Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-03-20

armed with q telescope pf. 10 usl inconceiy.
able form, may bepursuing similar course
ipl inquiry. and ipdulgipg N a similar ,sspfec,
ulla,ion. regarding our earth and i,s inhsbi.
,ants, Gazing with curious eye, his, a.teF,
lion is suddenly attracted by The movements
Of grand celebration OF The Fourth Of JULY
in, N Y, pr q mighty ,cony nyention,in Bali.
more, Bless my soul, he ,exclpims, ! de.
flaresihey're alive, these lit.le creatures-do
see Them, wiggle.'i To. an inhabiiant Of the
~ Sur, howeyer, ,hs .ofi Jppiler Is pro5ablH as
l7fgnlReapi PRd ihs sqp man ls possibly q,
IQere Q'oso n 'hsQpi1ion pi ne dYs|IertE pl
diyidua maa on ibis earth. though perhaps
ms Important an event as can occur TO himself
is calculated to cause no grea, cohyulsion
Of mature, or disturb particularly, the "grsa,
aggregate Of created beings, XXI t"q No''
The earth moves round lhs sun from west
% east in year, and turns on lis axis in q
day; thus moving al The rate d 60, 600 miles
in q hour in It's orbit, and rolling around al
The ,olerabierapi rate of1O4O niles an hour.
AS our readers have Seen that when d man
is gallopping horse violently overa smooth
road, if the horse from viciousness or other
cause suddenly stops, the man keeos on at
the same rate, over the animal's head. so'we,
supppsing the earth 10 be suddenly arrested
on lis axis, men, women, children, horses,
callle and sheep, donkeys and editors, mem.
bers Of Congress, with all their goods and
chattels, would be thrown off into the air,
al a speed of l73 miles minute, every
mothers son Of ds describing the arc Of q
parabola, which Il probably ,ne only descrip-
tion we Should be able 10 give ofthe affair.
This catastrophe, 10 one sufficiently col.
lecied to enjoy it,wodld doubtless. be ex-
ceedingly amusing; but as there would prob.
ably be 40 time for laughing, we pray iha, il
may not occur until ulier Our demise; when;
should i! take place, our monument will
probably accompany the movement lpis a
singular fact thd, if a man travel around the
eanh in an easterly direction, he will find
on returning to The place Of departure, he
has gained one whole day; the reverse ol
,his proposition being true also. il follows
tha, the Yankees who are constontIy trav-
cling 10 the ives, do no, live so oloug by a Cay
Gr Two. as they would II they had said a,
home; and suoposing each Yankee's lime
to be worth 81 so per day il may be easily
shown that considerable amount OF money
is annually lost By iheir rowing dispositions
Science isy yetOutin her infancy; with its
growth new discoveries ofun astounding! ua
iufe will doubtless be made, among which
probably, ,s wilhbs some me,hod BY which The
course ofahe earth may be altered, and il bt
steersd with The same ease and regularity
ltahrouah space and among she Stars, as 4
steamboat is directed through the wafer. 4
will be very interesting spectacle to see
the earth, rounding ,soo,' with; her head ir
the all. OF Jupiter, while the Moon is sen
loft laden with mails and passengers for TIN
planet to. bring back mails and party o
Jupi,erians goingtoaaend d grand prize fgh
in the ring Of Saturn. '"'' "2'N
I Well, Christopher Columbus would hav'
been as much astonshed at the revelation
Of steamboat, and the locomotive engine
as we should be 10 witness the above per
torrance, which our intelligent posteril!
during the ensuing year A. D. 5000, will
possibly look upon as a very common plac
affair. 15p .5q,rtt- a r,,oq .l.arl aia}
], - Only three days ago we asked medium
where Sir John Frankli1 was a, that jnime
TO which, hel replied he was cruising abop
1 (oficers aud crew all welI on the. in,eriQ
Of the earth, to which he. had obtained en-
/ trance through Symmes' Hole! r .sc'