Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-01-22
Dawn ea the HOOn

\ Rochester journalist Who visited
p.nf. Sairi the other evening and had
Il view oflhc moon. says; "The tile
scope. with power o thiriy-siX dam
et.rs. wa lururd upon Tie moon Al
inst the flood ol light was binding end
,ac view wa, but crsar>. The moon
looked ike shield OF Achilcs-hdn-
by li, goddess mo'hcr in ihc az're ol
,b. heqveus. Prot. sNif' looked o',r
the field. and noteda he Looked m'h'
Of die iuirresiin. points. and suggested
that ~, follow thc sunrise on tha m""n.
On the moon the dawn advanced AT the
rate Of t. n niles an hour, lightning n.y.
,cw field, and furnishing to him an cy'
cr-changins panorama. sill. there i
nalrl,t but drsolalion. yawnlng crairrN.
and sharp peaks Of volcanic mountains
and circular walls with perpendicular
sides that surrounded deep pits. The
moon is dead. to all appearancc-bufn-
cd out with volcanic fires. No water
l,vcs the drsolalc and rugged shores Of
ofits graf sra bottoms. Bn.in the gray
plains where some astronomers thnE
m ocean once spread craiers arc seen
with perpendicular walls.
The gray plains can he seen with lhF
nakede\e. forming what is called THE
man in the moon" on Il map Ike the
castor, continent. Under the telescope
yo rould trace what seemed at first to
H.. shore lines on the borders OF thl'
ulain On closer inSp clion. instead OF
wave washed -and. these lines appear
el 10 he bul rounded steps formed Ol
successive lava bursts spreading over
the plain aud making. by the 'es'rn'n1
nov IN. Gradual exhaustion Of the vol
c,nic force. From one OF the largest
rraters rise three volcanic cones .n'
SUBMITS cf ~ hich are tipped in sunlight
before the floor OF the crater IS h-a''''
In another large crater rays spread "u''
as though the volcanic force cracked The
firm crust in its upheaval. injecting
,hrou,h the broken surface rides OF
dazzling whit lava. that spread out Ike
the arms ola cutlle-f,h covering v"S'
surface.
The grandcst phenomena are I"
I've observed b, follnwIns the sun on '''
moon. The advancing forms ragged
rrr,cent !iuc up,n the surface stiil III
lartucss. The suns ra,s pass over
dark chasni. and low fields, lighting up
r..,rel mountain tops far in advance.
rhey appear ike little islands oI hShI
l,in., OF the coast ofan illn ninlied sea-
u,,, mnunlalns and crater walls nelr
r,o .hor. oclirht cast deep shadows.
y o circular rims of crater ar" iilumna-
,.l aud : iinc like rims oisllver. -lii-
..r.nr uuon a cushion of dArkn ;. The
advancing dawn nov lights up the ha eS
~ ,he on,kins mountains that but II
,rome,t ago showed hui specS ol
f.,,l and still ncw mountain tops are
,,rpcd with silv far in ADVANCE
rrho snnli ,hi strikes upnn tine SIDE ot
, circular wall Of = crater aad there L.
, silver cre-cen wtha black space b
,.,.,, ,itaid tie sea oi lighl. SLOW )
rho summi ofother portions of the CIR
culsr wall are lighted up, and then the
sup,isht invades The depths OF tie cra-
t.r while the shall Nv ot thc wall ncal-
a., the sun stretches half across the
aoor Of the chasm. Frequetly great
,.ns are broken in the creter walls. aud
strraks uf lig It stream across the hoor'
The Jagged rocks. in calm. cold beauty.
shine and glitter in the fierce white lisht.
The mountains are mountains oi desc
lnion. aud the valleys are valleys oil
silence and death. They are wrnklrd
with the flow of lava and torn with up
beevals. The moon is dead No air
no ,cu. no forest shade. or LIVING thing.
The moon is never falling source oil
delight. It's also awful in its snsses
lions of power aud III its Loneliness "i
utter des"lation.
Will you love me- when ! mould
. ,l,, loof of bread said 10 the house