, 1863-10-11
THE IOWA GEOLOGICAL PICK.
POCKET,
HIS ADVENTURES IN lAsAlls.
He has Pa]pita'tion If. tho. Heart,
n" 1lnltnels <:eo1oxiss cop.p,,,e,
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"A" At1tnel* <:eo1oxlst con.p1,..c,
II vtctfr.~ :ctls
oe1 FtsdsF' atil. .stfneaoar thu: f,ra.v,
t.o'e' we ehroalc!cd tlr r<ploI,s of =, r.oia
s'eeA f'eAfoeAets II Duenqas, r,afa.,;1: IA
Y 'aanea UAo Over, soa NJ thu c,u1 ,c,t .....
'oseesa'' David .'Daa Nptn lila, pfof(,sso,
'ne eeoengicA department OF The 8 .o,tAs,n
.4'' 4'sl.nte- How he v!c:i.a...a tho 1o1 AZ,
ea'f0g ha rsogress cl The State Fair, hox ,r
| was going to @alicd Lake, Ut r,r, I, 40.
| upon geological busiae:s how la h.c,,,. e., ~
gagged To- several Young ,adft,; Il nnhu',a' u ea'
eno were eonnossasa's in palnt.ug, ali us
'soei9 PC Ta*.so take u .Eaeore ,aest nm,
,nsE, ana Introduce 10 the .2ff n IL e.ry,x d,
ausa4o and Aspaael; how hs d;acd w:.,
Wv A'fG"eoo; how he Prevailed nron
'Ioge aason af pasallgtoE. 70 gscsen. .
copy OF orens' Geological Survey Of low,
| Wisconsin sn'tAIluneeo:a to the Youp~ NM.
| LsasaFy-4 rcry capcnRiso solumc and nox
oht o. rFtnt' low tc lypothecatcI scy,,.a
1o'ks Of DarHlo, l. ell Ind other xoa,art.t.
1T Inc tsieu.s Ct rro2:lnent citizens Of Du
husnc; how le! stole .. vs.s.bls o,.rro,-
Hesn Dr. HorT. stfi.tcd .alics Of thcI- ,n,,n..v
"h'se ee ~"s talking With then. .,ck ss,.l
| from tec pockc: VI 'aur@hiti.o- Of It ,ck xhn
| ""s ktosioE blu LIZ auln Is, stt.s mo.-v
ssa eivthnK isotn san key City ;house-4I
saese thl"Rs arc nAtte.s Of Record, aad th.:
ecu FtoI''c VI Iowa a.e loudly ..ucutlrr At
'ne,F Losses, Ct faonss, c,osh1ng, books nea
sto"sasal alee'uAens ~ I'll. a.ssk sud los.v
d"e'i,:c Of Hugh Miller ant Lyel,, nLo il. biz
moments CT stony abstraction ao..rA~t ~,
oihers' propcrt1..; We adu1, 10 suna1y lau.,Il
IN tae sleeves aud Internal chsclltuc. a, th..
S'rna' i'es2rees ef our fH.uds IL 1owa bat,
nc Lave now discovered warrr the eaz.,,s
euaies IN and .tnt the saragtA Of the soa Of
hs'M Dale D"en. haze not been con
aned TO lo"a, but that his ru.aur
strata: tase outctvrped IN or crn s,,tsI:
I'm saturday, the ID inst. Gcutleu 4aly
h'ek'hE reraonasse called At the residence ot
.. \. Adams, EsQ i: La SI;le. Mr.. Adams ii
NC! Known to al g.olosss:s ns IN arden. 1o,l
eF q tA1t study, The po=sessos Of ~ eiezau,
cabinet, AID gentleman Who has uatr ,ae
cha'asse1isssc. Of the La Sale ba.Ia TIE stcdr
Of years Hc has entertained MI the rron.
Hell seologi=ts OF us country, md lhse.tl
Essed tho rasioEs characteristics u tan
Northwest with many Of t.e,n, Spending
three Wecls IL 1878 with David Dslu 09xu
himself, In AlnueSota- Tie vas in a,dans
1f'eac OF Owen. and in6ulged In sort OF
hero wusahip Of the great geoloxls., But We
are le&ring The gtut1enaoIy loakic:. pcr.on-
age ut tht dooz ali :h.s tine. NJ, Adams
greeted him coutttous}y. ard The strange.
Presented letter Of ftntzoduetiont, from Ma}or
HeEesl Curtis, comrneadlng hin 10 tls .aror
Q: BIZ. Adams IS Ptnf. Jnc1cs Dale orra. son
Of David Dale 0 1en The stranger xaibl.ed
other letters and 4 pa :kaga Ct railroad "a. ,t,;
made to the same Imaginable gco,ogsst. uu
fasthtr relieved Mr.. Adan. OF nay p1.o.-
cloua aud convinced him of his ta1eatl.v oy
Ess!rF that Rer. Nr. Eusr!s. Of Bnsl!ne,oc.
nd NJ. Worthen, stz.e Geotogis., friends pf
Mr. Adams. had referred him to Mr. 4
as-A proper person TO aequ.lnt him With thu
gI!oslca' AID archaeological chAsaeterisucs
VI tsa Il aue Cod Basin.. Prof. Dwea s,!a
these subjects vcrc Of rital importance tU
him Al he Eas preparing papc. On the ..sur-
ri geological character Of 1hs Northwest. to
be read ut meeting Of the Royal Academy of
st;vnee At London, In June nex:. Il. in
19E!-cd A1. At1ms that he lad dine: Ei,h
the Bishop Of Dcbaque and Cor. Elk4cod,
and rss returning frua = vial. to Walled
Lake. Il Fort Dodge, yl.!t which hr lie l,4l
mads ut TIE tn.sa-ee OF Fir Charles Lye1,. OF
London. In proof Of ttis he would beg NJ.
h.tnd to aceers 1isEe collection Of axa4rs;
~tieas ne picked up there, accompanyin. tho
P'tstn1sSaon with m Interesting de=cr!cttoa
II them. He VIA tie son Of David Ds,s
OHe0. aod now ss7oa IN hIs fathers ehocs n,
Professor In the geological department! ct Tia
smitf&opian Institute. C.n7iaced that he
xas tha 1Vaa tfds con, Ms. Adams, In r..
eTeet for his fa:hcs, ut oaca admitted lie so1
to his confidence. aed prepared to gire Lin
azeeeptton worthy Of SO iai1stsioa. 4 n!re, Il
They cha:ted for come time cr Various topics
and rrta. to lie ra1tos 10 view some Of Mr.,
4. s caolcsss Specimens. T1are US ee= beau!
sifal set Of osslis, I1lr-:nttve oi tbs paleon.
:h.oEical caa1acteF Ct the bastnt which the
Professor begged IS contribution to the Ia.
stttutc- Mt. j. Has gid To gi7c /: to him;
although It Tas feEy TalusLle, cmbraclrr.
a1nt uG utAcr vatieGes, fra upon p1rce Of
camel coal, FhicE IL exceedingly sca.ee, and
. a1a1tilus from the roof ot The middle vein oi
coal. axyiDB obtained ueae illnssatfcns Of
tic ba&in, the nexrdsy they went cut to slew
tie Latin Itself, and the geological Positions
Of tho fcstI1s. Nr. Adams went Into tle sat-.
ject, syn ss,aors, ard dilatc1 at considerable
ieugi1 70 ths sou oi E4t lthcr. lie noticed
that tho sou VIA 1elcent; thAt L. aEol3ed
irtn.dretions, snd IN going ty TIC ea.ap Z.
lint Place, declined becoming scqusiasca with
tit. .otiee.s. saying that b. die act !ikt saorl:
der-sl1s7s. Dadng ttc walk he converted
bat little Ar:: A. knew, however, sl4: this
xas recnlm.;sy Of tha. Owen family, aaI
suspected netldDg, bnt Proceeded to enter.
tzIn the strauge., n this Instance, kowcre:,
iassIfy ing tbs r1orcsb that hs lad eatartaiued
ell angel unawsres.* Fully convinced that LIS
Ct ,apanlon IVES an Owen, and Was atsosh:ng
geological knowledge a: rapid fa:e, Mr. a.
talked ca,bonlfereus, ellurian, :sttata, fossils,
etc. enthusiastically, ard wa never co h.pp3
in biz iife., uut the Silent stranger, .atte: 4
time, rtnturcd 4 remark md put his foot ID
it, but completely cosered Lis tracks. ut, 4!
pointed oct to btm the horizon rcck Of the
goal tAAIn.. TIE Professor 1eEaassed, witA The
.eool1e4s Of an iceberg, and in u mA2nes
were the simple sudlmen:s II nia seoloyf
"Oh: 5es, ttat belongs to the Trenton geour
Of Limestone" Mr. A.was slighuy astounded
At the ignorance displa5ed hy ths Professor
of the Geological Department Of the Smith.
ec.ian. and rern.d:'- +0h: 60, Tie Trenton
Ia the upper group Of The eIlurfsn tefles. aa
outcropptns Of which Is tFo- miles eistanf
ard Is GRO feet lowe: than -theatrAtas~we are
looking at.' The Professor bIaptAed not He
aas up to snuI. II Why. certainly, l ought
20 have known that!> Bat for = long time
past have b=en troubled With pa}1Ass.iou Of
:te teart, the same rs all our family, "a yoa
know, aud in Iowa they g.fe ne eepls dread;
fui orta.cs rl.tch make mo call nn3 stupid.
hsre rot reeo7erea from their use, Thry
affect INC rety strangely" ,..'.
Dut The Tsofs&soris forte wRs petroleum
Ard 20 he remarked to a{t. a, during this
memorable Falk. He lad Investigated petso:
seam very thoroughly and MA The author Of |
axnfk on That subject, tie COPYRIGHT Of !
which he had nolh to his friend ,1ippl.cott, Of !
Philadelphia, for 1880 Having li:.!= u.e
10, the nonw be had kfreo the faads to the !
US, sasitaJ Coum1saton, ci which ,.odrty |
he Has a1 humble agent. Mr.. i. aAIcI 14lni |