The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-10-21
4 New Scientific Ente prise.

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4 New Scientific Ente prise.
The cause of astronomy in the
United States is comparatively in it's in
fancy; but still it has made very great
strides which will unquestionably be
surpassed in the future. Space, will not
permit a lengthy account of all that has
been done; but the following are a few
of the leading discoveries by American
astronomers. Prof. Hail. Of the Wash
ington observatory, was the fortunate
discoverer of the two moons which &C
company Mars, and no event of the
present century, in this special field,
has been of greater Importance. Amer
lean astronomers discovered the sepa-
ration of Biella's comet into two parts,
and in 1913 Prof. Bond found the eighth
satellite of Saturn. This discovery by
Prof. Bond was followed in the year
1850 by the discovery of the transpar-
ent ring Of Saturn, both Of which
events reflected the greatest credit up
ON this country, comparatively desti-
tute as it then was in telescope facili-
ties. In addition to these great dlscov-
cries, Profs. Watson and Swift saw
three intra-mercurial planets during
the total eclipse of 1878, while over 4
thousand double and triple stars, more
than fifty asteroids and fifteen new COM
cts have been located in the heavens,
through the researches Of the astrono-
mers of the United States. This is a
record of which all may be proud.
The new Observatory at Rochester, is
specially designed to further this very
work. It is intended as point of dis
| covery rather than as an institution of
record, and there can be little doubt
that it will bring cut much that is new.
The orr ginal idea was to build a tower
and residence of moderate proportions,
but the financial success of Mr.. H. H.
Warner, who made the original endow-
ment, and is the proprietor of the Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, and other rem
edies, induced that gentlemen to ex-
pend much more upon the building,
grounds and instruments, and thus en-
large the plans to their present dimen-
sions. Prof. Swift, who has found SO
many comets, and also two intra-mer-
curial planets in 1878, will have charge
of the Warner Observatory, and devote
his entire time to the work of the in
stitution. The new telescope is to be
twenty-five feet4in length, while the
lens is sixteen inches in diameter, being
the third largest in size of the telescopes
now in use in this country.
f, While America is so greatly distin-
guished by It's inventions and enter.
I prises, there is much to indicate that il
will take an equally high rank in the
realm of discoveries, and it may also be
predicted with reasonable degree O.
certainty, that astronomy will eventual
ly find its highest advancement at the
hands of American investigators.
! General Grant will be met in New
York next Monday, the 18th, by com
mittee of the Boston Middlesex Club
They will arrive at Boston on Tuesday
AMI the banquet, to which all the prom
inent men in New England have beer
invited, is set down for Wednesday
evening. The next day he will have {
birds eye view of the whole world from
New highlands special pride, the Rock
of Plymouth, and in the evening recep
lions in his honor will be held in Ire
mont Temple and Faneuil Hall.
The New York Herald says: "Hora
| ito Seymour drives from his farm tt
Utica every day. He has an office
there. His property consists mainly
of eastern farms and western lands
He says that an American is Away!
seeking some new field of venture
while German will take farm anc
remain on it until it is paid for. HI
thinks that Massachusetts, will become
an Irish state"
Miss Lucy Larcom writes to the Mar
blehead Messenger that her poem, "Han
nah Binding Shoes" had no real foun
dalton in fact; that she new many
Hannahs in Beverly, but none in Mar
blehead, and that the poem was sug
gested by the glimpse Of a woman sit,
ting at a window binding shoes, which
she had seen on drive through
Swampscott, Marblehead and Salem.
/ 1t is a curious fact that the locomo
tive which, with it's traip, went dow1
with the Tay bridge, is now running
regularly between Glasgow and Edln
burgh. For three months i lay at thu
bottom of the Tay, but when it wa'
brought up it was found uninjured, ex
cept the funnel, dome and weather
board, which had to be renewed. Il
ran on its own wheels to Glasgow jus
as it came out of its long bath.
| Silas M. White, the defaulting presi
dent of the First National Bank of Brat
tleboro, VT, was arrested at Omaha las
week. Last June it was discovered tina