The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-23

The Hunters Moon.
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,,,, N, Providence JonFhHIJ
",I ", T. ,ovsr, q, the beauty Of the starry
,s0 A., ,T ,Tbch nightly raises its mysterious
ioas, .S SD Above our heads, have beer
@ssSS @ata'Si with the exceeding lovelincss o.
loaEutSh .iSh,, which have marked the pass
Ds oISI ~ the October fall moon. A re,
" y,L,blS difference occurs in the time ol
9ha'O, lt., ~ ,be September and October full
ssos. ,aDs i in high attitudes. This fact was
u%a,1 ,;.s1 by ancient shepherds who
5s"I.,,SSed s",,. iLeir flocks by night" long
,.ssS Na%I !, vas accounted for on principles
I%v I'%%v,oTponical science, They ascribed
q DSSnonenon to u providential inter.
". .i,yon which heightened ont the day
IN % ,bs brilliant moonlight, and gave 10
w w ESsn,embCr moon the name Of Harvest
w. vs. Ior ID assistance in gathering in the
;.,;,s AJ,. nj ,be earth. For tho same reason
%S.Gctobcr S. moon was called the Hunters
Mon, M Ior the help it lent to the pursuits
d the chase
The M science Of astronomy gives an
..'v rI EXPLANATION Of the phenomenon. The
I,Iv nrocress Of the moon in her revolu:
,on tyou5i y the earth from west to east
s,s,e. AM her 10 rise at d mean rate of about
S,tv4irht minutes later on each succeed.
", %sy evening In places Of considerable
Isi,rde remarkable deviation from the
hT 1S orurs, and for several successive
.,snincs ',s ,he full moon rises with an av.
sTSe difference Of about twenty-five
nisrtes At the equator the moon rises
,51urbout the year with nearly equal
io,,rysl, Of about lOrty.Cight minutes,
Ss,e lbis Harvest Moon is unknown.
Sow The orbit of the moon, nearly coin
cijur with the plane OF tho ecliptic, lies
STetines more obliQue TO the horizon
lbln al others. In the latitude Of London,
Tbeu The moon is in the signs Pisces and
lfie; she differs bui two hours in rising
br six days together, au average OF
,bylt twenty minutes for each evening.
IuOur latitude the average difference is
I,rter When the moon Is in those
,i,ps which make tue smallest angle with
lehO,izOn, she rises with the least differ
1ce Of time. In northern latitudcs, this
coalition occurs when the moon is in the
syussoI Pisces and Aries, the part of
asrnyOluton which she has just COM
PIeted.
But the moon can never be full except
Ehen she is opposite the sun, and there
Ore Tue sun must be at that time in the
opposite, Virgo and Libra.
The sun. passes through these signs in
OrGatumlal months, September and DC.
toOer, and therefore the moon can never
be full in the opposite signs except in
these two months. We can then have
buItwo iulImoOns in II year, which rise
iOr almost week near the time of sunset.
Wecall the former the Harvest Moon,
aul the latter the Hunters Moon.
The Harvest Moon Of this year wGs oh.
SUfel most Of the time by clouds and
Storm, so that We enjoyed but transient
glinRes Of her beauty, but the Hunters
Noon has been lovely enough to atone
IN all deficiencies in her predecessor.
Saepu on all the airs and graCcs which
'Ae knows how 10 make so effective, and
VH betwitChing when she threw her soft
Iigat over the earth through II misty veil
OF clouds; superb when her reign was dis.
palel by the rOsy.linted aurora which
tlttsted its banners in her serene pres
eace, and paled her silvery beams with
I9dly light; magnificent when, rising be.
bind the trees, she developed the proper
loDsOt glowing sphere, and, mounting
10 Der silver car high above trce.topS,
ieg1ed Queen Of the night. Perhaps we
I!ked her bsst when she put to flight the
1eeCy clouds, or hid her face Tor a mo-
n; neal behind them, and then peeped from
their silver edges.
Bul She is charming in all her phases,
1alTe mourn the waning glory OF her
la!I1tbed radiance. We do not wonder
saN Iae poetic Greeks made n goddess of
9e'' DIANA PhGhe md Cynthia. "Raro
Bt1 johnson" had an eye for her beauty,
aIhis lyric ode to "Cynthia" will Inst rs
HIss Y her lair lace looks down upon the
'aAaotan,s OF the globe.
Yaetn and huntrcss, chsstc and fair,
Vow The sun Is laid 10 sleep,
Se4ed il Thy sIlver chair,
n sAIe In wonted manner keep;
Gs;Pe'lS enireats thy light,
Godte'', e1cellently bright.
Lay thy bow Of pearls apart
And tayCystal shidlRg qlIvcr,
"iYe unto the flying hsrt
n tspAce 10 breathe how short tOey,r:
aaSI iaiI mat maE'St a cay of night,
e0dde's' eAcelIenLy bright"