The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-11-24

-" wv WV Ft"Nf t'tsftNt- ftfHANt tNf
light sed hat lhc sPe', upon u. .ar.
Face are giimps~s ~ water. obiaine,l
i6cousa tho iire, snl We cAa The ausp.
iica OF our old iFiena ~ iefm~f school.
mate. Mt Asassil, 10 iMs fact as hy
closely ohaersing one ef these spos
With strong refracling ,elrscope. Dc
may discover new species oi hsh, Nth
little Gshes INSIDE of them. |, Is rss..i.
bis that the soa may burn Oui ansr
~hilc, which wooh leave this woria IN
stale Of darkecss quite uncomfortable
10 contemplate bu, even under lhraa
c,rcamsldnccs. !, Is pleasant 10 reflect.
that couriing snd lete.maAing soal
probably increase 10 an tndcHnile OK.
tent and that many per-ons Wolld
make large fortunes by the sad,icr RE-
ing in tho value Of coal. wood. caadlr.
and Eas, which would 10 TO illu,ifn,a
the truth OF the old proserh--~ H.. az
III wind that blows nobody aay good"
Upon the whole, tho san ,,A glerioas
creation, pleasing to gaze upon, tthroush
smoked glass; clcvating to think upoa.
and exceedingly comforiable To every
created being on cold day it IA tho
largest, the brightest. aud may be con-
sdercl by Ear the most lnaso,acent ob.
iecl In the celestial sphcre lhonsb,
with all theso attributes, il must bo con.
icssed that Il Il oc@sionly oniircly
echpsed by the moon,
We shall now proeocj TO the consid.
Grafton OF the several planets.
rus EARTH.
The Earth. or rs the Latin, called Il.
Tcllus, from which originated the cx
precision, do tell Us, y is the lhird plan.
ct in the Solar System, md the ono on
which we subsist with all our impor.
tant joys aud sorrows. The San Diego
Hrah Is published weekly on this plan.
ei, for five dollars per annum, payable
invariably in advance.
A the Earth Is by no means III.
most importnn, planet In the system,
there Is no season 10 suppose that |, Il
particularly distinguished from the olL.
ers by being inhabited. Il Il rcasonu.
bic, therefore, to conclude, that all thc
other planets Of the system nre Allied
with living. moving and senlient being,
and as some Of them nre snpcrior ia
the Earth Ia size aud position, Il /. not
Improbable that their inhabitants may
be superior to US IN mental and rbysI.
cal organization.
But II this were demonstrablo fact.
Instead of mere hypothesis, Il would
he found a very diiicult matter TO per.
sunde Us OF is truth To the inhnbh.
ants OF Veniv. the Earth appears like a
brilliant star, very much. In fact, as
Venus appears to US and. reasoning
from analogy, we nre led TO believe that
the election Of Mr. Pierce. the Europ,
van war, or The split in the greni demo-
cratic party produced but very liulee ex.
eiiement among them.
To the inhabitants Of Jupiter. our
Important globe appear. like small
star ot the fourth or fitl, magnitude
W. recollcet some years ago gazing
With aslonishn,ent upon the nhnbitan,s
of . drop of waier. developed by The
Solar Microscope, and secretly wonder.
ing whether tlmy werr or not reasoning
beingt with sonis TO be saved. Itis
not, altogether, n pleasant reflection that
a highly scienlidc inhaLtapi Of Jupiter,
armed with a telescope oi, Ito %. J in.
conceivable FORM. may bo pursuing a
similar course Of inquiry. and indulging
In similar specolalions regarding our
earth and its inhabitants. Gazing with
curious eye, hiN attention /. suddenly
attracted by the movements Of a granl
celebration OF Fourth Of July IN New
York, or mighty Convention In Bali
mors. "God bless NY soul" he ex.
claims. 81 declare they're alive, these
little creatures, DO SEQ sLam wrlggle :"
To an inhabiian, of the Sun, however.
be OF Jupiter ia probably quite as insig.
niiicani, and The Sun man is possibly a
mere atom ia the opinion Of a dweller
IN Siras. a little reflections on ,lesa
sabjacis leads TO the opinion. that The
death Of IN inlividonl man on this earih
thovgi, perhaps AS important an event
as can occur 10 bimself. ia calculated 10
csns no great consalsion Of Nature, or
dis'srb particularly the grea, aggregate
Of eresgsd beings
HE Earth moves roGnd The snn from
West 10 Esss ip year, and turns on iis
sx's Ia day thus moving si ths rate
Of $4,000 miles an hour IL its orbit.
and fodlins arnosJ Al the iolerably rapid
rate cf 1910 miles per hour. A. our
readers may have sees thai shsn man
i gsllopisg horse siolenily toyer a
smoosh road, II lbq horse from vicious.
ness " some D'hrr cause suddenly stons,
tho man keep. on ai The ssms rfic osss
the as'fnsls head 40 Ne. supposlng the
Earth 10 bc suddenly arrested oa Il.
sni', men, sonen. eHiiieen, hor ca, cat.
tle Rnd sheep. d0Bkeys. editors and
members 81 Congress. silb all our good.
ard cha'Iles, would b. thrown of toto
The air al a speed of j75 miles min.
pls, every @olhefs s0a Or us describing
the are Of rsraiola. viiril 1. probably
tho only description &c should ever 10
able 10 gise II The sfair.
This catastrophe. 20 Una ssfiielesfly
collected 70 ssjoy 4, ~sslJ. dooiAlss..
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