The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-10-10

where he remained until the crash
of 1887 closed the mills of Lowel
and sent hmsadrift, seeker after
work He went to Cambridge, un
der the shadow of venerable Harvard
He found employment there In a
large machine shop. After woi'iS;!!nae @ 9.
a few months nj Cambridge, Elias
Hove found employment more cons
genial in Boston. at the shop Of
Ari Drvis,7 where a chance remark
dropped by his employer set him to
thinking about the probality of ma
king O sewing machine. 4tA
At twenty one, being still . jour
nyman machinist. earning nine dol
lars q week, he married. and, in
time, children came with inconveni-
ent frequency, The pressure ofpoY-
erty in l843, caused him to set
about the work Of inventing the
machine which, be had heard four
years before would be san indepen-
dent fortune" to the inventor. In
October 1914, he made q rough
model of wood and gicr that conyin-
ced him it would sew. .-a,e
At this time he was living with
his father in Cambridge, engaged
with him on o machine for cutting
palm,leaf into strips for hats.
| When the inventor had reached
his final conception in the fail of
| 1S44, he succeeded in convincing q
friend, George Fisher, ofits feasibi-
lily, which led to partnership be-
tween them for bringing the inven-
ton into use. 4. i
All the winter Of lS44-45, Mr..
Howe worked at his machine. In
April he scwed seam by his ma
chine. BY the middle Of may l845,
he had completed his work. Like
all other grand inventors Mr.. Howe
found that when he had completed
his machine, his difficulties had but
/ begun. Not one was ordered. Not
tailor encouraged him by word or
deed. In the spring Of 1916, there
being on prospect of revenue from
the invention, he engaged as 'en-
gineer" upon one of the railroads
terminating at Boston, and '"drove
a locomotive daily for some weeks
but the labor proved too much for
| his strength, and he was compelled
to give it mp. y. +. ~
/ George Fisher was now totally
discouraged. He had advanced il
; all abuut two thousands dollars and
he saw not the ren1otest probability
Of tie invention becoming profita'
BILE, Elias Howe moved lack to his
fathers house, and George Fisher
considered his advances in the ligh
of dead loss. But America hav
ing rejected the invention, Mr.
Howe resolved to offer it to Eng
land. In October, l846 his brother
Amasa B. Howe, with the assistance
of their father, took passage in th'
steerage of a sailing packet, and con
veyed one of the machines to Lon
don. An Englishnan was tn.
first manufacturer who had faitl
enough in the American sewing
machine to. invest money in, it
, He sold to Mr.. Thomas, for two hun
y dred and fifty ponds sterling, th'
machine he had brought with him
: and the right to use as many other
4 III his own business rs he desired
There MAS also q verbal understand
Ting that Mr.. Thomas was to paten
| the invention in England, and if tn
machine came into uEe there, he wa
I TO pay the inventor three pounds OF
every machine sold. The verba
part Of the bargain has never beer
carried out. Mr. Thomas furthe
/ proposed to engage the in yentor *
adapt the machine to work upol
{corsets, offering him three pounds
I week, and TO defray the expense. o
workshop. tools, and material.
| Elias Howe accepted the offer, AM
both brothers set sail for Loldon
February 5, 1877. they went in tn
| steerage, and cooked til cir own pro
visions. William Thom.ss provides
a shop and ITS requisites, and eve
;advanced money Cor the passage IL
England OF the inventor family
who joined him soon,- wife an
three childrea. After eight. month
1 of labor, the inventor succe eded i
4 adapting his machine to the purpos
ses of the stay maker and Wi len thi
was done, William Thomas dill 'chare
ed Elias Howe from his employment
4 From chance acquaintance, name
Charles Inglis, he obtained a sma
room for a work shop, in which, Al
ter borrowing a few tools, he b ega
to construct his fourth sewing ms
chine, which when completed, onl
netted him four pounds Ha, in
!, sent home bis family he prepared t
| follow them To pay his debts an
4 bis expenses home, Mr. Howe pawn
Led his precious first machine and hi
letters patent. ''Hc drew q HAND
cart with his baggage on it, TO th
Il ship to save the expense Of carta. &c
Il and again he took passage in tn
stereage, along with his Engh 5
i friend, Charles Inglis. His broth e
Amassa had long since returned. i
i America - 12iIf7 +.'- %.lH =. 'f ri.
Il In April, 1s49, Elias Howe lande'
= in New York, after an absence O
two years from the country, wit
half a crown in his pocket. Fou
years had nearly elapsed since tn
Q completion of his first machine, ar
this small piece Of silver was the ne
result Of his labors upon that inver
ZION. He and his friend went to on
. of the cheapesr 2,nigrant boarding
eIhouses, and Elias Howe ssacnght EN-
. lploymcnt in the machine shops
f which luckily, he found without dc
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