Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-10-26
wonders OF Familiar Things.

Glow clever you arc, uncle !" said Harry.
graycly. You know everything, almost,
don't you p
"No, indeed, Harry" exclaimed Mr.. For
rester, laughing. "If you knew as much as
do, and little more, you would be sur.
priscI to find that | really knew hardly any.
thing at ALL 7"
Should II" asked Harry, ncredulously.
Yes, we are surrounded with wonders
which we cannot explain or understand. -
beyond our comprehension. We will take
dare say you fancy you understand yourself
Come here. Now, how did you come 2"
II walked, said Hrrry, laughing.
"What walked?' asked bis uncle.
"My legs and my feet; they carried me. I"
How did they know you wanted to be
carried here ?" .
81 told them"
''How did you tell thcm?"
Harry stared at Mr. Forester, then at his
feet, and looking puzzled.
"You did not speak TO them, aud they
have no ears to hear you if you did. Now
bend your little finger. How did you do
that?'
"Oh, do tell me how it is, uncle | don t
know bit. "
",rhe wisest man in England can not tell
you, my boy, replied his uncle. 1--WE have
good reason to believe that the part of you
which thinks, your mind, and your will, are
in your head, and that you send messages
from your head to your legs, if you want to
walk or sit down to your hands, if you
wish to take hold of something to your
tongue, if you wish to speak but how the
message is no one knows. 1t is believed to
be done by sort Of telegraph, lightning be-
ing the messenger; and some doctors think
they have found out the telegraph wires
nerves which extend all over the body but
how the message is sent, how it finds its
way, and how it gives orders and makes
them understood, will probably never be
discovered in this world"
shall we know it all in heayen?' asked
Harry.
Perhaps we may replied Mr.. Forres,
ter, II think we shall know great deal
there which is quite beyond our powers of
comprehension on earth. But we are not
told in the Bible what we shall do in heaven,
except loving and praising & cd for his good
ness to us.
Harry stood for some time in silence bend
ing his little finger now and then, and wink
"l'ncle, said he at length, when bend
my finger, know it before; | mean, uncle,
that | make it bend on purpose; but when
| wink my eyes, l do not know it before,
unless | try to think about it. Do my eyes
wink of Themselves
They do, my boy. Your cyelids wink
to spread little moisture on your eyes,
that they may not get too dry. How troble-
some 1t would be to you if you had to re-
member to wink every time you needed it!
"A poor baby would become blind before il
could learn to wink.
Yes, | know babies can wink" said
Harry. MY baby sister winked famou-l,
when she was only week old. Is there
anything else we can do without thinking
uncle p
Indeed there is, Harry. In that small
body of yours great deal goes on Of which
you think little and know less. If God had
only made you and done no more, you must
have died directly. The wisest man could
not have told how to make your heart beat,
or'how to breathe, or how to grow into a
man."
"How wonderful" exclaimed Harry
"And every dog and cat, suppose, and
every mouse, and fly, can breathe, and move
its heart, and wink, without any troublc!'
"Flies can not wink, said Mr.. Forester,
smiling. ''They have no eyelids but they
are, nevertheless, as wonderfully made as
we are. You shall look through my micro
scope some day, and you will see that there
is nothing too small to be beautifully and
perfectly formed, and suited to its place in
the world. Some of the most exquisite
little animals ever saw are smaller that a
grain of fine dust"
"HoW could YOU see them, uncle ?' said
Harry.
81 saw little round glass, smaller than a
sixpense, with morsel of dust on tiny
spot in the middle; and when it was put
under the microscope, could see number
of torms-some like equisite little silver
breakfast plates, some sauce boats with a
spout but no handle, and many Others which
do not remember. The most exquisite
patterns were engraved upon them all. y
"Oh, when may see them?' asked Har-
ry eagerly.
"When the long winter evenings come,
We will think about it, replied his uncle.