The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-02-23

fit of sleep-provided they are of tn
strong minded order.
| We soon arrived at the scout crop
the great desidera tum of our journeying
This appeared to me to be merely ledge
ofrock projecting from a steep hill side
and about half way up forming with it {
junction. Friend G. soon reached this
point by a series of energetic crab-like
pldnges in which the pick-axe took 6
prominent part; we managed to get there
by going around sliding down, aud snub-
ing by bush. Here we found G.. intent.
ly examining about three bushels of stones
of various sizes, which he had collected
pending our passage up and down the
hill. He was apparently studying some
elaborate speech for our special edifca-
ton, and his spectacles with a drop OF
lachrylnal secretion from the nasal orifce
fell upon the stones, destroying the spher-
ical arrangement of the e,and breaking
the glass of the other. Our friend was
not in the least annoyed bv this accident,
he disdained to look vexed, for he scorn-
ed such trifes. We could not fail to ap-
preciate the greatness of mind exhibited
by G; he wiped his nose with large yell
low handkerchief, and babe us be seated,
! never noticing the abraded condition Of
our pants, induced doubtless by so quick
passage down hill. But we extracted
the 'jerked beef from our pocket and in
continently squatted.
"All Of these stones belong to the Tri-
assic formation except one;'' said he, sand
that is fragment of Basalt which frozen
in an iceberg, fioated over the land prob
ably five hundred miles; breaking down
mountains, and filing up valleys. grind
ing to powder the softest rocks, thus for
mug level, puiverized earth, fitted for the
dwelling place of man, by supplying him
with food"
NorE. This speaking about food, put
us in mind of the beef, accordingly we
placed small bolus in the way Of our
grinders.
"Observe how admirably it is adapted
to this purpose; how flint-like in struc-
ture." He paused to sort the stones o.
yer and we putin more beef.
"You see" remarked he "thf this is of
a very different texture, rubbing piece
selected from the pile, against the fiinty
one, look how ? slight blow fractures this
bit of sand rock. Solidifer ferrugin-
Gus.
Saying this, friend G. brought the two
stones violently together, and being near
sighted. the point of contact was quite
naturally, close to his eye. He dropped
the stone with despairing cry, and we
feared that his fine Roman nose was in
evitaby ruiued, but on closer inspection
ascertained that his eyes were filed with
sand. Our sympathy was aroused, and
hastily swallowing the beef we suggested
that if he had ''crab's eye to put in bis,
it would alleviate the pain"
"Simplc, unlettered specimen Of the
genus homo" retorted he, ''that is not a
crabs eye of which you speak; it is only
wise provision of Nature by which a
new shell may be provided, when in the
course of time the WORKOUT one falls from
the body of the crab" Glass Crnsta-
cea." G. went to picking the sand out
of his eyes, 1--WE may as well here remark
that the supply seemed almost inexhaus-
tible,) and we Illuminated on beef and the
fact presented thus abruptly : ie,-how
many people there are, with some old SUI
perstition, or hot headed prejudice, grown
fast over them, which, when knocked off
by some wis provision of Nature, is i'm
mediately replaced. After this, if we see
a man humping his head against truth,
striking repeatedly in the same place, and
always shedding the shell that is always
perfect, we shall infer that he has ''crab's
eyes" in his nature. After this, on meet
ing man who is surely right, and al
thinking otherwise surely aUroRg, we shall
think his shell is indestructible. NY
friend broke out afresh. in spite of tht
irritated condition of his visual organs.
avery thing on the face Of the earth
and much of its crust, has been workeC
osti in the Laboratory of Life" hero W,
have thousands of trilobites; we dig ~
in all places the remains of animals, ane
islands and continents are mass of fossil
lied animals and plants"
Pleasant thought that! A short tim,
400. nv right foot might have been
nice, plump pullet the Joy and pride Q
of the barnyard, and my left foot part Q
a sneakiug cur-thc recipient of man,
kicks and cuts, who worried the pulle
by sucking her eggs. Ages ago-Psbaw
this amt anything new.