The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-12-12
George Washington Justi1ed-Awiui
Result Of Lying.
lFrom the Marysvlllo Appeal


Several weeks ago, under the pressure
Of n dcnrth Of items, we wrote an ac-
count Of tho fall Of aD aerolte or mete-
oric stone, near NlasSsyilie. WE did it
in a moment Of haste aud repentcd of
IL the moment we saw II in Tyre. 1t
was u regular 0ut-and-out, ilat-iooicd,
abominablc lie, without particle of
foundation, and we confess the fact
and will endeavOr-When we have
nothing else TO do-to feel sorry for il
We had no idea that n little lie like
that could kick up Such laundering
connection all over the country. Near
ly every editorial muggins in the
State-and there are lots Of 'um--cop-
led the. item, and attempted II scien-
tific explanation of it, and asked for
more light on il. At last the
excitement increased, the Eastern press
began to talk about it, and papers in
Chac0go, Omaha, st. Louis, and New
York made grave mention Of it. The
California Academy Of Science tried
to hire Il man to come up here and
steal it and II large delegation from the
Agassiz Society, ut Sacramento, came
to take a look ut it. tU
Hearing OF the arrival we rushed
around town and securing about two
thirds of an overturned, half-melted
brick, we placed 1t on our table and
awaited their approach. They CAME
up stairs in u body, headed by an Old
white-headed man, 'Good morning
sir; we understand that you have II
very remarkable curiosity in this Office
in the shape of u meteoric stone.
Might we be permitted to examine it,
rs n delegation from the Agassiz Society
at Sacramento" Certainly, sir; the
stone is at the disposal of any body OF
scientific men who may choose to
examine it, free of CHARGE "Oh, my
dear sir we have no idea of charging
anything for its examination. Our
mission Is for the advancement of sci
entiiic truth, without regard for pecu-
mary em0lution." 81 meant that the
office would charge you nothing for the
stone" "Ah, indeed beg your pardon,
/ labored under 4 misapprehension of
your meaning. Ia this the stone in
question: We pointed to the brick, aud
the old man leaned over with Il mngni-
flying glass to his eye, 'lgneous iorma-
tion,' was his only remark, Us he
handed the glass to the next man. "a
long time in state of fusion,n was the
next comment, and the magnlyiing,
glass went to n cadaverOus savan who
had no buttons on his vest. "!Sulphur,"
he calculated quite slowly, land lit
tie bituminous Carbon
After the glass had nasspd from
hand to hand, worldly looking
individual stepped up, and on examin-
ing the geological specimen, without
the aid of Il magnifying glass, made II
very important discovery. He said,
"H-l, gentlemen, it's brick" The
fall of II bona fide meteoric stone in
the Appeal office could not have crca-
ted greater excitement,
The man who had first discovered
1t to be brick was a new member of
the society, and the chagrin and jeal-
ousy depicted OH the faces of the elder
members was painful to observe. The
leader of the gang wished to have IL
understood that he considered us all
impostor. And then wheel we see
letters piled up in our mail box, just
when we expect remitances from the
East and find they are nothing but
inquiries about thai c0nfounded stone,
with return postage inclosed, we feel
so mad that We pocket the postage
stamps and never say anything about
1t to anybody. This is written to in
form every body that we've got no
meteorlc stones In this office.