, 1878-12-19

There are the spirits Of turpcn,inp,
sweet spirits of uitre, spirits OF the
Just and the uu Just, spirits Of am
ImOnia, nitrous ether, as well as Had.
son Bay rum and other alcoholic and
dlaboIic spirits. ard clouds Of as.
s"hce of Jamaica ginger, which has
been sent into space hv the brcuths
of thousands of temperance reform.
erS. And in the way of herbs, there
is mothcrwort and totherwort, and
all those plants which old ladies'
cherish with such fondness. Why, |
expect the very catnip tea my moth.
er used to brew, is floating around
somewhere in the atmosphere. In
fact, everything that ever was in a
material state is run in the atmos.
phere in an immaterial state. Now,
when all these planets get into bee
line pointing to our earth, they force
the concavity of the heavens upon
the concavity of the earth, bringing
the atmosphere into such violent
contact with the hemisphere that
something has got to smash some.
But there will be great reaction,
if there is to be pestilencs and floods
and what not, as DR.. Knapp says,
but which | doubt, that is as uni.
versal thing, and all to be occasonsd
by these planets. Just as soon as
their influence is removed all these
gasses will be liberated and bound
off into space, and be condensed in
the moon, and we shall have healthy
time. Take nv word for it, whoever
is alive in 1890 will live on to the
great age of old Tantarabogus, Of
whom history relates that he lived
till he died. They may possibly dry
up and blow away, but that's all. |
know there are good many people
of weak intellect who will laugh at
what | say, but / tell you, after such
things as the telephone and phono-
graph and the electric light have been
discovered, no wise man will igncr-
antly laugh at any new thing he
hears, he will pause and reflect, and
let his mind fructify, and then he
can see things as clear as do, and
find them not only so, but also"
was satisfied the professor knew
quite as much, and is quite as pro-
found in his deductions and analy'
sis, and as correct in his logical APP
plication Of the problem, as any Of
the philosophers of the present day;
and if his language is not as strictly
scientific as is used in chronological
institutes, the idea, as he says, sis
thar"
Yank's head at present, is as full
Of windmiIls as old Don Quixote's
was, and will probably produce the
same result as the experiment made
by the illustrious Don and his faith.
ful squire, Sancho Panza on the
wind mills OF Saragossa in Spain. |
think if the philosopher could bring
his thoughts from the windy regions
and concentrate them on the earth,
so that he can ''fructify" a machine
for making brick from the excellent
material about his house, he would
find the occupation both lively and
profitable, and give his friends a
chance to build lasting monument
TO his memory.
Yank trieI an experiment in pie
making, which was not success,
and was received with scorn by
quaint Sam. Brooks. Yank called it
a profitable family pie, for no one
would ask for second piece. A
cake which he prepared from some OF
the pie crust was cut in thin strips,
and declared by uncle Bill Crane to
be as we'll suited Tor making whip
lashes of as woodchuck's skin. So
we passed our Thanksgiving holidays
in cheerful and instructive conversa-
ton, enlivened by the hearty hospi.
tality of our worthy host and his es.
Unable lady, and it was with un-
feigned regret that left for Dunge-
ness on Saturday afternoon. But on
my arrival there found fresh 10,
Of old acquaintancss, and many new
ones in the shape Of stalwart young
men whom | once knew as little
boys, who have now come to mans
estate and give promise Of being a
credit to the country as skillful cul-
tivators of the soil.
Captain Barker gave me the fol-
lowing interesting information about
COG k reaches: Said he, "There was a
professor of etymology on bug
hunt laSt cummar onllaptinp Snnci.