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Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-12-15
From the Salem Observer
7'RANKSGITIYG-AT. TALE


In one of the small interior towns Of
New-England, where the superstitions
OF our ancestors still possess strong hold
on the minds of the people, the facts oc-
Cured few years since on which the
following tale is founded.
An honest farmer and his family, pre-
pairing to celebrate Thanksgiving, at his
wfe's fathers in an adjacent town, were
hurried and confused extremely on the
day preceding that festival, by the null
tlpllcity of things which must be dene
before they could leave home with safe
ty. The house was TO be banked up,
and the gleaDings of the harvest, cabba-
ges, turnips, &c. put into the cellar, that
the external entrance thereto might be
closed for the season. Having carried
in the vegetables, the boys were des-
patched TO the barn for straw to fill the
passage way, while the good man him.
self was busted himself on the opposite
side of the house. An old ram, the
horned patriarch of large flock of
sheep kept on the farm, having got a
taste OF some of the scattered leaves Of
the cabbages, unobseryed entered the
cellar and silently continued his feast.
The avenue through which he had en-
tered was Immediately closed up, and
all the necessary work and arrangements
being completed, the large boys and
girls set off OH foot in high glee, the dog.
running and barking before them appar-
emily as well pleased with going to
GrahdpaPa's as any of the happy group.
Soon after the parent pair and their
little ones, having put out the fire and
fastened the doors and windows, by
means of many curious contrivances to
keep out thieves, started on the same
destination.
In the afternoon Of the day following
the festival, which had been kept under
the paternal roof with many devout and
joval exercises, the family returned
home accompanied by some of their
young cousins.-Some of their youthful
neighbours of both sexes were invited
in, and merry thanksgiving carousal
was in the full tide of successful opera
ton, when one of the boys, who had
been sent into the cellar, with little
ton vicked candle, which gave Just light
enough to make darkness visible. TO
draw cider, ran back into the room with
eyes glariDg wildly, uttering halt suffo-
Gated exclamation--the DevI is IN The
cellar " Poo" said the father, " you
have only been frightened by your own
shadow-give me the light" On which
he seized the candle, leaving the cam
dlestick clencbed fast in the shaking
hand of the boy, and boldly rushed 10
! he cellar stairs, but ere he had do.
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NEW GOODS
Earle r. Chase
HAVE just received, and are
now opening, variety of
NEW GOODS,

which with those on hand comprises an extern
sive assortment-among which are the follow
ing articles, viz
Gilt and Mahogany framed LOOK
ING GLASSES; Single and Double bordered
TEA TRAYS, various patterns Table and
Dessert KNIVES and FORKS; CARVERS;
Iron, Block Tin, Brittania, and Silver-plated
Table and Tea SPOONS; Tea-Pots Parlour
and Kitchen BELLOWS; Brass and Japann-
ed LAMPS of different kinds; Brass and Iron
CANDLEsTICKS Floor, Hearth, Dust,
White-wash, and Furniture BRUSHES; Brass
ANDIRONS; Shovel and longs; WARNING
PANS; SAD IRONS; Patent and Common
COFFEE MILLS Shutters and Trays Plat
ed Salt Spoons, Cream Ladies, and Sugar
longs; Table Bells Waffle Irons Bed
Cords; Wire and Hair SLEEVES; Spice Box
es; Spit Boxes; Wash Tubs; Pals, &c.
A great variety of single and double
blade Pen and Pocket KNIVES; Magnum
Bonum, Old English, and Common RAZORS;
Razor Cases Hotchkiss's and Pomeroy's Ra-
zor Strops and Paste; Shaving Boxes do.
Brushes; English and American Shaving
SOAP; Shears and Scissors Superiour INK
POWDER Ink-stands Waters Sealing
Wax; Black Sand; Quills Writing Paper;
Lead Pencils Indelble Ink; Boxes of Wa
ter Colours States and Pencils; Pasteboard.
SHOE-MAKER'S HAMMERS Shoe
Knives Shoe Rasps, 3-4 file; SUPERIOR
Sewing and Pegging Avis, large and small
sizes; Awl HATS Shoe Pincers and Nippers
Punches; Steel Shoe Tacks Heel Nails
Superiour and Common Sand Stone or Rub
bers Sand and Glass Paper Shoulder
Sticks Long Sticks Stamps SHOE
THREAD; Shoe Pegs, sc.
Spanish and American CIGARS, by
the Box or Single; good Leaf Tobacco.
Spectacles and Spectacle Cases; Pock-
ct Books Horn and Shell Hair Combs Ivo-
ry and Horn Fine-tooth and Pocket Combs
Dressing Combs; Snuf-Boxes; Tooth Brush
es Tooth Powder; Hooks and Eyes; Pound
and Paper Pins Elastic Knitting Pins; Sew
ing and Darning Needles Watch Chains
Silver Pencil Cases; Great Coat and Cloak
Hooks and Rings.
Mounted and Common Chaise Whips
Screw Augers Trunk Locks: Brass Nails
Large and Small STEELYARDS; Bits and
Stirrups; Buckles Door Latches Faucets.
A few excellent THERMOMETERS.
The above, with various other arti-
cles too numerous to be specified, will be sold
loo for Cash, Produce, or approved Credit.
Worcester, ! mo. 10, 1924.
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NEW BOOKS.
DOrr & HOwland

CONTINUE to receive the
~ new publications as they issue from the
press. The following are among those lately
received Tour in Italy-by an American :;
Body and Soul; Buffers "reminiscences Peep
at the Pilgrims in 1886; Recollections of the
Peninsula Sayings and Doings; Tales of a
Traveller-by Irving; Don Juan-complete
in 2 vols. Hero of no Fiction; O'Haloran {;
Memoirs of Capt, Rock Letters from the
South; Albigences; Highlanders, &c. SC. :;
Bridgewater, and Handel and Haydn Collec-
tion of Music, last editions.
School Books.--Morse's, Worcester's,
Cummings's, and Woodbridge's Geography
and Atlas; Adams's, Pierce's, and other A.
rithmetics American First Glass Book; Ills
tory of the United States SCOTS Lessons :;
Walkers and Johnson's Dictionaries Perry's.
Cummings, Lees, and other Spelling Books !;
Cyphering and Writing Books, and Copies !;
States and Pencils; Paper and Quilts Ink
stands, &c. &c.-Family Bibles, good as
sortment.
The above Books will be sold very
low for Cash or Produce. Those who pur-
chase to sell again, will do well to call before
they purchase elsewhere.
or BooX-B1ND1NG, as usual.--Want-
ed, Sheep Skins suitable for Book Binding.
Worcester, Nov. II, 1924.
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T1le arta alto Grtc1tcee.

COnculsions.-Whenc commissions occur
10 children, they are best relieved by a
warm bath, about SO or $40 Fahrenheit,
which operates by its anti-spasmodic
power, and by determining the blood to
the surface. Should this fail, blood
should be distracted either by teaches,
cnPplng, rby opening the jugular vein,
blisters should be applied to the extremi-
ties, and an ice-cap to the head. There
is nothing more powerful, however, in
shortening paroxysms, than cold aHusion
of the face and head.
The purple colour of the face, in
cases of CONFUSION, is occasioned by
spasm Of the muscles Of respiration,
which retards the passage of the blood
through the lungs; this symptom may
be removed by inhalation Of ANN oniacal
gas. Medical Intelkgencer.
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Rt6reIIa1rp.

From the Trenton Emporium.
"Tfose sedentary weavers of long tales
Giveme the fdgets, and my patience fails.p
JMesrS Editors
Fave you any neighbors near you
who would rather go abroad and talk,
than stay at home and work; if you
have, you surely will sympathize with
me, while | describe few of my loqua.
cioGs visitors. There are great many
occurrences in life, which have a gen
eral prevalence. All families partake
gilmore or less Of them such as sick.
ness, bad maids, children, scolding wo-
men, sc. sc. Now it requires great in
genuity, and may say native talent, to
describe these generalities in a manner
that will attract attention and not tire
the ear. But alas! how many persons
attempt that for which they are made
quate. Some folks will intrude their
dull recitals on your time, and demand
your attention to that which happened
in your own house not half an hour be-
fore. And if they happen to have a
something meU, it is generally such as a
virtuous and lively mind would. detest.
Such is the scanning of neighbours
faults or irretrievable loss, which tend
only to consciousness or sorrow.
There is Tabitha Wasp, who runs
into my house three or four times day.
exclaiming, "Oh Mr.. Clio, your house
is an asylum from strife and noise. do
think our children are the worst in
town. | had scarcely seated myself just
now, when that vixen of a Bob throwed
hideous dirty kitten, which he had Just
found in the street, on my Collar, and
dirtied il monsirously. If my husband
don't turn over new leaf,' will leave
the house, for no human creature can
bear such impudence." Down she squats
without asking; and spends an hour in
rafting at her husband, whom she says
stays out late at nights, instead of being
at home attending to his family.
The next is Rachel Roundabout
Good luck deliver me from Rachel
Roundabout! for she is one of the mos
tiresome takers with whom | am pes.
Tered. She is woman of considerable
knowledge, but she is such a while tell.
ing the most uninteresting tale. Such a
circuitous route to come TO the point
lfshe wants to tell you one thing, ten 10
one if she don't start on another that has
no reference to it, and lead you through
a maze as intricate as the famed Lady.
rinih If she wished TO tell you she
we II to Princeton, she would lead YOU
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3 FARR'S.
Newly invented, Self-adjusting
Spiral Spring
TRUSS.
--@%@-

THlS Truss possesses the prin-
- ciple, so long sought for in vain, by men
of science, and falsely claimed to have been
discovered by Salmon Oddly & Company, of
London, and by Amos g. Hull, of New Y ork,
viz.-the sELF-ADJUsTING PRINCIPLE.
The Trusses of these Pretenders embrace the
Ball and Socket, and hinge joint principles,
which admit of a loose wabbling motion, back
ward and forward, of the rupture pad but
possess no restoring or self-adjusting principle,
by which an equal pressure on all parts of the
pad is constantly maintained.
The Truss now offered 10 the public, by the
insertion of a SPIRAL SPRING in the Pad,
possesses the REAL SELF-ADJUSTING
POWER. This spring allows to the Pad not
only lateral motion iq every possible direc-
ton, but also a rotatory motion upon its cen
tire, thus adapting itselfto all the various mo
tons of the body, and causing an equal pres
sure upon all parts of the Pad, in every posi-.
BILE position of the patient.
The .following Certificates will shOaC the supe-
rtority of thiS TRUSS to all Others now an
use.
1T Meeting of the CHEN.4NGO COUN-
TY MEDICAL SOCIETY, holden al The
Village of NOrwacl, Jiiay 1lth, 1924,
Resolred, That in the opinion of this Socie-
ty, the SPIRAL SPRING TRUSS, presented
by Mr.. Bella FARR, is superior to any one in
use and we recommend il as such to the
faculty and public. H. sTORRS, Sec'y.
ALBANY, Oct. 18th, 1923.
Having examined Mr.. FARR'S newly in
vented SPIRAL SPRING TRUSS, by which
the Pad is regulated and adapted to the parts
with perfect ease and safety, in the different
positions of the body, do believe it an i'm
provement surprising any thing of the kind
have heretofore examined.
ALDEN MARSH, M. d.
The above Trusses for sale, at Norwich,
Chenango Co. IN. W wholesale, by E. M.
GIBBS, and at retail in Worcesterby
August d. GREEN & HAYWOOD.
eow6m
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ADVERTISEMENT.

NOTICE is hereby given, that
~ the Subscriber has been duly appointed
Executor of the last will and Testament of
DAVID BRIGHAM, late of Shrewsbury, in
the County of Worcester, deceased, and has
taken upon himself that trust, by giving bonds
as the law directs. All persons indebted to
said Estate, are hereby called upon to make
immediate payment; and all those to whom
said Estate is indebted, are requested 10 ex-
hibit their demands for settlement.
DAVID BRIGHAM.
Shrewsbury, Nov. Q, 1924.
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Worcester, IS.
Probate Office, Dec. /, 1924.
To the Heirs Of ARTEMAs HAYES, late Of
Petersham, IN SAID County, deceased.
and TO all others concerned en- the Estate
Of SAID deceased, GREETING.
YOU are hereby cited to ap-
pear (ify see ft) at the Court of Pro-
bate to be holden at Barre, in said Coun-
ty, on the third Tuesday in January next, at
ten of the clock, before noon, to show cause
why the Accounts Of the Administration Of said
Estate should not be allowed; and you will
be heard thereon.
THEOPH's. WHEELER, Reg.
By order Of the Hon. Judge.
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Notice
To ouhose indebted for this Paper
A PUNCTUAL payment must

A PUNCTUAL payment must
IA be made by all those that are indebted
for Six Months and over, on or before the First
Duv of january meet. wish no person to
say what he owes is so small that it will do
memo good and those who have not paid up
for two or three years past must not be dis
courased. but pay up, and receive the thanks
of their old Servant, and begin again.
ISAAC BASSETT, jr.
Templeton, Dec. 2, 1924.
N.B,-I once limited in an advertise
ment that there were few persons who do
not subscribe for the Paper, but who are al
ways ready, wherever I stop to distribute
them, to help themselves to the first use.
wish these handy gentlemen would consider
what they are about, and let other PERSONS
papers entirely alone. They would, in so
doing, prevent great deal of trouble to me
and the lawful owners of the aforesaid paper.
G1- A rrord to the soise as sufficient.
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Fur Caps
NOR sale lou in exchange for
IL Cash or any kind of produce, by
EARLE g. CHASE.
Worcester, II mo. "a, 1924.

Worcester, IS.
Probate Office, Dec. l, 1924.
70 the WidoU and Heirs Of CALEB HAIR
RINGToN. late Of Marlborough, IN SAID
County, deceased, and to all others con-
csrned IN the Estate Of said deceased,
GREETING.
YOU are hereby cited to APP
IL pear (if you ace 6t) at the Court of Pro-
bate to be holden at Worcester, in said Coun-
ty, on the first Tuesday in January next, at
ten of the clock, before noon, to show cause
why the Executors Account of the Admin
istration of said Estate should not be allow
ed; and you will be heard thereon.
THEOPHs. WHEELER, Reg.
By order ofthe Hon. Judge.
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Soap.-A French writer recommends
the use of potatoes three-fourths boiled,
as a substitute for soap. We can assure
our readers, from long personal expert
ence, that boiled potatoes cleanse, the
hands as thoroughly and easily as COM
mon soap; they prevent the chops in
the winter season, and keep the skin
soft and healthy. Ibid.
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TO THE SECURITY OF FREEDOM"
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o. Advertisements; not eTceeding tlOeEre
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All communications and orders directed to
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Remedy for Sore Mouth.-Hold in
the mouth strong decoction of hemlock
bark if the soreness extends to the
throat and stomach, swallow little of
it. Ii is presumed the tan operates on
the gluten of the skin, the same as in
the first process of converting raw hide
into leather. N. E. Farm.
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Worcester, IS.
Probate Office, November 30, 1924.
To the Widow, Creditors and Heirs of
JOHN jerks, late Of Spencer, IN said
County, deceased, and to all others con-
csrnsd IN the Estate Of said deceased,
GREETING.
VOU are hereby cited to APP
IL pear (ifyou see it) at the Court of Pro-
bate to be holden at Worcester, in said
County, on the first Tuesday in January next,
at one of the clock, after noon, to show cause
why the Accounts of the Administration of
said Estate should not be allowed, and the bal
auce, after deducting the charges, be decreed
to the creditors, whose claims have been al
lowed and reported; and you will be heard
thereon. NATHL. PAINE, j. Prob.
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Worcester, IS.
Probate Office, Nov. l6, 1924.
TO the Heirs of KEzA SAWYER, late of
Bolton, in SAID County, deceased, and
TO all Others concerned IN the Estate
Of SAID deceased, GREETING.
VOU are hereby cited to ap
Il pear Gfy you see fD at the Court of Pro-
bate to be holden at Worcester, in said Coun,
ty, on the first Tuesday in January next, at
ten of the clock, before noon, to show cause
why letters of Administration on said Estate
should not be granted TO Joseph Sawyer, jr. a
creditor of said Estate, who has applied for
the same and you will be heard thereon.
NATHL. PAINE, J. Prob.
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Templeton, Dec. 2, 1924.
Commissioners Notice.
AE7E the Subscribers, having

WN7E the Subscribers, having
w been appointed Commissioners on the
Estate of SIMEON SIBLEY, late of Spencer,
in the County of Worcester, deceased, repre-
sented insolvent, do hereby give notice-that
Six Months from the second day of November
last are allowed to the creditors to bring in
and prove their claims, and that we will at
teod that service at the house of Phinehas
Jones, in said Spencer, on the last Mondays of
January, March, and April next, from two to
six o'clock, P. NJ. on each Of said days.
JAMES DRAPER, jr.
JACOB WILSON.
Spencer, Dec. 1, 1924.
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Elizabeth DENIM

HAS just enlarged her assort-
meut of Goods suitable for the season.
MOURNING ARTICLES constantly on hand,
of the best quality.
.4lso-an extensive assortment of La
DIES, MISSES, CH1LDRENs' and INFANTS
SHOES, of SuperiOur quality.
Worcester, Oct. 20, 1924. eowtf
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1824-10-30
EIzE "a SgIaAN gs.
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 50, 1924.


There is no subject of greater interest than the
education Of females 50 much Of the pleasure,
elegance, and happiness, of Life, depends upon it,
that it should be an object Of primary cons dcraton
in every family. The increase of female scmnalics
IN this country cannot bat be contemplated with
the highest qualification and we rejoice whenever
an opportunity is afforded US of presenting inter
cstng facts in relation to their condition.
Most of our readers will recollcct the mention Of
Mrs. WILLARn's Seminary, at Troy, =. y the
neat and elegant manner in which she received
IA FArETrE; and the appropriate verses rccited
by the Young ladies of the institution. We feel
sratcd in being able to lay before our patrons the
following notice Of the course Of instruction pur-
sued in that valuable Seminary and wi. 81 in
debtc4 70 literary friend, tor sia..r notices Of aAr
institution N.ijnln Inc ciyl,e oi der observation.
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EzzE AZ AR.
MIR. WHITEFfEI.D.


Mfr Whitefeld was one day preaching in Boston,
cathe wonders OF creation, providence, and redemp-
ton, when violent tempest Of thunder and light
nng arose, In the midst of his sermon it had AZ
tanned to such tremendous pitch of wild uproar.
that the congregation sat fixed in almost brcathless
awe The doctor closed his note book and step
ping into one Of the wings of the desk, fell on mis-
knees and with much feeling and fine taste repeat
ed -
IIark tn ETERNAL rentls the sky
mighty yofee before him goes /
voice Of music to his friends,
But-thre:t'npg thunder to his foes
Come ch!ld:rn to your fathers arms,
Hide in the chambers Of nv grace,
III the fierce storm be overblown,
And my revengng fury cease"
'Let us devoutly sing to the praise and glory of
God the 9TH HYMN: Old Hundred"
The whole congregation instantly arose, and pour
cd forth the sacred song, in which they were nob,
seconded by the organst, in a style Of pous gran
deur and heartfelt devotion that never was sIrpass
ed. BY the time the hymn was finished, the storm
was hushed, and the sun bursting forth showed
through the windows to the enraptured assembly,
a magnificent and brilliant arch of peace The
preacher resumed the desk, and his discourse with
this opposite quotation:
"Lools upon The rainbow, and praise INN that
made 1t; very beautiful It IS in the brightness there
of!
1t conpasscth the heavens about with a Glorious
circle and the hands of the most nigh have blend
ed it."
The remainder Of the services were well calcu.
lated to sustain that elevated feeling which had been
produced and the bcnedctlon, with which the
good man dismissed the flock, was un;,cr. .ll1 re-
cc'ved with streaming eyes and hearts ovcrhowin,
with tenderness and gratitude.