Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-08-02
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\ eagerly does the dntlquaI ~ uuiVH tnC u" :
lly discovered papyrus, that reveals an ear
lIier chapter in a nations history, or the
existence of some hitherto unknown race
The farther back the new record carries
him, the deeper is his interest and enthu-
siasm. Such developments OF lost races
and lost ges in the worlds history, are
continually rewarding the labors. of the
geoogisls and in point OF antiquity, |
had almost said, that the most ancient
event in chronology, the six days work OF
creation. is the most recent in geology.
From that beginning of registered time,
we wander back through cycles OF dura.
ltion, which we can measure only by
succession OF events, and not by chrome
logical dates, except 10 be assured that they
are inconceivably long; and yet, the rel
les OF those early periods are as fresh as
if entomhed yesterday. The fossil rep
! tile, or fish, or shell, nay, even their
most delicate parts, are as perfect as when
Falive; although tens. aud perhaps hun
dreds of thousands Of years have rolled
away since they died. We see their foot,
marks following one another in regular
succession, as distinct as those OF living
animals upon the snow and mud and even
the .pltlering of shower, That fell thous-'
mds OF ages ago, is as fresh before US, as
| if every drop had been instantly petrlfied.
In short, there passes before US series of
distinct creations Of organic beings, adapt
ed 10 the varying condition of our planet;
each. successive group becoming more and
more perfect, until every thing in nature
was prepared for the existing races, with
man as the crown Of all.
Such Developments as these are no
longer TO be regarded as The dreams OF dis
ordered fancy, but as the sober and legiti-
mate deductions of science. And what
large and refreshing views do they pre-
sent of The plans aud the benevoIence o.
the Deity They open back vista as far
and wide into the orcana of time. as as
Honomy discIoses into the arcana ofspace.
They show US that the brief space ofman's.
! existence on the globe, is bot one of the
UNITS of vast series of cycles that have
passed already away and the time is at
hand, when geology, equally with astron-
ony, will be celebrated for lis power lib
eraIizing The mind, aud filling it with no.
! bic conceptions of the universe and lis H.
| finite Author. S,rely, in such ennobling
thoughts, the geoIoglst finds a rich reward
for all his tolls SiLimans Journal.
A GREAT SEcRET.-"Iow do you do,
Mrs. Tome? Have you heard that sto-
ry, Mrs, Lurdy 81
why no, really, Mrs. Cab, what is
/ ii do tell !"
10 promised not to tell for the world
! No, | must never tell on't' [ ~ afraid
it will get out"
20, III never tell on t as long as l
live, just as true as the world, what is
linz C,me. tell"
Nov you won't say any thing about
twill you2
/ ,"No, / viii never open my head a.
bout i, sacredly. Hope to die this min :
ule.' j. I'LL" r.. - .":-=.. -. i:
"Well, if you believe me, Mrs. Fun
day told me last night Mrs, Frot told
her that her sisters husband was told
by one who saw it, that Mrs. Troubles
oldest daughter tod Mrs. N:chins that
she heard Mrs. Putefog tell Naomi
Blute that miIiner told her that BUS
TIES were going out of fashion. !.
JUDGMENTS. james the Second when
Duke of York, made visit to Milton
1.-The poet, and asked him if he did not think
: the loss of sight wars judgment upon
him for what he had Written against his
father Charles the Firs,2
! The poet answered, if his Highness
thought his loss Of sight judgment upor
him, he wished TO know what he though
) of his fathers losing his head?
!: There is more glory IN the fields o
wheat. and rich golden harvest, than ii
the bate field, stained with its mangIet
: corpses. mashed by the hoofs eff tn,
! fierce charger, where the roar of the can
; non aud trumpet is all but hushed a
midst the groans of The wounded ant
. the dying.
A FAIR The rich mus
: be convinced, That while they live sumpt
uously, and while the poor are I'D Will
) a few of the scaDty crumbs which fall
from their table, they act quite contrar,
to the spirit of that Gospel, which they SAL
they believe. It is moi in nature or rea
l. son that one man should destroy $4,000
q year. and another should be left wi:hou
the common necessiries of life. No; ev
4 cry creature which nature has forme
q with a mouth and digestive powers, ha
e an equal right to participate of her bless
. ings.-C Candid Philosopher.
A correspondent Of The Albany Cultiva
i or s,ys his horse was cured Of inflma
tion in the eye by the following treatment
v. j" Take sassaffas twigs of one yeaf'
D. growth !, take the inner bark handful /
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