[meteorite-list] NP Article, 08-1907 Meteorite Joke
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:20:58 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV136PghmuTzp000073f8_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C3420E.A4B5F770 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Marion Daily Star =20 City: Marion, Ohio =20 Date: Friday, August 23, 1907 Page: 8 MISS KLUMPKE'S JOKE Miss Dorothea Klumpke, the astronomer, speaks of the difficulties and in?= ???ies that astronomy presents to the lay mind. "For instance.' she said, smiling, 'There is the well known case of the m= eteorite that fell on a Vermont farm in 1829. It was a valuable meteorite= , and the landlord at once stepped up and claimed it. 'All minerals and m= etals on the land belong to me,' he said. 'That's in the lease.' The tenant demurred, 'This meteorite,' he said, 'wasn't on the farm, you = must remember, when the lease was drawn up.' "The landlord perceived the justice of that claim. He thought a moment. T= hen he said decisively. 'I claim her as flying game.' "But the tenant was ready for him. 'It's got neither wings nor feathers.'= he said, 'Therefore, as ground game. It's mine." "They continued their argument, and in the heat of the it a revenue offic= er, arriving with a truck proceeded to put the meteorite aboard. 'I claim= her for the goverment.' he said, 'as an article introduced into the coun= try without payment of duty!" Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C3420E.A4B5F770 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Marion Daily Star </P> <P>City: Marion, Ohio </P> <P>Date: F= riday, August 23, 1907</P> <P>Page: 8</P></B> <P> </P> <P>MISS KLUMP= KE'S JOKE</P> <P> </P> <P>Miss Dorothea Klumpke, the astronomer, spe= aks of the difficulties and in????ies that astronomy presents to the lay = mind.</P> <P>"For instance.' she said, smiling, 'There is the well known = case of the meteorite that fell on a Vermont farm in 1829. It was a valua= ble meteorite, and the landlord at once stepped up and claimed it. 'All m= inerals and metals on the land belong to me,' he said. 'That's in the lea= se.'</P> <P>The tenant demurred, 'This meteorite,' he said, 'wasn't on th= e farm, you must remember, when the lease was drawn up.'</P> <P>"The land= lord perceived the justice of that claim. He thought a moment. Then he sa= id decisively. 'I claim her as flying game.'</P> <P>"But the tenant was r= eady for him. 'It's got neither wings nor feathers.' he said, 'Therefore,= as ground game. It's mine."</P> <P>"They continued their argument, and i= n the heat of the it a revenue officer, arriving with a truck proceeded t= o put the meteorite aboard. 'I claim her for the goverment.' he said, 'as= an article introduced into the country without payment of duty!"</P></FO= NT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archiv= e of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C3420E.A4B5F770-- Received on Fri 04 Jul 2003 10:28:35 AM PDT |
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