EULOGY. 11^ 



fourteen, he became an apprentice to the printing busi- 

 ness, in the office of Mr. Lyons, in Rutland. 



When the youth, possessing the quahties that are to 

 ennoble the future man, has silenced all mental debate, 

 by his irrevocable determination as to what particular 

 pursuit or calling the great energies of his life shall be 

 devoted, he immediately applies himself, with unwearied 

 ardor and assiduity, to carry into full effect his firm, 

 high, undeviating resolve. 



The young apprentice distinguished the first four years 

 of his term by a close, assiduous, and unremitted, atten- 

 tion to the attainment of the printing art. At the end of 

 that period, such had been his devotion to business, that 

 he had acquired as perfect a knowledge and mastery of 

 the routine and all the details of that art, as are ordina- 

 rily acquired by others, during the entire term of their 

 apprenticeship. Conscious of the sufficiency of these 

 attainments, and entertaining a realizing sense of the 

 immense value of time, especially to the young, he suc- 

 ceeded, at the expiration of the first four years, in pur- 

 chasing of Mr. Lyons the unexpired three years of his 

 regular term, and thus, at the age of eighteen, he was 

 ready to exchange the apprentice for the journeyman ; 

 and to earn, in the latter capacity, sufficient to pay the 

 expense of the exchange. He immediately found his 

 way to the city of New York, and was there laboring, 

 as a journeyman, during the desolating ravages of the 

 yellow fever. He subsequently worked, as a journey- 

 man, with Mr. McDonald, of this city, and was a short 

 time at Walerford and Lansingburgh, until June, 1797, 

 when he formed a connexion in business with Mr. Moffit, 

 of Troy, and commenced the publication of the ' Troy 

 Budget.' This was continued until September, 1801, 

 when, at the age of twenty-three, he married Miss Susan 

 Pierce, of Troy, and immediately removed to Pough- 

 keepsie, where, in connexion with Mr. Joiner, he com- 

 menced the publication of a weekly paper, called the 

 'Guardian.' This was continued about a year ; after 

 which, he entered into another copartnership, and com- 

 menced the pubhcation of the ' Pohtical Banner.' This 



