
have thought you idle and careless, you
were solving philosophical problem I
could never have comprehended. For
give me, Samuel meant we'll enough
but lacked judgment and discrimina-
ton"
Of course the old man had long before
been forgiven for his harshness, and his
mind was opened to new lesson in hu-
man nature. It was simply this: Differ
ent minds have different capacities, and
no mind can be driven to love that for
which it has no taste First seek to un-
derstand natural abilities, aud DISPOSE
tions of children, and then in your man
agement Of their education for after life,
govern yourselves accordingly. George
Combe, the greatest philosopher of his
day, could hardly reckon in simple ad-
dition, and Coburn, the mathematician,
could not write out commonplace ad-
dress.