Smyrna times., 1881-11-30

REV. Mr.. TALMAGE, of Brooklyn, dis
coursed on "Trumpets" for his Thanks
giving subject-Numbers XXIY-1: 1T is a
day of blowing of trumpets." The praise
of our nation and its products was of
course the theme of the speaker, whose
array of figures was astonishing to per-
sons not familiar with the march of events.
He said:
"I have late news from headquarters
that will make your ears tingle with glad
ness. Let us see whether God is starving
us out. The corn crop this year is 1876,
l32, 800 bushels, valued at 1867 ,770,372 at
the seaboard. This crop is worth 267 mil
lions more than that of last year. What
if the crop is less i'll amOunt-it is more
valuable. Is not bushel of corn worth
one dollar as valuable as two bushels at
fifty cents each? The wheat crop is worth
$3.50, 900, 900, being $16O,00 600 more than
the value of last years crop. Of petrol
cum last year there were $4,000, 900 bar
rels: this year there is double that guam
tity. And this, too, is new product. If
you were to have an opportunity to talk
to one of your ancestors, and were to
mention petroleum, he would say: Pete
roleum, who is he?" And to come to a
subject on which can dilate, there is a
production of 212,O00,000 pounds of sugar.
| There is no excuse for you when | visit
| you to stint my tea-cup of its fit saccha-
rine modification. Think of it-212, ,0Q0,-
600 pounds of sugar! Why should you
! deny your children confectionery Then
100000 swine have been slaughtered
this year-and so many hogs left! Laugh
ter. The hay crop equals the corn crop
! The horse, the cow and the sheep have
| been provided for He who feeds the
raven has fed this year the quadruped
OF gold and silver products the value thi
year is $S0.000,000. Gold and silver arr
going to be so common In this country
that you will some day eat from silve
plates and drink from golden ehalices
Fhis is but the beginning of the produc
ton of gold and silver. 1t is to what i
will be in the future as the so cents whicl
Cornelius Vanderbilt got for carrying
passenger to Staten Island was to the mil
lions he left ut his death. Our domesti
exports were valued at 1924, 900, 900 ant
our imports at S640,000, ,000-a balance @
$3.50, 1000, 900 in our favor. The world
to blame for the diminution of crops
there is any. You and may see the da
when drouths will come to an end becaus
men. resolve that they shall. After tn
battle Of Waterloo there was flood {
water; after the battle of Austerlitz ther
was flood of water; after the battles {
Gettysburg and Bunker Hill there wer
floods of water A heavy discharge
artillery almost always brings a raj
storm. And the time will come whe
governments will make Ese of this fac
Dronths have caused millions of dollars
loss, and discharge of artillery, thoug
! expensive, might save one-half the los
t | The latest discovery in science-that
the storage of electrieity-maya also
made use of to bring rain. When th
comes to pass and dPoUth comes ov
the land, the order will go out from Il
= central government to the great statiol
a of atmospheric relief, north and sout
east and west, The cannons will furnii
the thunder and the stored electricity Il
I lightning, and the drought will be ende
t The expense will be so great that only
E times of public distress will this mea
be used"