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He finally bought a good book about electricity. Soon the basement of the house at Port Huron was filled with many things beside printing presses. He used stove-pipe wire, and soon had a telegraph wire between the basement and the home of a friend.
Perhaps it was a good thing that all the children in the Edison family were not like Thomas. Had they been, the poor old house would scarcely have held them. But the mother was proud of all that Thomas did. She did not worry over the bottles, wires, strings, and printing presses.
hear from her boy some day. Afterwards he worked in several places.
About this time Thomas did a brave thing. The station agent at Mt. Clemens had a baby boy two years old. This baby crept on to the track in front of a train just coming in. Quick as thought, young Edison rushed to the track and saved the child at the risk of his own life. The baby’s father was very grateful and offered to teach Thomas telegraphy. Of course, Thomas was very happy, and accepted the offer.
He came to Mt. Clemens every evening, after working hard all day. He did so well that, in five months, he was given a position at Port Huron. He earned six and one-quarter dollars a week. He worked almost night and day, so that he might learn all he could about it.
His mother said that the world would
In Indianapolis, though not yet seventeen, he invented his first telegraph instrument. This was thought to be a great thing for so young a boy to do.
At last, he was obliged to walk nearly all the way to Louisville because he had no money. Here he was given a good position. He stayed several years.
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