Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-12-01

dering our house, or seizing upon our
families.-You will rejoice at the great
change about to take place.
81 have not time to write more, as
the hour has approached for the des-
patches to be made up.
"With our united respects and affec-
tionate regard, am. &C..
GEORGE Fl. HOUGH.
A letter from Mrs. Hough (Wfe of the a.
bove) which has been published at Calcutta,
gives very affecting account of the distresses
she and several of her female friends of the
Mission experienced from the Birmese at the
time of the capture, and of the providential
manner in which they escaped with their
lives.
sToNINGToN, NOV. 90.
A few weeks since, a respectable
gentleman of PIainfeld, in this State,
had occasion TO take journey to the
eastward; and not finding it convenient
to take with him the whole of She 8 gilt
tering dust'' which composed part of
his earthly treasure, he deposited it, for
safe keeping, in desk in his bedroom :;
as is very often the case, with those who
have any thing of the kind to deposit.
Now it so happened, (strange as it may
appear,) that certain good-natured fell
low, who had not an abundance of the
root of evil,'' determined to do his
neighbor kindness, and relieve him
from the trouble of counting so much
cash. Fearing that the owner might,
from desire not to give unnec essarv
trouble TO his friends, decline his offered
services, he resolved to improve this op-
portunity, and execute his intended plan
OF benevolence in the absence of the
master of the house.
The motives by which a man is ;lctu-
ated In the performance of charitable
action, may sometimes be inferred from
the time and manner in which it is done.
Our hero, determined "not to let his
left hand know what his right was DO
ing" commenced his operations in the
silent watches of the night lest some
might say, heidi it " to be seen of men,
He repaired to the house placed himself
at the window of the bedroom; and at
tempted to effect an entrance but, ow
ing to some unforeseen circumstance, he
was compelled to defer the further pros
ecutlon of his scheme, until the next
night when he returned with fellow
laborer in the good work. In the mean
time, the lady of the house, having been
alarmed by the visit of the preceding e.
vening, resolved not to stay alone in the
house on the second night She accor-
dinghy requested the assistance of
neighboring Quaker, who, as the night
advanced, took his station in the room
containing the precious metals while
the lady occupied another part of the
house.
AS was anticipated, in the silence of
the midnight hour, the window of the a.
partment was raised, and the body of a
man protruded about halfit length into
the room. At this critical juncture,
while the man was struggling to gain
complete admittance, the benevolent
feelings of our friend the Quaker were
called into exercise. He calmly arose
from his bed and, like man determin-
ed to render every assistance in his
power, seized the struggling wight by
the hair, and exclaimed, in the enthusi
astic fervor of his benevolent soul,
Friend, I'll help thee in! !" Now,
whether there was preconcerted sig
nal-as was the case with the veteran
who entered the VOLTS den-we are not
able to say. Be that as it may, howev-
er, our hero's associate, who was sta
toned without the window, taking in.
slant alarm, chung to the heels of his suf.
ferlng friend, and endeavored to extricate
him from his perilous situation. And
now, had some mischieyous wag been
present, who was a lover of fun, he
might have enjoyed it to his hearts con-
tent. To see Quaker at one end of
living man, and stout Jonathan at the
other, both pulling with all their might,
must have been rare sport indeed. For
some time, the issue of the contest re-
manned doubtful was uncertain which
would prove the strongest man. At
length, however, the hair, to which the
Quaker had grappled his fingers, lost its
hold ofthe skin, and the man without
gained the victory.
The next morning, a man was seen in
the neighborhood, who had suddenly be-
come bald. The lock of hair left in the
possession of the Quaker, compared so
exactly with the little remaining on the
mans head, that he was Immediately de-
posted in Windham Jail, till the proper
authorities might ascertain with certain
ty the right owner of the fur
Ston. Yankee.