Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-02
WE ARE SAVED.
That Comet show Fails To Appear Prof.
ConISiock's Views


Couisiock's Views
We are saved. Once more we can
take Il full grown breath and do it with
rs much compoSure and feeling of So
curity rs til, president elect rs he sits
III the lonely shade of primcval Nir
ginia forest The comet didn't come it.
In other words Bicla'S or whosOnyer'S eel
cstial yagrant has been kicking up such
commotion on earth for the past two
weeks did not pan out. There was an
llncarthly hitch somewhere Maybe
the Great 'nqucStionable put the nickel
in the wrong slot or pulled the string
bcumcs or when the heavenly dispatcher
wasn't looking. At any rate comet
hunters although they scanned the sky
like pigeon hunters We're doomed to
disappointment. People who were
hopieSSly i'll debt had looked forward
anNiouSly to the great cradicator. They
were baSclN deceived. What people kick
about most is because after the promise
Of such Il show the comet never even
condeSccnded to do rs much us Shoot
of sky rocket or swing Il Roman
candle To the universal breczeS to show
that it had no i'll feeling toward its eX-
pectant patrons. Some. it is said. were
SO indignant aS to consult lawyers to
find whether or not suit could not be
brought AGAINST the tramp for gaining
favor under false prctcns2. but the
solons decided that the comets conduct
was not actionable.
How thankful people were that they
We're not sufficiently familiar with Proc
tors Other Worlds than Ours and kin
dred works to make asses of themselves
i'll explaining astronomy to their friends
during the day only to have their thco-
ries blasted i'll the evening. But how
do we know but what the comet might
have been CARRYING on Il desperate fir
tatlon with the moon chat only con-
venicnt third party with lovers) for
many hours while the clouds were
turned on
But to be serious Anxious ones Wis
tied Prof. G. G. ComStocll at WaShbuln
observatory Sunday night. and found
that gentleman rs composed and happy
as i darlley in a melon patch, and when
tinidly asked if he thought the earth
would last through the night he gave
(after Il good-natured laugh ut the eN-
penSe of the inquirer'S i.norance) Il
wholesome discourse on comets in gen
oral. The fact is he said. that he knew
full WELL or 1T least had 4 decided opin-
ion. that the comet in question is not
BielaS. and although comet was
frisking about the zenith at the time
he didn't consider it of enough
importance To mako IN obServa-
ton. And besides. he said that
this talk of the earth's being knocked
out in the first round by comet anus
ed him greatly, and that the fear ex-
hibited now shows that the human race
is about as ignorant as in ancient times
and that what are supposed to be civil
lied communities are as easily scared
by celestial fireworks as are savage
tribes. The fact is. said the aStrono-
mer. even if 4 big comet the size of
Biela's should collide with the earth
we would likely never know it. The
atmosphere of earth acts as protac-
tor. a kind of steel plate. against the
palting of the million of fragments that
collide with earth every hour. If the
comet had struck earth Sunday night
ell of its material would have been
consumed in the atmosphere, passing
off into the atmosphere as gases
It might be possible that some of the