Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1844-02-17

when he perceived they were the gar
meots which might have been on a
fe,on,, back, the tears started from the
soohetsofhis sightless balls, and coursed
S,oeIv down his wrinkled cheeks
Kind heaven! thought |, is this public
eharity? Is this Christian land!-
Where are those Christian professors
who are riding to heaven in livery?
Where the men who sit on damask-
lined and hair-stufied cushioned pews
two hours 10 the day, while this poor
blind man is doomed night after night
for three long months, to stretch his old
limbs on a hard board with single
blanket to part them from it, only be-
cause he is poor! Oh! ye miser saints.
who are SO we'll fed that you loath the
dainties spread before you on silver
plate, while thispoor man eats mush and
rno,asses out Of wooden noggin!-
May indulgcnt heaven have mercy
on you.
Not many years since, man under
middle age, and an American, too, stole
trifle from a store in-street, at mid
day, and die not attempt to conceal it.
He was at first taken for crazy man
or a fool. When asked why he did it,
he said it was TO prevent starvation.
IF he was not detected, he could sell
The property and buy him bread. II
he was detected, he should be sent to
prison and their bread would be g iven
him. For weeks, though able bodied
he could get no work to do, even in mid
summer. A man stealing TO keep from
starvation, in the city Of New York, and
within forty rods Of that great pile OF
Christian pride, which for three years
has been going up on the site Of good
substantial stone church which was
torn down TO make room for the further
progress Of this mammoth church, at
the enormous expense Of near half a
million of dollars! Yes, too, and
within two minutes walk of wall street.
LIGHT AND SOUND. -Those who are
habituated to the use Of artillery, are
able to judge accurately of the direction
in which cannon is fired, by COM
pairing with each ether the two flashes
Of powder, from the muzzle, the other
from the touch-ho.e, the ball always
going on contrary side from that on
which the flash from the touch-hole is
seen. They sound on wall or forti-
fication, and observing the fire of the
distant cannon. say this ball goes 10
the right, and that to The left. But that
we'll pointed one where the flashes
arc in a line with each other, Strikes the
spot from which they take care to
leap as soon as they SEQ the FASH
The ball passes through the air at the
rate OF three miles in a second, but
light Of the burning powder j, con-
veyed 10 the eye at the rate OF $4,000
miles in one second. There, they
have time TO see the flash, and get out
OF the way Of the direction before the
arrival of the ball, which would kill
them before they could hear the report
of the gum which report moves only
al the rate of quarter of mile in one
second. athunder storm the burning
vapor. which constitutes the flash ex-
plodes before the clap commences
The flash is conveyed to US at the rate
of 100000 miles in second but
tho thunder creeps on at rate Of thir-
teen miles a minute. Hence, when
we hear the thunder we know that we
are safe from that explosion of vspor'
which must have passed off from US
before the arriva! of the thunder; and
by comparative calculation of light
and sound the thunder cloud is COM
puted to be distant about one mile; we
sec the lightning five seconds before
we hear the thunder.
Rowan GoLp MINES We have in
this country the richest gold mine that
has ever yet been dieoverel in the L..
States. 1t is small vein from four TO
twelve inches wide; many bushels Of
the naterieitaken fromit have OVERCOME
$500 to the bushel and some as high as
$500. We see it stated in the Meek
lenberg Jeaersonian that II ,s76 penny
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