Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-05-16
THE END OF THE WORI.D

Suiio>it1 appears 10 HdFe U6en eXclt6Q
know something of the preaching and
predictions of Mr.. Miller, who was al last
ccounts lecturing TO crowded congrega-
ions at Portland, Maine. He was previ-
ously preaching at the MaIboro' Chapel,
Boston, where he also had great crowds,
and we are assured by gentleman Of that
city, that people came from distant and
neighboring towns to here him.
Ii is stated in the Wesleyan journal
that Mr.. Miller is about 60 years of age,
aplain farmer from Hampton, in the state
of New York. He is member of the
Baptist church in that place, from which
he brings satisfactory testimonials of good
standing, and license to improve pub
llcly. For about fourteen years h. has
been almost exclusively bent to The inves.
tigation of Scripture prophecies. The
last eight years of his life have been devo-
ted to lecturing on this favorite subject.
Mr.. Miller's theory is, Git may satisfy
the curious 10 learn) that in 184S Christ
will make his personal appearance on
earth-lhe righteous dead shall be chang
ed, and be called up to meet the Lord in
the air. This is the first resurrection
The bodies of the wicked, living and dead
shall be consumed by FIRE in the general
conhagration, which shall envelope the
earth, and change and purify it for suit
able residence for the saints. They shall
then descend as in New Jerusalem out of
Heaven, and shall reign on earth with
christ thousand years at the end of
which period, the bodies of the wicked
shall be raised, and they shall be judged
by the saints, and receive their sentence
of endless banishment from the presence
Of the Lord and the glory of His power.
The intelligent readers will know that
predictions upon the exact time when the
world was TO come to an end are nothing
new. Hundreds of years ago men arose,
preached The same thing, and had crowds
to listen to them as Mr.. Miller does at the
present day.
The Worm ua the Eye Of the Horse
This singular phenomenon has attracted
some attention among naturalists and 9TH
ers in our city. A scientific friend, who
has examined it, has favored US with the
following description of the pecies to
which the worm in question is supposed
to belong:
The common name of it is, Guinea
Worm;" the scientific names are several
in number, but the most approved is, pro-
badly Fildria .Nedinensis. The BODY of
the worm is round, elastic, elongated, and
Of nearly equal thickness throughout. 1t
is of white color, about the thickness of
the string of violin, and of various length
as described by authors. The specimen
in'ithe horse now in this city is supposed
TO be nearly three inches long, and it is
becoming longer daily. 1t is never still,
bat moves about constantly with twin
ing motion. This species of worm is
sometimes found in the human body. DR..
Joy, OF Dublin, in an article on worms,
says: " 1t has been met with in almost all
the superficial situations of the body,-in
the walls of the abdomen and chest; In
the arms and hands; about the neck and
head; and even under the conjunctiva,
or deep in the socket of the eye; from all
of which situations il has been successful.
ly extracted. In certain species of ape
similar worm has been found within the
peritoneal cavity, and in another between
the coats of the stomach. 1t has been
discovered in the abdomen Of the horse
also, and even in the globe of the eye it.
self, where it has been clearly seen thro'
the transparent humors.''
In cases such as that under notice, al
present, the inquiry is natural how does
the worm get in the eye of the horse p
There are various opinions among the sci.
entifc on this question. Some writers
suppose that the worm Is the larva of an
insect deposited in the eye, by the insect
penetrating the eye. Others think that il
makes its way into the body by the mouth
in food or drink and then creeps away
10 congenial nesting place. Bremser
celebrated writer on worms, is Of opin
ion that the Filaria is creature of which
the natural abode is the animal body
where, aud where alone, il originates and
muIupiies.--BqItimore american.
Don't be alright if misfortune stalk:
into your humble habitation. She some