The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-05-26

IL Is Impossible Win the microscope
in Mr.. AS possession to tell out Of what
material the houses are built-whethel
they are earth, or wood, or Of both com
Eincd.
The streets appear under the micro
scope 10 be about a quarter Of ali incl
in width, and are throngsd with people
hurrying to and fro, whether in the pur
suit OF commerce or account Of tho late
shocks their city experienced during its
transfer from the root of the tree TO the
flower pot, cannot, Of course, be ascer-
tanned.
But there they were--men and wo-
men magnifcd to the size Of pismires,
and displaying all tho signs Of ,umul-
tuous human life
While we were watching the ever
changing crowd we saw one person rush
out of house and another pursue
him. ,a
The pursuer was soon joined by the
crowd inl the street, aud after an ex
citing chase Of about the twentieth part
OF All inch, measured by the naked eye,
the thief for such the first mentioned
individual must have been, surrendered
himself evidently exhausted by his long
race.
He was taken away by persons seem.
ing to have authority. What the stol-
en- property was that he held in his
hand to the last, the microscope was not
powerful enough 10 determine. During
the pursuit of the thief The people show.
ed every symptom Of excitement com.
mon among the larger species Of human
beings. They clapped their hands,
thrust their neighbors rudely aside, and
showed by their gcsticnlations, the deep.
est interest i'll what was gong on. and
curiosity concerning it. Their shouts
and screams on the occasion were doubt.
less deafening to one another, but ol
course they could not be heard by us.
Want Of space compels us to bring
this subject to close for the present,
although we have recorded bu, a small
fraction of the inters sung incidents that
came under our own observation, and Inc
more numerous ones that were observed
from time to time by Mr.. A. When
the more powerful microscope ordered
b. that gentleman arrives ano the ex-
pectcd results are obtained by observa.
.ion with il, We shall lay the fats be.
fore our readers
The extent Of Mr. As discovery ma y
"c a"'""sh "P as 'oiiows! n race oI
sentien, beings, invisible to the naked
eye, in shape perfect men and women,
apparently with all the passions, hopes
and fears that sway the larger species.
They are considerably advanced in
civilization for they dwell in densely
populated Cities a state Of society in
which the science Of government and
many OF the arts that contribute to the
comfort and embellishments Of life must
necessarily have been developed.
The uSe Of n more powerful micro
scope will lead to the veri6cation of such
an hypothesis, or prove It's fallacy.
AS the matter stands all who are in
tcrested in the progress Of science, and
in the spread Of Christianity, will feel the
deepest solici,ude concerning the possi-
bility of communicating with these new.
ly discovered sentient beings IN the
microscopic world.
How is that tc be accomplished p
Their voices cannot reach our ears, md
to them our voices must be what the
music Of the spheres ,s to us. Worlds
60 whir;ing through space will, a clat-.
ter that fill the universe and becomes
to mundane ears tho equivalent ol
silence. Such must be the hum OF tic
visible terrestrial creation to the micro.
scopic.
Whether the existence Of sentient
beings in the microscopic world was
ever before suspected we are not pre-
pared to say, but had snch theory been
advanced before the discovery we have
recorded, it would not have been becom
ing in philosopher to reject it without
due consideration.
The magnitude Of matter, 80 far as it
comes within the comprehension Of a
finite mind, exists only relatively.
TO an inhabitant OF the sun surpass-
ing the visible man in magnitude in the
same proportion that the sun surpassss
The earth, the rulers Of the earth become
reduced to microscopic beings.
.a.'.' ----.---oe - s~------L gns IL.
ABsCoNDINa OF AN ASSOCIATED
Press AeENr.-The Augusta Ch,ont;
Gle and Sentinel, Of yesterday, saws -
I'VE learn that Thomas Gibbes, for
several years resident Of Augusta, bn,
residing for the last two years in Sayan.
nah. where he has been employed as an
Agent Of the New York Associated
Press ard Of the Commercial News De.
partment OF the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, absconded last week