, 1859-08-15


After grand pow-wow Of six days the Wise
Men Of the East hare concluded their annual
meeting, dispersed and returned to their nusc-
ums, their libraries. their observatorics, their
laboratories. their cherished fossil remains md
their respective homes and Springfield resumes
to have been unusually harmonious To be
sure, on one occasion, scpsation was created
by the etTotts Of a gentleman from Flushing 10
disturb the serrnitT Of the savants By the intro
duet;on Of SSp'situa!ism viewed niss scientific
aspects. OF course this effort failed, and the
claims Of Spiritualism were enphatically
snubbed by tie uni ed professors.
Mrs. Gradgrind's feeble request to Sissy June
to "go and do something illogical directly.
seems to hare been the guiding maxim Of those
were almost all profoundly scientific, and great
many Of them were beyond the comprehension
Of the majority ofthe sagacious listeners. Every
brunch Of science, from that which counts The
stars and calls them By name, to that which IN
eestigates the sand deposits in maple sugar, was
aud great many old theories werc ventilated
| aguin. OF course among the latter the uniottu-
| na:e Asteroids found plnce. and their origin
| was, as usual, the subject Of profound remark
| IF they were not the fragments caused by the
| disruption Of some huge planet, what were they:
| ta create profound depression. The Gulf
Stream was another Of our old friends that made
| his appearance ou the occasion. He is now
quite full grown affair, yet Was da.dled about
| from one scientific tup to another, Professor
| 1}ache officiating aa he1d nusSe-
| In The department Of extinct animal life there
| WIS couple Of theories propounded that had at
Ieast the merit Of originality. One gentleman
argues that the fossil aotrrsnts attributed to 81
gantic birds were really made by some huge
ansmal Of the Kangaroo species, and the tracks
Of fAe tail Of this an.ediluv'an kangaroo, lie
thinks, goes to support this theory. Another
Reutle1nan has friehtfnl nightmare idea about
4 hideous gnome that be calls " kan dacty1us
sub. humanus !" This interesting creature, We
informed has :hrss sngers "a fosr f9'ss;t; tGss
] upon gigantic three. fingered o1-like quadru-
| ped's milk and the hrains of its young. DR.:
Joseph Barrat is the Prospe,o who has evoked
this wondrous creation
With ali the discussions an'l ill The r sd m of
the six days' convention it seems that very little
Of practical, benefit has been done to the cause
| Of science Foss'literous remains hare been
| exam ned. abstract questions discussed. old the.
ories rcvised md peculiar hobbies ridden to
death. l.. tho mechanical department nothing
savr tbe most practically useful information ID
bis paper in which he discussed the new ele-
ment If danger from electricity. caused b. The
I.introduction Of gss pipe&p houses. ihest
pipes arc }iab'eto attfnctJ eet1ieits from shs
! | lightning rods, eren whe& parated from then
Wemeu's rights hare been quietly acknowf
edged by the convention in the election - I
: | member Of Mrs. A1mira Lincoln Phelps. OF Bal
', timorc. The lady is known to the public Us th'
,, author Of various familiar works On Botany
The New York cou-i<r and Enqsirer is NOR
charitable to the Association than its neighbo
the Post. It says: .
The discussions at Springfield took \ w!d
, range, and were conducted With lie and power