New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-18
mart THOMAS EDISON.

From Tie DcrOit / rec GlcSS
PITT Edison brother Of Thomas y. Edison, the world
famous inventor IN the lobby o. me kuoStL Nv ~
yesterday afternoon. live on farm mp lere ~ the
yerbborh0od of Port Iluruu-Or Fort Gratiot rather
ard only plain everyday lW3iiSt. Worh plrtr(l
etcady ali things considered. and when don't W1r;
/ swing I'm hammock under some petty goOd-sHcu
trees which grow upon my lawn. Al T,"sS IN
sidc,rd, manage to get considerable solid cohloll
out Of life. II l were graf genius, lhe ,, my ny
brother probably would not enjoy myself nearly as
wei a, do al present. Greatness brings It's trDubI-s
and pelplexiflcs you know. By the way. Thomas
sails for paris today to take I'm The Exposition ana
such Other matters OF scientific interest As ne may
hapoen 10 fnd laying around loose. am now on my
WAY 10 Akron. Ohio, after his TWO boys IDO'n nlcIe
lads-whO will return with me and spend ne summer
w W., past with the Millcls the family Of
Tt0mls'i wife When I get them mp on my farm !
MI giye them plenty Of good fresh milk and turn
them out 10 pasture "a enjoy Themselves, oPc'hlns VI
avn boy mood a. well q NAT Of my inyeniye brother,
wa. spent right here .n Detroit said MI EdsOA' an
rypri.lon OF retrospective sadness creeping over his
However. and the Detroit Of those days was by no
means .5e Detroit Of H., pc.eG,d 1t. dopnr gray
musache thoHshtlnyl Althnngh evidently m a,.i
than sixty year, Of age. his frame vas massive ana
WHEN did you live in Detroit :7 was asked,
As far back As l-l4" was Inc reply. Our home
,-,s hen on Gonqres, lilo exact location having
,olncV bat slipped my memory. Thomas IS younger
!han myself, aS yon are doubtless aware. AZ ual
present limits OF Dctroi, A. as ! can determine;
il included the present location Of 81 Johns Eplscopai
Church We f.t went 10 Port Huron In lStS, and
finally settled there in 1852. temeinoer sitting one
night ffy Yeas ago. on the southeast corner
of jefferson aud Woodward a penniless lad,
and longing for the necessary ,nnds with which 10
60 in ami .omc sort Of hGal,ca performance
which was then carried on at that point. passed the
.nof to-day and all The old feeling Of disappointed
longing back upon me In NIL force. Aitrr all.
We never fully OutgrOw the longings aud ambitions
Gratiot an oil man Of eighty-six years. He Is
str1ng ana vigorous. and never wcarIeS OF olating
stni,S recarlinc the youth o. his famous That
son hy the way luOks well aer The financial comfort
t. rspl aftN tln my
means for looking after themselves. Father receives
generous checks from him al frequent intervals.
nrc.r thing etou. Tom. however. has always been
tgt his scientific success IS first and financial
sIIcratlous a secondary matter. Cntl his pet in
ycutiOns have bec0me an assured success. / verly
tcieva he never 50 much a. gives serious thought
~ what re Is likely To make out Of them
Are the many stories which ar adlift regarding
tic eccentrciiies OF Your talented brother chiefly
true ,n inquired.
II world require vivid imagination to beat the
,rut f., Toms cascv h. said He hes had many
Singular experiences. One which nave never
sa.r In prn, rpav b. wo.h telng When watch.
rrctcl to phi button cyerJ forty minutes during
~. rigt tD Inform all ualie- ln'ere I'd thai he was
On d.'t. Eelo.e nc had been IN tho position long
his inventive faculties wcr' ~ot ~ work aud he soon
ulor a. clo~kweri. Tom then calmly went TO bed
ard slept az night. Ike a white man. This worked
ir.trat. until two tgpln, cOllillng through
h.. - 3 4 attention, a fact which caused him 20
th.ow up hi, position and return ~ this side Of the
lie i ye,y weatly now. IS he not17
avn Informed replied Nj Ellison that Tom
he's refused $50 600 900 for hi, invention Of the
lorocraph alone. Well h. deserves his good fortune
lie was alwavs clever fellow. and We all think .he
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