Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-03-28
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a. the prescn, day nppcnrs to hc ono 81 -
than usual excitement II can be no way ,...
sing tha, those believers IN general c..t.
ton OF our earth IN lSi3. should induce.
rife forcbojings add their belief si,agtE,,.l
the prescn, appearance Of a comet WHICH
visible in a soulh-wcaorly direction bu, i-l.,..I
nothing more than a harmless though
magnificent visitor 10 our system
Durm. the dark age, Of superstition r,-
were regarded as the harblngcrs OF some :.
calamity, such ms the fall Of atoms. or tie i.
vulsion OF the globe.
Although much time has been occupied IN A.
investigation Of comets, sill the doctrine !,
partially understood, anl bat few Of the v.g m.
Der tha, belong to the system has as vet been
vesiigaied 81 n. TO find their course OF ,os,-,-,
their periodical revolution, they arp.sr i,
opake bodies moving IN the cNpansc Of ihs
verse descending from far dlsiau, paris or,hs g.,
tenn, and visible 10 US only On the lower p,,
their orbit for shor, period. they 90 in rarg,
directions, no, regarding the signs OF the z,I,,
They may however, be igamcnts to connrc, n.
system to another, or as our more rational as--.
omcrs have conlccurcd, to carry back 10 ,ferh.
cts the electric fluid, which is constantly ds,-
ling, or to supply the Gun with the fuel uh,,. +.
continually consumes Notwi,bstandurlhe he.
and knowledge, in diss,pHiing gloomy npru,.,
sion, still we find theological spectators w1r
their ingenuity Of conjecture in assigning sem,
rational Office to these wandering rauo,-s
late as the beginning Of The 18th century coma
were regarded ms the abode Of the damned anI
! lou. TO know moro than what is revealed M,
| slrovc to discover the fnghilul regions in vht
vice is 10 suffer its mctod Punishment NJ
Winston not only fixed the residence ot the damn
ed but also the nature Of their punishment Re
| turning from the remote regions Of the system
| from the chilling darkness of cold the come, vi
ted the wicked into the very vicinity OF the sn
and thus alternately hurrying its wr,lched lcrar.
to the terrifying extremes Of perisbing cold, an
| devouring fire
That celebrated astronomer Dr. HALEY altcmy
ted to show that the comet of 1880 was the sam
that was seen 46 years before Christ and as
revolutionary period was found 10 be So wear
which by computation would pass our earth nbo
the time of the deuge and was the natural cau
oftha, catastrophe Mr. Winston who suppon'
this conjecture, was of the opinion that the gene
al contlagration Of Of our cath will be occasions
by our being involved in the trail Of some CON
after it has been prodgiousy heated in liz passa
from the SUM- The transient effect of con
passing near the Garth, would scarcely amount
any great convul:ion but should this earth ac
ally receive shock from one ofhose bodies, t
consequence would be awful, il not fatal A n,
direction would be given to its rotary motion, n
the clobo would revove round new axis t
seas forsaking their ancient beds. would be COW
ed BY their centrifugal force to their new equao
al regions Islands and continents would be CT
cred by the universal rush of the waters to ,
new equator and every vcstage of human ccqm
ton destroyed The chances, however, agar
such an event are too numerous 10 cause mu
| alarm.
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