The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-02-24
4 Talk About the Stars.


IL Is very pleasant TO know the stars
10 DE able, ike M1lton's hermit, to
"st and rightly spell
~ c'efy s'ar ina. heaven uo'h show"
n,iu l. - noI at all uilhcuit 10 learn all
.ne cnlel star-groups--or consultations,
a. lney are caiieo-i only the learner
goes properly TO work. Perhaps |
ous shI rather 10 say, II the teacher goes
properly 70 work. remember when l
was poy ABOUT Twelve years old, being
very much perpicXed by the books OF
tsLrohomy, ana the star-charts, from
winch l tried to learn the stars. There
was Donny castieS Astronoiiy, with
aon pdiee.y rlc'uIe 9i one constella,
o vor, nror,,,, nnoroincua, IN whei II one looked
tSoyyol, Sv1y Jla'Vuiy' ,hy onc couiu perceive STARS,
aUuSn caUof,i,,' .neso ai we're nearly io't IN the
a,9ui,y fnS,' haSe snae'eu picture OF thc Chained
eDmna .au .oiseii, Anolher oook which L
so',;aa .ounu An my ia.lcr library moved a
consto,io.; o, Tr iaeul Plctures oi all .hc cnief
Ion;eo,ia.ions, oa,;o,, W. gave no cicar inior,
Ia aa'lIn oi, as " tnelr whereaoouts. And
oas,' caa'vS ta ,S Ml,Cl iounu were NOT at All
1@sy " uhuers.anu, Doihg III TACT, the
,aual aoti s'ai Icnalts, which give 10 infor-
,iasiom wnatcV9r ABOUT the places OF
om'. sd, roups oli ine SKY OF any place or at
any sinle 90 tnat II was only by work.
,1si,ny uS tny way lloiii INC Ureat Bear 10 con-
ioaai,ou1 ,ioao h., .b o,o'e " IL, tnen 10 others
,aoruoJ ou ny .L tnesJ, anu 80 on, tnat slowly
'o',t leu lne cniel star-groups.
NV cue % ancLents, "nen tney called a
3roup VI slars oy any name, really Inn
5ineu some resemblance between the
'hlarSrOup la, ana tne ngure after which
.hot .ani1u .hn ~: 4 nave heard IL SAID
si" sna. sno diSeIiest iuiagina1on cannot
a.. | m..'ss y, oi ia,Lliiiar opJects out OF
'ue s'a1s, w. & .nis IS ceTtalniy amistake,
80 o 10y ~ .'aI wnen 1 was lao, ana
49, ,i,,l nau az. iealneu " associate she
'v",o "iIi .ne Sousieliat:ons d, present
~ uso, usou " Imagine aihong the
,..aa s.ai .io Sures VI such oolccts as 1
'Su mas nus. iau1,ilar WIN. Ill tho constel-
t'Tn Tt !, 49, ~ .,'e swan va; sa" caPitai kite
~. 40 'Iic.e ~ .isis uayl: IN the Great
%" I. .ue ~ uin VI 10Y very COM
MN d. .na. .inie III Lngiahu, represent
.Hs MONKEY tnat passed over the top
o1 pole; Inc three stars forming the
iaidlo OF The Dipper made the tail of
tle monkey and II you look at the Dip
per IN the position 1t now occupies in
me carry evening, you will readily see
5le nS uiT Vi cIiinolng monkey. In
ferseus could see a garland Of flowers
such as my sisters used to make. Orion
was climbing, giant when ri lug, but
LOOK the attitude OF giant going down
NIL as ne passed over the west. In the
Serpent bearer anu serpent saw u lnon-
strous SWORD, slaped ike the curved sa-
per winch Saladin welded and SO
iorth. NO doubt, In the infancy of as
tronomy, or perhaps OF the world Itself,
men wore lanciful In the same way, and
inc hgures they assigned TO the, star
groups really seemed pictured In the
SKY; Inc ldea OF separating the con
steiianois one from another was a later
one thah mat OF merely naming the
more remarkable star-group::. Ii one
SET Oh stars seemed 10 resemble any OBJ
Ject, ana another set to resemble another
OBJECT tMhK the corresponding names
would nave been given even though
some stars OF one set were included
withln the other set, In fact, think
lnts very consteiiation OF the Dragon
oonito,,o,; oernts ~ aio ,o SHOW that our modern
rodI''''on rod,,cod 'su'o' ha'c oeeh largely