Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-15

me, ana Ill show you how the topl
crust of the world is formed, and how
the remains Of extinct animals get to
be mixed with it. Only, if Mrs. B.
should by chance 20 to the chest be-
fore the experiment is finished-O
those women those women!
"But now Smith, as you've a cold,
and can't 90 to the hills, I'll show you
how a geoloyist need go no farther
than his own room for a study of in
comparably the most glorious Of sci
ences. I'll give you to-day only an
elementary lesson. When l come
next well 60 into the thing more COM
pletcly. Now look hcre,"- down came
the hammer on corner of my man.
tlepiece.-"I break off this little bit of
metamorphic rock; the character has
been destroyed by polishing, but now
what beauty have not revealed
'*Boulder," l cried, "give me your
hammer. Let me send it down into
the hail."
"Thank you, thank you'll shall be
going presently. 'Tis not worth while.
DISMISS from your mind what l was
just saying about aqueous rocks. A.
bove the igncous you have the meta
Phoric--you have, to speak Familiarity,
the mantlepiece upon the paper-weight,
and not the papcr-weight upon the
mantle piece"
81 have, have Il"
"TO be sure you have. Heat and
the pressure of the superintendent
strata have given to these metaphoric
rocks their crystalline appearance, tho
it is believed that they were once de.
posited by water, and contained fos-
sils Of which all trace has been extin-
Iguished. Well, then, Smith, on the
top Of the metamorphic rocks, on the
top Of the mantle:piecc, we place Sir
l>oderick Murchison.'' -.
"Can it be possible -
"Ycs, Murchison and the Siluria,,
i rocks defined and discovered by him.
They used to be called, along with
some others, the Grcywacke forma-
ton" ~
! 80 indccd!'' 49,.
eyes. Here We have certain sand
stones, shalcs, limcstones, flagstoncs,
land the states near Bala. By; Jove
Smith, you've a slate top to that con.
-Isolc table. If it should be Silurian,
you happy dog ! if it should be silu:
Il Up lcaped my friend and up leaped
II, but not in time to save the chipping
of a rather costly bit of furniture. i
"Boulder," cried, hoarse with rage
and rheum together, ''brcak another
:, piece Of furniture, and we are enemies
for evcr!'
!, "Ah, my boy, You have your enthus.
,asm yet to come. III promise to
break nothing of any value. But OF
what value are these precious polished
specimens of yours? Their values
doubled when they show the fracture
and the cleavage and that sort of thing
Nay, I'll break nothing more. Well,
, , then, above the silr'rian You have the
> old red sandstone, and then, above
> that-ha but it's all fair to break coal
that the coal" A heavy
lump Of coal was suddenly wiped on,
ofthe coal-scuttle, and being hammer.
. ed into fragments on the breakfast.
> cloth before l could effcctually inter.
fere. s:e.sta t1=}
< ut is most interesting to search coal
for the remains Of extinct vegetable
life. The marking sometimes are o.
the most beautiful description. The
whole Of Yesterday spent in our coal
( cellar and a more delightful day ! Icy
8 er-"
A loud knocking at the strect-doo,
ii startled us. Mr.. Boulder was picking
!. carefully about the contents of the
= coal-scuttle, and had spread some
y choise bits on the: rug for further in
: vestigation, when servant appeared
to report that D1rs. BOULDER wished
it Mr.. b. is disengaged, to see him in
u stantly. ~ q
"Ahr' said my friend, laying anoth
er coal upon the rug. ''Shc has bee,
u to the linen-prcss. Smith, go and pa
lefty her. Ag1T|
= 49,