The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-04-12

BE- got bis slate. and sat down in lhs
chimney corner HIS lir tremblei aad
his eyes moistened, foi be vas uuhap
py. His father had been harsh toward
bin. and be felt that it was without ,
cause
sam, sal Jerry, as soon as their
father bad gone IIl Do that sum tor
Won
No, Jerry. replied ina younger
brother, with a grateful look that
viii be deceiung father III Try 70 20
the sum, bu. fear ! shant succeed
samuel worked very bard, bnt all to
no.purpose HIS mind was not on the
subject before him The roots and
squares. the bases and perpendiculsrs,
though comparatively simple in them
selves, were to him mass Of incom-
prebensible things. and the more be
tried. the more he became perplexed
and bothered
The trnth was, bis father did not un.
derstand him
Samuel was bright boy, and uu-
commonly intelligent for one OF his
I age. Mr Winthrop was a thorough
mathematician, he hardly ever came
across q problem he could not solfc,
and be desired that his boys should be
/ like him: be considered that the acme
Of educational perfection lay in the
( power Of conquering Euclid; and be
often expressed his opinion that. were
Euclid living then. he could give the
I old Reomeirieian a hard tnsslo He
seemed not TO comprehend that differ.
ent minds we're made with different
capacities, and what one mind grasped
with ease another Of equal power weuld
\ fail to comprehend. Hence because
Jerry progressed rapidly in his mathe-
maticnl studies. and could already sur
vey a piece Of land Of many angles. he
| imagined thut as Samuel made no pro-
gress in the same branch he was idle
ard careless, and so treated him nc
cordngly He never candidly convers-
ed with his younger son, with a view
TO ascertain the true ben. OF his mind;
but he had his own standard of the
power of all minds and he pertina-
ciously adhered TO it.
There wns another thing that Mr.
Winthrop could not see, and that was
that Samuel was continually pondering
upon such profta le matter as was in
teresting TO him, and that he was
scarcely ever idle; nor did his father
see, either, that if he ever wished his
boy to become a mathematician, he was
pursuing the very course to prevent
such result. Instead Of endeavoring
to make the study interesting TO the
child, he was making it obnoxious
The dinner hour came, and Samuel
had not worked ont the sum. His
father was angry, and obliged the boy
to go without his dinner, at the same
time telling him that he was an idle
lazy lad
Poor Samuel left the kitchen for bis
own room, and there he sat and cried
At length his mind seemed to pass
from the wrong he had suffered at the
hand OF his father, and his face ligten.
ed up. There was large fire in the
room below his chamber, so that ht
was not very cold; and, getting up, he
vent TO a closet. and from beneath I
lot Of old clothes he took forth some
long strips Of wood He was evident
| ly fashioning some curious affair from
these pieces Of wood. He had bits 0
wire, little scraps Of tin plate, pieces o
twiue, and dozens Of small wheels tha
he made himself and be seemed to b,
working to get the whole together afteI
some particular fashion o. his own.
Half the afternoon had thus passe(
avay when his sister entered his cham
Der. She had her apron gathered NJ
in her hand aud after closing the doc.
softly behind her, she approached tht
spot where her brother sat
Here, sammy see, have brough
YOU something to eat know yol
must be hungry
As she spoke, she opened her aprol
aud took ont four cakes, piece Of pie
and some cheese The hoy was hun
CRY aud hesitnt,d d not 10 avail himsel
ot has sister. kind offer He kisse,
her ns he took the cakes and thanae,
her
'Oh, what pretty thing is that go.
are makingy uttered Fanny, as sh
gazed upon her brothers labor Won
you give il 10 NE after ], Is doneg
Not this Que, sister returned IA
boy with a smile, Int | viii make yot
one equally ~ pretty
Fanny thanked her brother az,
soon left tie room. while the boy weu
, on with bis work
Before long. ihe various material
that had been subject to samuels knit
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