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The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-07-02

cdou COunty-WnlCn report was accept
ed, and resolve accompanying the re-
port was laid on the table.
A survey of Rhode Island is about to
be made by Mr.. J. Stevens and Mr. Van
Haun, preparatory to the making of a
correct Map of the State.
Ljberality--Mr. James Gunnell, of
Fauquier county, Virginia, lately rnanu-
mitted % negro slaves, and afforded
them the means Of migrating to the
western free States.
Two regiments of women have been
organized at Barcelona, for the service
of the place, in case of siege.
Gen. Wilkinson is compiling work
on Mexico, historical and geographical.
A machine for making Pins is in op-
GRAFTON in New-York, which makes 80
in a minute-one in Philadelphia makes
60. In the British mode, only ii are
made.
new carriage has been invented in
Philadelphia, which is propelled by the
weight of persons who ride in it.
A man has been convicted in England
for tearing out the tongue of horse,
and sentenced 10 Ii years transporta.
ton.
ROCHESTER,, (N " JUNE II.
a RoaoIdnd for an Oliver.
A iirst-water Yankee, on peddling
voyage through " York State" arrived
in our village last week. independent
of tho lisunl sl1nrEns IAaA.lu.. :.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-07-02
ROCHESTER,, IN. W JUNE II.
a Roavl0nd for an Ol;ner

A first-water Yankee, on a peddling
voyage through I" York State" arrived
in our village last week. Independent
of the usual supplies, Jonathan, it
seems, had added to his stock of" NICK
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-11-05
ORIGINAL ANECDOTE.

Not long ago, young lrishman, from
one of the districts in that country where
animal food is luxury rather heard of,
than enjoyed by the peasantry, was en-
ployed as laborer by an opulent farm
er, in one of the eastern States. De
lighted with his sumptuous fare, and
casting back his recollections to: the
potatoe- feasts of the warm hearted
friends he had left in his native country,
he determined 10 write them letter
and acquaint them with the great i'm
provement of his fortune. After indit-
ing it in his ownway, he submitted it TO
his employer for correction. How is
this, Pat 2 said the .farmer,you tell your
friends you have meat in this country
fSuice a seek. Can you deny that you
have it every day ?'Oh no,your honor
replied Pat )" | have it three times
a day if | choose--but don't your honor
think iscont to have my letter belie9ed?"
.lmericau.
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From the National Gazette.

One of our late Paris papers contains
asingular instance roi conviction 70 mur-
der. A married woman and her par
amour of the name of Pugim were.
arraigned for the murder Of the woman's
husband. The latter had accompanied
Pugin on short journey insearch of
his wife, and was found dead 10 a field
with his skull Lrokea. On the trial no
sufficient proof CT the crime could be
adduced, but the counsel Of the accused
appearing to exert himself particularly
for the aquittal of the woman, Pugin,
thought, he must have escaped, with her,
conceived the idea that it was intended
to make him alone responsible, and
being determined that she should share
his fate at all events, suddenly cried out
-''thdt 1roman has tooics ATTEMPTED TO
poison her husband" The woman was
Immediately called up, and she at once
confessed the murder. Both were con-
victed and senten ed to capital punish
ment.
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-11-05
BY THE MAILS.

Robbers beaten By Bull Dog-In
South Reading, on Tuesday evening 2lsd
inst. about o'clock, two Robbers en-
tered a Shoemaker's Shop and stole a
bag of shoes worth 40 or so dollars, and
made off. They had not proceeded far
befor the bag was missed, when young
man, by the name of Oliver Swain,
mounted his horse, and followed them
accompanied by his large Bull Dog
He overlook them in the woods, dark
and rainy, and hailed them, upon which
one fled, and the other kept the road
with his booty. Mr.. Swain dismounted,
and braveIy demanded The Shoes. Tho
Robber refused to give them up, and Mr.
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-11-05

Childhood.-There is in childhood
holy ignorance--a beautiful credulity-
a sort of sanctity that one cannot contem-
plate without something of the reveren-
tial feelings with which one should ap-
proach beings of celestial nature. The
impress of the Divine nature is, as ii
were, fresh on the infant spirit-fresh
and unsullied by contact with this with
ering world. One trembles, lest an i'm
pure breath should dim the clearness of
its bright mirror. And how perpetually
must those who are in the habit of CON
templating childhood-of studying the
characters of little children, feel and
repeat to their own h6arts-"Of such
IS the kingdom of heaven !''-Aye,
which of us, of the wisest among US,
may not stoop to receive instruction and
rebuke from the character of little
child Which Of us, by comparison with
its sublime simplicity, has not reason to
blush for the littleness, the ;insincerity.
the worldIiness, the degeneracy, of his
own.
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-11-05

bis back and then you will not wound
his feelings.
II. If you are invited to dine with a
gentleman to-morrozU, and are engaged.
tell him so; but that you will dine with
him mert ddy.-This will save him trou-
BILE, and make all certain.
IS. If you wish for advice, don't ask il
till you have made up your mind: thu:
you will not be plagued with varying o.
pinions.
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From the Portland Gazette.
USEFUL RULES FOR suNDRY SORTS OF Pc

USEFUL RULES FOR sUNDRY SORTS OF PEG
PIE.
l. When you are walking to Church,
talk as loudly as you can: 50 that others
may know you are in the way of your
duty.
g. When you are fairly seated at
Church, look round among the Congre-
CATION, and bow to your particular friends:
this shows good manners and kind
feelings.
3. If you are singer, sing a little aE
ter the rest of the singers; because the
more there is of a good thing, and the
longer 1t lasts, the better.
4. 1.-THE seats in the pews are on hin
ges, the moment prayer is ended, ttrop
them dozen, and make as much noise in so
doing as you can. 1t will rouse up those
who are drowsy, and quicken their at
tention to the Sermon.
5. When you sleep at meeting, do it
without a disguise or concealment-A
Church is no place for hypocrisy. Be-
sides, to sleep at your ease on such occa-
sions, shews that your conscience does
not trouble you.
8. lfyou meet chaise OF team. new
er trouble yourself to be cipil, bnt show
your sPunk, and dash along, and drive it
out OF the way;-this will teach folks
good manners.
7. When you dismount from your
chaise, leave the reins in the bottom of
the carriage, and they will get under
the horses heels with perfect ease.
8. When you are speaking earnestly
to man or woman, get your mouth as
near as possible 10 his or her face, and
then the person thus spoken to will GER
tainIy feel the force 4 your obserya-
tionS.
3. When you are telling story, keep
laughing yourself; and then, by svmpa-
thy, the company will be inclined to. II
will be well to praise the. story some
what, before you begin: il will awaken
attention. .p,,,.
10. When you cape in company, do it
fairly and above board; and be not so
clownlsh as TO cover your mouth WITH
your hand
II. AS swearing is not so great an ac-
compliShment as it was some wears aro
practise it only on particular occa-
sIons, when the character of the compa-
ny requires it.
IL. AS the beauty and comfort of life
consist in variety, pay but little attention
to the old maxim of doing as you would
be done by:-it would make the world
stupidity uniform and monotonous.
l3. When you have done eating your
dinner, always pick your teeth with
yonr fork ; it is a prodigious saving of
goose-quills.
IA. When eating an apple, or your
common meals, do the business effectuaJ-
"; and let the smacking sound of uour
bps keep time with the up and down 3D.
GRAFTON of your teeth this shows that
you are methodicoL, and in earnest to en-
ploy as many of your faculties at the
same time as you can.
IS. Always take few drains in the
morning; it helps the revenue, and
makes one feel cleverly But in this be
very moderate. 10. TipIer used 10 saw
hat eteven glasses of sling before break
asst, were as good as thousand.
l6. Ii you have occasion to speak in
Vt any one of your friends, do it behind
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end. The next morning, notwithstand-
ing the want of connection between the
paragraphs, the variety of advertise
ments and the general chaos which goes
to the composition ola newspaper, he
repeated it from beginning to end with
out the least hesitation or mistake.
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-11-05

Perhaps no spot on the face Of the
earth, is more interesting to man of
education than Italy. 1t recalls wildly
to the mind the idea which the school
boy forms Of the dignity of the Roman
Nation, the splendor. ofthc Senale-house,
and the magnifcence of the capitol.
Every, spot, not only in Rome, but
throughout Italy, is consecrated by some
classic recollection. 1t is not only the
palaces, the temples, the triumpbal ar
ches, and the aqueducts that interest,
but when, as at Herculaneum and Pom
peii you descend into their houses, visi,
their baths, shops, chambers, and kitch-
ems, you feel as if you were admittedin-
to their families, and we're instructed in
their manners. can truly say the sat
isfaction derived from this journey far
surpasses what had anticipated. The
remembrance of having visited the
tombs Of Scipio and of Virgil, of having
drank of the fountain of Egeria, and OF
having descended into the entombed CT
ty. Herculaneuln, | shall always cherish
with pleasure.
Most of the monuments Of ancient
grandeur in Rome, are in a ruinous state.
Only the Pantheon and the two columns.
with some triumphal arches, approach
near to originality. Yetstill, how inter-
esting are these ruins The forum and
its environs are a rich field. Here u
sually spent my mornings. With the
Capitol behind you, and the Tarpeian
rock on your right. you look down the
Via Sacra, through insulated pillars and
broken colonades, un;:l the huge mass of
the Coliseum, the Amphitheatre of Yes
pasian, shuts the scene.
Italy, once the mistress of the world,
now enslaved and degraded, teaches US
a useful lesson. When an American
looks on the debased inhabitants of this
delicious cline, and sees them GROUND
into the dust by their oppressive govern
ments, bowing under the tyranny of for
eign troops, and the domination of their
priesthood, he longs most earnestly TO
behold them rise, and inspired with the
spirit of Brutus, hurl their tyrants to
the earth, and re-establish their liberty.
Alas that spirit is. dead. Slavery and
superstition have destroyed it. The
Romans are no more. thank God that
| was born in that land, which alone, of
all the nations of the earth, enjoys civil
and religious liberty to its fullest extent.
0 that our countrymen appreciated their
advantages! How ardently would the
dame OF patriotism burn amongst US -
COLUMBIAN Star).
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be transmitted to the Treasurer in Mill-
bury, or left in the hands of the Hon.
DANIEL WALDO, in Worcester.
Sept. 80, 1923.
Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1823-11-05

We have been politely favoured with
the following extract of letter from
a gentleman travelling in Europe, to
his friends in this city, dated.
" PAR1s, July 25, 1928.
Con the 18th of this month, my friend
~. and self reached this city, on our re-
turn from Italy. We have reason for
gratitude TO the Father of Mercies for
cur preservation.
OR journey was extremely pleasant
and instructive. The Alpine scenery is
bold and elevated, beyond what l had
conceived. Nothing have ever read
communicates correct idea of the scene
OF horror which the eternal SHOWS, the
awful avalanche, and the tremendous
glacier inspire. The passage over the
Alps is good.-The road cut by Napo-
leon is worthy that astonishing man. 1t
IS the same by which Hannibal entered
uaT, butts now no longer beset with
preciplces and dangers. II has been
sad that now, there are no Alps GER
tainly they present no obstruction to the
traveller.
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Marriage IN France.-A fellow who
had a miserable annuity, barely sufficient
of itself for his existence, being natural
ly an epicure, and consequently fond of
good cheer, which is not to be got Of
ten (unless by good income,) found
out a singular expedient 10 be at we'd
ding feast and Iuxuriate every day of
.s.life. He dressed in black in an ap-
proPriate manner, and every morning
be was husiiy engaged in running from
the church of St. Eustatius and St. Paul,
St. Sulpicius, or St. Roch-in short, 10
going about to all the churches of the
great parishes. When he saw we'd
ding, where the train was little nu-
merous, he mixed himself with the rest,
and on some days he had a choice of
parties; for it often happens at some of
the churches, that three or four couples
are married in the same hour. At the
end of the service always begins the in-
dispatable feast, which is held ordinarily
at some traiteur's. 1t is the custom
that the relations of the husband, and
also those of the wife dine at the same
table, where they often see each other
for the first time. Our gourmand would
march in the train, and sit down with
the rest; and all having seen him at the
service, he was thought by the relations
of the wife TO belong to the husbands
party, whilst the relations of the husband
believed him to belonged TO the party of
the wife. Thus he enjoyed himself, per-
fectly at ease, in his equivocal part,
throwing out light compliments to one
side or the other; and it may be con-
ceived that by his practice he had at
tanned finished style for the occasion.
This practice had lasted him for be-
tween four or five years, when on one
occasion relation, who it Glanced had
net our habit noir for the third time at
a wedding place in eight days, ventured
TO ask him, after the dessert had been
brought, to which side he belonged ?
"To the side of the door, he replied,
putting down his plate and walking off,
The circumstance was then made
known, and the habit noir disappeared
ever AFTER or else conducted himself
more cautiously.
Foote'S Lest Joke.-When Foote was
on his way TO france for a change of
air, he went into the kitchen of the inn
at Dover, to order particular dish for
dinner. The tr1e English cook, dispos-
ed, perhaps, to smoke the traveller,
boasted that for her part she had never
set her foot out of her own country.
On this the invalid gravely Observed,
8 Why Cookey, that's very extraordin-
'ry, as they tell me above stairs, that
you have been several times all oocr
seq" They may say what they
please above or below stairs (replied |
he cook, but / was never ten miles
rom Dover in all my life. "Nay, now,
hat must be fiji, (said Foote, J for
rave myself seen you at Spithead."
Perhaps the most remarkable in
lance on record of the power of men,
Try is one related of William Lyon, a
trolling player, who wagered crown
'owl Of punch, that he would repeat
Daily Advertiser, paper then filled
With advertisements, from beginning to
n.zmamsaanuS IL
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Perhaps the most remarkable in
stance on record of the power of men,
DRY is one related of William Lyon, a
stroiting player, who wagered crown
bowl Of punch, that he would repeat
Daily Advertiser, paper then filled
with advertisements, from beginning to
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a preacher, who attended the SER
mon OF another priest, was asked his O.
Plnlon of the discourse. see. replied
the critic, that clear eaters are not deem
Inc Perspicuous orator sometime after
became an auditor of his learned broth
erS Grafton, | see, said the former
preacher, that deep waters are not clear
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Serious .4!fair.-Rebelais tells story
on one Phillpot Plact, who being brisk
ana hale, fell dead, as he was paying an
old debt which perhaps, causes many
people not to pay theirs, for fear of a
like accident.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-06-11
For the Massachusetts Spp.l
To THE /" COUNTRYMAN."
!" Our nent Goueraonr.''

told you So used to be the constant and
reiterated reply of certain qucrulous house,
wife, 10 her spouse, whenever any unlucky
accident occurred. The good man, being thus
daily vexed with this unpleasant, ard not UNI
frequently ill-timcd exclamation sounding in
his ears, thought totest the pertncncy of his
wlie's nvarIabie reply, 10 her own confusion.
Entering the house one day, in haste, " My
dear,n said he, " the COW has eaten UP tie
grindstone." $ told you so,p said she, shut
you would never mind ae.''
1t is true the 8 Countryinan'' preferred a
nomination from The country, and thought the
issue to be doubtful, if the candidate for Gov
ernour should be selected frcm Boston or its
eietntfg. Bot, upon what basis did he predi-
cate his opinion An impartial examination Of
the premises Will show, that, although said to
be lawyer, he has not eGoetiy made out his
case. In the first place, let it be noted, that
the "Countryman" did not coniine his ohiec-
tions 10 Boston alone but included the whole
seaboard and " the towns in its yicinty.n not
excepting RorlWy! Between this section of
Massachusetts, and its interior, there was a
strong prejudice represented 10 exist, in IA
your Of the latter and against the former.
That is, a candidate selected from Boston or
its vicinity, would produce diminution OF
votes, greater in proportion in the country
than on the scaboad. But the result is d.
rectly the reverse. The democratick net gain
is far greater in Boston and its vicinity. than
in the country. Besides, if rhe doctrine laid
down by the "Countrymann be correct. il
would have operated to the prejudice of mr..
Eustis as well as Mr.. Otis. These are hrs
words, "An opinion was prevalent, that the
city of Boston, and The toicns in as rfctnstv had
long possessed and exercised an unreasonable
share Of influence in the several Departments
of the government, &C., This therefore cam
not be true, unless he means to apply It wholly
to the Federalists, and say, tina. they are DOS.
sessed Of more unreasonable share Of preiu-
dice against the capital, than their opponents:
a charge, however, Of which they win be un-
hesitatingly acquitted by their democratick
brethren. One fact more, however, may he
adduced, which will show the utter fellacv of
such reasoning, and that is, that nearly all The
scattering votes for Governor, were given for
men in Boston, for John Phillips, Josiah Quincy.
&c. Therefore, after all the invidious COM
Parsons that may be made between town and
country, | do verify believe the result would
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-06-11
WORCESTER,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE II, 1923.
GOKERNOUR,s SPEECH


We invite our readers to the rich repast fur
nished by Gov. Eustis. 1t is a dish Of rare
favour. ltrelishes well after 50 long a con-
line nent to the plain, homely, insipid fare
spread before US by Gov. Brooks.
We congratulate the q moderator men, the
men Of no-party attachments, and the demo
crates federalists, who by their votes placed
Coy. Eustis in the Chair, upon the singular
felicity Of their choice--that their idea OF a
patriotick Governor has been SO happilyreal-
ized.
But we wish not to excite unavailing regret
IN the breasts Of those who doubtless thought
they were doing the STATE some service. in SET.
ting an example Of disregard Of party predi-
lecticns for the sake Of eIectins Reyo-
lutionary patriot'' as the successor Of Gov.
Brooks. They may, perhaps, console them
selves under their sore disappointment, when
they learn that even those who opposed his e.
lection held the Candidate in higher estimation
than they can the Gorsrnow. They may re-
member that it often happens that man, be-
fore his character is tested, has credit for quail
tiles which be never possessed; and so they
may perhaps be disposed to say of the Gov
crnour, as Tacitus does of Galba, 6 omniurs
consensa capa1 imperii, ,,isi insperasset.''
The Goyenour's imtemperate and undign-
fed attack npon the political integrity of
Strong, and Cabot, and Phillips, and of the
other distinguished and estimable citizens who
counselled the measures which have excited
such acrimony in his bosom, is calculated to
excite pity rather than anger. When we re-
fleet upon the character Of the men thus as
sailed in their tombs, and consider that he
who now seeks to crafty his political animos-
ity by railing at them, stands himself with one
foot in the grave, we have no heart to indulge
in any bitterness of speech.
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Wehave heard the Governour's Speech spok-
en- Of as a specimen off fine writing They who
think it is such, are probably able to construe
the third paragraph. He must be an acute phi
lologist who can tell the connexion between
the several members Of that iopg period, and
especially between the first line and what fol-
lows. We grant that it is hardly worth while
to criticise productions Of this sort but, then,
do not let us disgrace ourselves by claiming