Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-02-01
Astronomical Observations.
BY "FAT CONTRIBUTOR.

be expected To take them 10 ividualy, rs
there ara several millions nf them accord
ing To The computation Of astronomers.
who have sci up good many nights
counting them ani the observations of
love. sfthe world over. " ho have sat up
ottener and good deal later than The
trnnoners have, especially on Sunday
nights.
TIE larger order of planets are called
fixed slars-sh shooting Stars are u tix d.
Comets are the tutors Of the sks-they
teach the young stars bow to shoot. j"
Jefferson is tixei star and mighty
we'll fixed he Is. too.
|: has been conjrclured thst each one
of the stars is world in itself, inhabited
like the easti.. by men mud wnnen. each
one Of whnm is playing star engage
nent NV stars!
The stars show 10 much bsttar aiyan
tage by starlight than nj sJy Other iine
! They are rarely seen I,y da, hight except
upon the coats Of the 'lay police The
police have been Gale stars since the
days # Shakespeare. lie makes alls-io:'
TO them in 'Mid.ummer Nights Dreams.
We quot from memory:
heard msamaid d lphn's back
Utter such duicet and harmonious strains
That the rude sea grew civil at her song
And certain stars shot madiy from their spheres.
To hear the mermads music"
Ii would Serm from the above lines
that the poi &c weto accustomed 10 the
Iulu'liciuus and passionate use # their re
vnlver<, even u those early anl c!liva,r;c
days of midsummer knights, winch ShaK
speare has imnurtaliz-d. What lad
these stars 70: against the mermaid that
llrry should 90 ani shoot madIy from
tier spheres. whatever they may be.
though Ne take sphere TO be "a sort al
watch box. WINS II out of sympathy fuI
tbs dol: hin whose back was undergoing
n system of strains from carrying nruurd
u"rna d who might have been dis
agreeable, however dul :et and harmon
lUus.
The choicest music. part cuiariy Mt night
We have observed that. Now case 10
poiat: We remember vending our wind
ny WY h"mewar'l late At night ONE,
from social gathering. We were alon-.
Suddenly we heard voice If singular
penetration and power singing. The Boy
with the Auburn HAIR The wall of the
disc"nsolate dHmsel, who incurred the
absence Of her darling JOY, was rendered
IN manner that WAS truly bearIranding
N..tl,i,,., IL fktA ,snei,ao 4,
which The singer delivered the lines
Now il my Iohuny was but here,
He'd save he from all harm;
He's on the field OF bat-shu-cI
Dressed in his uniform.
To me hi, to me- no oh, 10 /, no; oh &c.
On about the last oh We fell an iron
rasp upon our coat collar, which caused
Us 10 ih,ow 10 an additional nIl, ourselves
We h d "a confused SENSE that The grasp
WAS la some way Connected with n blue
coat aud star on it, In fact. turn which,
Say We W, uld there wcae blue coats aud
stars.
'Dnycu know said We. as soon as
VIC could speak, where We eau find a
prlceiuan
The non grasp j"rked Us very gent,
across the demak aud back a couple OF
times before the voice replie1:
What yer want of u ,,pliceman?'
S me ipIer,' we replied. IS singn.
loud. he can boiler il the street He
ought to hp 't.n,ie to
Ne were immediately 'teni",I 10.
From very ancient times il was <ough'
-, ~,
stars. Astto!ogv, the science is calIe.l
II - still !,rac iced ~ a professional
hunted extent In all the bigger ciies
astroln"ers MI fortune tei.e claim {"
read he stars. though few of them ARE
able 10 read anything else We consult
FL one Of them the other day ont 81
curiosity. She took her fee AMI then
retired To another room 10 consult tie
stars. rs she said. Win she returned
she hro. CHI nm odor of cheap WHISKY
With her. which led IA tn infer that shr
ADD the stars bad been taking s"cia!
nip tngeth, duriug the Consultation. W.
gathered finm her rnpid and som what
lncpherent rcvsaiings that we wers pas
:" ha'SiN fi'tL-'a ~ . pun = ~ 'fi % ~ II
Completed dress. with red eyes and blue
hair. the which she didnt know il; hn,
that tall c,rnplecled dark man WAS plot
ting TO leave large amount Of property
to her. mostly in gold Snd postage stamps.
that had been worn once and turued.
which oppressed her very much IN hFr
dreams.
We would be in great isrgrr from the
ta! Completed man. whp would tsy and
borrow lunn"y of u. ani abnnt this time
we were threatened vi h great perIx en-
the sea, lut onr good star, the which II
is in the elliptic in tie form of the rliac.
mes nll f,r to save. We shonid hs
LAID low with fever. keeping Us on band,
aud his mind would wander, and he
would rave abnni the red eyad girl with
the tail crnpi"clr,l hair. aud she would
kn,w that We loved her, catch the fsver
and be happy. We whnll recover. he
elected treasurer of Feniau society and
live in opuIen e and ease I'll the rest Of
our da.. i hy multitude Of
lille re-! eyed. blue haired children. We
ha! our fortune AMI she had our dollar.
All told.
The height Of pugulistic sarcasm
was reached The other day by Jem Mace,