Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-07
ALWAYS INVENTING.
AN INGENIOUS MAN WHO IS USUALLY
 DOING SOMETHING.

homeless and Respondent, I would never l have been able to write this story. As it WasI was won oyOE by tho snereSties of friend and went to live with him and his little family-for awhile.
 It pleases me to meet geniuses. l like to touch shoulders with men of ideas, and that is just what this friend of mine might be labeled-a man of ideas. I did not know it before I went to his house, but then discovered he is an inventor.
 What he invents is immaterial; suf- flee it to say he invents in the full sense of the word. If he works out an idea, and when the model is perfected it doesn't do what he thought it would, he makes it do something else.
 It's a double back action style of in venting that is destined to fill long felt wants or leave an aching void. The in ventor is not to blame for either of these happenings, his business being exclu- sively to invent.
 We were sitting in his dining room the first evening I was at his house. The servant had just cleared the dinner table, and my friends wife was looking after the youngsters and keeping their nurse out of mischief.
 George was looking intently at one of the gas tips, and his brain machinery was grinding exceeding fine material, could see.
 Well, what is it:' asked, looking up and around for stray June bug or some other bird of plumage.
 I'm just thinking, ," George said rather dreamily, II can improve on that gas tip I'll do it. I've got it sure" Then he began drawing things on n piece of paper that looked like deformed church steeples. He said they were gas tips.
 For day or two George ate very lit tie. I afterward learned this is com mon with inventors, as they are able to go for weeks at n time without touching morsel. Their brains stop working when their owner cats. There's no mon ey in eating except for the dealers in edibles.
 When George came back to earth and food, he had a model in his pocket. It was the tangible outcome of his think ing.
 Isn't that splendid:' he said, with ecstasy, holding it up before me. His black eyes glistened.
 Yes, it's very pretty" Ireplied. Will it work?"
 You bet it'll work. The user will get large and steady flame, with no waste of gas and with one-third the usual pressure. I'll show you
 George got up and adjusted it to the chandelier. He got out matches and then turned out the remaining gas jet. Fully If matches were struck while we sat in the dark. l held my breath be cause my hold on solemnity befitting the occasion was fast loosing.
 He said many things which 1 could not be led to repeat. The sanctity of a private home should not be invaded It was his right to say things, as he paid the rent.
 The thing did not work. I could see that, even though it was dark. He re | lighted the gas and sat down. You can never tell what an inventor is going to do, so I said nothing. Oh, I believe 1 did ask him if there was an opening in the end for the gas to ooze through. I'm not sure, though, but I know George didn't answer.
 He finally secured Q couple of feet of small rubber hose that he had used in another experiment and fastened the gas tip on one end. He thought perhaps there was an obstruction that water would clear away. The other end of the hose he attached to q faucet.
 stood by like any well behaved in vited guest. George turned the water. and it shot through in first rate shape. The fact was the gas tip was splendid sprinkler. Even George wife acknowl- edged that, and she gave up acknowledge ing anything but his inventive failures years ago.
 By gracious George exclaimed, isn't that dandy sprinkler: I'll get Il patented Then he laid it down.
 IL was the next evening Georges wife said that her expensive music box was put of order and would not play. The valuab able instrument was put on the ta- ble. and George pcered into if for about five minutes.
 No wonder: see whats the matter. |" George remarked as he left the room He returned with four or five imple- nents that for all I know belonged to a kitchen range.
 He unfastened couple of screws and then-yes, and then! The case was full of snarled up springs. things that looked ike comb teeth and various odds and ends that one would never suspect hay ing been within 10 miles of the house a minute before. Tears ran down the checks of Georges wife and dropped in
 0n the cylinders.
 What are you trying to do-spoil and rust the works:" George asked. Then he
 lickered and dickered until he had about bushel of pieces of machinery strewn about. Georges wife retired.
 and I fell asleep oh a lounge. My host
 worked until o'clock in the morning , and then gave it up.
 , l left the next day. It was impossible [ for me to remain longer in the house with Georges inventive brain. It fairly ! crowded me out. The music box is now , in Geneva being fixed, the gas tip sprin- , kler keeps papers from flying about, and George is working on something that e can be used as a self adjusting car coup 2 Ter or a seltzer water rsiphon.-New York , Herald.
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