The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-22

and those rocks piled up - - everlastin,
monument Of their Creators power and nov
we're il desirable or necessary, and yos
should dig uen-h from yonder sumni
across the valley, you would Sod the sam.
strata uohroken. stretching along beneath
our feet, and il is this thai the bean poi,
rests upon"
sls il ?" said I.
"Yes, sar. says be; and. drawing on hi.
\ glove added:
81. VA. the meteor coming in contact With
this resistive body that caused the vibration
shook the house loose Or his foandation
and broke the eassars."
Here he stoppcd-lucky for me-for
felt sure couldn't stand that talk any Ion.
ger; but did repress my risibili,ies BY
giving vent to long. low whistle, ut which
the Professor enthusiastically rubbed his
hands and smiled at the effect his wisdom
had prodcced on my antusored mind.
The Professor, having concluded, put Or
his specs. and took himself to h,s buggy.
The crowd dispersed, and left dad and me-
alone, ris ris, {as they say in the classics. J
Dad looked 10 my eye moment, then walk:
ed to the OK cart, got out the gad, and bade
me follow him to the shop. Here, pointing
TO the brass shatings on the lathe, and pro-
d.o.s he p1saa. :ss. PS:dss e: s ss s
cracker IN his hsnd in the most sr;istic
manner, forming graceful bow, and step
pihg 10 the tniddls Of the shop, confronted
me thus:
"Samuel, there was large piece Of brass
in the shop, | want it-now.'
There was no getting over dads requests;
be bad such peculiarly touching way ol
enforcing them, so l said:
"Yes, dad, l calculated you would want
that piece Of brass, and if you will follow
me, will show it to you." So, walking to
the hole, pointed down the mouth, ard
added, 'syou will find it right down there
$50 thought, you young scamp" replied
dad, throwing the whip into the OK cart,
''See il you know enough to keep your
mouth shut"
OF course did, and the result was tha,
within a week after the Hartford Insurance
Company cashcd over $500 to repair dam
ages on the house.
In due time the Professor published his
Report, consisting Of 3S7 pages. treating OF
remarkable natural phenomena in general,
and the Moscott Valley Midday Meteor Ex-
plosion 10 particular. I.wss full Of as
tronomical, meteorological, electrical, bar.
ometrc1l and theymonc,T,cal knowledge,
so deep that nobody could understand it
with an occasional dash Of Latin and Greek.
The Professors report would never have
caused a hundreth part the noise in the
world that mine did, had it not been for au
accident that happened this wise: The
head Professor of Harvard charged our
Professor Of Cambridge with having wrong
fully used an accented letter in Greek
word. The charge was Indignantly denied,
and paper bullets few thick and fast, till
| each party had published several pamphlets
pro and con, Gas they say in parance, when
no less parsonage thnu soar humble ser.
want, lin his pursuit Of knowledge under
dif6cul'ies,) bad the honor of settling the
dispute to the satisfaction of the world a,
largs-having conceived the happy idea OF
applying a powerful lens to the accented Z,
which ut once magni6-d it 80 that you could
almost smell it! 1t was nothing but u fy
| speck.