Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-01-28

and after making several fruitless at.
temPts to pass down by me, he ascended
again TO the highest part Of the rafter.
whittier | followed and watched him,
After arriving there, he fixed his feet in
firm position, and erecting his body.
began to emit substance from it, which.
when taking the air, assembled as fast as
discharged. He continued this stream
till 1t had attained the height of about
30 feet from the top of the house. As
1t assembled. it divided into thousands OF
the finest tibres, which, reflected upon
by the rays of the sun, presented mos,
brilliant sight. The Spider now Quilted
his hold on the rafier, and as ending his
web little, which buoyed him M to
that height, was waited away by the
breeze, in quest, suppose, OF a more
hospitaoie place Urabotu.,, 4. L
UNGAtLANT AcnoN-Itis said that Sir
lisa &C Newton did once in bis life 90 a
wo oing, and. as was to be expected. had
the greatest indulgence paid to his III.
tie peculiarities, which ever accompa.
ny great genius.-Knowing he was fond
OF smoking, the lady asslduousIy provid-
60 INN with pipe. and they were seat
ed as IT to open the business of cupid
Sir Isaac smoked few whiffs-seemed
at loss for something--whiffed again.
and az last drew his chair near to The Ia.
dy; pause of some minutes ensoed
ne seemed still more uneasy s.Oh the
timldity of some - thought the lady
when 10 ! sir Isaac had got hold other
hand Now the palpitaiions began he
will KISS it no doubt, thought she, and
then the matter is settled. Sir Isaac
whitfield with redoubled fury and drew
the captive hand near his head ALREADY
the expected salute vibrate ed from
the hand to the heart, when. pitv the
damsel, gentle reader Sir Isaac only
raised the fair hand, to make the fore
finger what be much wanted-a toboc.
co stopper :!
The late Jonas Hanway, was, in his |
person, of remarkably thin habit. and
in one of his walks in the neighborbood
OF Parklane, he was met by man
much inebrialed, who approached him
IN so irregular direction, that il might
have been concluded he had business
on both sides of the way. Mr.. Haowav
stopped when he came up to him. to
give him his choice which side no
would take but the n1au stood as sniI
as his intoxication would let him, with
out attempting to pass on either side.-I
After viewing each other moment,
says Mr.. Hanway, any friend. Won
seem as if you had drank rather too
much - to which the man REPLIED
Z" You seem as lfyOu had cal rather too
kttle."
Negro Logic.-When a slave, saws
Mr.. Stewart, in his work On Jamaica,
makes free with his masters propertv.
he thus ingeniousIy argues =" What |
take from my master being for my use,
who am his property, he loses nothing
by It's transfer"
a, The Paris Gazette, de Saute Gazette
OF Healthy mentions a remarkable in
stance ofwickedness and ignorance. A
woman in a village near Cherbourg.
mother of four children, had the good
sense and courage to have her young
family vacciuated. After some time,
the small pox made its appearance in
the village. All the children, excepting
the four vaccinated, were infected, and
many died. The women who had
Knocked at the wise precaution of the
happy mother, mortified at her security
and comfort, enticed the children to
their houses, and smeared their faces
with variolous matter. Their maIiguity
was only further embittered, by seeing
that all their efforts to communicate the
disease to the vaccinated children we're
unsuccessful.
HE ANGLE OF REFLEcTIoN--Nor peuAL
TO THE ANGLE OF INCIDENCE. The g rav-
Uerend Johnny M had lis study
Immediately adjoining, and partly under
the common stairs of the house. He
was frequently "bothsred with the clat-
ter Molly made in her passage over the
stairs during his milditations, bis stidolies,
sacret praye and soIiloquies.'' "MoIly,''
said he, one day, whether it is asher to
go up stairs or come down." To come
down, to be sure, Sir.'' 81 thought as
much," replied he, "for ivver sence
lyou had your new coae-hale pumps
think you come down ten times, where
( you go up once!"