The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1876-05-05
Lancaster Letter.

LANCASTER, April %. 1875.
WELCOME ADVOCATE sitting IN my studio
{ IL morning | was annoyed by rap Mt the
door. No sooner had uttered the usua word
@, greetinT come" then the disturb inCe was
thrned iutO JOY 70 inform Won how warmely
your paper was received AMI the pleasure 1t ut
tOrded won b. utterly failure. However
cannot re ram but respond TO your kindness III
tenderiug my humble thanks and wishing your
spicy sbeet pro .perily. In motto ng the numsr-
Gus advertisements, ] am constrained to say,
that the business men are permeated with ac
tivlty. 70 advertise is to sell, this is s5f.ev-
dent truth. The expression is cJrroborated by
all ac i've men 1t is Iher fore honorable TO
your town that the business men manifes. such
q live interest IA the announcement of their
goods. When times re dutl, then ls your tune
to show yOur cJmDerCinl capacity and receive
ne m'ney Yet in circulation. will not notice
the innunefaDle Improvements, but mreCt you
to bTlef article which viii designate
A CHAPTER IN BOTANY.
Winter with ltS cold blasts is past Spring Ia
mamie sting itself in divers forms. 1t burst
velvet Of the meadow and in the silent music
OF flowers We see everywhere that natuI dis
closes itself from tine lfeless garb of winter, I'd
ths Thought has suggested the title OF our essay.
Botany is the science of the Veg3 able KIN sdom.
This kingdom Is the third period in The orea-
ton dence we must aomlt developement OF
without the human spirit the world is slIent
anl uumb The bird does not sing nor the
cataract hunder. Man gives 1t a tongue and q
voice Tbs natural world ia is INTO tnree king
doms the mnt rdi, the vegetable and the ami
IN Il,
L. The mincra! il the 'owest from under which
matter ppg RS. 1t is inorganic AMI llieie3s, and
finds shighesu perfection a-d beau5y in the
or, sGuI.
3 The vege a,le rises n CHER in the order OF
nature. 1T IL endowed with life thus becoming
more an iud vida lexis,enCe tn In the cryst Al.
IL lives upon the miner assimIldtlng 1t to its
own use. thus raising 1t out of It's own plane in-
to a higher stage Of existence.
3. Tie animal rises sti higner Here we have
not Oulg life developed IN the way OF perpetual
growth as IN the plant, out r 50 certain kind
OF 80 lille. 1t has selEfeenrg which seems to
be a clear fOIe5naiOwI fg OF the human 5oul. 1t
+ eds on the veIetab.e. thus el-vIttng that into
the sphere Ot feeling and SentIent life.
The former Two being Inorganic the laLtor Is
organ c and tnus hHs ths power OF piod1cing
sim lar DO nes that iS. TeDG0cucinS their kind.
We sinai. MOI write on GheSe three KIN sdUms out
cOnipe Ourselve, % the second division OF the
II tural XirpdOm, and not on y TO that but even
to the consideration of a single species OF hero.
Plants are usually dlvidedln three a7ses, trees.
shrubs aud herbs 1t II to the latter class We
CAL VOur notice. And dgaln, YOU remember,
the e are different kinOS OF herbs. We do noe
expect TO tell yOu of those Innocent lit vege.
tables tt reads that creep along our sdewa ks,
or tho, einqniSigely peeping down from ther
mOssy beds suspended from the caves OF Ghe
colt IRE. Nor do we expect 10 tell you OF Weeus
growing in the fel Is. fertlllZ5d by the flrme"s
Culses, such as the GOOSE fl Iwers, Can tda this.
ties aud white garnc &c, DuJ of plants that ars
# a wholly different KIND. They do not glow
amOngst onions aud salad, nurtured ~ genLle
hand and receiving % kisses Of heaven through
the glaSSe' of the hOt-bet
We shall tell yOu OF those teuder, little, h)wer
less ghy pTz3 I'd herbs that grow on tn Up
per bps of gentlemen and OCCASION il.y LADIES.
AS also along the chez IS ami even as mcrosco-
PIC plants make their appearance beow the
nOstrlle OF une youth L IL Is n very peculiar
kind Of piano Z hey never bear flowers or seed,
but We To he prop lRaLel by grazing, Tney
have not yet been fully inye1dgated by the
DOtanl5t. out will undoubtedly give rise to
new branch OF science under the name or
" Botany or the face." They make up Wlat ls
called IN botanical ngu lge mousl ache" Toe
mOusIache plant !, a thing that requ res great
deal OF care and at entlOu, vi tNjsLinS and pu -
ing till i'll out. However a5 we have not ex-
pc. len ;eu the twist ng, We a unao TO give
YOI correct account rne Germ1n language.
which Is always explicit on such points, terms
it, schnurDard" the trans aton would be
strlngbeard, because II il often waXed aud
twisted mo Il pointed threa ike form. Giving
the face somewhat OF a tfish loo (. The nlu
tache has Jeen invented for various uses, out
PRINCIPALLY for its beauty although some are
verv far from being beautiful p clally when
they are altered. We have witnessed the dw
ful spectacle OF young persons autem ting to
ralse "a must eand lmplnned tIat they only
ha nlne on each ,lGe no doubt an emblem OF
base jail cub Others again say that the m Is.
tacLe is mean thing Kissing the ladies, 1t
uckles her, thus ca lslng her to give hin too
mucl surface for the Kiss. In our e-hmation
the mUstache worthless tbecause We cannot
raise One.l II il not for cold nor warm weather,
We beg leave To Oe excused for writing on
subject Wnlch We CaInut in reality suDstantlatF.
l remain, BRA.