JOHN- ERICSSON. 



to tell ; his wortr represents his life ; he does not go much into 

 society, nor does he invite society to visit him at his home and 

 workshop in Beach Street, New York. His amusements are 

 found in his work. His habits are simple in the extreme, and 

 unvaried ; he takes gymnastic exercise in the morning after a 

 cold bath, and walking exercise in the evening from ten till 

 twelve. He is strictly temperate in his eating and drinking, 

 and does not use tobacco ; it says much for this mode of life 

 when it is remembered that he is seventy-six, and is still 

 vigorous in body and mind. Captain Ericsson is a widower 

 and childless, but he has nephews living who have distinguished 

 themselves in various ways. 



It seems hard to believe that Ericsson was one of the 

 pioneers in the early days of locomotives, that he competed 

 against Stephenson, and was unsuccessful, and that in these 

 later days he still leads the van of progress in the line ot 

 inventions wliich he has taken up. 



