Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-14


vailed aud With the clcse Of the Tertiary
he earth probably had it, different s'nee.
A row. The Tertiary formation - foucd
In Msiae to be composed Of ssc great oeds
cf cisv or clay mari filed With marine
shslls OF various recent And exanct sps cleo !,
il i, rsrsiy found more than 200 fses above
the sea level; nearly al tie valleys lower
than this point ara dlled With murine de2os-
i;s AMI shoued with rnAriae shsih
DR.. Jscksor measured the sub stratum
az large PARTON OF the valley OF Ausassa
.,,d found The Tertiary deposits 10 Dc from
81 90 100 fees above the isssi Of higa wafer
on the Kensehec rsve-. The eis,s OF Hal
lowell and Gsrd,ssr belong TO the sanas
farm atom Hnd secund IN marine shsie,
b.rnscsas, etc. la wAfefviile smons some
iii. liz obssiaed were fsuad several sasfss
teeth. A fossil stxs-ash and vssi,us snsi.s
have besa found in Lssisesn. they were
taken from . sxndy layer leo feet aoes'
the Asdfoscogsin river sra 200 feet ABOVE
the ocesa, and we're found 10 feef eeie~
the sasfsce. 10 SkowheS 81 and VAsssioefo
Marie sheiis hate been feuad u eiesias
sells. both ca.es esiag $50 feet above me
xxtsr They are also foand Ia clinton
from 40 to SO feet ab.ve the river. me
dsps,its Of the different sections OF tee
Tertiary have not been determined vi
=, ,e.uess. bu, there 10 evidence OF the
M.ocene in the vicinity OF RoeklAnd.
With The close Of the Tertiary
the continent which vas SO. clearly
outlined in Z zlic tina, VAS In
i,hed out nearly to its prs NJ
lYits, and the Tertiary oep sits OF the sea-
bor3s.s was added TO ibe dry lard. Then
the oisrtensry opsned with Its gsscis.
period This great ses Of ics which had
been 90 long fol mius at The north began Us
.iov and irresistible motion southwark,
down through tie valleys 70 seore and
grove the surfaces o. The rocks over which
! il psssed, rendiog masses Of rock from the
cbfs, moving the fragments ferssfd and
faal,y leaving them roiis In the shape OF
beuidsrs, aud grooved and scratch by the
grinding 10 which ,hey were gu jec;ed when
| a Z I'd in the ice The nsltis Z Of tae glacier
W, uld have gone on for a !oug time, had
nos there been sinking of the land over
usrthsrn ATTITUDES which brought en- miidsI
@ innate aud h,stensd the I'm melt ng
| This subnergepce msrks the commence
| pasnt of the second period of ths Qisr-
teaary, called the Champaign IL was the
ers Of the melting of the great glacier
| which. when tninnsd down 10 It's last lo0t
| fset--and ihis conlsiaiog the most OF The
stones AZ d gtayel--sent on With great rapid
lty, cau.iog q promiscupu dumping of the
rccks and ssod AID clsyey earth over sAs
hliis q, valleys The rsaidiiy Of the ii IL
melting occa ioned q food from which VT
have the greatest fresh water deposits Of
&c ole sic i pissorJ {; these superficial deposia
are called diloyium or dsift.
! ~. raatr cd -
elo,e By q raising of the land over th.
h,sh lstiiu les bridging the continent AZ
10 its prescott level, this is proved by Tbs
occusreace of seashore deposits full oil
shells; the elevation is Over 500 feet neal
Montreal, 200 feet on the coss: ct Maine
srd 40 t, 100 feet on the shores OF southern
| NeS Z glsud
RIVER valleys sftsr the rise had muel
sleeper slops. Increasing Their How IN rate
aud cutting down their beds through the
| Chsmpaia deposits Of the vAl!ies to iowei
bed; nj the tiaie of their annual hood'
they wore say the deposits on either sii'
Of the chspnei, mssiag hlod-grcuad ~
It. The gradual shaking of the river bed'
lefs the old fl, grounds as a series o
terraces which e'tl remain to attest TO Tn
vas.oess Of the food.
Az evidence st the great glscisrs swep
over the region now occup ed py our oS.
State We have smoothly psnshed boulcers
the scratches and groves on mounIaiu tops
aod ledge $. and bouders from the Otiskla.
sandstone carried $50 miles from the orig
nsl rock.
From this period our State has lie dilu4ium
| winch includes the various dfiits, the ses
beaches and s, a bottoms, the curious ridge
Known as the horse5scks. which scarctl,
occur in other parts Of New Il gland, an'
he terraces which are well defined slopi
the course of the Iarges. rivers, especisli !.
At Berwick, Lewiston, slopg the Keauebe
from Bruns~ick to Waterviile, at Ban go
and other places
have rot spoken of the life Of the diff
ferent sg-s, hnt in coming to the last.
will say mat db ore all Tire tribes entombe,
in OK we Gone To man whose fos III u
remains aud the rude stone implements o
his handiwoik pave thsi he was IN exist
.nce during the Chawpsin period. Thes
relics are TO associated win those Of Ell
tinct mammals, that eminent geologis'
assert, that there can be 10 doubt ihAt tbs
were contemporary
The esrly part Of this sse is sometime
called the Stone Ago, and was succsedp
by the Reindeer era IN which its stone in
elements are better m ide than those of III
preceding era, they are still unpo ished bu
show evidence of ceriaio d. gree OF arti'
tic skill In the vsrioasly csrvei spear head.
bones and shells. Ia the era which f0i
loved, the stone implements were otte
po.i.h d, AMI are fonAd with much broke
pottery. Perfect human skeletons wbic
have been found show that they are thos
4 unciviliz ID man Of low order OF fscu
ties, but in no Gaze do they indicate q rae
!. inferior TO the forrest of existing race
This system Of life, long 10 progress finail
reaches compile ion in beiog endowed wit
| all the faculties needed by rational sou
showing in his physical organic stion, ih'
he is the las. of long series, and b.
yond him no progress is possible
according to the plxn dimly ske'cht
in the first vegetable OF the Siiu,ia
waters, sId unfolded through =
succeeding geologic ages. As fossils G
his age, we have DOT only stone imp''
ments and esrthvcrks Of extinct AID III
known racer. but also buried statusry
buried cities. and pefhsps we might So
wi h q certain degree Of tr1tbfulDess,
buried continent. Plato and Scion record,
. tradition, ancient then. Of a country
the western ,ess where fourished the 6cs
civilization OF mankind, which, by velcsni
action, was submerged and lost Tha sam
story is told BY the Central America VIII
still celebrate in one OF their feasts tn
irightful cataclysm which destroyed cor
tinent loaded with populous cisies. The r.
port Of the expedition, sent out from Lor
don sor the purpose Vi scisH:iac ocean SUI
veys, has recently been published, an
casts curious light on this Old legend
DIR. Bourbourg and other eminent arch a.
logiss assert shat this lost continent 81
teDded from the coast Of Africa TO Dea
rne West Indies. The shape Of a plates
discovered 10 surveying ths ocean
q DOR corresponds wi the theory exactly
We may yet & the lost Atlantis. Some
times, think We hardly realize that geolos
cal work is It'll soiT g 90 ; tina. the waters
the winds and life are stiil a. work wiz
unimpsired energies Species Of plan
sod animals are gradually becoming sxtint
-hils new species sre appearing. We ar
told that portions of Greenland are subsid
ing at the sl1v rsts OF I feet q century
while . large portion Of Sweden IL AZ slo~i
rising.
Year after year, Venice sinks deeper int
the bosom Of The Airlsti-. sSuch move
menis along with cart 1skes. prove tins
conuac,ions from the coolihg Of the earth
crust has not yet ceased.
! N5w,:h work Of fresh water far exceed
that OF tie ocean in rock mssnz. III
great rivers OF the Continents. pourio
fourth their vast sedimsntary accumulation
are plainly baildiag up tae delsss 81 tbei
mouth, aad the broad valleys reaching ia
up their c)urse srs u. misisks5le p-odpc
ions OF the same szries of operations |
] remote nertods shoyinv ma hox htila ys