The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-06-03
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The Man In the Moon.

| Ma Ep,rop Our talented lecturer aud
successful demonstrate Of b. ol"Ay. Pro-
Ha'e-hlls more than a co uu,n ~,uuT
valua ie, INVALUABLE journal with a most
sarcastic and a"lous repnse pI what |
| intended partially some prid ne OF bis
fayor,te science. Q do BIZ ooQy and Incl
IDENTIFY to renilnt BIN. Very deicateI,l Of
| the proprIety OF 'eIral,,ing from misrtpre-
sen''ng OF encunclng those VII give evi-
dence Of seeing as lar rtu the mrlstou. =
at least, as himself, il not Infinitely further
! regret therefore that he should have al
ludei to my remarks a the envrnotDpd
shafts Of rldcuIe, iaxertive or malice y /
assure h'us VI 4 however might differ
from him or others on scientific subjects
tor any othel- entertain only Fri, nd Y
feelings tor h,nssnl II and enthusiastic desires
tor the success Of s"ience
But a. i Uavist true champion Of sci
auce ~ the widest sasse. and ,ush,e is as due
Z, hlm as any one ef@e l,of II says hp
simply expresses his opinion, &c, but
hs must see that he did uw,e il he is not
hopelessiy Moon struck y j. q he asserted
aud ye-assr,fe2 at the State House. and re-
lterates IN the Comet that bavls claims
IN his clal'voyant s.sre to have taken a
" trip 10 t Moon " described its ,nhabi-
tan's, vegetation county, rivers, Be, aud
Shat the narrative of the voyage is pub
'shed IN his first work, Natuef's RevelIa-
tons (les;-2ny suppose the uncooth
spelling Of ~ work ratued is quoted re,-
baf'" ct hf,nt,n. allow me TO say that such
blunder does not occur through out the
whole vi Davis work s-ahout three thou
sand large pagesl fer ransarkng that
work aud three others oI his 10 prore mn
" esante" by ,tadlu, the account as
sert with rene wed assurance that no such
descriptions is tler" nor am of the moon
and | respectfully Challenge Prof IT. IT,
I"'nt il out, or anyb dy eW.
The Improvements in optical instru-
ments 81 late years have enabled asirono-
mers to almost authorliallre)y assert that
the Moon is not ,nhnbfed hy any living | g
IngS Light and shtdow. vulcanlc appear
ances, craters. hili. and ho'lows, etc are
distinctly seen, but no seas. rivers, forests.
a. luals, and hrlIeve little ~ no atlnps-
phsre ca" be distinguished, not because Of
the ii tauc. b It because III are not there
This view IS snppo,trjrt DAVIS. 50 Tar as
present day, the n.s@t advanced and ali.
avtca' philosopher. incline to The hel'.i
that the c 'sln"ggfiy oi the hca, en- is the
de' elolement u what is known as tn.
" NebuIar tbei~y of the universe, which
suppose> ttas the suns aud sysans OF I'M
mensltv Wyie al one time IN an igneo6s
state Of r.ror, then condensed TO liquid fire,
then, NJ further cooling solid suria es nj a
rocky ~ mineral character existed. then |
SOIL ard water, then atmosphere thes 1eg.
etastn then animals and finally man ~
peers as The crow nllig piece OF creation -
\ ne dpprhranres OF the muon are in haru,o-
ny with th,s view and quote from Mr.
Davis co'roboratlve evidence In treat
ins OF electricity, he says. ca ualy. the
moon, winch IS now IN mineral state,
harf"g ndramed no fu,the, in geological de-
veIopements, emit MT the leas, patti, 10 Of
heat 1t IL perfectly pIectrirai-cnnse-
queutly it is cold, &c (t,r. Har. vol /
= 9o) Davis does moi say that he epe, lrn
this snhunary abode to gp ans! de scribe a,y
Moon, Sun or Planet, any more than HRS
rhel, Taller, Ross or lie Verrler who have
're'ghed and MEASURED them and described
their Seasons, &c
The redoub'able professor after appl, ing
70 my unimpressihle organism with
sr'ug dose Of his Linn, caushr bows him
selt formally out OF my audience by bid
ling me firal G,eu," from which infer
ne began to see the "ho,ns of d,ien,-
M coming that would be difficult to
: lasso" as he did the horns of the silver
moon the other night when the a,ton,shed
Biologees found it to be huge
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