Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-05-20

immediate rain OILY. will be able 10 save
upland grass crops. 4 4
Can't. John CIeves Symmes. has just !
,eft prov;aence, where he has been de-.
hver,ng sound lectures on big ho't0w
theory. When Captain Symnes, hrst
brosched this doctrine, there were none
50 ready to ridicule him as newspaper
editors but now the scale is turned
the doctrine is very plausible, nay, al
together probable, for this reason;
when the Crests Of Venus are inter-
lock ed with the horns Of the Moon, as
sisted by the rejecting poles" OF Mars
Captain Symmes has been able 10 Green
that planet down on its ide. and take
a peep into cavity which hs had be-
fore discogered. anil which ne says IS
filed with all manner Of creeping ih'ngs'
such o. mammoths, rein-deers, white
.bcars. blue Coves, and the like. From
this fact, he argses that the Esrth 10
hollow :; but thinks il not advisable 10
y cst hole through, lest the fixed arr
with which it is filed should evaporate.
thereby unlocking the chain Of attrac'
! tisu, and launching rs, without chart or
compass, into the wide sea Of ether.
He has large kettle sfwater, row heal
T, ing 10 Russia, with which he intends TO
thaw u path to, and pull out the North
Pole, when there will be room enough
/ for an entry.
:. We hope, after dissect'ns the earth
he will take the Sun in hand, and just in
4 form us, whether she il or is not poss.
v ed Of the ho.low qualities requisite to
il make a. eulals.
!. We have received from Messrs.
d Smith & parmeuter, sixty pages Of the
!. i" Oriental Harp" being intepdcd ne q
=, specimen Of that work which we in.
v;te our readers to call and examihe.- -
. The multiplicity Of subscriptions fo'
70 catch peuny works, have rendered the
II course pursued by the publisher OF th'
=. works ofthe Bos:cn Bard, necessary =
"a Hartford, and many other to%ns il
:, Connecticut, have cast q shade uPe'
~ publishers and IA curse upon printers =
We know the I" Oriental Harp to be
- work OF ofnerit, and its publishers me-
:. thai will fulfil their contract with tn
., publick and we also know, that tn
% money paid for the book, will 60 I
- soothe the pillow of sickness, and Wi
i carry medicine to man in the last sta
Il ges Of consumption to one whom
;. mother and sister, must see sink int
ho the grave through want Of the commo
:. accessories OF life. A child Of povert
=. and Of genius asks a christian burial
IA. he asks money TO buy aressing place b.
=. side the bones Of his father, benea'
:sL the willow which ehlded him in sunn
IL echildhood, where he sportcd befor
:: misfortune bruised bis spirit and Il
-. cold world lrowned-he asks it Of h
countrymen. who have gathered Il
fruits Of his labour--he asks it Of Il
=, the Christian community. one Of who
he ia and " hose cause he has ably su
~ ported--he asks the humaAS Of oil ella
:, es to take ,his book, and to give 4
..a price of it to his aged mother, for
a.. is awearyof the bufetinss of Il ru
j.. world, aud he goes hence 10 seek wi
:; on earth he has never fomd-a frent
49,. From the specimens which we ha
49,, received the following is cxtra:ted
per A BALLAD.
sr,. TAX. this dear girl !--Rememher me;
A.. Dear Mary we must sever;
- Again tempt the raging sen, ~
e'"' We part-psrhaps for ever!
d be En-, II
The sails sre loosd-the anchor weighed.
The breeze is fairly blowing
al Keep this-egaiu the sen-boy said,
- Though scarcely worth bestowins.
that ,s
{ tho The tear is in her mild blue eye,
i. IN Her bosom high is heavipg ~
= Whate'er it bc that comes from thee,