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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



I think so. First ; is it not conceded that nothing! diction of Mr. Paine. No doubt but that the inde- 

 is made in vain— that nothing superfluous is crea-!*atigable energy of our people will have a steam- 

 ted when the less would be sufficient? Now if it I boat with a suitable crew, sailing upon this "open 

 would not conflict with the eternal law of gravita- ' sea," within a few years and if there is an opening, 

 tiontohave made this earth hollow, instead of solid, j one or two hundred miles m diameter, they will be 

 and thereby have saved one-half, two-thirds, or three- sure to find it, and their indomitable courage will 

 quarters of the material of which it is composed 



and have one-third or more larger surface for ani- 

 mals and intelligent beings to perform their active 

 life, — would not that be an economy worthy of God 

 the Creator ? 



If the outer shell of the earth is (say from the 

 fortieth degree of both north and south latitudes,) 

 five hundred miles thick, this would leave the inner 

 space seven thousand miles in diameter. Accord- 

 ing to the laws of attraction, every j)article of the 

 inner part of this shell would keep its place, and 

 not fly off" 7000 miles across this hollow to get to 

 the opposite shell of the earth. Can the objectors 

 to this theory maintain that it would ? I think not. 

 Capt Symmes, who lectured some thirty years ago. 



induce them to enter it, and within a year after, 

 may return and make their report. 



Yours most resjiectfully, Isaac SxE-iRNS. 

 Mansfield, Mass., January Ist, 1856. 



P. S. — I would ask the question of you, or your 

 correspondents, (if they see this in your paper) how 

 long ago was it that Capt. Symmes lectured upon 

 the theory of this earth being hollow; and also, 

 were his lectures ever published ? If so, where can 

 I obtain a copy ? I. S. 



HOW TO MAKE A JIBING HORSE 

 DRAW. 



An omnibus full of passengers was detained a 

 upon the earth being hollow, and capable of being j^,, ^i„,e ^j^i^ afternoon in Oxford Street, bv one 



inhabited, was not the first who broached such an 

 idea. I have in my hand a book published in the 

 year 1813, of 179 pages, which advocates this theo- 

 ry. The author was Mr. Otis Paine, of Foxliorough, 

 Mass. It was entitled '^Tnie and Infernal Friend- 



of the horses turning obstinate and refusing to pro- 

 ceed ; and notwithstiinding numerous and persua- 

 sive arguments inflicted ujion him by a large crowd 

 of persons collected, such as digging spurs info him 

 ■,i from the hand, sundrv kicks and licks, cursing and 



ship; or the JVisdoin of Eve, and f he Character o/\^^^.^.^^.-^^^^^ ^^^^ t^^ horse would not advance; and 

 the Serpent. JVdh the Sitiiation, Joys and Loss of ^^.^en by manual force, some ten or fifteen managed, 



Paradise." It was composed principally of poetry 

 In its preface I find the following on jiage 9th : 



"1st. That this earth is a hollow globe, contain- 

 ing a celestial region in its centre, and the same 

 that is called Paradise, Mount Zion, and Eden, in 

 scripture, where Adam and Eve and the new crea- 

 tion were laced when created, and whence they 

 were driven on eating the forbidden fruit." 



After advancing three other propositions, which 

 do not relate to this question, he proceeds to prove 

 his theory as follows : 



"Proof that this earth is a hollow globe, &c. 

 By the records of Scripture, both of the old and 

 new Testaments, it appears that there is a region, 

 or beautiful realm, in the centre or heart of this 

 earth; that the first created man (Adam) was 

 formed of the dust of this earth, and put into this 

 realm (then called Eden) to till and cultivate it, 

 and to hav« dominion over all who dwelt there. 

 But he, (Adam) breaking his Creator's law, was 

 driven from this celestial region to till the gromid 

 from whence he was taken. 



"It farther appears, by the predictions recorded 

 in scripture, that this region will be discovered, 

 and be inhabited with the human race ; that on 

 this discovery, a thousand years of perfect peace 

 throughout ail nations will take place, and millen 

 nium commence." 



Mr. Paine then oocuj^ies over four pages of his 

 b(M)k with extracts from various passages of scrip- 

 ture, and his own comments, to prove the truth ot 

 his tlieory. 



Now, I will venture to conjecture what this 

 -♦'flaming sword, which turned every way," &c.,was. 

 If the Garden of Eden was in the hollow of the 

 earth, ami our first parents were "driven out," in 

 consequence of disobedience, it was the glittering 

 ice which from that time to this has been sufficient 

 to Vppn them and their posterity from finding the 

 entrance to the interior of the earth, but will, with 

 in a few years be overcome, according to the pre- 



on several occasions, to move the omnibus a few 

 paces, it resulted in nothing but a graceful piroutte 

 of the whole concern back to the same spot, much 

 to the amusement of the crowd, but not so much of 

 the passengers, who, I must admit, maintained the 

 greatest patience anil forbearance. Observing all 

 the endeavors of the crowd to fail in making the 

 horse move, I suggested to. the persons interested, 

 a simple remedy used in India, on similar occasions 

 — that is to get a slight rope, and attach it to one of 

 the fore feet of the slubljorn animal, and the person 

 holding the other end of the rope to advance a few 

 ])aces, taking \vith him the horse's foot, when, as a 

 matter of course, the horses and omnibus must fol- 

 low. My ad\ice was at first ridiculed and laughed 

 at, but after some more inefl"ectual attempts after 

 their own barbarous and savage manner, a rope was 

 jiroduced and apjjlied as described, when the horse 

 immediately advanced, and the omnibus, in the 

 course of a few minutes, was out of sight, much to 

 the amazement of the rude and bigoted crowd. I 

 heard them expressing their wonder and astonish- 

 ment at this very simple remedy, which should be 

 more generally known in this country. — London 

 Tinus. 



GOOD HOGS. 



Mr. Cyrus Stow, of Concord, Mass., gives us an 

 account of four Suff"olk pigs, fatted by him. We 

 saw them a short time before they were killed, and 

 noticed that, though not remarkably large, they 

 had great weight of carcass for the bone and offal. 

 They were bred by C. B. Clark. INIr. Stow says — 



"these four pigs (all sows) I bought on the 8th 

 of Februarv last. They weighed 145, 140, 130, 

 100— totar523 lbs.— at 5i cents— $27,46. De- 

 duct for shrinkage forty percent., would leave 314 

 lbs. dead weight when I purchased them. Tliey 

 were killed on the 15th of December, and weigh- 

 ed 449, 374, 366, 367— total 1555 lbs. I sold 

 three of them at my door at 1 l-i cents per pound — 



