The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-12-27

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herbs in applying this instinc
Now, We learn by the papers that
some places trees have budde
!. flowers bloomel and. wild fowls bui
nests, laid eggs and Matched the
young, accepting the late war
J spell for spring. But all this veget
bic, anin,al and hun an wisdom
alike contonnded by Jack Frost, vi,
yesterday registered at p degree
below zero, and this morning ,ha
frozen the mercury solid. The.
facts increass our distru.t of .
grades Of prophets, and prompt. th
belief that the God of this uniyers
has intenti 'pally left Mi its occupan,
sE1fa tho dat1 c.,ncerain. ali tutas
events. This obscnrity cxcitea man
curiosity, aid stimulates his; ilnaeir
alton to grope around for stre*k.
or indications oflight, and to publis
these when he thinks he has foun
theh but each and all these glimpse
into; htarity are distinctly grade'
by the peculisrities of the imagina
tions which traced them, and ar
therefore as different and contra
dictory as'wsre tue circumstances O
their respective .uthors. For thes,
reasons all prophets and fortune tel
lers whose forecasts endure, use
vague and my stical language, which,
like the images in = fire, or in the
dregs Of : teacup, can vary to &C
eommodate the imagination of the
interpreter, or inspire himself with
the spirit of prophesy.
The discussions concerning Green
ups meetings and the weather proph::
cts. have raised 3 question here as to
the locality OF the garden of Eden,
the part OF the world occupied by the
Autideluvians, and upon which Noah
huilt the Ark and gathered up its
living freight, and where the ark
fioated and finally landed. and its
occupants were dispersed. That it
landed upon mount Ararat. in Asia,
and that its crew and passengers dis
persed from that point, is established
by the Bible, by Josephus's Antiqui-
ties and corroborative traditions;
but the most careful investigations
have failed to discover, in any part
Of Asia, the geographical landmarks
and rivers outlined by these ancient
and modern antiquaries
say that their predecessors erred in
assuming that because the ark landed
in Asia it was also built and treighted
here, and that Asia was the conti-
lent occupied by the antideluvians,
Ind the nursery OF t1ls human lace,
These modern ideas, are based upo.,
;he following chain of evidences:
lst. That there are no ancient re:
Mains of human labor found in the
Eastern world but such as are known
% have been made since the food,
md are reached by some ancient
'ecoras or traditions.
Z 2nd. That the: Western world
lbounds with turied cities, pyramids
Ind mounds, which sntedate all ves-
ages OF human history. Palenque
8 good sample Of these buried
;ities; it is in Il dense forest Is miles |
rom Tobasco, in Central America.
Desaix's party traced one of its
streets fifteen miles. In cutting down
'he trees they counted the concen.
;ric circles in the section of one
which indicated a growth of 963
years. But Nlong the soil, l6
eet deep, was ,acca,nulating before
hat tree took root, sn only be con-
ecturcd. Some ofthe houses were
veil preserved; one with the inside
unf nislied; the mark Of
lie trowel in spreading the morter
vas still there, but the return stroke
% obliterate tile mark Was never
made. Everything indicated that
abor had been suspended by some
'ndden calamity which, like the food,
nd swept away human life to- man
md all these ruins are like those of
's.lcnque.
3ra. In the New York Museum
re six bricks from the pyramid Of
;hilula, in Mexico, and six bricks
rom the remains of the Tower of Ba-
'el. These are identical in size.
hape and hieroglyplic figures, and
rere evidently made by the same
'cople; the former before, and the
utter after the flood. A difference
n the color of these bricks only |
hows difference betweon the clay |
t Chilula. and that used at Babel.
4th. The keelson Of the ark was
'ver 400 feet long and Of one piece
nd only in Central America we're
rees ever known to grow of size
uffieient to make this foundation |
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9TH. With Noah's food = strong
asl wind blow, | ke that which piled
~ the waters OF the Red Sea, and
the Egyptians.and that wind
lrifted the ark across the Pacific,
Unknown to its occupants, from Cen.
raj America where it was built. to |
Ararat where it landed. Col closed
he door Of the ark, and Noah the
Window and this left Noah's family
10 more conception al their progress