Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-10-31

that the tail Of that comet was s,is5,2oo
geographical miles, being a littie more
than half the distance of the earth TO the
sun, Professor Schroeder explains this
extraordinary extent, by surprising there
exists around the sun to great distance
from it, subtle matter susceptible OF
becoming luminous by the combined in
auence of the sun and the comet, and
which is not uniformly distributed in
those vast regions. The author seems
also inclined to adopt The idea, from the
appearance OF tbs comets Of 1907 and |
that independent Of an attractive force
pussesse,i by comets, considered as mat
ter, they arc gifted with a repulsive and
inpu!sst force, greatly analogous to our
!elsclric l,rce, and which are put in &C
lion according TO the mass and ply sical
properties Of The globes on which they
are exelted, sometime in one and at
other times in quite AN opposite direc.
| ton.
On Tuesday last most astonishing &
!, unusual circumstance was Witnessed by
.eyeral hundreds ofspectators. A, New
II Ign, near Pepzance, swarm of bees
suddenly aligh,ed on boys head, an,
I remained there Tor considerable time
j The boy almost terrified to death, wa
. required to smoke tobacco, to prcserv
himself from being injured In the meat
] time hive vas procured, and held Owe
s. his head for some time when by degree.
| the bees all entered it, without inflcims
1.-The least injury on the boy.
;; 4 few days ago a swarm Of bees til,
!. property Of w. X. Baltic, Of Graveabb)
4 Mills, near Belfast, came, off from thei
!. parent hive, and were, by the usua
means, put into straw bee cap viii
!. Which they seemed at first to be perfect
!. |ly contented, and in which they mad &C
/, Ilually commenced the formation o
combs. But soon AFTER alarm was hivel
: that the bees hal deserted the cap ant
. were flying towards MIR. Montgomery
i At Rosenont. Several Of MIR. Bdillir'.
!. laborers who happened to be at dime
{ a. the ti,re, u,sueil Immediately, tn
D bees, however, gained rapidly from then
I and at last go, out of sight, But it i
{ supposed, not fintlin, convenient rest
: ing place, they wheeled suddenly round
j and in their return met those who still
+, continued the pursuit, when strange 4
t tell, they settled down upon one Of tn
y men, aud actually collected in regula
swarm upon his Thighs and lower par
=, his body It may easily be conceive,
nat the poor fellow lwho, from tn
seat OF TIC v.alier, had thrown o!
most of hts clothes,) was not litl
alarmed AMI incommode1 by this unex
. }pec:cd complhAeot; however, his TN
easiness WAS much increased, vixen the
'ssan to creep up towards his face, wher
.AeY finally sttt!.d. and completely GOV
), red his eyes, mouth and ears but wha
was most extraordinary, seyetal Of tn
insects crept into his nostrils, and i, wa
lin this instance only, when unable t
bear thu irritation. he put up his hand t
;, hush them from his nostrils, that h
;. ,ufle ed from their stings. Though e,
cry exerlion was used to free the ma
/. from his troublesome companions,
" was more than an hour before he coul
, lbe entirely free from them they wer
at last 20, INTO IA bee cap, and are now ;
work n Mr.. Ea,lie's garden.