The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-11-23


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tiles anl rvttilsHn listls existed, anil
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irom living TURNS, 1he uelii,r a,.i III.
Hssir timss were The aRss ~ Aea anil lanl
*anrians swimming, living, crawling,
ar even nyirK. TIE professor Iull.wrl
with a reference ~ either agrs VI thu
world. ~ revealed hy geology, ~hen
onis oceania aai insignificant forms II.
iss,sd, NJ wholly nn,enants,l, savr i,s the
hnmblrss Turns which the heated ~-Nns
| contained There was still older tlns,
M doubt, whvn no water WAS found,
AMI tho rnfth's surface consisted III
dark, rough f,eks, formed by the conl.
ing 81 the fiery material that once rolled
in waves over IL. After this camr time
when water condensed upon the surface,
anil shallow ocean WAS rvrryWherr.
A tho cnfth eoplesl, the contraction al
liz crust tidgcd IL np into craggy hills,
anu frum these streams rolled down
snnd and pebbles into thu heated oeran
bcncath~~too hot, probably. for Iii. *.
istencc III any but the slmpl.rt forms III
life. Then the continent NJ North Amer
ica began IL emerge from the watsrs-~-a
range VI hills stretching - tho northeast
and northwest from thu ~, Lawrence
river and tho lakes. a range II islands
marked the range 81 tho Rocky noun.
talns and the Appalachian chain. From
these "islansla" streams rolled sand anil
pebbles ~ the ocean. forming tho Lan.
rcntian and Huruilan rocks, aud other
deposits found ia different portions Of
the continent, ar more especially In the
northern portions of II, IN places 10
depth III over ~, OOO frrt
II in probable tint life Ia simple forms
existed during this Time hut tho rocks
have been M altered by heat Tint nearly
all ttacrs oi il have been destroyed or
ohllterntel. Alter the Lanrentian and
Hurnninn perlols came tic Hilurinn---
the lnwrrt rueka deposited during that
time, and consisting III the puttsdam
sandstone. or tho lower sandstone III the
Nerihw.at, 80 called 10 distinguish Ii
from Tho ~. Peters sandstone, which
mny br aeon down thu mississippi river
from Minneapolis ~ Fort smelling.
Tiiis dcpnsit In eighty feet deep nj Potts.
liam, ~ T., mud Oh thu ~. croix moro
iian 800 ftat. In the NnrtliWest il con-
stats ~ minute grnins VI quartz with |
little rrinrniing matter, hence u cakily |
efnmblns, ahd grent marses III II ure |
wpfn away. m by the river nj Luke Pr.
pm forming the land upon whici, Lake
City stands n1.l tl,. lowl.nd farms In tn
vicinity. Where These prnins mr. ~.
menici, the rock Inns Il hrnwncr color,
IN NJ Emu Clnire. where tonne III liz beds
hase stool for ager. The places Of de.
pnsit IN different sections we're mentioned
representing large Int shallow ocean
nsernprca.ling thc American conti-
nent, having land lying IL the north and
northwest. on which mus, have been
mountain ranges of quartz, from
which rivers washed the pebbles md
orks and ground them n powder,
nnl carrying this ~ the sen, forming the
pott.slnm sandstone. Whatever doubt
mAy exist about the occurrence ~ fossils
In the l4anrentian rocks, there IL none
about their existence In tile Potts Inm,
The orean TINT then covered Minnesota
anil most of North America swarinrd
with life III a variety of forms, III which
the rocks benr abundant evidence. This
u life : WINS illustrated mud described In
very interesting manner, nnl the ,lif.
fsrcnt creatures IN tho stages 81 develop.
mcnt, md the action Of storms and other
commissions npon the surface of the
earth were graphically portrayed. hut
nj snch length Tint even n summary IN
impracticAhlo. Then came tho grand
winter ri the ngcn. Over this whole
country IN Icy sheet lay, moving south.
warl NJ the rate Of n few inches per dry
from moth 70 south, n ground down the
roekn IN iss mnrcll. II brought down thu
powders TINT arc scattered over your
II buried mp. when II melted,
tby tho accumulated debris that was In
~, tho bare rocks, while tho mud nns-
pended IN the water hy the melting lev
made tho deep soil that lieu over thou
Annds II broaa farms. At last came man
'-tlod's fAyorite-.-for whom heaven aiid
eartl, had bevn laboring for \ million
Let IN live livcH worthy
u tho immense preparation TINT hMs
becn made for them.
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The TART East W. West.
From tho Inst Tn.f. Field and Farm
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