Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-10-14
I Have no Chance.
BY REV. A. N'ELROY wYLIE.

Don't say that. You have five chances
on each hand. Then you have thirty-six
at least in your head. Every faculty
you have will vote you into office if you
only enfranch Sc it, and 70 IN a coufedera-
tion between the freemen at the ends of
your arms.
Chances, plenty of them fall under our
eyes, if we only have eyes to see them
and hands to pick them up.
The falling of All apple was the oppor-
tunity for Newton to solve the secret o.
the skies.
A floating sea-weed, drifting by the
vessel when the crew were uttering mu-
tinous threats, was the chance seized by
Columbus TO pacify an incipient rebellion,
and to inspire his men with the promise
of a new continent and q new world OF
enterprise.
The picking mp of pin in street of
Paris by poor boy, as he was going
from great bank saddened at the denial
of his application for place, was the
founding OF the success and prosperity
OF one of the great bankers of the queen
city of the world. That simple ac,
illustrative of the economical spirit AS
sertrg itself over present grief, was OBJ
served from the window the lad was
recalled and the refusal recalled at the
same momcnt-industrY, patience and
honesty did the rest
A chance remark from peasent girl,
in an obscure district in England, falling
upon the ear OF the young observing
thinker, Mr.. Jenner, gave vaccination to
the world, and saved hundreds Of thou
sands of lives annually,
A pewter plate founded the Peel
family. Robert, in the poor country
about him, felt that some source of in-
come must be added TO the meagre pro-
ducts of his little farm. He quietly con,
Quoted experiments in calico printing in
his own home. One day thoughlfully
handling pewter plate f ON which one
of the children had just dined, he sketch.
ed upon its smooth surface the outlines
of parsley leaf and filling this with
cololing matter he was delighted to tiud
that the impression could be accur It, ly
conveyed To the surface of cotton cloln.
Here was the first suggestion toward
printing from metal rollers. The parsley
leaf on the pewter plate opened up a
world of industry to Lancashire aud
Robert Peel. to this day, is called, in
the neighborhood of Blackburn, Parsley
Peel
Richard Arkwright, the thirteenth
child in hovel, with no knowledge OF
letters--an underground barber, with a
vixen for wife, who smashed up his
models and threw them out-gave his
successful spinning model to the world,
and put sceptre in England's hands,
such as Victoria never welded.
A jumping tea-kettle lid is said to
have put the steam into that boys head
who gave US the great giant of modern
industry.
A kite and key, in Franklin's hands,
were the grand pareuts OF our telegraphs,
and all the blessing of modern inven
tions applying to electricity.
A swinging greasy lamp, just filled
with oil by verger In the Cathedral o.
Hisa, caught the eye of Galileo at IL
years OF age, taught him the secret oI
the pendulum, made many discovery
in astronomy and navigation possible
and gave us the whole modern system OF
the accurate measurement of time.
Don't say you have no chance You
have the same chance, and better than
the worlds greatest men have enjoyed
"Men uniformly overrate riches and un
derrate their own strength the former
will do far less than We suppose, and the
! latter far more" ....,