Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-12-02
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wsr,isr ,bs arst c-s vs., created before
a., tr,i bird, or whether ,be Crit bird laid
ths s-.i ess, D. not settled, perhaps, either
ty reason or hy revelation. Whether man
vas created UPRIGHT IN form, o., tse fr,,,
o.. according o. che idea OF the author u
"Tbe yssuge. 90 Creation, wa. original.
lvaygry low Kind OF a worm, and gradual.
., cra-,-l uP through millions % succ,,-
,5s generations o., f.iss, ryp,I,,s, bird. and
glairaTr-s. O. ths dignity % tho human.
G.ss ust iumsJatrly concern us. a. a .ri-
,l.,urs;s Veal J,..sy5 ,n rr1.u,s. aud
tatu.turr usually walks onward 60 higher
arI l.shsr results. Hearing a rsolassi
once r-aslnius lcarusdIy that tais continent
llI oacc b,,n submerged. from tbo fact
uatuar.1s SHELLS are found ou tbe tops of
ts l.-hrst mountains, We suggested. some
wat n,'is1l..y, tHat % va. %. ensy f0r
O.. Creator o. ulke mountain, v.is SHELL,
oa t.r.r t1p., a, otherwise Y,-. ." s,I
BE-. q" %, nigh, have done i,, 'ui n. a,d
7.fr'
Prasahiy everybody agrees with the rc5l.
o.si. il4t vlr1 order came lut % chaos.
,a, ar.h g7aigaily took form, and that
whatever o, creative energy was employed
in calling iat, lle the ,ar,1gs living crc,-
tar., which irhsh., 10, iyr tie most part,
cssr... everywhere ar, wrought ,bToagf
ts Urerati1n Of ff1cI laws. and ,hat every
utas she'll o' thc ssashore is composed of
natter iu a condition somewhat different
from that in which 10 b,'Jre existed. Il
~a. hsrsro part Of d rock it hai aiya-e,t
O. De- Ilr, OF an animal. li s chiefly Lme
nov. 81. it 49, byi5re bat Ian, Of sJml-
vh.s lE.seut Properties. For some raa-
.5n, ~ generally believe, that oyster shell
lime Possesses pr5psTiis. ir agricultural
,urry.,,, which are no, found in ,he i.ns
ruys
Bu; our mention Of ihe ,hell has la u
iu aIyaucs of cur argument L't Us re-
turn. 4 low years go. ell tl' world was
taking % slil analysis The theory was
leaguully s,nrll. Thus, plant, are c1n-
posed Of certain known substances, which
Gu t, a.,yyainsl BY chemical ausly,.-.-
t. form tat. plant. tbe sol, must supply a
proportion % these elements. Phosphate
o. i.ms makes a great par' Of Oh, ashes Of
vhe4g. lJr instance. and therefore l, the
s1,i Ia. not tlis phosphate. 90 mus; De- all
d,i, 81 that tbo wheat plant may end, and
appropriate 10. Phosphate OF lime . found
.u Goo bone. of animals. 10 8, also found in
the r.cks. 40 Dover, Nsw jersey, AZ Crown
Point. sud o,ter localities. The chemist
aua',zc. tie bone. and The lime rock, and
tt,y seem. 90 al hi, tests, IDENTICAL They
are Grp.isd O. the ,5.l, aud tie animal
Phosphate wonderfully nlar.sbe' tie plant,
while ths mineral phosphate produces very
l,ts eject. Potash from wood, isa plw-
ulal fertilizer ior many plants. ls.i'Tar,
or. of tte Constituent, o, granite, contains
.,,.r,s.n rgr c,nt. u potash, but Pl.vgriis
ita.ve nav, d, rr5ilc., o., such ,Gsei ~
ou -'lrts. 10 potash from vegetable sources.
Ml-,ts,y, ihgr, sr- more thiuss in ua-
tore t.sa lrc dreamed Of in your Tailos'-
ny. Tie Plant knows more than che
chemist There ers differences which ibs
eh.n.., cannot detect.
ArI now. We arc coming 90 thc learned
v1rI, 40 the bead 20 our article.
All Substance. in nature are sail 20 b.
eoaro,,I oi ,.z;y.'Jur s.mpi,- which W.
fret. or rincray. end in r9sks. T-eihso-
~ then %, that tbs.s T.ck,, in The lapse ul
a-... have beon br1kea AMI worn away,
and from tlcir debris, soils have been ilrm-
cl. Nr1t. We fni tHoss same substances
10 vegetables. aud finally, iu animals the
SANE. ,o hr ss iic chemist knoWs bat
changed or rr5-raIri, is ghe plaHi' plainly
tius. E-.u she micrssc1Ts, which shows
" ,sl.. and even "a ssrpgns. in CJcliiu-
ate water. ana rhinocsFi on the slrllc, Of
f-,: which clu detect a. a glance, tie dii'
Gsryat kinl. of blood, aud a,soH discern
tie Oxygen iu the atmosphere, can seo no
drracs between these two kinds VI phos-
pal,,, Bot the plAus. w,ia their in'
suucts. sharper than mans reason. aud
more subtle t.ian chemists tests, decide
tia, Ur their food, she one i Tar better
tb.n she other. Why i' this %?
Professor Maps. OF New York, has been
hrssrsral year. di.eour'ins upon this top
ie through the Working Farmer, and before
lie New York Farmers Club. He theory
10. that Oh, elements, which We may ani
apparently identical in the rock aud To-
blth the vegetable and animal matter are
fr.t tak,a up by tie lower orders OF plants
Ike moses and licbeus. that they have
thus rr0rrrsss{ one steP, and that on the
decay % thoss lower plants, tboss same elo-
meats NAY now BE- suited % the e0n'iiiu-
ton oi plant, OF = higher order, and - on,
till passing gradually upward. they form
rart Of the food Of animals, including man,
aud thus become constituent part Of assh
and blood. Having thus Dr0gics'cf, per-
hap. having a,Ain and again constituted
part both Of vegetable and animal subsian-
ces, thoss elements acquire an aptitude for
such organization. and ~ are she mJTr rea-
dily taken up anew, to be wrought into
new structure, jasi as Crane cuttings buried
10 vineyards form iho boss n0urisbmeni Tor
the vine, and as ess-shells are found by
hens. the most eonIsnisat snbstanees ol