Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-04-12
AcadeuH Lecture.

The second i~csuro b. Mr. Nose. "a De-
6Sercd on Tuesday evening Ihe iniro-
duots0n she~ the iEnPortAnos Of the greai
P6nciple Of tracing hack iron efeet g.
cause snd to- harmony hat existed be
tween al The departments - science. and
Z ;hsir d~ren.lesce uPon eaeA ether.
I After aas-cring one Or to- question
that had been sskcd during the week. a.
procer-ied 20 explain. ho- Successive ter
minai u,oraine.. seen IN vari7us localities.
Indicated successive ePoChs. To- giacisr
in moving pushes al before IL. The
Sch-arsricrg elsoi-r bad pa.hs1 bloek
a. green slate. weighing l7.eoO tons along
IN front Of Il; and "a no. lies hah nile
f-cm II. IL - this ;rcmcuious forcc. roll
ing fhc mass over ani over that mixes up
The sol ani rocks Forming The drit that d.
a SURF Indication Of glacial action. Rocks
arc frozen into TIE glacirr ART bclp % grove
icdecs. -hile thy are themselves a. The
sane tirne srnoothra AMI scraiched. The
Crvst amount a water hosisg from The
glacier - due to the actioa o. the sgn. IT,
NAANTNM ~ NsI.llN N.N.'.Ar NANIllN ~ NNIN vi
Forbcs noticed biork Of stone on The s1r-
face % the Mer Dc Giace. . feet long l.
-i,lc. and 3 . tLick To r,on;hs later
The surrountiinr so vas 90 Tar melted a~ay.
thai this block rested ul-on q column 81 see
iS scet high .ud 20 slender that blow q
bis axe would have ioTpicd il ovcr an tao
DAYS later Il hal failen ~ Is ON seieh'.
60 rcpeat the operation. This rneiing
causes The surface % b. hirly alive daring
the da,. viii htile strains 81 vaies. which
work do~n fhroush tLc crcvasscs ard opcn-
iuEs called wells. or r.ouiirs. Pro- Ages
81 sounded one % thrsc cr~vassc- ~ thc
derfh q iUoo fcst. Il uzs IN tn VALLEY "a
the Rhonr that an Enc.n~er. Nenncir. con
Guided that the Glacier hai wooded thru
miles lis guide. P~rrau.iin. declared hat
Il had once extended % Msrtigny. O. ui;irs,
All convinced him Of t. Chsrpcniicr as
incrcdulors. but ~. consinced in ID sam
vav; and IN turn tAes hroaghi A-lssir %
sRsaiinc tic discovery. vho "a. obliged 70
Yield b. objections. sni L. traced thc a.
tion twenty mile. furthcr making s. uiiss.
exceeding ihe statement % the guide mas
mech a. ~ hai rever been bsvond Mar
uzuv. further investigation proved that Toe
icc bal CARVED blocks fo the Jsra contain
ing respectively 5000. 5000. aad Co.
90 cubic feet. distances q 81. G6. All ie0
mile: AMI that down the valley AL acros.
al S-iss plan u has been suggested that
ii,c 81 % Lake Geneva. 90 feet deep hal
been scrzpcl OFT oi ihc slate. - tie GA
eicr. he same throrv j. applied % the
series % lakes IN Cumberisnt Counir. IN
MANI. TIE same distinct and def1iie
traces % glacial sciion a. f,uul 10 Eurore.
England. and Ireland. anl on iact ii-oa.h-
OF, TIE ~holc world. TIE n-rt lecture. on
10 2';h ins; VII he devoted 90 ihc glacial
action on th's continent. -hich d. rnu-h
more extensive. than IN E1ropc an = ne-
c'-s.ity -ill BE more interesting 90 an Arn-r-
icaa aulicncc
". Ehei relsies BE following occarcncr
u i1@0. Chri.tian Borrn. i.-oprieior q
'hc Grind,i~s'1 hotel. IN drir'r- f,,k q
sheep 90 The pastures - Banise,k seu into
fssare in the icc Happily hc f-u IN The
vicinfy of a stream tiai ran Under The GA
cisr and fravcr.ei fhe disfauce Oh rhe Outer
World on foot. Nth q broker am