Salt Lake Herald | 1890-12-07 | Page 1 | The Resistless Magnet

The Resistless Magnet Professor Smythe plain John Smith to commence with was once lecturing in a Texas town on natural philosophy and in the course of his experiments he introduced a most powerful magnet with which he attracted a block of iron from a distance of two feet Can any of you conceive a greater attractive at-tractive power demanded tho lecturer with an air of triumph Reckon I can answered a voice from the audience Not a natural terrestrial object Yes indeedy1 The lecturer somewhat nettled challenged chal-lenged the man who had spoken to name the article Then up rose old Laertes Quinley Haiti he I can give you the facts professor and you can judge for yourself When I war a young man there war a little piece o natural nat-ural magnet done up in kaliker and dimity dim-ity as war called Betsy Mariah She could draw me fourteen miles every Sonday over plowed land jlst as natural as alidia down a greased plank Thero wasnt no resistin her That ere magnet youxn is i pretty good but it isnt a circumstance Betsy Marian Texas Siftings