The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-06-06
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three companions with whom you should
always keep on good terms-lst, Your
Wife. Cd, Your Stomach. Sd, Your
Conscience. 2. If you wish to enjoy
peace, long life. and happiness, preserve
them by temperance intemperance pro-
dLces-lst, Domestic Misery. Cd, Pre-
mature Death. Sd, In6delity. To make
these points clear, refer you-lst, To
the Newgate Calender. Cd, Tothe Hos
pitals, Lunalic Asylums, and Work hous-
es. Sd, To the past Expei ience of what
you have seen, read, and suffered, in
mind, body, and estate.-READER, DE-
eide Which will you choose : Ten
perance, with happiness and long life, or
intcmperance, with misery and premature
death.
Paschal Wine.-The scrupulons care
enjoIned upon the Hebrews, to remove
from their dwellings every thing leavened,
before the commencement Of the feast OF
unleavened bread, is well known to all
readers of the Bible. Gesarius, an orl-
entail scholar Of great acuteness, remarks
that the Hebrew word seor, in the English
translated leven, applies to VINE as well as
to bread. The homets applied to the ar
;icles strictly prohibited during the pass
over week, is the same, according to the
original Hebrew, text that in Numbers vi
8, is translated vinigar Of Wme in Ruth
and in Psalms, vinegar. L, is worthy Of
remark, also, that the verb, 'akal,' in our
version rendered 10 eai, means equally 10
derour, 10 6anquet-so that the prohibition
of lermented wine at the passover, was not
less imperative on the Jew than that of fer
mented bread He was commanded not
to banquet on any thing iermented, on
pain OF being cut off from his people
consequently if these views be correct,
there could have been no iermenied wine
at the first institution OF the Lords Sup
per.-Tsmp LateH.
Important Fact II is stated in late
eastern paper, that of nine persons who
died Of small pox, since the recent intro
duction of that disease into the towns of
Gambia and Raymond, N New Hamp-
shire, all were iniemprate but one /; and
that many others, who drank no rum,
were attacked, but recovered. The at
tending physician is said to have declared,
that whenever he smelt the Tunes o! rum
from any Of his patients who were attack
ed by that disaase, he considered their
fate as sealed.
The following articles on the Encke
comet, which will return this year, is from
the Nantucket Enquirer, and comes from
the pen of Walter Folger, Esq.
The Encke comet will return in the
present year. This singular body, which
for some years has been distinguished by
the name of one of the most learned as
tronomers Of Europe, will pass its perihe-
lion on the 30th of August next, at 3h.
On. 55s. p. M. THIS comet appears to
be composed of nothing but gas, and that
in very rare state, probably much more
rare than that ofthe upermost stratum Of
the earth's atmosphere. Small stars
have been seen thorough many parts Of
the comet, even throug h the centre. The
light ofthe comet is very feeble, otherwise
it would be visible ia all parts Of its orbit.
1t has been noticed that this comet,
and some others, increase in diameter as
they recede from the sun. aud the cause
has not yet been explained in any salts
factory manner. On the first of June
next il it could be seen its diameter would
appear about ten times as large as that Of
Jupiter on The first Of July about five
times as large and on the thirty-first Of
the same month, if visible, it will appear
short ofthree times the size of that planet.
l observed the comet in 1907 to increase
in magnitude as it receeded from the sun,
after il became invisible to the eye. The
Encke comet, at its return this year, will
not be visible excepting by the aid Of
glass, which will afford much light with
but little implication.
Missouri Mining Company This Com
pany had at the last accounts, between
roc, 900 and 800, 900 lbs. of mineral lead,
which would probably be increased by the
st of January next, to two millions OF
pounds. The Company have smelted
10000 lbs. which yielded a greater per-
centage Of pure metal than any foreign
cad mines ever known. The lead runs
rom South to north, nearly three quaters
IF mile is about two feet wide and
n one of the diggings, they have gone
Town seventy feet, and have found its
the same, and the quality
greatly superior to that which was found
lear the surface. Ii is about sixty miles
rom St. Louis, on the north side of the
herrimac river, which runs through the
ection. The nnoeral is found on both
ides ofthe river.-.E Y Com .Adp.
.4necdoie. A grocer having a number
{ empty hogsheads to sell, placed one on
he foot Of the pavement, and wrote on il
For Sa,l.', A waggish tar passing by,