The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-02-23
HIRAM Cox. NJ. D.
Ctactaaat', Odto, OF. 3H 1859.
Great Men Who Rose from, the Ranks.

Great Men VIII, Rose from, the Ranks.
From the barber. shop rose Sir Rich
ard Arkwriyht, the inventor Of the spin
ming jenny, and the founder Of the cot
tom manufacture uf Great Britain Lord
lrndciu II, "nc oi the most distinguish
ed OF Lord Chief justices, aud Turner.
the very greatest among landscape paint
els NO one knows to Il certainty what
Shakespeare was. but it is unqnestionable
that he sprang from 4 very humble rank.
The common class ii day laborcrS has
given US B,ndry, the engineer Cook,
the nav gator ; and Burns, tho poet Ma.
sons and BRICK, layers can boast OF Ben
J"inson, WHO wo. ,cu a. the buiiiiug OF
Lincoln 5 Inn, with atrowcl in his hand
and a book in his pocket; Edward and
Te!ford, the cn-incvrs; Hugh Miller, the
geo'oglst, ani Allan Cunningham, the
writer aud sculptor; while anon. dis
;lnInIShcu carpt uturs we ilud the uAlilp
"' i"'5;" "''i,', ,"~ ".,'.",> -,
Hunter, phy>i"lp4ist; Romncy aud Opie,
painters Prof Lee, the oricntaliSt and
John Gibson the scul ptor. From the
weaver class haze sprung Simpson, the
mathcmatlclau; Bac III, the scuIp'or, the
two Miners, Adam Walker John Foster,
Wilson, the orni;holo4ist. DR.. Living.
stone; the missionary Traveller, and Tan
nahll' tie poet. Shocnlakrrs have given
rs Sturgeon, the electrician Samuel
Drew, the essayist Clifford. the .ditur
OF the e"''teriy rrrt,,r Bloomfield, the
poet, aud William Carey, the missionary,
was Il maker of shoe lasts v il in the
last year profound naturalist has been
discovered, in the person f Il shoemaker
at Bautl named Thomas Edwards, Who,
while maintaining himself by his trade;
natural science in al: its branches, lis
researches in connection with the small
cr cru>tacea having been rewarded hv
the discovery of Il new species, to which
the name Of Pranizr Edcrad,il has been
given by the naturaIis,s
Nor have talors been altogether un-
distinguished, jackson the paintcr, hay.
Ing worked at that trade until he reached
manhood. But what is, perhaps, more
remarkable, one of the -nllantcst Of Brit
i>h >eamen, Admiral llobson who broke
the boom at Niyo,in 1902, originally be
lon-ed to this calling, lie WIS working
as a tailor 5 apprentice, near Bonchurch,
in the Isle If Wight, when the news few
through the village that Il squadron of
mcn.o: WEI were sailing off the island -
He spran. from the shop board and ran
down with his comrades to the beach to
.azc upon the glorious si.ht The tai
lor boy was suddenly infamed with the
ambition to be sailor, aud >prin-ir.
into boat Ire rowch off to the squadron,
gained the Admir.fs ship. and was ac-
ccpted as volunteer. Year, after he
returned to his native 'iilaee, full of
honors, and dln,d Of bacon and CO.., iu
the cottage whore he had worked IS a
'ail"r's apprentice. Cardinal Wnl~cy,
De Foe, Akensidc aud krkc Wtitr,
were the SONS Of butchers; BunyLn was Il
tinker, and Joseph Lancaster il basket
maker. Among the great nanos identi-
ca, with the Invention Of the steam en-
CINE are those ofa Newcomer, Watt aud
Stephenson the first blacksmith, the
second the maker Of mathematical ilistru.
mcnts, and the third an engine fireman
DR. liottcn, the gcologis,, and Dewick.
! tn" father OF wood engraving, were coal
miners. Duds!ey was footman, and iitI.
croft a groom. Buliin, tie navigator.
WAS common seaman, and SIR tlUuIcs-
y Shovel a cabin boy Ilerschcl played
the oboe in a military band Chantrcv,
journeyman carver; Eity journcymn"
printer; and Sir Thomas Lawrence the
son of ernkccper.
NicheaI Faraday, the son Of a poor
blacksmith, was in early life apprcnticed
to book binder, and worked at that
trade until he reached his twenty second
yea; nc now occupies the very first rank
as philosopher, excellins even his master,
Sir Humphrey Dayy, in the art of lucid
Iy eXppundin- the most difficult. and ob
struse loiuts in natural science. Not
long ago, Sir !;oAerick Murchiuson dis
covered at Thurso, in the far north Of
Scotland. a profound gcologist in the
person Of a baker there named Robcr,
Dick When Sir Roderick called upon
-. T.. haka Idrsa IN ~b;aL l. . bob. ! !, . =