Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-02-14
short Scientific Lectures for
young People. fH
THE EYE.

My Hearers, The eye is a very. delicate
subject to touch upon, as you can readily
perceive by punching II with your walk
ing stick or swithing il with a splint
broom. LISDLEY Mummy, who spells IL
with but one letter, calls it a personal
pronoun, and personal subjects should al
ways be treated with great delicacy. The
eye was held in such esteem BY the
Ancients that they made it one of their
deities, and My Eye!" was favorite ex-
clamation of profane Roman youths
DEMosTHENEs placed great confidence in
the power of the eye. Being asked one
day how it was that he could command
tnmulteous assemblies 10 easily, he replied
with wink, 'it's all in my eye." Il
1t will thus be seen that this peculiar ex-
preston to the eye had classic origin.
1t has puzzled Moderns a good deal to
ascertain who Berry MARTIN" was, but
the most rational conclusion is that she
was female oculist who astonshed the
ancient mariners by her successful man
ner Of treating an inflammation in the eve
OF the wind, hence sailors now days ex-
press their astonishment by exclaiming--
"My Eye and BETTY MARrIN'' The eve
is OF varied expression, shape and color.
1t Is most prominent with egotistical peo-
pie who are continually talking about il.
With them it is always what II" did.
and what Il said. 1t is a singular fact
that blind people are never egotists.-
With them the "eye" is always ot Of
sight.
1t is related that the various organs of
sense once fell into dispute as to which
was of the most importance. The ayes
and noes were taken to ascertain the sense
Of the meeting and ayes had it by one ma
iority, there being two eyes to one nose
1t is a peculiarity of the eye that it can
look great variety Of colors, no matter
what its own individual color may be-.
Thus man can look Uue through hazel
eyes, look dark through grey eyes, look
green through brown eyes, look wlite
through black eyes, look blank through
bright eyes, or look sharp through very
dull eyes. Men who are "red eyed for
any row" are those whose optics are
oftenists black aud blue
No matter what color your eyes may
oe, Ii toey are Boou ones De content. BE-
cause the Bully Boy With the Glass
Eye" is riding temporarily on the top
most wave of popularity, don't punch
your own eyes out to have glass ones in
serted in their stead. Let it once become
general thing for boys to have glass eyes
and it would cease to be "bully."
Another thing, My Hearers. don't get
into the habit of taking "eye openers"
If you can't get your eyes open in the
morning without your regular tods prop
them open over night, hire watchers to
set up with you and keep them open, or
my word for it they'll be open so wide
! some OF these days that they will see
snakes and all manner Of creeping things.
Simple minded people believe that false
eyes like false teeth, are mechanical con-
trivances merely, intended to supply a
deficiency in appearance, but, My Youth
ful Hearers, you will look into a great
many false eyes that have sight and intel
ligence before your hair is grey, and my
earnest hope and prayer is that you may
never look ont of false Plaindealer.