The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-12-31

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Ny dinner may Be spoiled, perhaps,
Because It has to wait:
ltaste Of Barmeoidsl joys
Beside my friend, the grste.
Charles Gordon Rogers. In New England
Magazine.
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T&$ irN9 born few
:8S4N i.& weeks after
.Ws the Fourth Of
July. so that
there have been comparatively few
holidays for me. l was obliged to wait
six months for my first Christmas,
nearly = year for my first celebration
OF the day of Independence, and full
year for my first birthday.
In general, I am not believer in
portents; yet, when the holidays come
around: and l am sitting ut the Christ
mas banquet, l cannot escape the feel
ing that am eating last years turkey,
nor ON the glorious Fourth can I break
away from the conviction that 1 am
listening to last years orations. But
let us drop these vain speculations and
commence tale of my busy life.
have now completed my sixth year.
During my first twelve-month, fnd-
Ing no other employment at hand by
which to gain my living, I determined
to lay aside all considerations of dig
nifty, and to engage in a course of un-
remitting grief In this business l
prospered beyond my hopes, and, show
ward even in the simplest vocation, l
was able at all times to keep myself
we'll and happy.
1t may be we'll here to point out
what consider an error in the course
pursued by other children. They are
content to assuage their grief after
crying until they have obtained every
thing they can think of. 1t was my
own practice, however-and 1 now
look back at this as presaging the tire
less industry l have since shown-to
cry not only until I had obtained
everything could think of, but to con-
tinue crying, letting other people think
of things. They often thought of
things that pleased me beyond measure.
Nor was there more than one occa-
sion OF Importance when lamentation
failed me. This was in the early part
of my early summer when. after the
first hot days, there came about ter
rifying commotion. The room in which
played was invaded by q frightful
gloom; ftful light flashed at the win
dows; the wind rose; the glass was
beaten against by rain and hail, and
there were bursts of deafening noise
such as had never Ito my recollection)
heard Wishing this Immediately dis
continued, I began to cry; but the COM
motion growing only more terrible,
abandoned this course, and hastily es-
sayed to appease q power that could
not coerce. I performed the patty
cake, repeated in q sweet voice the
three words that knew, and enacted q
smile.
Now, l know that it was a thunder
storm that tried to cajole; and Il. ough
laugh at my simplicity, yet the Incl
dent shows, perhaps, some fertility Of
expedient
At the end of the year, 80 good
progress had shown, so strong and
fat had become, that was promoted
to seat at the family table. Here
found that my labors were none the
less exacting, nor their reward the less
gratifying. Within twelve months
had broken nearly q complete set of
china. and had practically ruined q bale
of table cloths Devoting myself to
the great truths of science the
study of which I cannot recommend
too early date burned my hands
three hundred and sixty-hve times on
the coffee urn, and an equal number of
times on the teapot
BUTT must not be supposed that l
neglected the arts. Like every other
person who tells about himself, put
myself in the way of learning every
thing. invented hammered metal
work, and myself hammered two trays
into artistic and shspeless masses.
CHAPTER II.
The studies in caloric and metallurgy
which have mentioned as occupying
part of my second year were pursued
in intervals of rest from other exercises
In which the bent of my mind made
me take but little interest.
MY father and mother, whom at this
time ! looked upon - finished linguists,
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