The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-12-10
DAYTON AND MICHIGAN RAIL.
ROAD.


70 an other column io-day's paper may
be found the procee dlnRs Of a Railroad
Convention held al Piqua, 5th inst. l,
will be seen that il the citizens Of Henry
take hold Of this project III earnest some
thing will be done and the location Of the
road will probably be through this county
10 this place. The inhabiiants Of Put.
nam county, we understand, will sub
scribe large amount 10 have il touch al
kalida, if il does, this town is on nearly
as direct line as mentioned for the road
10 cross the Mautnce river. and the ex-
psnse Of building bridge, grading, Sc,
would not be as heavy as other places
mentioned. The road, il is thought, can
be secured, but in order to, measures
must b, taken imm sdiately.
The citizens Of Defiance, have been
and are making exeriions 10 have this
road touch them, but this would make
the distance 10 Toledo, foo great, and
the additional benefit too small TO induce
the Directors 10 locate TITO that place
the main thing nowadays with Railroad
IL jeclors is 10 fake the shortest andsm, 8.
convenient route from one point 10 ano,h-
er. The locating Of the road TO Defiance
is undoubtedly out of The question.
GiIead, is the only place, at present,
we have 10 contend Nth where uadoubi-
edo The road will cross tie river, if II
does not at this place. The citizens Of
this county then must be on the alert. If
il crusses at this place il passes through
as rich land as there is in the county, and
will greatly enhance il in value, This,
citizens Of Henry, will probably be The
last opportunity YOU will have ofsecnring
as important accession 10 the county,
which will flocated here; when the build
ing Of the road is commenced. enhance
the value Of property Al least fifty per
cent. Bring in capitalists, and every
kind ofbusiness will go on swimmingly.
You have /, in you power to do some
thing towards the location Of this road
through the county. Make an exeftion
whether yeu get it or nos,--there 10
nothing like trying.-.Napoleon North
West.
GEoLceY-- Webster and Kent.--Mr.
Webster attended Commencement at
Dartmouth College in l643, and IN an
animated conversation upon geology and
the kindred sciences, with the professor
in that department, lamented his inabil-
ty, for want Of time, TO read learned
works on geology, in which he was deep
Ily interested, and remarked that he bad
done the next best and only thing he
could, viz: he had requested the late Prof.
Fredrick Hall (founder OF 0 professorship
ofgeo!ogy and minefalogy in the college,)
then residing in Washington, to build up
the suorId for him, with the specimens in
his cabinet, and he had thus obtained
mos, valuable views on geology which he
could have acquired in no other way /
The late Chancellor Kent was enihn-
siasiic in the study Of geology, and had
doubtless, after retiring from the boncb,
more leisure than Mr.. Webster for snch
reading. The writer accompanied him
and the ladies' Of Ills family, through the
cabinet Of Yale College, a, the Com
meucemeni Of 1881. While the latter
fingered with delight at the cases Of
splendid and attractive crystalized OF poll
ished minerals, the Chancellor hardly
noticed them, bu, gave all his attention
10 the various collections of fossils lie
had read various authors on the subject,
and as he passed successfully the tertiary
fossils, and those Of the chalk, and par
.icu!arly the Welden, his expressions
were strong and frequent. lie scanned
the fossils Of the remaining formations.
oolite and lias, new red, carboniferous ,
&c, with increasing interest till he came
10 The SiIurian. Then pointing with en-.
phasis TO large block from the State OF
| New York, made up almost wholly Of
fossils, he exclaimed, "Mr. II. how OLD
lis that" ssSureIy. sir, | canno. say.''
| He sejoinsd, with a powerful sweep Of
his right arm, 81 would give anything |
have in the porld to know how OLD that
t;s.n 5, ,5 ge45u0 q iaoaal0 ig. Is,
Il As an evidence of,he efE,rt he mado
TO become acquainted with tho subject,
/ The remarked, II have rewritten from
, memory, three tines, Prof. Silliman's
] Appendix (outline ofleetures) TO Bake
wells geology. glsae gaaa
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