Show honor comes too lato late to interest inventor it if there was ever tin an unfortunate inventor it was old jim fitch the genius of 0 philadelphia who plied piled the delaware river in a steamboat ot of his own design rind and construction 22 years before the fulton effort on the hudson fitch spent years in working out his idea and did it with a considerable degree of success but he was it a very humble member of society given to minor spells of self belf indulgence so go that he was never taken seriously by anyone and no hand was raised to help him on the contrary he met with opposition and misfortune 0 one de blow after another fell upon his shoulders and finally he be gave up and wondered wandered wand souta sonth where he live lived d a while rind then died and was burled there the story of its his setback Is a long one the enly recognition that he ever received Is about to be bestowed upon him in the shape of a celebration by his descendants which will be held at an early date but it Is a little too late to be of any interest to old jim fitch washington star |