The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-08-30

treads ii under loot, until it becomes
cold. This is all deception; the met
al is a composition, which melts at The
heat of boiling water, and winch
therefore is not very warm in state OF
fusion.
3. He puts Provence oil in metal
vase over a fire, and swallows 1t at the |
moment it appears TO be boiling. But
the fact is, thai the oil is mixed with
water; the water begins TO boil and
make noise, but at the same time sep
arates from the oil, which continues
cold enough TO be swallowed without
danger.
A. The art of putting lighted torch
of pitch into the mouth, is explained
in this way: The breath is blown
strongly, SO as to put out the torch,
while the saliva, collected in abundance
on the lips, prevents the pitch from
sticking.
s. 10 take burning sealing-wax on
the tongue, gSeat quantity OF saliva As
collected on the tongue. When the
wax falls it is soon extinguished, and the
saliva, thus suddenly dried, presents the
appearance of little pimples.
6. Mr.. Hey has made the model of
an oven, in which a man may remain a.
! live, for long time without injury,
while the flames are coming out of the
top, and even in the inside, a leg of NUT
ton OF veal is roasting. The fire and
the heat are made TO pass on one side by
lateral channels.
A hair-brained enthusiast, from Scot
land, BY the name of Owen, man Of
wealth, has collected together num-
Der Of individuals Of the same stamp
with himself, and has established a col
ony in our western wilderness, which he
calls New Harmony. On the 4lh of
July last, he issued what he calls
/" Declaration of Mental independence"
in which it is declared and taught to his
deluded followers, that there is no God /;
that all religion, so called, should be
discarded as miserable and pcrnicious
superstition and that the institution Of
! Marriage, should be abolished in the
broaGest sense of the line; thar the
right of property should be abolished,
and the ieUelitng system adopted; and
that full freedom, should be given 10 the hu-
man mind. These principles, he pre-
tends 10 believe,wiIl be speedily receiv
ed, and recognized throughout the
globe. Mr. Owen has established a
similar community in Scotland. The
editor of the National Gazette pertinent
ly observes, that "a community pro-
claimed to rest Oh Atheism and Liberiin-
ism, cannot fail TO be viewed with min
| gled horror and pity, by people who
Claim, and we trust will long merit, the
titles OF moral and religious From
this circumstance, and from its very ma
ture, it must be fugitive or perishable.
Ii may for time, attract dupes, vision
a'irs aud adsenGtcIs; bar tfey cannon
long cohere; and lis principles, so mis-
termed, will, of themselves, surely
work general discord and ruin, leaving
its transitory and turbulent existence
an instructive memorial of anomalous
presumption and folly. These consld-
| eraiions If none other were 10 our way,
would prevent US from undertaking TO
portray its entire character, and dwell
ling on the sentiments with which its
composition and predominant naxims
deserve 10 be viewed"
.4mazing Strength and Polgsr Of the
S0cord Fish.
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