Logan Republican | 1908-05-09 | Page 6 | Boy Originated Safety Pin

Boy Originated Safety Pin. "Ti e originator ot tho safety-pin,' said i c Historian ot, Inventions, "was a lltti; uoy, an English blacksmith's son. "The little boy Harrison by name had to look after his baby brother. The baby often cried, ,and Its tears were usualh to be traced to pin punctures. punc-tures. The boy nurse . tried a long tlmo to bend pins Into such a form that they could bo used with safety to his brother's flesh. i "in this ho failed; l.ut his father, tho blacksmith, perceived tho utility of the Idea the lad had -been at work on, took It up on his own account, and eventually turned out tho safety-pin that Is in use to-day all over tho world." 'A