Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-17

! - lJllnTl GUu SDiGTFCChGu UEUluGt,
Seeing, shall tako heart again.
EeEiamin Feanklin Was tho fifteenth GOD Ct
| bis mother. u;s tathcr Was accustomed to do.
vote GRO fifteenth OF his income to tho church.
llcloo h0 a:scaCl B6liamin to tho ministry.
Sill, he had 70 Wsy 10 educate blm, and ne
Was obliged 10 employ him in cutting wick 10
| his tal!o7.chardIcr's shop. But tho boy had
30 g;Gius for tho ministry nor tho shop, and
| had Eo not a!2Glcd parental management his
| lilo would have been failure. This case shows
| tic folly OF attempting to ior,o boys to follow
any special crE, tEado OR profession. Each boy
must be allowed to settle that question for him
self.
Ffauklifi's ancestors wcro blecksmiths in
Ito village CT Gitca, in Northamptonshire,
| from generation 10 generation. His mother
| vas tho daughter CT tho old Nantucket poet,
| po!cr Tayitr, who E;ymed, in bis "ll,okine
Glass tcE the TE:cs." OF tho fathers and
thGig blacksmith descendonts. When tho good
woman was eighty iouc years old, she wrote
q letter which is e.il presoTved) to her son
Eenismia, tho fest rising man Of Gtty-fve
| in Philado!pE!e, Ia which sho says:
! II an glad to hear you arc so we'll respected
in y0ar toy7n fer them TO CHOOSE you alderman,
although Goa't kuoH what i. meane, or what
the better ecu will be OF it besides tho hon or Of
i, | hcpo gou will Gerry we'll. SO that you will
! bo liked IN all your pcste
| We are as!onishod, 81 wo look down from the
loEsy cGii1caco which EtaukIin occupied as 8
| philosopher and statesman, to SEQ how limited
we;o hi3 oa7y a5vaa.ascg. lie 'iosrncd to
! W1io / good ha0d, bus failed entirely in arith-
| ;nct!c' All this hetjrc no was ton years old.
Eat ho t!i Cot ris3 g csalpeIco Without clture.
| No Eaa cv;r Cl!. Tho culture he eaiued was
| i>rrr, cr':,j r,rS w, L,u, ~ on;Jono,
| that % rcai nCrc!s as habit. a stray volume
ct Aldisq1's S3cc.atar fell into his hnnda. lie
ro5L a2d rG:c:d, aud aior no had forgotten tho
! language, ho rctroGco,l the thoughts 10 bis
! 05a i5nsaa3o, :2; ;.r tAa s K, OF vaiioiy, cX.
| pr2s-cd ;hss:: il rhyme. Students in the
8cao 5ig ard 0G:s:ic viii 90 y:cl 20 take roto OF
tla"kil'a ila;i!
| h9al aDar@a:il, ia r,iai1g: ciico, he had
1t: i;i'lo Fpa71 time, hut that littIo wrs i'm
pT.;Id. IL s}2n Gic1ro 6 contributor 10 The
| C2Hrei!! willie Ut "i,rintcr's d,vil,' and
t!lG@cI t1cm b; EiSht uaicr Tho door and
aw-tel aG1lau@'y !1o result. EI?y wero ac-
csptc;! ed prG!cd, aai highly oomplmeuted
| ~ tho cil!0r. Taking advantage Of family
quarrel at:.r no lad gained bis position in tho
| printing ofE1n, he ran aHey from Boston, first
TO ~" iolk aaa then from thc:c 10 Phila-
Ge!ni3.
= Cc.obc1, 1923. young Franklin was Eoen
oao r3:GiGg walking along Market street, poor
! !? cad, i2:lGuo1, hungry and slmost peanilesq
| 20 bought three ponny loaves of broad. which
! hG shAcod with . noG7 mother snd her child, and
Lna!tT .llat; ahcl:er a.:' eloe7 il c sont mcoing
OF Gu2iIcGs
! 90 sor%!t anI foand emp!oyInont. Ho was
; zIil GsUtoHi Wlilo in active business Ho
! "in2d thu ~2o OF libraries. joined literary club,
! "7d sought tao a. C ely ofl tho loarned BY those
means Ec continued 70 risa. frs. to position as
nrirtsr,. next 70 bo editor and publisher OF
J 'F0ot, isIEacQa Almanac. which appeared
: sN1u7liy ior gGa!;ar Of century.
| - Ibis ;o:It oar hero began TO riso in public
! c5-as.oa, and % 90 pronlstad 10 lIi.c-Arst in
! "a aaon.oi city; src)nd, undar tho national
! GT22Tor2'2eDs.; "ni finally, in fortign courts.
/ HF9"; q i;rInsir 10 bocamo o rtatssman and
dl.lHE'n.!;L tic gained ind held tha highest
r2a t'oaa IL tA6 gilt OF tho pcoplc. 10 became q
! :c4a'a7 sHd philosopher. IaIoot ho was ono of
tho :.ra..1Ei go. OF lis time.