Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-01-11
Facts Stranger than Fiction.

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! PO'"'o'' y Pr"P|te.oF o. one q me most
e.e'e"StVo business fnStH"tlonS OF me ma
non B'ogrdPhicat sketch from tie life
! Of 4. j. FuAdm.
II was in the fall of Is55 ,ba, wos toll
nv father fratbar storm s,eo;n,aa &c ,lo ~
Puritan stock made some,ybat corno;tad Wv
hans from bayirr beId he axaItod ,,os;,;o
Vermont nar;strata in eo,naat;o ,r;,h a. u
Ties of Tho now1 that was welcome - ~ ~ "
naming wear Of NV minority add;pg tbat T
would soon find il more Of 4 task 70 saek Gor
myself than | anticinated That he bnnod 7
would now see how much harder il wo,Id ho 20
support myself than il had been nnder tho y,,i5D
ance and pruiection of n,rent,l care
Unable TO toll manuailv or IN endure Ion,or
the duties of Teacher I n,dsr,ool, tho roiss e
hooks. This called Nevt I sold rnoi IT, -,
and Yankee notions This also e,ilod IT,
sold stencil plates sendin, ~ r,arl-a, 20 49,
them cut. Sales were ready and Tho hns;ness
suited me, but | had to nav enormonslv Gov
plates, travel the country t9vice oyer nav bo,y,,
express bills. lose some nla,os fron, ggaia, ~
Others by mistake An ,bese difticnI,;as t4,,o,L
or viii nv nnvor var,n r ~
boarding places and NV restless exner;roentnrr
far the nnrnose off becon,;nr ~, oaanea.-
Tools far cnttn nv H. '"G poSsoe'ol Vi
furnished INV mates finally boo,rna ",,O
that | wonId sooner or later JegoIon ' ,hP
c;rle and make set of tools for tba onu pf,n
t,ra &C NV avn work SocorSinaIs y, "'a ,h'1.
~ IN =, y Mans ba notified M. ,ba9 'IJ
iano'a, ~, ;sb NV v,ork ,,as tLn e., -. ~
hno ,ronoars IN ,bo o;t', as M ION
Pm a"'os Satoaa Snr,,s ~ 4io"'iea'.
lte,Hrlang = Pan ~ me summer
g Ha1a,, ia L. al ;ncassa,,i,, g. !. n'isso
,eai, ~ ailu d 60 e j, t;o ~ "a ,o,
~ nraS,,an ~ ~ ~ en - of ,,oaI .py scr
ever sa,u H., or;rsaa'a. No. vi IL Is
tools h., olsa ~ + - 'neoe
fac,nra I fal, So. p'o.e.' " =; ue-
,pos ,lreal, oon, ,naoaJ a.. s.,I;,,, 80.
cts bandsoney v,;,h H. ',' FL"
,rsloJ ,I WIN cue ploeeeas Oh my 'po,s
ny lrIeLus OF my Whereabouts and that
aoo 81 ~; eI.n anu W9Iu IKE 10 nave ni'thSf
81 oaao5 u'a" couu cut without splttlAg
6nalIn 49, - ~ ''a''on 70 .ne springs anu
ALI ", ~ 'l,e ~ eelul" WIN lef 70 spring
,;,,sI =, w hol.lo ol my ,fiehds' On my ar
Nj 49, ~ 49,, 80 spieau ms "nu IRE that
Ea - ~ .ule At cu'llhg stencil plates
- -. w .ne ieNeI haiu ana al once pro-
pCeeu UP WIN me south Tor the following
e.':, Pun couia not leave town until
o, wi was founded Tor could
T.. NY way through the streets Actual
y y, S'u io'theh'eo without cessation on
a.. na,lpS Imam, Inaliy opened my works and com
".euoeu 1uluhg machinery Tor the manufacture
=. s'e"ou :oo,s' put ialher Was bound should
S IN w UP oou'h, ana 70 crafty him ] went.
ndu no' ieit our own New England borders
before the yellow deposits IN handsome amounts
u increase loGnd It's way day by day into the
sIles :. wy ulHereht hoteis from town to town
where we stopped.
- our lahaiords TOOK the fever; the walters got
o,I ~ ~ y every raiFoad conductor knew it,
a"u 'i's Jew se,s OF TOOLS took with me were
. -e'iiauieu lohg before we reached New York,
where we deposited our funds, took quiet rooms
I. a goou ho'eI ana II ever two mortals partici-
80 :" any real comfort we were those two
III .l,e WINTER OF Dbl That father and my
e eon r sPch' 10 New oFk. The coming
80 IN :, march ana a1laeent weeks found us
~! YIN our sletcii zoos at " ashlngton. Re-
ling os1.e eAnoro"aut inducements IN the way of
is vi ,oois, IatheI returned to his farm and
nyseif to the further development of stencil tool
F,n,s az my works at Springfield, Vt.
Furtheung my inventions and filling a few of
Inc most important demands for tools began 10
n more OF some true source of pleasure.
behg very fond Of music | resolved to take
ZIP alone and as met with competent teachers
received IRON time 10 time such practical hints
ana instruction as enabled me TO enjoy a scna al
ne piano when | wished for real diversion.
Dressing with care and attention, and as | fiat,
er myself, maintaining the demeanor of an in
dependent business traveller of unexceptionable
laoits, readily commanded the kindest and
most Welcome iavors of the best society in each
place ! canvassed.
How many! All! How manyl were the