Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-09
THE MELANCHOLY RESULT OF TOO
MUCH ENGINEERING ENTER
PRISE.


Navigation Company was chartered
ed by the Continental congress
of that section Of the globe
known as the United States OF North
aud South America. The object Of
this company was to open anu
Operate q canal between the polar
land aud the navigable waters OF tho
gulf of St. Lawrence.
: This plan was considered feasible
because explorations had been made
by means of aerial conveyance which
showed that tue North Pole was the
center of vast continent, the climate
OF which was delightful, and the pro-
ductions of which were most nutrl-
tious grains and delicious fruits. Its
land waa-csvered with vast herds
and droves of edible foar-footsd
animals. It's waters swarmed with
wild fowls of the choicest kind. and
were stocked with. fish Of the most
delicate flavor.
Iu order to utilize these seemingly
spontaneous productions and make
them beneficial to mankind, this conf
pauy was organized. The explora-
ton parties sent out had further dis
covered that the North Pole was sur
rounded by all open polar sea, tho
southern limits Of which were vast
precipices aud ridges Of ice ranging in
height from one to two miles. These
Ice cliffs were stu ated in latitude SU
degrees north.
a capital Of 800, 900, 900 had been
subscribed. Operations were COM
meuced, and, according to estimation,
ten years would elapse before the
work would be completed. IL was
| thought that vast amounts of ice
from the barrier could be transports
cd to the torrid zone and sold to the
inhabitants at rates which would
yield the company great revenue.
The work progressed rapidly. and
the stockholders were JOYOUS, autici-
pating heavy profits which were TO
arise from their enterprise.
At last the work was completed.
and the day was named when TIE
marriage of the waters of the Allan
| tic aud Arctic Oceans was to be COLI
summated by the agency of man. The
last barrier in the grand canal was to
| be removed.
Grand aerial eXcul si0ns to witness
the ceremony and return were ar.
ranged. All the grandeur which
modern civilization could suggest
or contrive was to be displayed Oh
the occasion.
Everything passed off according to
the announcement. The final blow
was struck. The waters of the Arc.
tic ocean poured through the chasm,
not only poured, but they went roar
ing through, and continued to roal
aud pour until tho canal was fall
They overflowed it's locks and banks
The Gulf Of St. Lawrence was full,
The waters of the Atlantic were
raised to that extent that the entire
American continent was submerged
Still the waters confined to pour
southwark until the equilibrium Of
the earth was destroyed and il ceaset
to revolve upon its axis, and The
western hemisphere remained In thu
dark. Without the light and heat o
the sun the inteuse cold CONCEALED al
that vast volume of water and froz'
all that remained # animal life whict
the water had not previously destroy
ed. So intenee was the cold that tint
huge field of ice was rended into vas
chasms, splitting itself Ssunder will
terrific EXPLOSIONS.
In the mean time the eastern hem
isphere met with a serious fate. Thi
side of the globe, being continually
turned toward the sun, the hea
became intense, immense fires ragged
and there was no one to stay the con
hagration. A few men had crowded
into caves to escape from the heat AM
had met death by starvation. So i'll
tense was the heat that the fish wer
boiled in the sea. anu at last al
water disappeared, and not vestig
of anything living or green could b
found.
Aud thus for centuries the cart
confined to move forward rs q dea
planet.