The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-19
Inventor Belts Story lot II N the We:
man Who Became His Wife
Brought theHFIrst Great sue.
cess to the sTetephone. "


at a recent 4 receptton&in Washing
ton, heard one of the most interest,
ing romances Of modern industry that
has ever been. brought to my notice.
1T was related by a stalwarts gentle
man with bushy.S gray hair, flowing
beard and sparkling brown eyes and
telling took no more than fifteen min.
utes, thoughSit Is a hlstoryt;of "a com.
plete revolution In modern business
accomplished BY, the narrator, DR.. Al
exander Graham Bell, the inventor OF
the telephone, says J.. NJ. Chapple5 In!
the National Magazine
The doctor Is a Scotchman and like
many Of his countfymen Is ambitious,
He told me lle had dreamed of being,
n great composer and gathered that
in his YOUTH he had aspired; to sur.
pass oven the great Beethoven him!
self; but his carny Scotch father
seems to have considered musician us
another term for&'ne' er,de weel,%, and
especially dislikod the idea Of his sons
being a "wdo bit tldilcr.''g5 Tho young
mans attention then turned toward
the education OF the deaf and dumb
and in this work no was absorbed
when he commenced The line oil stud
los which led to the invention OF tho
telephone. 1t was about this same
time that he was paying court TO a
young lady who aftorward became his
wife. Her father was In charge OF
i the Massachusetts exhibit at the Cen
biennial Exhibition III 1876. land initiis
1 way DR. Bell had an opportunity Of
placing heforc the people tho wonder,
ful5scientllc toys which had n place
| In the Massachusetts building,
But II was tho Irresponsible son OF
the house, Willie Hubbard, who seem
ed 10 take special interest in the work
| that Whlled away the leisure hours Of
| Ills NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and 1T was
1. he who enthusiastically mastered the
working details OF the wonderful ut
il tie instrument which has since almost
!, reyoluiionizcd the means OF inter
course between business men, anf
given 10 spoken Language an gun
dreamed.of value. But the story II
best told In Dr. Bells own animated
j way n
I 81 was not muck Interested In hay
i Ing my invention represented In Phil
! adelphia$ but Mr.iEfubburd was deter
mined, and equally determined wa
! Ehis daughter So the time came fo
4 the committee Ito give the final $.decl
I sion as to whether or. not the tele
/, phone .shonld be permitted toiSaI
!. pear as an exhibit. l.received d telc
!: gram to the effect that I must com
to Philadelphia not later than the fo
! flowing Sunday. AS j was In tn
!, midst OF examinations at my schoc
. Iifelt that could not so. That sam
afternoon there came a message II
!. forming me that the young lady wa
9 going, and was to see her off. ! al
$ peared at the station in Boston !
I. good time, and Just as the train wa
7 about to start she suddenly burst ii
I to tears. This was too much for me
!, sprang on the train and before
!. knew Il was fastening away to PHIL
i delphla. Then my situation cam
il home TO me and recalled that }ha
!, no baggage and was entirely unpr'
pared for any lengthy stay; but m
companion quietly assured me thi
:, willie would attend to all that" Gan
i, that lrrepressible brother Of he,