Madison times., 1885-09-05
TERN $500 PER YEAR
nrpi min Franklin.


BeniamIn Fr nk;in, formerly OF BHs-
toa, came very Icnr beng On only shlid.
/ seventeen chIlur II tad not con c TO
bless the home of Beniamin'7 parents
tney would have been crIdless. Think
of getting up In the mOrring and picking
ont YOUR shoes and stock ngs from
monc seven cen pairs of them. lmag-
inc yourself child, et nile reader. in
family where yol wcula be called upon
every morning 20 select your own end of -
spruce gum from Il collie ction of seven
ten s;milar cHds on the window sill.
AMI yet Il. Fr9nklin never murmured or
repincd. lie desired 10 20 10 sea and TO
avoid this he was apprenticed to his
brother J6mes, W. o was printer. 1t is
said that Franklin at once took hold Ofthe
great A-chimedeGn lever aud ierked IL
earlv and late in the interests of freedom.
1t is claimed that franklin at this time
invented the deadly weapon known as
the printers towel. He found that
common crash towel could be saturated
with glue, molasses. antimony, c)ncen-
trated i've, ana roller composition, and
that after few arS of time and per-
spiraiioa it Gould haiden so that tine
i"Constant Read,r" or ''Veritas' could be
stabbed with it and die soon.
Many believe that Franklin'S other
scientific experiments we're productive OF
} more lasting benefit to mankind than
this, but do not agree with them.
That paper was called the New Eng
land Courant. 1t was edited Jointly by
James and Benjamin franklin, and was
| started 10 supply long felt wait. Ben
!. amin edited the paper part of the tire
and James part Of the time. The idea
of having two editors was not for the
. purpose of giving variety or volume TO
S the editorial page but it was necessary
COR one to run the paper while the other
was in iail. In those days you couldn't
@ sass the king, anh then when the king
c came in the Office next day and stopf cd
I his paper and took out his "ad,' YOU
couldn't put it off or "our informant"
: and 90 right along with the paper. You
t had to 90 10 Jail, while your subscribers
e ondered why their paper did not come
nd the paste soured in the TIN dipper
o IN the sspc.um and the circrs passed by
a on the other side.
: How mary of US to-day, fellow jour
c ralists, would be willing to stac jn Jail
! while the lawn festival aut the iangaroo
f. an @ and went? Who Of our conn any
It would 90 10 prison cell Tor the Cause OF
IS freedom. while double column al Of
e ,ixtes n aggregated c.rc"s, md tl,ven
e ron.re ees Of frrociUue he9sts, fierce ard
10 raerant nom their atlve lair, went 10y
Of IL?
of At tie age of II Ben got eiscusted
Nth his broth 81 q vert TO Phl'adel-
phia snd Nsw Nmk, wh're lie e't a
('harce to "st b" for few weeks, Bnd
rhen Coi a ,ecu'ar "sir" Frsni lin was
~ GOOD printer, end finally cot 20 lie
III foitman. He made an excellent toie-
C. man. sitting by The hour ia ,he Z mpos-
IN pg room anr spiir NJ on the stone,
he While hn cnssed the nase UP and p''sS
p work foil er papers. Then he would
'lt 20 into the itorlal rooms aid scare ne
as editors to death with wild shriek for
H. more C pv. He knew Just how to &C IL
Eli duct DlmS ell as IO1t nlhH ~ ttb p-oliS
as would ihiDt he owl cd Ihe raEe'.
In 1870, at the age of "a, Franklin
he narrieu and establish, d the PtDnsy Iva
nd MIA Gaz, tie. ii, was then REGARDED a.
IT. ,reat man, ard m, s every ore took his
M paIer. Franklin grew 10 he great
lis journalist ard spelled hard woros with
.u. treat flnepcy. He never tried to be q
Il humorist in anv OF his newspaper work,
| md p\ cry hC1y reSbectpd him.
10 Along about 1-40 lie began 10 study
~ tie construction and habits of lightning
Nv and inserted q local in his paper In
.' which he said that he would be obli-cd
~ to any OF his readers who might notice
oN any new or odd sp( cimCns OF light1lI
Is. they would send them in TO the GA
,ht zette Office by express for examination.
ng Every tIme there was u und,r storm
I'm Franklin would tell the foreman 20 edit
ce Il G paI or. ard armed with string ana
ny n old fruit jir, would go out on the
Ior hills and set enough lightniI for mes'
es, In 1853 Fra kin was made postniasler
mt general of the colonies. lie mace
cw good postmaster general, ana people cay
,as there were less mistakes in distributing
TO their mail than there has ever been
as since. Ifanan mailed letter in these
lid days, old Ben EraDklin saw that II "eh'
Elf, where it was addr"sseJ.
ss, Franklin frequently went over tc
ga, En.lsnd in those days, partly on busi
it ness and p. Itly to sbo.k the king nc
;,b used to delight in gong to The castle
InJ I siih his Lreeches tucked into his boots
iiguratively speaking. and attract a goGt
deal If attention. 1t locked ode TO ih'
use US. English, OF course To see him come int
us us ,be r.. al presence and, leaning hls W.
I 1ni umbrella up against y throne, ask th'
De- sirr: "Hoas uade?" Fianlhn rSye
at put on any frills, but he was never afrsi
ol crow ned head. He used 10 say, ir,
auenll,, that TO him a king was 10 NOR
than a seven spot.
lie did his bet to prevent the revol,
ner t;onarv war but he couldn't do
on Pstri,k Henry had said the war VIZ
cts. inevitable and given it permission
st . come, and it came. He also went
Dtic .aris and got acquainted with ie
k a crowned heads theie. They thought
hat ood deal OF him in Paris and ottere
lles him a corner lot il he would build al
tart paper. They alsO promi. ed hi
med he county printing, but he soid no,
mer would have 10 go to Au.erica or his vi
, ce might get uneasy about him.
aSv franklin wrote Pool Richards !