Tesla's Mother

The mother of Tesla, the famous electrician, found her lot cast in a very wild country, far from any of the conveniences of civilization. She had, however, inherited an inventive spirit from her father, an inventor and constructor of machinery, and she resolutely made good the deficiencies in her home by constructing nearly all the articles needed in her household, and without objects from which to copy. She planted hemp and flax, took out the fiber, spun the thread and then made her own loom preparatory to weaving. The cloth produced by her varied from the heaviest grades suitable for winter clothing to fine pieces suitable for embroidery.