Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-21
GRANDPARENTS FIRST READER.
Astronomical Lessons Which fairS
Sparkle with Science.
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" Is the sun up?"
Yes, the sun Is up
why is the sun up 2"
The chief object in the suns rising =
10 shine on Squire Taylor's corn-held ana
give HIM the biggest crop in the county 10
brag about. In an incidental way the sun
also kisses the dew of the grass.
Does the dew like 20 be kissed!"
"Of course she dew"
where does the sun rise?"
" In the East"
But why IN the East?" :.
because there is more room in that d.
rection for her 10 spread herself without
tipping over somebody's horse-barn OF
cider-mill."
is the sun far from usl"
at il far. tar away. IL you were a can
non and your brother was a cannon-ball,
and you should fire him at the sun be
would be real tired before he got there"
Gould We live If there was no sun
I'VE probably could. but there would be
no freckled-faced girls, red-headed women,
or harvest apples with wOrm-hole run
ming at right angles 10 the centre" -,
You have been a good boy and truth
| fully answered all my questions, and you
may now 90 out and play that You are
| two horned African rhinOceros and that
Rube GOOdhue is a hunter come 10 STAY
I
| you for the sake Of your plumage."
LEsRoH II.
What do we see as We stand here by the
! smoke-house and look across Elder Pome-
| roy's turnip-feldY"
1T is the full moon rising to glorify the
night low,
| ing 50 rapidly that you will soon be adj
vanced to the same class as Mary Jane
| Smith, who graciously permits you to
carry home her dnner-basket five after
moons in the week. How does the sun dill
| fer from the moon?"
"One shines by day and the other by
night"
fright again. If you had been the
president Of the Dakota wheat-elevator
| monopoly Won could not have answered
more truthfully. In what other respects
| do they diiierY"
The sun il always the same while the
moon Is quarter full. half full, and dead
gone. The moon also hOodoos Georgia
| darky if it shines full IN his face while be
! j. asleep on bale Of raw cotton. IL we
! had no moon 10 shine bY night, spring
| calves would be six weeks behind in their
Growth, and - per cent. of the farmers,
| hired men who now 60 sparkling would
| stay at home
ia the moon as far from the earth as the
SUM-" &C..
Not quite. But if Teller living in the
moon owed you - borrowed money II
| would take over fourteen years for you 70
get it,"
Does the moon exercise any particular
| influence on the EARTH"
"She does. After a rising young lawyer
| in Cincinnati has delivered a Fourth-ot,
July Grafton at Chillicothe, the world
would tip up on one side and upset all the
saw-mills in the country If the moon did
not hold her down With both feet. 1t also
| keeps the sidewalks from lifting up and
! striking Judge IIen-haw under the chin as
he goes home from bar supper att o'clock
| IN the morning.
You have mt it again, my son, and
must tell your parents how fast you are
| learning. 1t Is now time for recess, and
Won NAV 90 out and throw stones at Pete
| Henderson, who Is raking hay for Farmer
| Johnson. but be sure TO come in when the
| bell rings Hit Pete about two feet below
the chin If you want to see him double VI
| chick