Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-01-04

open up their hearts at this genial
season, is unworthy the name parent.
Among the dearest memories OF after
years. Is Christmas at home; the
stockings hung carefully by the Chin
ney. the restless slumber, the early
rising and scamper down stairs after
the spoils, the feasting and fun all
the day, the meeting OF father and
mother, brother and sister, and
friend most dear, around the table,
grooming with everything delicious. |
ALL those mammoth dinners, fit for |
queen; the stuffed turkeys, the mincr |
pies. the cranberry tarts, an the ,.
fruit cake. all seemed TO have supe.
rior excellence for the occasion.
Where is the merry party chat gath
cred around dear mothers SUMPTION,
board; the little hoy, then, has grown
10 be man. and he wipes away a
tear as he thinks OF the vicissitudes
in the, then, joyous company. Some
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are scattered far and wide, some have
homes most sumptous, while Ot.ers
plod the world to and fro. 1t l.
II is amusing to read the various
and conflicting reports respecting the
rapid transit through the aerial re.
| gi0ns, on the nights of the 2lst ult.
We hal thought that superstition had
passed. rs zone Of the things that
werc;' but it has been made quite
manifest. since the fiery dart shot
athwart the heavens, that there are
yet many who regard those heavenly
lights us harbingers of war, or pre-
cursnrs OF some other dirrful calam
ity. The question arises. what was
the light we saw the other night?
The sojourning Knox philosopher
says it was u ~m,teoric explosion, y
and that il fell in Lake Mixcnkuckee.
As portion OF the stone was found
near Rochester, this State, we do not
believe that the Knox philosopher i,
correct. While upon this subject, we
will state what science says OF aero
lites or meteoric stones. Three theo-
rics have been sprung regarding
them. First. That they are formed
in the air. from materials existing
there i'm Il subliInated state. Second,
That they arc parts OF AN exploded
planet. Third, That they are thrown
from the volcanoes of the moon. To
the first OF the theories, there is a
material objection. i'm the fact that
gases, when in contact. must mix, aud
gases necessary to form these sub
stances, can not, therefore, remain
in the air unmixed. The objection to
the second is. that il they were parts
of Il broken planet. they wonldp roba-
bly<b composed OF more heteroge-
ueous materials. 1t is well known
that all OF them are composed Of the
same constituent parts, namely, sui
phur. mtgne>ia. manganese, iron.
nickel, chromium, and in one re-
corded instance only, charcoal. In
favor OF the third supposition. which
refers them TO a lunar origin. it may
be remarked. that bo'ly thrown 20
miles from the moon. would escape
from the attr action Of that body: and
that a velocity six times greater than
that of a cannon ball. would be suffi-
cient 10 throw a body beyond the
moons attraction. As terrestrial
volcanoes have thrown bodies with
velocity, ii Is not improbable that
lunar volcanoes may DO tie same.
The Knox philosopher further says
"the rarer the medium the faster the
sound will move" We defy him to
snbstantiate anything OF the kind.
True philosophy teaches that all
sounds, loud or soft, travel through
the mir It the rate l. 20 feet "A seeond;
aud that IL is conducted by wates
about four times quicker than by air.
and by solids about twice as rapidly
AS by water.
Or, Pro NoBrs.