The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-03
Our MuundsEiIIe Letter.
MouxDsv1LLE, July 81. 1874

Editors Of the IntslliSsnser:
Our County Court adjourned last even.
ing. This was quite Q surprise 10 every
one
You caused me 70 say Q funny thing in
my last In speaking Of our County
Court and the many beauties attending II,
! Wished 70 make use Of the Latin quota.
ton
70 TEMPORAL o MORRIS"
and instead Of o mores 1t was o Moses !
an expression am not in the habit q
using under any circumstances, but
which would perhaps convey the mean
ing intended IS well as anything else.
THR WEATHER
has Of last become settled after the great
storm, and to-day Is very warm again.
Cool nights and warm, sultry days cause
rs ell TO feel more or less rheumatic, and
we hear complaints on all sides concern
ing the unheGlthiness Of the weather.
The lecture last night at the School
Hall was delivered TO an audience Of
about one hundred, and as far as we have
heard, II Is very highly spoken OF. Al
though the audience was very small, II
was very intelligent one, and II was one
that could appreciate
tCERST1Hc TRUTHS.
The lecturer, Prof. Miller, Is very
pleasant speaker, and has the hsppy
faculty Of saying deep things in manner
" be understood. The lecture was briei
synopsis Of the more important points OF
THR SUBJECT OF ASTRONOMY
mole particularly treating Of the Eolar
system. Beginning with The sun as the
great centre Of light, heat and power, he
travelled outward through space, taking
each planet in turn, until pausing at Nep'
tune, away of in space to the distance o.
$500, 900, 900 miles from the sun, and here
we can stand ind wonder at the great dis
t4pce still intervening between Us and TIT
ERAREST FIXED STAR.
lie presented many interesting fact
concerning the discoveries, and the dis,
coverers u the different planets. IL
showed the nicely Of the calculations By
which the Astronomer is guided in hi
resCarches-in short, he presented tn
subject in so pleasing manner that i
would cause any thoughtful mind 10 be
lieve in the old maxim that
"rHs UKDEvouT ASTRONOMER Is MAD
The lecture was beautifully ILLUSTRATED
with diagrams Of the different planet
thrown upon canvass by means OF tn
scinpucSn.
Prot Miller also spent yesterday 7. N
aud This A. N. in our institute talking L
the teachers on different subjects. Yes
lefdAY he presented the subject OF
MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY
under the following heads-yiz:-th
form, position, size and motions Of th
earth and also the points, lines, &C., this
locates places on the earth. All Of thes
points were ably presented, and no doub
the teachers will be much benefited b.
the knowledge gained. To-day his sub
ject was
HOW 10 TRACu,
and 1t was handled in q mastery manner
/ cannot mention in detail the points pre-
senied, but the grand central though
that seemed 10 pervsde his remarks wa
that we attempt TO teach too much. Gu
motto should be not how much, but how
well we teach. he also gave good
EXPLANATION OF THE TIDES.
The Professor is good educator and b
goes from among Us with the well wishe
OiAll with whom he became acquainted
| write this not as puff, but merely L
show what is taking place in our midst il
the cause Of education.
OUR ISsTTTUTE
now numbers fifty. six, and they are al
earnest hard workers, and we expect the
schools Of our county 10 flourish during
the coming winter under their control.
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