The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-30
0 LITERATURE MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

ahead Of any thing that was cvor got up
before :"
"You may ssk your son about that p
said Mr.. Young. "It is some Of Sam
uel's business"
Eth what, my son! Some of Sam
The old man stopped short add gazed
at his son. He was bewildered. Il
could not be that his son-his idle son
was the inventor Of the great power
loom that had taken all the man ufac.
turers by surprise.
"Wha. do you mean I" he at length
inquired.
at is simply this, father, that the
loom is mine," returned Samuel, with
Conscious pride. 81 have invented it,
and taken out a patent, aud have al
ready been offered ten thousand dollars
for the patent right in two adjourniug
States. Don't you remember that clap
trap you crushed with your foot SIX
years ago 2"
eyes," answered the old man, whose
eyes were bent to tho floor, and over
whose mind now light seemed to be
breaking.
"Woll," continued Samuel, "that wa,
almost pattern, though, Of course, I
have made much alteration and i'm.
provemcnt, and there is room for much
MORE"
"And that was what you were study.
ing when you used to stand and see me
weave, and when you fumbled about my
loom so much Z" said Mrs. Winethrop.
"You arc right, mother. Even then
had conceived the idea which I havc
since carried out"
"And that's why you could not un
derstand my mathematical problems,"
said Mr.. Winthrop, rs he started from
his chair and took the youth by the
hand. "Samuel, my SOD, forgive me for
tho harshness I have used towards you.
was blinded, and now see how I mis-.
understood You. While I thought you
idle and careless, you were solving a
philosophical problem I could never
have comprehended. Forgive me,
Samuel; 1 meant we'll enough, but
lacked judgment and discrimination.
Of course the old man had lo,g be-
fore been forgiven for his harshness,
and his mind was opened to Few les
son in human nature. He was taught
what some parents are slow to learn,
simply because they do not try to win
the confidence Of their children by low
ing sympathy.
Human souls are of as many varying
tones as musical instruments, and have
to be attuned with hand as delicate
and as skilfull. Different minds have
different capacities, and no mlnd can be
driven to love that for which it has no
taste. First sock to understand the
natural abilities and disposition of chill
dren, and then, in your management of
their education for after'life, govern
yourself accordingly. in the same
family you will often find that every boy
has taste or bent of mind differing
from each of his brothers. This varie-
ty Of talent is q merciful provision OF
our Heavenly Father. For "diversities
of gifts" field Of varied labor is hap
PLY provided in this wide world. Some
Of the most eminent musicians, whose
talents have enchanted tens Of thou
sands, have no taste whatever for draw
ing or mathematics. Many Of the ablest
artists have no ear for music One of
the great moral philosophers of his day
could hardly reckon in simple addition,
and one of our greatest ms:hematicians
could not write out commonplace ad.
dress. One Of our leading editors,
whose sterling integrity and profound
originality of thought have made him
L. IL, ~ ~ Il
lie opiuion in this generation, writes a
hand so execrable that those unused to
it can scarcely deoipher it. No one
commends these deficiencies as worthy
Of imitation but they serve to illustrate
how nature limits some faculties when
other capabilities are enlarged. May
each right-mindcd child bo suffered to
follow the instructive outstretchiDgs Of
its own soul towards the divincly sane
toned end