The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-03-22

self sso'ebmsS favored TIE smhilioal
n' l's, sad hslpes bim Ia bis History o
y ibs Telegraph. be s,ys ei hin;
10 iited tbs boys looks. snd Il wss ess,
b 10 see that, tboash be s.s little, be ws'
IL foil ufspirt Tie hsd TOT been al N,
T. smotth ssen he bessn 70 ssk whether
~oulI teach bim 10 ,elesrspb. began "a
., iastruel bin sna iouod him 80 apt pupil
> he tpeni sll biz spsre time 10 practice.
y seeding sbd receiving by sound and no,
BY tape. ~ VS. largely che easlom ip
6 ,hU'e days Pretty soon be could do e.
well as | cool 3, The ker bosrt, aud then
, bic smbtlon carried him sssy beyond
dolns the dtads,ry Of messenger soft.
A. you loot b,ck npou u, said TO Mr..
Carnegie, do you consider tssi 80 losly .
b Sin log ls bstter than one little lees
tryiug'
For youtg meb sisiiins upon their life
work. II is much he bssl - begin as
did, 81 the besiDring. sud otcupy be
most subordinate positions Many OF the
: present day leading zen OF Pltsburg,
! who rose With me- bad serious respopsi
blhty itrnst upon Them at the very thtes
bold OF their careers. They we're iutto
duced TO the broom, snd spent the ttst
hours OF their bu iuess lie sweeping on,
the ciice | notice We have lipi'ors aud
Jani,itsses nov 10 fllces, aud our YONG
men. unfortunately, miss that sslntsry |
branch OF early educAiioa, Sull, would
say TO the boy who has the peDius OF the
future psrtber in hin. that IL by chance
the professional ssteper is absent any
mofDins. do not hesitate to Try your hind
al the b CON Il does not hurt the new
eel comer TO sweep out the cilice II neces
ssry.
Did yon2
Many's tie time. Add who 90 you sup
pote were my fellow sweepers2 David
McBateo ffterwsrd superintendent OF the
AlIeg heoy Valley Railroad, Robert Pit
csitu, eIierward superintendent Of the I
Penpsy lyauia Railroad. and Mr. Morsnd.
subsequently city kttoruey OF Pitsburg.
We all took turns, tso each morning, do
ing the sweeping, aud now ! remember
D4vie was go proud OF his clean shirt ]
bosom thSt be used 10 spread over 1t an 8
old silk bsndsnns handkerchief which be
kept for the purpose, and we other boys i
thongtt be was putting on airs. 50 be Q
was. None OF US had silk handkerchief. !,
After you had learned to telegraph. did b
you conei1er that you bad reached high
enouphP >
Not 10 the least. My father died just ut v
that time. aud the burden OF the support a
OF the family tell upon me became an N
operator st twenty FIVE dollars month, 81
. sum which seemed to me almost y tor n
time, earned little additional money IL
by copying ttlegraphic messages for the "
end managed 10 keep the fam "
ly indeprndent
More light on this period OF Mr. Gar III
iegies career is given By the Electric re
ige, u hich tsys He wos legrspb op di
rator abrees. Of older and experienced as
neu; and, although receiving messeuges m
" sound was at that time forbidden by N
utbority as being unsafe, young Carnegie e
uickly ecquired the art. and he can still OH
tand behind the ticker ana understand ly
ls language As an operator be delight ln
d 10 foil employ nent and tho promp' 10.
ischarse Of business. and big days Az
otk was bis chief pleasure. is
How long did you remain With the tele
rsph company pa
Until ! was given place by the Penn col
1lysnis Railroad Company. ma
As an operator? tas
At irst, uttil | shoKed how the tele fh
raph could minister TO railroad safety fro
Id success. Then | WAS made secretary fro
Thomas A. Scott, then superintendent, thu
ID not long at,erssrd, when Colonel der
sol. became vice president, was made
Iperlntendeut Of the western division OF | 81
e Penpsylvs ia II .iirosi iml
Thinking Of this period Of bis lie. one
/ ed Mr.. Carnegie il bis promotion was \
Il matter OF chance. and whether be nal
d not, OF tie time fe IL TO be 20. HIS mil
swer was emphatic bis
Never. Young men give all kinds of earl
ssons why. 10 their c,ses, fsiiore lie | Ell
lribut ,ble to exceptionsble circums,snc it'll
which render success impossible. littl
me never bad chance, according TO In
cir osn story. This is simply nonsense. goo
Young nsn ever lived who had not bnt
spc toe, II be wat ever employed at rare
/. He is esssyed 10 the mind OF bis i'm ves,
,diste Superior, from the day be begins pro
,tk, and, after time II he has merit, teri
i. esssyed iu the couocil cham bers Of irnt
e 6rm. His ability, honesty, habits. as hun
,isiion' temper. disposi,iop, all sre resu
il he'd end snelyz,d. The young man scar
10 neyet bad chsDce is the same yonng tboI
% who hss been canvsssed over and oy ,hot
spd over sgsiu by bis eupsriors and seni
md destitute OF necessary qualifications, pro-
is deemed unworlby Of closer relations Win
ID the firm, owing TO some objections bun
act. habit or association, Of which be "
night bis employers isoofsnt next
/ sounds trne your
/ is. Another cIsss OF Jouog men al Ia
,ates failure TO rice 10 employers hsv cbss
pesr rels,ives or favorites whom they OIL
,spce unfsiry Tbey slso insist that bad
IL employers dislike brighter iu,elli year
ices than TIER owp, ssd sre disposed lnve
discourage ssptros genius, sud delight 10
keeping yonnR men down. Ttere 10 Usfr