The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-30
TILE SOLAR MICROSCOPE.

! THIS instrument ~ no" exhibiting nj the
! Washington Hotel. aud. asr should do, il nj.
tracing great crowds 10 view il. We visited the
roam Yesterday, and, rs we hive not time to
write aay thing respecting II, We adopt the fol-
lowing paragraphs from the New York Courier
-witfF the single remark, that no person who
has a curiosity 20 ace the astonishing drgree Of
per frctioH to which scionce has been carried. ami
how admirably 1t condnces TO draw into view
those minute objects Of nature which would 9th
er~iSe escape observation. should neglect this
opportunity of gratifying ii:
R0ads Soiar Microscope We shall never eat
another fig. The NJ oseope has shown MS thai
the fig is nothing but a c~omblmntio of swapping
turtles. belligerenl, pngnaeipu,, and franghi with
the old Adam. Reader, PEI chance you are ~
the act OF pout ng vinegar on y ,ur oysters. Do
you know what GU are about I You are about
o swa low snakes GYe feet long, NJ med aud G.
quipprd as the law ot nature directs. with all
SORTS OF offensive weapons. Fefadyeniure YOU
are fond of peaches pause ere you apply To
YOU, lips the deccitiul fruit, with lts covering OF
doen-ynu are about 10 mastIcate some Ibous-
ands OF many legged monsters, one Of which
ought 10 furnish a breakfast tor 4 file OF Kentucky
nflitianien
"a Fleas are not Holsters d-n their souls 81
exclaimed Sir Joseph Banks. (dutoritAte 4. PIN
dan 10 mingled wfath and modification. 81
Joseph never saw itaud's Solar Microscopes, or
he would not have been 50 angry on tn oeca-
sion. A libsler IS a mere pgmy, compared
with the colossal iiet All that the latter ' ants
Is u nose. aud hr would pfesrnt IA head equal TO
that ot lofty man. We examined one Vester-
dsy, phren ,tOgicaHg, aud lonnd, TO our %salisfac-
ton, the organs OF comhaiIveness and ,iestruc.
tiveuess mos fihiy irVeloped We have been
bitten h, many a musqurto this fall, rui we had
no ca OF our AZ utl suffering at each md ivid.
ual bite. we have had a small sword, three ieet
IN length. run into our body corporate. Even
NOW. there is one Of those pesiiient warriors ma.
king - passage u. our rose. Yesterday nom.
ming We should have only Thoughts ii necessary
to blow hun AWAY but ON eyes have since b. en-
openrd aud We shall set about a serious dttence
with a sword cane
VINO eyer expected 10 see the blood flowing
through the vel : of Yesterday, Ne saw
n Nv, apparently iuV mile, the " crimson tide"
coursing thro' his frame, aud his heart heating
iiLe a mountain IN CO.. motion. He was ey-
IDENTITY suffering for love ar disappointed anti.
ton nd to judge from the passionate expires.
IAN vi his face, lac was a hy of high.wroneht
FEELINGS. dissatisfied with the order oittlngs, and,
ike Hamlet, determined upon questioning with
his destiny.
= Ndtara est ma3ihd IN minimus,'' Mature
is greatest IN he, smallest works y said Ptnv I;
ana We are prepared TO agree with him, when
this Microscope shows Us feas as big &c clio.
plants. and miies posse .sed Of the SIC. and ac.
tivity OF rdcc'horses, With the simple sub.linr
tipn Of claws OF legs. II Mr.. Rand goes on
IN this way, he wdl soon make inyisibil,i, v,si.
Bile.
TIE Satar MioroecoPe.-We yesterday wit.
messed tie dS ing agoiies Of a brd-big, abon,
the sze Of winnie, with the salts factory refec,
ton that there was one bett.b,e les. in The
world. He strng slei long and ,nadly before
he gave up the ghost. his hear b. nj most violent
", and the blood which h. had extracted me
prey,ons night RON some unconscious sleeper,
DO led GercelY Ia his veins. How a man can
sleep, with SUCH a monster %cIing,ng to his cheek
psss~s ou enupt e1ension. One III his very
claws hiss he $40 and consistency Of a pick
| axe.