Litchfield enquirer., 1835-02-05

1 Also that sick people experience great in. convenience tn breathing tn wet wealher;'
 because the air is so heavy. But this is .
 mistake altogether; it is for ibc very cons
 .rary reason that they are affected, because | the air is so light. Tie reason why the air feels so heavy, in wet weather, is be- | cause it is not sO salubrious when damp.
 Nor do the lungs act SD freely, nor the IleOd circulate so well! This is probably owing l to external and internal air not being in a- state of equilibrium; the internal air being
 too powerful in it's operation for the exler.
 nal. The power of air contained within
 our bodies is very great, so much so that if
 we were placOd tn a vacuum the internal
 air, meeting with no resistance without to | restrain its elastic power, would distcnd the
 body, and ihe parts, and would put an end i to our lives.
 Air is a substance that can be weighed las accurately as any substance whatever. By means of an air pump, produce a va-
 cuum in my light vessel; aud then weigh
 tho vessel then let it fill again and take its weight, and you will find that in, a mod.
 crate temperature the air weighs about one
 grain to three cubic inches. In highiem.
 perature it will weigh less, in low one 1HeUTG IOTy UGdS AS WOI1 NS WuUsPlbCSO ttuS Wu
 effect upon inc weight of air. This you ! may see by setting the door oft warm room ajar, and hold your hand at the bottom and you will find current of ait pressing into
 the room, and then at the top of the door,
 you will find a current going out; and thus
 may be ,depio tsstrated. that warm, wet air l is lighter titan cold, dry air.'
 It is true that smoke falls 10 tho earth in
 wet weather, but not because the air is too ligh, to sustain it. Hence we see the
 smoke in cold, still, and dry weather, as-
 cending with great rapidity. TlIe fact that lcFouds come much lower in wet weather l than dry is because the air is not suficien..
 ly heavy to sustain them. It is generally supposed that the blowing of the wind is Ecauscd by some portions of the air being
 more heated than others, which when thus
 heated rises and leaves vacuum, and the
 more dense air rtshing into fill it, rrodu-
 ces wind. It is on this supposition that wo,
 account for the fact that some clouds are seen moving to the north, while others are seen going to the south. The air of tho torrid zone being heated rises, and that of
 colder regions presses ia while tlse heated
 air goes iG the poles to fill the space left
 there.' Here we sec tho goodness wisdom
 and power of God exempified i; his wis
 dom in planning, his power in performing, ;l and his goodness in rendering the air sub,
 servient to our purposes. 1t is 0N the. Il .an,e snnnasiiion that we accon,lt Tor tho i, wind ceasing to blow us the sun goes down -,he air becoming less rarfied ceases to blow. Again in the morning when the mir of tlie burning gone becomes heated, tho wind begins to blow, though this is not SO
 sensibly perceived here as in more northern
 climates. Hence we conclude that it is' not true that air isheaviest in wet weathsry
 Posghkeepsis, Nov. 90.
 Never begin q thing antI you havs scs1s
 considered tke end"
 "As an Eastern prince was riding with
 his conrtiers, a dervise~ presented himself, aud offered, for hundred pieces of g0ld, to give his. Majesty q valuable piecs of advice. Tho king commanded the sum to
 be presented to him aud received in return the maxim above mentioned. Tho cour- , tiers were exceedingly indignant at what i. they considered a barefia,ccd imposition, and desired permission to chasiise the dervise
 on tho spot. But the king declared him- self we'll satisfied with his putchase. and ordered the sentence to be engraved Nn all v his gold and silver plate. Some time after. . conspiracy was entered into, for the pur-
 pose of destroying the prince; and, as ho i, was at that time indisposed. His surgeon 2 was bribed to dispatch hini wNh poison- ed lancet. Accordingly.' on being called to bleed his Msjesiy, he prepared to ac-
 complisb his design; but happening ,o cast
 his eyes iii the sentence inscribed on ihs silver bason which an attendant held. he was seized with remorses sdroppcd tho fatal instrument, and, prostraiiHg himself before f his injured master, confessed his crime, and named the instigaiors of his l,orfid purpose. The king, turning to his cedrticrs. obscrv. ed, "now hope you will confess. that ' piece of advice productive of % important a consequence was cheaply purchased ,as'a , hundred pieces of gold" How many disastrous events. how many heari-rending catastrophes would be avoi. , ded. were our undertakings well consider ed at the beginning! were the probabio consequences deliberately weighed. and sage advice sought and attended to! Rash- ness is more peculiarly the vice of the young, and many a life is spent in misery
 and bitter repining, because due dslibeTa. ti0n was not seen at its outset, and proper
 precautions were not taken to avoid tho