The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-01-03

avish? Nay. nay. But he cas- on. The sub
stance of tie LAND. and every dollar ne sacrl-
fees on the ai:ar OF VANITY, returns him thou
sands as a re"olnp-nse When viii America
learn wisdom? -A.milton Lateiiigsncer.
Rich Letter Astronomy.
Ethan Spike. Esq, Of Horribly Me. writes
the following letter to the Portland Trans
eript. descriptive OF matters ana things IN that
part of tile country Our readers will enjoy
his amusing report OF the lecture on As'Tono-
my;
Mister EIIitur:-Purhaps il htterery
pint Of view our town haint bin 80 torreri
rs she ortev When Polvtic> and the mil
iagrsry interest has bin carried turder perhaps
;han in ennv other place on the lrth. Yet, ex-
cep,in' nv own case ljteratoor hasn't gone
beyond horse hand riten' de single rule OF
three FerloSofy has been kwo;ed in this
market below pork; Syunce has'n compared
with Sydtr string beans las generally sot
hirher than stronomy: letters led sri5.ernom-
erlry aud punkIus wa ahed of poeray.
Naow. haowever. the tables is turned bottom
side under. Syunce is giz'
We've got Lyseum. The cry OF letters
is begun, the tree OF nolhdge IS sprouted. III
terlect biles matter-that ere interlect
which has been dormoU~e IS naow reused like
a sleepy lion gittin away from Jordan.
The first Iector of the season was gin last
mite by Jeemes Peeboddy, who's been one
quarter to an acadamary.
Gineral subjec-STs oaoaY.
Pertickler ditto--CoMICs,
l hahn time to gin you more'n digestive
Of the lector.
Jeemes begun by observing that eff emmy
boldly supposed that the stars war'nt heep
bigger than they look't, they was almighty
behind hand. WHY, SEE he, thar's that ar
lcetle sinner called Satan, SEE he, don't look
tigger than tatur. and yit. accordin' 10
Alys--who knose the hevuuly boddv's
jist as well as | kno faather--lis sumwhat
bigger than the hull kounty OF Oxfurd An
the littlest star you kin pick aout. is bigger
nor kart wheaI. At this pint, Decon Elder
berry riz, and said this was goin' too fur,
twas regler bla>feen1y. kon.rary to seriptur.
an a5in kommen sens. Then he tuck his hat
an cleered. tust spittin aout his terbackker
kud as testymuny agln the doctrin.
After speaking of the milky way -which
he said was longer than the Cumberland or
Oxturd Canawl-an the moon, which tn .
onlarn't Consider 70 l. a ~monstros green
cheez. but which svunce demonstrated to be
jackerl- lanturn large scale, the lecturer
proceeded to the pertickeier part OF his sub
jek.
COMICS OR BLAzIN' STARS.
Comics. says Jeemes says he-aye of two
kinds, the Tame and the Wild The fuSt is
peacable-tother amt. The fust one is made
OF cid moons amt fl for service. and is
called by the one edika.ed shootin stars. but
We OF the schools calls call EN- motors. This
difference led the speaker to remark that
larnin is every thing.
The wild kind. SEE Jeemes is different
crltur, being kumposed of Modulus matter
hyfautin ga~S, Oxide of cast iurn, an salts
OF harmonic. makes Ii highly salvage and on
sarsun. They fust appeard about Deuteron-
omv or perhaps a lltile later IN the year SIX.
and was di>kYered spontaneously from Hoort-
land Ob>ersators and Pompee's piler in
Rooshy. They are pesky things. says he
oilers gettin up wars. hurrvkanes end airth
kwake>. &c. OneaSv aud restless, travellin'
about faster than raIe- rode, bu; never reach
ing anywhere in perlickelrr. Kinder loomi-
ina.el Peter Rugs, Mighty on~artn. they
ar-can't be depended on. Fa her Miller.
engaged one to do a pertickeer job for this
old wore out world OF ourn in 1913, but it
probably got better farms somewhereS else.
and thal ID remains ondone 10 this day.
Bat now saws Jeemes, We come to consider
their tales Them. SAYS be- is ras numcIu>
Talk about the moons ..wondrous tale -
Way tie tales of all the p!anics IN the cider
cal heavin-< would ut make one for fuss
rate wild comic. Longer than the magnetic
paragraph aad wider than Sehsgo pond. they
stretched about over The universal kanefpv
in the Unlimited un5aci;y OF either, now
swcepin' down among the elon gate coucaYi-
ties Of diurnal convexities and agin sorein
uperds Till lost in the CRATE hyperion
Jeemes was 50 used up by this peoration,
that he hal to be carried home on cheer
This morning, however. he was as well as
could be expected. and eff c nvaescence don't
set in he'll be abou. in a day or two.
ETHAN SPIKE.