The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-17
Wards Words.

When people who were formerly cordial
in their greeting pass you on the shady side
of the walk you may make up your mind
that they have said or done something un-
friendly towards you, and they don't know
whether you have found it out or not.
Astronomers have ascertained within the
last year or so that the two planets betwixt
the earth and the sun, Venus and Mars, do
not revolve daily but revOlve as our moon
does with one face presented to the sun con-
tihually. or course everyone knows that
our earth revolves diurnally or over in
twenty-four hours on its axis, while the
moon is presenting the same face to the
earth continually must revolve only in the
time that it loses in dropping back from sun
time, viz, once in 2S days, & hours and some
minutes. Now since Venus has moon and
must at some time have revolved on its own
axis and been inhabited whereas now one
side is in perpetual darkness and the other
in perpetual blistering sunlight, what is to
hinder our earth from slowing down and
ultimately becoming satellite to the sun?
This question is of vastly more importance
than the game of baccarat or TIE probable
fatal malady under which the truly great
Jas. G. Blaine is now laborhg. More es-
pecially since we can't interfere with the
inevitable result as the earth is slowly near
ing the sun, and furthermore since the great
Licking telescope has recently discovered
that the largest satellite of Jupiter has a
moon of its own. Farmers, look we'll to
your potato crop and always plant in the
moon.
Further, geOlOgists have discovered i'm
mense deposits of anthracite coal in the
arctic region, which proves that for ages the
earth revOlved from north to south, and as
we can't tell how soon it will take twist in
that way again, it will be well for the P.'s
of l. to inspect their wOOdpiles occasionally.
The annual school meeting in this locality
is an object of profound thought and inter-
est clear up to its yearly adjournment
After that matters are somewhat inclined to
be torrid for time and then shoulder on
until.the approach of the next. Three years
ago the female voters of the district, look
ing with horror and surprise at the manner
in which school matters were running, turn
ed out partially en- nndsse and took the bull,
so to speak, by the left leg, and within the
short space of three years have sole control
of school matters and l am free to say i am
glad of it.
Last evening they filled the body of the
hall and left only a fringe of cowed and
discomfitted male men around the borders
IuCy WClC hdDly HuictCASOpO ouSh
as had been put on ''the slate" for they had
a slate, same as b-a-aad politicians do, and
they followed it with remarkable persist
ency.
1 got a small chance to shoot my mouth
off but the secretary called the attention of
the moderator to what he supposed that
was out of order because, presumably it
might interfere with his. 1t is fact that
our school matters have been run for years
long gone i'm manner sufficient to bring
the blush of shame to the cheek of heather
Hindoo. So say let the ladies run the
meetings and MI the offices.
Yes! Fill the Offices and If there seems to
be majority of ladies of either church, let
them dominate as the Methodists did last
evening. Let that church run the school
this year and next year perhaps the Baptist,
and so on. So will the church take an
abiding interest in the school for year
then turn it over TO some other church and
at the end of the year we shall know and
inspect their work. There is q wide chance
for improvement in most schools and this
can be no exception.
Iangsburg, July IA, '9l.