The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-11-27

mean as both of the leading political parties
were at the last election-one ut its unprece-
dented success the other. why speak of the
other There is no other. if measured by in.
diyiduals who supported 1t.
l was struck, by thunder. You do not be-
lieve it7 can prove it. The bunch of gray
hair upon the side OF my head bears testi-
mony TO the truth of my statement.
A summer evening an approaching thun-
der shower; resting upon one knee by the
side of a COW, milking hurriedly to get
through before the rain came then vivid
flash, terrible crash. COW jumped, milk pail
new, tell, ana when consciousness returned
trembling TO the house. not knowing at what
instant | should be dead-as / then thought
that thunder always killed people.
Notwithstanding the evidence which ! carry
to this day, my folks expressed a little doubt,
which was greatly increased when 1 found
that did not die.
MY innocent brother explained a day after.
that as he was hurrying past the back of the
COW shed. he picked up pine knot and
threw 1t upon the slanting roof, little think
ing it would glance under the part OF the
shed that stood at right angles, and strike me.
Need you wonder, then, that for years /
could look on unmOved at the flashing of the
lightning, which to me was the angry glance
from the eye of the Great Jehovah but wait
tremblingly for the terrible crash of thunder.
which was His voice speaking to His wicked
people.
Gravity, the laws of falling bodies. am no
Newton. was never loafng under an apple
tree wondering why the apple did not fall up
instead of down.
In w eStern New I DIRK with my friend, your
townsman, we stopped off over one train to
see the great bridge at Portage. After regis
teling at the one horse hotel, we walked upon
the bridge and looked at it with disgust as ii
appeared to be no great sight With watch in
hand we let fall q stone, and when it struck a
piece of the iron work near the bottom and
made flash, caught tine time, and, by the
laws of falling bodies. discovered the bridge
to be about $50 feet above the shallow stream.
At that time it was quite noted piece of en-
gineering, and we were reconciled for our de-
lay particularly as my friend discovered some
pretty girls at the hotel.
Anything that goes up must come down,
but as quickly as 1t went up; and strike the
earth with the same velocity with which 1t
started. did not believe it. hardly do yet,
although my arrow would stick as far into the
ground when l shot it vertically as when /
shoti directly to the earth. The theory may
be all right. So is free trade, but the environ
ments may affect just little.
Suppose there should be a hole directly
through the centre of the earth2 What sup
positioni Would not the melted matter all
run outY Have we not been taught that the
interior of the earth is a fluid mass? Another
OF our idols shattered. The hole is through
drop in ball, ana where will it stop
Go tearing through into Gilman Pass Off as
meteor, driving out the Japanese? No.
Meltf No; going too fast. What then? vi.
brate back and forth as a pendulum and nj
last rest at the centre2 OH don't know.
Mr.. Haas, Vandyke or some other of the
thinkers of to-day will tell you.
Action equal to reaction but in an opposite
direction. What is all this noise we hear
throughout this land? Gunners, game Which
Is killed Is action equal to reaction7 Set
the children to thinking. Spin fine cambria
needle on the edge of a five cent piece. What
is the centre of gravity? Where is it?
learned about this at Niagara Falls, 35 years
ago, when saw Leslie walk tight rope over
the whirlpool rapids, carrying in his hands a
long pole-to hunt for the bottom with, If he
fell off. l examined the pole, ana found it
very heavy and with long pieces OF iron at
each end. The centre of gravity, below the
point of support. sufficient courage and it was
done. Had he offered to carry me over on his
hack i 9hOnid have nOlftQIU
The pressure of liquids. How did 1 learn
about it7 Tried it, of course. hot summer
water out of the bottom OF the well, as it /
could get 1t off of the top. The Jug in the
pump box and when full, put in the stopper
and small stream of water flew into my face
oh you will, Ell? A sudden thump. Presto,
change-two jugs, neither available. l re.
turned slowly to the field with pitcher of
water and labored earnestly with my father
to convince him that the jug must have been
cracked, as was sure the blow was very
light one. Was not ready then to learn
about the trans mission OF pressure by liz ids!
Pneumatics-Cider barrel, straw sweet
cider-mind say sweet cider, notwithstand-
Ing our temperance physiologies say there is
some alcohol even in that. l had been read
ing some old book and tried to convince my
father that he could not suck cider up
through straw out of barrel. He soon gave
me to understand that he could do it. l tried
to convince him that he could not do so. If The
straw was over 80 feet long A straw 80 feet
Iongi He looked at me over his spectacles
and advised me to go to bed as l was getting
entirely too smart. took his advice without
further controversy. l always did when he
looked that way and meditated upon the sub
ject and sought tor further information.
Have your pupils make a drawing of q
pump in a we'll one hundred feet deep, and
see how many OF them will be able to quench
their thirst.
AS l was COW boy, learned about acous-
tics at a very early age, by seeing six men
ready to test their ability in chopping, when
to my great surprise they seemed to strike the
log when their axes were in the air. By hunt
ing up my old books / discovered that light
and sound travelled at different rates.
The booming OF cannon was q mystery to
me until my father informed me that old
George Miller said 'tThat the further you
were Off from a cannon the louder it was.n
was much astonished when saw a large
ship floating down the Delaware, and seeing q
little pun OF smoke and hearing a sharp
quick report. was informed that was the
signal gun, and upon studying up the differ
ence between intensity and loudness, con
cluded George was not so far astray
Frost, ice, heat, all had a strong attraction
for me, which l discovered quite early when
being dared to put my tongue against an iron
wedge, one winter evening, while we were
studying our lessons in the crib house, exper
imenting with corn shelter.
/ tried the wedge and left piece OF the
skin from my tongue on it. as l could not be
expected to carry around with me heavy
iron wedge suspended from that useful mem
Der.
oh you think had it remained there how
much we would have been spared
My object in presenting this literally true
account of my struggles after knowledge o
physics in my youthful days, has been tc
show not only the Importance of teaching
this subject in the higher departments of oul
graded schools, but also in the ungraded, an6
particularly In the country district, where
you are the most likely to find the brightest
minds. Oh, what an advantage the child has
who is brought up upon the farm and taught
from the great book of nature and there
having impressed upon him the principles OF
industry, economy, sobriety and virtue-prin
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abreast if not in advance of his more unfor
tunate contemporary OF the cities and towns
II what have said Will give single wore
ungraded schools, and make them feel thai
they are doing noble work and the results
in proportion to the cost are at least equal Il
if not far in advance of those obtained from
our highly graded institutions, then l shall
not so much regret the want of wisdom, showT
by the committee of arrangements, wh(
called upon me to amuse or instruct thu
teachers of Burlington county.