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Her Maury has set up marks for highway over the mighty 

 and trackless ocean, furnishing the mariner on every sea with 

 a spell that renders the winds and the waves propitious, dimin- 

 ishing the risk of commerce, giving direction to chance and 

 adding millions to the wealth of the world. 



Her Morse has completely subdued and brought into use the 

 lightning of heaven, and the very thunder bolt of Jove, at the 

 bidding of man. is made to carry his wishes almost with the 

 speed of thought over the surface of the earth, and under the 

 sea, through a continuous iron girdle round the world. 



The strange phenomena of the zodiacal light, meteors and 

 falling stars, have been recently satisfactorily solved by the 

 Rm^. Mr. Jones of the United States Navy. 



When we examine the printed proceedings of the " American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science," the scientific 

 works issued by the " Smithsonian Institution," and the annual 

 publication by congress of the official reports of explorations 

 expeditions and surveys undertaken for scientific purposes, may 

 we not readily answer the insulting question asked not many 

 years since, " loho reads an American hook ?" We can truly 

 boast that American books are read by every lover of science 

 every faithful observer, every laborious student and every pa- 

 tient thinker. 



While the United States is establishing a lasting reputation: 

 for scientific discoveries, and invaluable improvements for the 

 convenience and happiness of man, shall Maine continue an idle 

 spectator ? Shall her great class of agricultural citizens look 

 on with listlessness and inattention ? Shall the farmers of 

 Lincoln be behind her sister counties in pressing the claims of 

 agriculture ? 



Shall Lincoln neglect to develope her resources, and publish 

 the result of careful and well conducted experiments in the cul- 

 tivation of crops, fruits and stock ? Have we not the soil, the 

 wealth, and the enterprise, necessary for conducting such a 

 course of experiments ? Is not the State offering inducements, 

 by establishing a Board of Agriculture, furnishing blanks, and 

 providing funds, for the very purpose of procuring such infor- 

 mation -? 



