The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-03-28
Easy Lessons in Geography.
The following amusing article is from
the Cincinnati Times:


the Cincinnati Times:
THE EARTH.
The earth is an old subjective don t
know how Old Wise men have endeav-
ored to ascertain it's age in various ways,
and succeeded very well, only differin g
in their calculations few thousand CEN
turies or so.
We have several reasons for writing
upon the earth, the principal one being
the imperfect faculties afforded for get
ting upon any other planet to write. No
thing prevents our writing upon the sun
or moon, except the difficulty of getting
there.
The earth is the third planet in order
from the sun, and the largest within the
belt of the planefoids. We have wonder
ed. sometimes why the earth did not have
belt all to herself, being the Champion
of the Universe?
The ancients looked upon the earth as
fiat disc, swimming upon the water like
piece Of toast in a basin of milk. Once
upon time lot Of adventurous young
ancients started out to find the jumping
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they were astonished to find themselves
on the very spot whence they started
They Informed their parents of the cir
cumstance, aud they, after about a cen
tury Of painful and laborious thought up
on the subject, came to the conclusion
that the earth must be round, " because
if it ain't," triumphantly asked an old an
cient, how could the boys have gone
around it? There was no getting "a
round that, and the earth has been of
spherical form ever since.
1t is estimated that about two-thirds of
the surface Of the globe is covered with
water. Although millions of living crea-
lures slake their thirst daily, the quantity
of water has not materially diminished
for centuries past, at least not since the
introduction of whiskey shops, which
prove great saving of water, and are
therefore of immense benefit to naviga-
tion
The greatest distance from the earth to
the sun is 96,000,000 Of miles, and at
the least distance something over 81 ,000,-
600 miles. A saving of 100000 of
miles could be effected, ii a rairoad should
ever connect the two planets, by taking
the least distance This would shorten
the time consumed in running and re-
duce the expenses very materially. Any
railroad man will tell you that.
The mean distance from the earth to
the sun is 95,000,000 miles, which is no
mean distance either, when you try to
walk it.
The earth moves round the sun from
west to east, consuming $50 days and
six hours in every revolution, travelling
nights and Sundays. Joshua, it will be
remembered by some of our oldest citi
zens, once commanded the sun to stand
still, and he is standing still. 1t amt ev-
cry fool of planet that can get around
the sun. The earth does it however,
She could get around most anything.
The earth turns upon its axis, making
one revolution every twenty four hours,
except in Mexico-there they have rev.
olution two or three times a day. The
earth and her axes were thick as peas to-
gether at one time, but one day the earth
got down on her axis and turned on it.
1t is the revolution of the earth that
makes night aud day to everybody but
printers and editors who work on morn
ing papers-it is all day with them.
After digging certain depth into the
bowels of the earth the temperature be-
comes warm, and it grows warmer as you
warm to your work, SO at the depth of
thirty miles Gas we are informed by a