Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-03


I Ela3,, 1853. 70 ,'ossvod ,slA sos
|. .lel1id saa ss.als as.dg Il yh,s l.e q
.e.ys.5" It Is Impossible,', 1''Sa ga
...It is impossible said. some one
when Peter. the Great determined on
voyage. OF, discovery; and the cold ant
suninhabited region over which he reign.
ed. furnished nothing but some larch.
trees 10 construct hts svessel b Bal
though the iron, the cordrge, the sails,
and oalpo that NV as saanecessafy,G except
thes provisions sfor ss siotualing them.
werestosbe .cazriedtbrough the I'm me nse
deserts Of Siberia down rivers ofb bdifii.
cult ma nayigation,aad alopg roads almost
impossible, the thing. Yas. done., for the
command Of the sovereign, aud the per-
severance Ta Of i.,,hes the .people, salmounted
every obstacle. eS he'at ls's@'
nit Is iinapossibrst said Some, as
soon as they heard Of a Scheme of'Obers
Inns To rescue hisparishioners from
hail savage state, ,Yhe deteraa inedsto open
COMMUNICATIONS with.th high road
toStra sbousg; ;;sonthatuthe sproducsiea, of
the Ban de la Roche might, find a mar
ke.s Having assembled the people, he
proposed that they should blast, the
rocks, and convey q sufficient quantity
OF enormous masses to construct a wan
for . road, about mile and a half ia
length, along che banks Of the river
Brdche, and buildgas sbridge across it. iss
TIE peasants were astonishedat his
propositions, and pronounced itimprac-
tcable;a and every one excused shimselJ
opsahe ground of private business = He.
however, reasoned with them,, and ,ad,,
ded the offer, of his own example. No
sooner had he erprononnced these words,
than with ;pickaxe, on his, shoulder,
he. proceeded to the, spot, while The as
tonished peasants. afiimated by his 'ex-
ample, forgot 'iheir excuses, ana hasten-p
ed with one consent to fetch their tools
to follow him Atidengsh'eve sobsta-
cle was ssurnounieds-wa walls swere q erect-s
ed1to support the earth, which appea red
ready TO giYelway--mountain 4 torren
which had hiihersosinundated the mead.
ows,s were diverted into courses, or re-
ceiyed into beds Sufficient to, contain
Iaem-and the thing was done. The
bridge still bears the name Of the
bridge OF Chart ty..a saiafs sfaTG asd' air
l"ftsis impossible.'' said some sastheya
looked at the i'm penetrabiei fores sswhachs
covered therug uggeasfianks1 "a nd deep soris
yes OF eMounts X liatus, in. sSwitzerlapas,
and harkened to. .stheg daring aplan, Of a.
man nameds Dappgto conyey the, pines
from hetop s!ofi the mouniain, 10 the
Lake Of Lucerns, a distance of nearly
nine miles, Without being. discouraged
BY their exc1amatiions, he formed d Slide
OF trough oftwehty -fouf Thousand pine
trees, 81 feet Broad, and from threes 4 e
six feet deep this'slide, w hich wi as
inslSl2, and called othe slide
Aipasch. was kept moistss Its slenglh,
was sfprty- four thousaad English CUBIC
feets ut hhd hdbto be co nduct ted over rocks,
or alpeg their sides, or under ground,
or ave sadeep places. where it had, to be
sustained by huge scal'oldings-aud yet
skill and perseverance, oyercame every
obstacle. and the thing was done! The
trees rolled down from the mountain
into the TAX with wonderful ssra pidity. |
The larger pines, which werei Bout a
Kindred feet long. ran through the space
81 eight miles in about six iminutesai-A |
ssatleaanl who sawreiris gre at swosk
says ssuch wasgthe speed, with which "a
lfeeaof the iargesssizespassed nysgiven
poinfs that he could only strike il once
with "a stick, as itwrushed by. however
attempted 70 eFepeal the blew,'
osSay not, chastity, then, ss'Itis impossi-
BILE. .pmk may be-so rtodo q thingrin ap
hosE, a dag & or a asweek,, or, by Thoughts
lessne ,scalelessness,. and ipdolence-
oa!.lo act with wisdom, energy, and |
is to insure success
Time ana patience." says a spanish
author. smakes the mulberry-ieaf satin!a 4
And another remarks thar, scare and I'M 4
lpstty DO every thing."-2F Facts,o not
Fn6fesTns nas ssssszoa 5El u s5sG.& kiIp |
e stsv.sts,-.- -E.---.-.-.- - i
iAAsseeIATIoN OF IpEAs.-7Crying chill
iren in, church ere usually considered
IS npisances. and taken. out. but the
following ,anecdote ffom the Ladies
for April shows tha: the rnfe
is not universat: e'@ o'Ay1&R hta sa
sea Brother. iussyTetntned from Cali
fornia says he was present I'M the con-
grega tion Of a ibrother i0wen,i Mhensaa
babe in the arms of its mother began