Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-03-01

PoUocb's Course Of Time. p.137.
The involving agency Of light in the causation
Of the regular, as well as irregular, phenomena OF
natures changes, as diclosed in the sublime imita-
"By achat ,cay is the tight parted, ahjeh Scattereid
tie East rind upon the earth ?"-Job xxxyiii. q,
was briefly illustrated in the last Member.
But besides the differing effects produced upon
the electrical e~lements by currents Of light, re
hcctod Tor parted in different angles Tor 2caySl
when intercepted by the earth, there are other
modes in which the agency OF lightoperates upon
a stupendous scale. The light which is radieted.
from an approaching body, has an effect different
from that received from a body that is r%eceding,
of this fact, each annual revolution, since the del
uge, has given a demonstration, simple, positive
and perfect, beyond comparison with any human
scientific philosophy.
AS the sun approaches from the south all nature
rouses from her previous slumber, and the vegetable
world bursts forth with new life and energy. As
he approaches his highest northern declination,
renovation arrives at n stand-still, and progressive
maturity succeeds. Grain, fruits, &c., ripcn. As
his receding tendency becomes more manifest in
the effect of his light, the order Of nature seems
reversed, and decay and disolution-instead Of rem
ovation, m their mighty operations, and
mark each degree of the suns retrocession with a
tendency exactly the opposite to that which exis-
ted during his advance, on the vegetable world,
until the beautiful panorama called into existence
by his approach is dissolved, and all its vital ener-
HleS apparently ueUu anu dnnlnlldLGu.
Nor do these marked rcversioBs in the effect of
light fail to manifest their influence to an impor-
tant extent, On the various tribes of animated
nature-mankind included. The approaching.
yernal sun, rouses the dormant springs of vitality,
diffusing, as it were, new life and vigor. Diseases,
chills and fevers, obstinate coughs, especially with
children, &C., which, in the fail, or commencing
winter, obstinately defy remedial agency yield
more readily in the spring, often to the simplest
remedies. Hope revives, and langnishing enter
prise is pushed with renewed vigor. But as the
sun receds towards his extreme southern declina-
ton, a more listless predisposition steals over man,
kind. Commencing enterprises are then pushed
+ with less vigor, and consequently, in many cases,
a with less success. The soldier retires into his
, winter quarters, giving respite to his ambitious as
? pirations until again called into action by the yivi-
= flying influence Of spring.
. The foregoing facts are too simple and positive,
r and too universally known to admit of cavil OF
evasion though they may be too common, or too
easily understood by the million, to suit some OF
f the aspiring votaries Of popular science. Yet, its
) Importance cannot by the arrogant assumptions Of
| the one, nor the ohsequious selfimposed Ignorance
Y of too many of the other class.
There is yet another important feature in the
r physical agency Of light. This is the fact, that
+ light from a body whose luminous surface is in
q creasing, has an electrical effect differing from thai
Of the light from a body whose illGminous surface
! is diminishing. The reflected light from the moor
: has an effect different during her increase, from
: what it has during her decrease. In the first case
, the electricity supplied by her light has a stronger
affinity for that of the atmosphere, and tends more
to nourish vegetation, which depends chiefly on at
, mospheric electricity, (see PriRcipia, p. 30,) but
during her decrease, the electricity of her light
! partakes more of the nature of terrestrial magnet
ism. These changes in the tendency of the moon,
reflected light, have a marked effect ON The health
: feelings, and humors of men, Sc, as will be per
e ceived by contrasting the more listless feelings, anC
!. tagging energies during the old moon, especial
the last quarter, with the animation in feelings ,anC
4 general business, just after the new, and before tn,
full moon.
: Dy% To AGRIcULTUR;sTs.-In her increase, th,
moon supplies more electricity to the atmosphere
r hence, all vegetation which depends upon the at
mospheric electricity chiefly for nourishment shout,
Il be sown then. Blossoming shrubs, or plants
should be sown, planted, or set, just after the new
moon. If sown, planted, set, or pruned near tn
. second quarter, they grow thrifty but seldom bea
> much flowers or fruit-to Yield best, seed shout,
Z be sown, fruit trees set or pruned, some four l.
4 two days before the full moon. If such vegetable
Il or trees are sown, &C., after the full, they seldom
: realize expectation but esculent roots, potatoes
onions, beets. &C., depending for nourishmet OF
: terrestrial magnetism iRSteadof atmospheric cleo
. tricity, do best when sown or planted in the de
creasing moon.