Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-10-31
PARIS, MAINE.
The Maryels OF n Seed.

thius the seed Of plant is II lisa mir.
aclc. God said e" Isi there be plants yield.
ing 'eed," and /, was further aided, " each
one after hi. hind "
The grca, naturalist Cuvicr, though, ,ha,
the germs OF all past, prc'sn. anil future
generations Of Sod were contained one with.
In tho other, as II packed 10 a succession Of
boxes Other learned men have explained
,hl. mystery in dirrcn, way Du, wha,
signify all their eHrlanation.I Let them
explain I, as they will, the wonder remains
the sane, aud We mus, look upon the rcrro.
auc;i,n Of the Sod AZ n continual miracle.
l. ,hctc upon earth machine. i. there q
place, is there even a city, which contains -
much that is wonderful as rs enclosed in a
little scci-one grain Of corn, ono little
brown apple seed. one small seed Of ,rec,
picked ar, rerhars, by 'parrow Tor her
little ones. ,hc .maIle'tot poppy or blue
tcll. or 5vcn ono ot tie seed, that are -
small that ,hcy l,r, ahou, tho AR invisible
to our cycs7 Az there il world Of mar.
vel and brilliant heauucs hidden in each Of
these tiny sc,ls. Consider their lumsn'c
number. the perfect ,erara,ion Of tie diGcr.
en-; kinds. their power ol lii, ard resurree.
uoa, and thcir wonderful iruiilulno.s.
Consider rr,, their number. About =
hundred aul City years aso. the celebrated
Linnra', VIII, has been called "Ihc father
Of botany. r,cloncd about 900 Different
kind. Of plants, aul be then though, that
the whole number existing could NJ, exceed
10000 Dui ono hundred year. alter him.
". lc Caniollc, Of Geneva. described 30 600
kind, % plants. anl sarro',I d, possible
that The numtsr might even amoun,io loo,.
OoO.
We'll. 1t me ask you, have ,hes, 100 600
kiul. of plants ever tailed to bear the right
seed? Have they ever deceived u'7 Has
,,cl % wheat ever yielded barley, os 'sci
OF r,rpy grown up into a snnloser? Has
n sycamore tree ever ,rruus from an acorn.
o. u b,,cl tree from chestnut? \ ll,,!c
bird may carry away the small seed OF
sycamore ia i,s b,lk 90 fgcl - nc.'Iins',
aul on tie way may drop !, on ,he ground.
The ,inys.c may spring ~ ani cro" where
!, tel, uaaouceL, aud sixty years ai'or u
may become u masulGccn, tree, uud'r which
,hc lOcs, OF the valley AMI thciT shepherds
may re-, in the shade.
Consider mex, the wonderful power of lie
and resurrection bestowed On the seeds Of
plants. ~ TIA; they may be preserved from
year to year, anl even irom century to cen.
tury.
l., child pat IA few seeds in a drawer
and .hu, them up. and 'iI,y years after.
warl.. wbeu bee hair !, whit, ani hi' 'tep.
,o,,srins. l,, him take one OF these sccd',
aud .ow is in tho ground. and soon after he
will So spring up into new life. and oa-
come a Young. fresh and b'1u,.iul plant.
VI. Jouaucu,rsl,,c't TIA, in TO year lsaj,
several old Celtic FONTS were discovered nclr
Bs.1rae. Under ths head %. each of the
dead b3die. there was found small, square
stone or brick. with ho'e m each, eon,ain-
In. few sccI,, which bad been planted
there beside the dead by the heathen fr,cn!-.
Who haI buried them perhaps 1909 or 1900
year, before. Thee, seeds were carefully
.ovel by those who found them. What
was seen to spring from tie dust Of tho
isad! Beautiful .uu.lowcr'. Nue corn
Covers. and clover bearing blossoms A. bright
and svee, O, those which are woven into
wreath. by the merry children uOw PLAYING
in our GcIjs.
some years n.o, vhso Dramatically seal
Cd. was found ia a mummy.Iii IN Esp: by
the English traveller. wilkias,n, VITO sen,
II to the British Museum. The Librarian
there, having unfortunately broken it, lis.
covered In It a few grains OF wheat aud ono
or two peas, Old, wrinkl1i AMI as bard as
a stone. The PEAS were planted carefully
under slas, on the 5th Of June. 1911. aud AZ
the end Of thirty days ,h,s, seeds were seen
to .puus up into new lIfe. They bad been
buried probably about 5000 years ago, PER-
h,ps 10 the time Of Moses, aud had sl,pI all
that long time apparently dead, ye, still liv.
in the dus, Of the tomb. lLecturc- by Prof.
Clusscn Of Switzerland.