Edison : his life and inventions . the family has always felt the strongest attach-ment, but the association with Milan has neverwholly ceased. The old house in which Edison wasbom is still occupied (in 1910) by Mr. S. O. Edison,a half-brother of Edisons father, and a man of markedinventive ability. He was once prominent in theiron-furnace industry of Ohio, and was for a timeassociated in the iron trade with the father of thelate President McKinley. Among his inventions maybe mentioned a machine for making fuel from wheatstraw, and a smoke-consuming device. This birthplace of Edison remains th
Edison : his life and inventions . the family has always felt the strongest attach-ment, but the association with Milan has neverwholly ceased. The old house in which Edison wasbom is still occupied (in 1910) by Mr. S. O. Edison,a half-brother of Edisons father, and a man of markedinventive ability. He was once prominent in theiron-furnace industry of Ohio, and was for a timeassociated in the iron trade with the father of thelate President McKinley. Among his inventions maybe mentioned a machine for making fuel from wheatstraw, and a smoke-consuming device. This birthplace of Edison remains the plain, sub-stantial little brick house it was originally: one-storied, with rooms finished on the attic floor. Beingbuilt on the hillside, its basement opens into the rearyard. It was at first heated by means of open coalgrates, which may not have been altogether adequatein severe winters, owing to the altitude and the north-eastern exposure, but a large furnace is one of themore modem changes. Milan itself is not materially 20. EDISON AS A CHILD EDISONS PEDIGREE unlike the smaller Ohio towns of its own time orthose of later creation, but the venerable appearanceof the big elm-trees that fringe the trim lawns tellsof its age. It is, indeed, an extremely neat, snug littleplace, with well-kept homes, mostly of frame con-struction, and flagged streets crossing each other atright angles. There are no poor—at least, everybodyis apparently well-to-do. While a leisurely atmos-phere pervades the town, few idlers are seen. Someof the residents are engaged in local business; someare occupied in farming and grape culture; others areemployed in the iron-works near-by, at stores and places of public resort are gatheredabout the square, where there is plenty of room forhitching when the Saturday trading is done at thatpoint, at which periods the fitful bustle recalls theold wheat days when young Edison ran with curiosityamong the six and eight horse teams that had broughtin g
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