Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-01-01

ing OeIOfe Tue OOunteSs T., ana replying 10
her somewhat mischievous inquiry of How
the system was going on 7
Thank you for the inquiry; oh yes, it
rocks to aud fro like the seamen aground in
his vessel And the Professor laughed
heartily at bis own conceit. The fact is.
that as yet cannot get it rightly in order,
cannot set II to work, as they say. Never
theless | have got part way. And II one
is only sure Of the foundation, one may feel
quite safe in building mp the house and put
ting the roof on. In the same way, If one
will improve the state of the world one
must know something about the beginning
of the world, and therefore must begin at
the beginning Of the world. One must go
methodically to work. Suppose now that
we imagine the beginning mean the
creation. Imagne then, my gracious Coun-
tess a movement-yes, just a movement,
as of an immense mass Of meal 'pOrridge,
which ellis all space; and the whole of this
mass moves and moves and seethes, inst as
one sees pOrridge heaving aud seething in
big pot But through all this heaving aud
this seething, the grains ('he atoms as the
learned call them, but we will express our
selves in popular lnanner) collect or mass
themselves together into small Jumps aud
clumps, and these again lump themselves
together into still larger and larger Jumps
and masses--and so it goes on tilt--till at
last all the poridge-grains have adhered IN
one great lump or mass, which we call the
EARTH Now it is ready; now there it lies,
like great ball, and now it gets good
sound blow or bang on its side, which sends
it spinning round and round into infinite
space, till
But, my dear Professor, who gave it the
blow p inquired the Countess.
Blow here and bang there J exclaimed
Major Won Post, the lively nIaitre des Ptai-
sirs of both the town and the present com
pany, interrupting at this point the history
Of creation; pardon, good uncle, but since
you helped our Lord in the creation of the
world be so good as to help us little in
bringing our Valhalla into order, and lend
us your head for Miners head
The good Professor seemed at the first
moment somewhat confounded by this un.
expected proposal, but immediately replied
with good-tempered smile:
Most willingly, if l can only be sure
about what is going to happen to my head.
For as remember, Miners head had to
undergo some extraordinary operations,
such as being cut off, being boiled, and
'Ah, dear papa, there is no danger. I'll
be answerabe for your head,' interrupted,
laughing. an elegantly attired lady, over
whose full, but still youthful contenance,
such sunshine of joy and kindness was
liffused, that it seemed as though it could
never have any wrinkles; and while Mmmi
Svanberg endeavored with her white and
soft hand to smoothe down the Professors
lisorderly gray.streaked locks, she contin
ned we assume here many dissimilar
shapes, but always remain ourselves never
theless i am going to be one after anoth-
er first witch, then goddess, and lastly
Pax Domestica, with whole train of sweep
ing-broomS and dustpans papa, be a
splendid Miner =
well, just as you like, my dear Mimmi ;
but
Everybody must come one go after
another Let us begin, let us begin, ladies
and gentlemen, or we shall never be readyp
exclaimed the Major.
One moment; just one moment more, my
dear Major besought the lady of the house;
let us first have tea. 1t is just ready. And
everything will go on with much more spirit
when people have had some refreshment.
We hppe that by this time We have cor
rected the suspicion which our readers at
the beginning might have entertained. name
ly, that they were in company of fools.
They are now aware most likely that they
are in company with very rational people,
assembled to amlSe themselves with a mer'
ry scheme The company have this evening
met in Merchant Dufva's large drawing.
room, for the rehearsal Of great fancy
ball, which was to take place a few days
later in the splendid new Assembly Rooms
of the town, and which was to be the crown
ing fesliyity of all the festive occasions Of
the present Win;er altogether most ex-
quisitely, most divinely amusing said the
young girls.
People had enjoyed this Winter many
public festivities in the good town of Kungs
koping, which, although not properly be.
longing to the small towns, yet, neVerthe
less, under ordinary circumstances, partici
pated in the ordinary mode Of life peculiar
to small Swedish towns, which has been de
scribed by lady residing IN small towT
as follows One day is so terribly like
another that people don't know how to dis
tingush one from another. For this rea
J son many an inhabitant of little town
that he may not drop fast asleep from sheer
! WEAKNESS, endeavors to keep himself awake
by drinking punch, playing at cards, anC
{ many other such pastimes, which have thu
: result of making the purse light, and tn
heart neavy. The ladies again, when the.
do not partake of the genteman's pastim
| which sometimes generally eu
deavOF 20 amnse Themselves with coffee-par
ties, novel-reading, and petty scandal, b.
way OF a little spice to the thin, spiFitua
, soup of daily life And this especially du
ring our long northern Winters. But thi
Winter in KunskOping fOrmed brillian
} exception to ordinary Winters, The rail
: road, which was being laid down just OuI
, side the town, had brought to its social Gil
= cles number Of young engineers, for th
, most part lively and intelligent men, VIII
|. had given pew spring to every pleasure
and people had especially afforded them OF
r portunities for cheerful exercise at thei