Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-01

American people If we settle our
difficulties when they are small they
will not grow to magnitude that re.
q1ires armies to handle them.
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VIII Edison Succeedp II He Does,
What
God said, "Let there be light and
there was light" This IS the first
Information We have obtained 10
reference to thu origin or creation
of that very useful and valuable ar.
tcle we call "light.n Philosophers
are not agreed as to what the thing
really is, or whether it is any thing
absence IF dsrkness. Also they say
that darkness is the absence of light.
Others tell us ii is a "wave." But
then what is "waved 2" Here is
another quaodary. Surely 1t must
be slight" that is waved. La fact &C.
cording to Moses aud the modern
biologists light existed some three
days before the sun. That luminary
will not be necessary if E iison sue
ceeds. He will get behind the sun
to the original source whence the
subtle essence proceeds; that is,
electricity, and the orb of day will
become useless, eclipsed, and every.
body will vote for the abatement of
the old fashioned nuisance. But sup.
pose Edison does succeed New
Years day, and issue from Menlo
Park bis 'ipse dixit,' "I.et there be
light" and suddenly the entire cope
Of the visible Heavens should be il
Illuminated with golden rings of solid
light, as old Saturn-that our
houses, cellars and dungeons should
bs flooded with light-what then :?
How could we slespP How could
we escape ? In what cave of gloom
could We enter where the light
would not have found it's way? In
fact E iison has it in his power to
extinguish our eyes by overlooking
them on tight. Bat there would be
revolution on large scale. Per
haps our Earth might be converted
into regular sun, and become the
centre Of new system. Bat what
would become Of us, when our pres.
ent visual organs shall have Iost
their adaptation to what Mr.. Tyn-
dali calls'the environment, THAT lie,
the visible envelope OF the wrap.
pings of the material world outside
OF us. And what will be the worth
of our huge deposit Of stone coal for
Mr.. Ellison can generate heat X he
can create light, for the wise men
say light aud heat and electricity
are only different forms OF Force. :"
But then again we are puzzled.
What is Force unless there is some.
thing behind that, to force the
Force2 Who can tell but that we
will all undergo sudden metamor.
phosis and become as phofph resent
as lightning bugs on New Years
day, 1880 And what is to become
OF the gas companies and the costly
and cumbrous cauldrops in which
they manufacture light, and the
thousands of pipes which distribute
this clement through all the houses,
rooms, halls and dwellings of our
great cities? What destruction of
property is threatened by Mr.. Edi.
son, bankruptcy and ruin to thous.
ands of persons who now live upon
gas. Is Edison going to blow out
all these lights by lightning2 AL.
ready gas stocks have fallen in both
Europe and America. They have of
fered Edison one billion of dollars
in hard cash if be will abandon his
experiments. Now if he fails we
shall know the reason. He has been
bribed They will kill him or
drown him az it is said the Free
Masons disposed of Morgan. We
shall know before this paper is Is
sued on Thursday next Baxter
says he has made the largest, cheap
est purchase of the best kerosene
ever brought to Lancaster. He
wants to sell out instsnter; for what
We are now writing may be read in
the universal illumination which
Mr.. Edison says will take place New
Years day. 1ss0,--and kerosene
will not be worth more than dish.
water then.