Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-01-10
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II is imbossibk3e Aafi ssna, When Peter
the Great determined on a voyage Of dis.
coyery, and Che cold and uninhabited re.
zion over which he rcigled furnished
nothing but some larch- trees to construct
vessels: But though the iron, the cordage,
the sails, and all that was necessary ex-
cept the provisions for yitualing them,
were 10 be carried through the immense
deserts Of Siberia down rivers of difficult
navigation, and along roads almost impak.
seble-ihe1Ming ,ra$ done; for tile CONF
mand If the sovereign and lhe perseverance
Of the people surmotmted every obsticle.
his imgoss;bIetSsaid some, us soon as
they heard Of the scheme of Oberlin. To
rescue his tpaiishoners from a halfAsavage
state, he determined 70 opena communities
ton with the l.igl, road to Strasbourg, so
that the .BFodaetins Of the Ban de la
Roche might lind amirket. Having as
semblcd tHc people, be proposed that they
should blast the rocks, and convey 4 s'lii-
cient quantity Of enormous masses 10 cons
I strudta wall for road, ab9uta mile and a
Ehalf 10 length, along Tie hanks Of q river
! Bruchc, aid build a bridge across il -
| The peasants were aStonished at his pro-
Eposition.. and pronounced it impraot icable;
and every one. excused himself on the
ground Of private business. He, hdweTer,
reasoned With them, and added the offer
| Of his own example. No SOONER had he
! pronounced these Words, than, with d pick
axe on his shoulder, he proceeded to the
spot, while the astonished peasants, aiiima7
ted and delighted by his noble example,
forgot all their EXCUSES, and ha$tened
with ONE consent % fetch their tools to
follow him. At length every obstitle> was
surmounted-walis were erected to support
the earth, which appeared ready to give
way noulItain torrents, which had hith
erto indundated. die meadows, were di-
vertcd into courses, or received into beds
sufficiently ID contain them -ttnd tie Hing
rus dome. The bridge. still bcaFs the
name of ths Bridge Of Charity.n
Il Is, impaSsi6gei Said some, As they look.
ed at the inpenetrable forests which Gov
cred the rugged fahks and deep gofgcs Of
Mount Pilatus, in Switzerland, and leatk-
encd 10 the daring plan Of mta II, t,;,, -,
Rpp,--to d3nyert tthe he rink Of Lncer "p
Of the nao.a'4nlaHaikrlyFninr miles. Without
oclng dlscsufagfd By their ordinations
ne formed 4 slide o. trough of twenty,
four thollsalld pine lrccv. siz feet brrx%J
and from three 10 six feet deep. and III
slide, which was completed = RIO anJ 1
called the SLIDE Of Alpnach, washS., r1 %,,
It's length was forty 7four thousand En..l;s.,
feet. Ithad to be conducted over roek~t!l
or along thGir sides, or under ground, or
over deep places where it was sustained
b. scafoldings; and yet sill and perseve-
a1ce overcome every obsticle-and Tie
Mia1 ,cGS dine. TIE trees rolled down
from the mountain into the lake with won
derful rapidly. The 'hrge pines, which
were about IDne hundred feet long, ran
through thc$pace ofeight miles and a third
in about six minutes. ~ gentleman who
saw this great work. says, that ~"tsuch was
the speed with which a tree Of the krgcst
size passed any given point, that he could
only strike a$,i rlshes by, however quick
ly he attempted to repeat the blow.
Say not hastily, then, II is impossiblet
Il may be soto 10 D thing in an hour, n
day, or a week: or by thoughtlessness,
careessncss, of Incidence; but to act with
wisdom, energy, and perseverance, isAo
insure success. "'rime and PATIENCE"
says Spanish anthor,, "make the m1lbqr-
ry-leaf satin.'' and another remarks, that
"care and industry oeverything. Rec.
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