Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-02

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we concluded to save it by making Same
punch: hail stones as large as ;u-key's co..
y The wind again shifted y,
we tackled about and siooI 10 lhe So
W ind, aud the crew all in good spirits
N. g. just emptied their lumblers OF pu,.l
Passed by the Dig :tar.-hois.st4
signal, and stood in tor the harbUr. Al
put of, and informed US that the bvdro,.I 4
bia was raging badly, and that uniorun,.I
The Comet, in passing that way la;eiy. III
! The other vegetables. had burnt up ALL
scull-cap. Mem, To take a quantity on
next voyage. Put 10 sea Immediately,
Passing over a cloud, the caplain %suuc.e6I
in catching a piece, WHICH he squeezed !
a sponge. = Ascertain.d that the 81,
yer sets. but, after he goes down a suac;.
distance, be simply wells his face, and IL
the aid OF moon and star light, return; IA
! station IN the east. .U,m. To enouire +
Sir Isaac Newton came 10 make 50 gre,
mistake upon this subject. AN
1000 leagues above the earth saw a piero Il
a Iain-bow, which we Judged 10 have bssl[
broken of by some accident. The cold i
intense that the mercury, in endeavoriDs +,
sink below the thermometer, burst the bub
Made the wake of the Come, AL
as we %outsail, calculated SOC to board hin
= Driven somewhat out Of n,
track by an elegant thunder storm. 0us,
would it not be well for managers Of 4. I
Theatre to borrow n Of this kind :or h, I
next representation of Lear? Bottled a I'd. !
Of the lightning as a specimen. \ 4
Soon made the track of the Comet-unde. I
took to make a lunar observation, but none Il
our apparatus would work; we were so hisbl
we could distinctly see that The world j md
hung upon a crank like a grind.stone. : Il
The needle traversed due east, as near al
we could Judge from a solar ohser Iation,
Query. Might not the magnets which
suspend Mahomet's coffin, in this region
counteract the ordinary powers of the neet
lie? Found we gained fa.I
upon the comet; but could not account for il,
being sctntenseIy cold drew a cork from
a bottle OF Nabob but found il frozen quite
through. Tried a bottle of Cogniac with
the same success. mem. TO caution The
grocers not to put SO much water in THEN
brandy, especially for the use of erial voya-
gers. Passed by a small plan.
ct, and saw them selling land at auction
they wished US 10 give them a bid, but wl
told them we were not land spectators, anil
ADVISED them to make purchases in the Flor
das = Came up with and boa,
ded the Comet, but could neither ~ascertla
the latitude nor longitude. The inhabilani
were not at all alarmed at our approach; il
deed, they seemed quite familiar with OF
persons and character. They appeare!
well acquainted with the politics of New.
York, and asked Us many questions. We
dare not take any newspapers ashore, for
lear they would take fire, and then We
should have no more to read until we return.
ed; but Ned Skyscraper swore be would
make The experiment, as be thought them so
not that they would burn up the comet be-
fore the comet would burn up them. The
experiment was successful; the -- was
taken ashore, and read with delight. They
were" particularly charmed with the result G
the late election; because it resembIed a:
election which they had just closed there
between the Luckbaits and the Lisntoncana
two formidable parties-the former Of whic!
prevailed. The difference between then
was, that the former broke their eggs at The
little ends, and the latter at The big ends,
But as they were happily victorious, they
had resolved on calling q convention 10 form
a new constitution, which should o5iige
their opponents % break their eggs at the
little end, or not to break them at all. y
We ascertained the geology OF The
Comet. 1t is a hard. swift, fiery body. His
tail is composed of solid, but picaceous par.
tIcles, which whiz or fly from him like va.
ter from a grind stone: This makes the tail.
The inhabitants are a very s~prighlly
s.t-have formed peace societies, with The
motto, IF you let US alone, w will LEI you
alone'-:old them the news from Europe.
and Alexander was expelled Gorthn It'll.
Saw IN the market a few barrels of picked
Sdlamnnders of which the inhabitants are
very fond. Took . keg, as they must be
good in The cold regions. Mem. Give a
few 10 Doctor Mitcbili. Set coil and e'ood