I>IITITK of WATi'BAi. MI rut*. 



:ihly meeting of the above 

 te wan 1 'idiiy eventaf fa 



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Mi Andu-w I'.-wur lead a |m|.er <.n 

 Ifuynetttin, ' the Wwl<l. 'I I. 



urer - that thf lif. 



vhirh he spoke 'if *** tho force or vital 

 iri'i<-ip!e whii-h I ^erythititf. 



In- branchint: f 

 .he tree and tLo l.n .. 



Jne lav. i and regula:e<l 



iverything iu o 



'it a Wlief in H . 



>ut increased knuwK<Ve * .mid nhiw ere long 

 ,hat one law was more con "fdei 



n nature than a number of them; just U 

 vife was preferable to a number iu a I. 

 Hold. The lecturer then proceeded to argue 

 bow inaguetuiu prevaded not only iron, but 

 ill mutters whatever, and that this law, witl, 

 :he attraction matter has for its like, pro 

 luces all the beds and by era of coal, shell, 

 freestone, etc. The connection between 

 mineral life and plant life was also pointed 

 out iu the construction of the frost ferns on 

 window glass, the frost bushes, the zinc tree, 

 nd the coral. Als.> the remarkable analogy 

 between fro ? t fern, a leaf or blade of gram, 

 and A bud's feather; suggesting at least a 

 similarity in the law which constructed them. 

 In shewing how a plant grew by magnetism, 

 the lecturer produced a magnet and iron 

 tilings, a:.tl shewed .how the filings adhered 

 principally to either end or pole; shew- 

 ing that Cmagnetiam was concentrated and 

 forced out at the poles. A seed was a similar 

 magnet, but the poles did not show them- 

 selves until the see was put in a position to 

 grow; then two poles;appeared, one forming a 

 root, the other the leaf or branch. As 

 growth proceeds, the roots and branches 

 lengthen, both conforming to the magnetic 

 law, which does not permit two branches 

 from the same pole to approach one another. 

 Thus it is we see a tree spreads its branches, 

 and that no twigs, or even leaves, approach = 

 or crowd one another. In showing how life J .= 3 

 in a man or animal was magnetism, it waa "?. _^.- 

 stated that one man could draw a spark of I 

 electricity from another man's noao, or even j_ "Z r 

 light the gas with his finger. The great dif- . '? ^ 

 ference, however, between a plant and = 

 man was, that the former was stationary, and * ^ Z 

 had its food and magnetism supplied to it ^ ^ 

 from the earth; while the latter wa r, 

 migratory, and had to seek for its food. The X ^ 

 animal muat therefore carry about with it a 

 magnetic battery to cupply it with its life 

 and force; this we find in the stomach, v. h re 



MOfJ wi hn 



10 the 



olv, t 



_-,.,.. .v I I 



outtcrulN. A remarkable M 



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vou 



batUry, where tho meUl* di 



, le*d all 



to a brMM plat* u he* <|u*re, <.lil 



' i plate all the wirtu 



radit tu thr LMiuiiiy. ir tomarh 



bodie* two cord* aUo lead op the spine 

 to the brain ,y Lw compared to 



the twitch - Hiid from the brain 

 the nrrrrt nk'iin'.e t<> every p*rt 

 of the bly. The inference to be 

 deduced from thin w<mdfrful analogy u that 

 M the diiuiolving metal* in the electric bat- 

 tery produce the magnetism which fills the 

 switch and all the wires in connection with 

 it, so the digestion of our food in the 

 stomach forms the inind in the brain, which 

 >!s our intellect, our actions and our 

 will. The paper conclude 1 by Mtating that, 

 a the earth was one vast magnet wit 

 poles, according to the law of magnetism 

 every particle of a magnet was al*o a com- 

 plete magnet; therefore, we had in this one 

 fact conclusive proof that minerals, plants 

 and animals were formed of magnetic atoms 

 and consequently must be regulated by mag- 

 netism. Magnetism, therefore was the life 

 of the world. 



Remarks on the paper were made by Dr. 

 Gilpiu aud Mr. Gossip. 



Dr. Honeyman then proceeded to read a 

 lengthy and interesting paper on Nova 

 Scotian Oeohyy, shewing wherein he differed 

 from Dr. Pawson and others, and substan- 

 tiating his own positions. 



The meeting then adjourne I. 





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