Baggagemen and brakemen wrote articles for it.
George Stephenson, who built a great bridge at Montreal, liked it so
well that he ordered an extra edition for his own use.
Everybody liked it.
The "London Times" spoke of it as the only paper in the world
published on a railway train.
But the "Grand Trunk Herald" had a sad ending.
Do you know what phosphorus is?
It is a substance which will take fire of itself if not kept under
water.
Tom's bottle of phosphorus was thrown to the floor by the jolting of
the car.
Soon everything was on fire.
The conductor rushed in and threw all the type and chemicals out of
the car.
He also gave the young chemist a thrashing.
Poor Thomas gathered up what was left.
He put his things in the basement of his father's house.
Thomas's father now lived at Port Huron.
Thomas always slept at home.
He now printed another and a larger journal.
This was called the "Paul Pry."
In this he published an article which one of his subscribers did not
like.
The angry man, meeting Thomas on the banks of the St. Clair River,
picked him up and threw him in.
Thomas was a good swimmer and reached the shore in safety.
But he did not care for the printing business any more.
During the four years in which Thomas Edison was a train-boy, he had
earned two thousand dollars and given it all to his parents.
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