Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-02-11
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LETTER FROM THE SHORE.
Winter gu the shore Prof. ryndaIIs Lectures
on Ligh and Heat a. New Haven. Conn.
lille Personal appearance
POlIglcaI Parties.


before, but, taken altogether-the
time II set in, the amount OF snow
fall aud the average temperature
u is the best specimen of winter
our meteorologists can point at 10
Their half century of Observations
Recorded. To-day there is over
foot of snow over the face Of The
whole earth and the thermometer at
highnoon is scarcely above zero.
Last week | went down to New
Haven aud heard ryndall's two lee,
lures on Light and Heat. Music
Hall with a capacity of over two
thousand was filed; aud more in
telIigent and approaching audience
| hardly think Tyudall has address
in this country or any other. Sit-
where | did with Lancaster bow
we easily counted dozen and more
an nent men, one Vice President of
u S. and now judge of the Supreme
Court of the sta . of Conn, in whose
veins flows the blood OF Miles Stand
ish one great grand son Of Bsnia-
min Franklin, member of the u. S
Coast Survey one Sanscript schoI-
ar, famous among University men
and studeDts the world over. One
ex-president of Yale College, an au-
thority on Unconventional law; Greek
scholars, Latin scholars, Motaphysic
lans, Mineraloglsts. natural phlosu-
piers, Judges, Professors. TheoIogi
ans, ad infnitum-alI Of the bright
est of wits and the keenesL of critical
faculties come to honor Tyndall and
TO learn ut his feet.
You have seen his lectures publish
cd on "a n. Y. Tribune sheet and sen,
broadcast over the country, and il
is unnecessary for me to spt ak OF
them for his lectures in New Ha-
ven were q selection from those de-
li0ered at Cooper Institute, N. Y
Tyndall is q man over sixty, about
five feet eight or nine inches ~
height. slender. of sandy hair and
complexion, big head, square fore
head, wide rather than high and ralh
or long face. He speaks rapidly in
tenor voice and doesn't enanciate
worth cent Says "or'n'ry" for or
binary, "nec'ary" for necessary zap
ture" + aperature, &c.
His appearance on the platform Is
anything but stylish-it is aw K ward
but be is so full of fun and enthusi-
asm that you forget his awkward
gestures and very soon learn to note
less the phenomenon of the mar
than the Interpretation of him. II,
is a kinder Of enthusiasm and il
seems, after hearing him, as though
all other professions, businesses, oc-
equations, were insignificant in COM
parison with his who addresses you
His sentences are very graphic and
highly imaginative, rythiug that
nc says ID graceful in expression and
clear as crystal. His lectures are
charming 10 the reading, as all will
notice who have tried them.
From first TO last, that is TO say
an hour and half,he holes the clos
est attention of his auditors and bis
experiments eloquent in their success
and in coroboralion of the heories
which he advances call out as fire.,
quent and hearty burst Is of applause
as the most eloquent periods of az
orator. AT the close of lis lectures
he paid a graceful tribute to the
beauty of New Haven and the state.
illness Of the American elms To The
young men of Yale be said. "Stu.
dents Of Yale, | trust that some q
You here present, flied with an ar
dor for science, and proposing tC
yourselves q life Of scientific re.
search. The great names of scienc,
are not the lecturers upon scientific
themes, but those faithful worker.
who, apart from the world, in the
quiet of their own rooms make th,
great discover es which make the a,
experiments and these lectures pos
sible. Be not attracted by the ap.
pause Of crowds you may occa,
sionaiiy come upon the platform tc
be stimulated by your success 10
greater endeaVor-but the Joy ofthe
man Of science az BIO disc lvers TIE
hidden things OF creation by untiring
research and investigation is fal
greater"
Sach ID the testimony Of the great
scientist in favor of the obscure
workers az against tho applauded
lectuters. "Blessed are the meek ion
they shall inherit the earth"
Politically | have not much to re-
port from this little Common wealth
by the sea. There are three parties,
The Prohibitionist party who have
already met and made their ticket
and promulgated their principles. the
beginning, middle and end of which
is the abolition of dram shops. And.
surely, there never will be good
time in this country until dram shops
are abolished. Poor Foster, who kill.
Ell Mr. Putnam with car hook in
New York several years ago. as he
stood up TO receive sentence Of deai b
the other day in Judge Irghamam' =
court when asked "what have you
to say why sentence should not be
pronouuc d?' would only calculate
:" did'nt mean To kill Putnam Sir /"
He was drunk as you remember
when he did il.
The other party is the Grant Re
publican party-they meet next
week TO nominate governor. The
probability is that Henry P. Haven
of New London will be nominated.
Mr.. Haven is o man oyer fifty years
of AGES a man of wealth and the
most approved character ana sur
roundings. He is religions man,
prominent in the Second Congrega
tional church of New L1nd for
more than TWEEN V. five wears. il q