Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-06-16
FROM LATE LoND ON PAPERS.

A man who is now living at Wing,
called at Mr.. Streets, at the great pub
lie house, Berkhampstead, where he
ate a 1-2 lbs. bacon, two plates of pota-
toes, weighing Abs. quartern loaf,
two penny rolls, 1-9Ibs. of pIum-pud-
ding, 2 l-2lbs. ofpickled salmon (quite
high and washed the whole down
with four quarts of beer, iii the short
space of an hour-the weight of the
food and beet, taken together, was up
wards Of 24lbs
PedeStriaaism ertraordinaru.-The
Herculanean task of doing 100 miles in
IS successive hours, which has been so
often undertaken and as often failed was
completed on Wednesday, at Bidden-
den, in this county, by Edward Rayner,
the celebrated Kentish Pedestrian.
Previous to his starting, there came on
a tremendous shower of rain accom-
panied with hail, which made the road
very heavy. Rayner commenced his
arduous undertaking precisely at one
minute before six o'clock on Tuesday
evening, and went off at jog trot at the
rate of about six miles an hour, doing
the first six miles in fifty-nine minutes.
He continued nearly the same pace
with apparent ease, until the seth mile,
when he was attacked with a slight
sickness, and bets we're offered to
against him and refused he continued
iabouring under similar distress to the
{'8th mile, with little variation; az
ter which he kept his journey in regu-
lar and steady pace, (resting at inter
walls merely for refreshment from one
10 three minutes at time) until he
completed the greatest undertaking ey-
er performed in England, and come in
cleverly at full speed, as though it had
been mile heat, seven minutes before
twelve O'Clock on Wednesday having
minutes to spare amidst the ringing of
bells and waving of bandkerchiefs; the
band playing, "See the conquering He
no comes, and other demonstrations of
COY and congratulation.
Haltoa, the Notinghampshire Pedestri-
an, started on Thursday morning early,
dor one hundred sovs. to go on foot from
the | TO the l l mile stone and back on
the Rumford road, 90 miles in two
hours, and ten minutes. The match is
nearly equal to the same distance in 9
hours, when the two miles through
Bow and Stratford are taken into con-
sideration. The pedestrian performed
the first two miles in ] / minutes, and 5
miles in 90 minutes two seconds. He
reached the 18th mile stone in one
hour and three minutes, halted about a
minute. drank a tumbler Of wine, and
started back. He had 26 minutes to
perform the last four miles in, and he
won by half a minute, but not without
much perseverance. He was quite ex-
hausted at getting home, and was put
to bed
Quack dOcsors,-Englaud is not the
only country in the world in which
Quack Doctors have fourished, accor-
ding to the authority Of NJ. Cheyreau.
who relates the following anecdote of
the Duke de Rohan. His Grace, in
travelling through Switzerland, being
suddenly taken i'll, desired that the
most celebrated physician of the Can
ton should be sent for TO attend him.
A messenger was accordingly despatch
ed by the landlord of the Inn where
the Duke was stopping, to DR.. Thi-
baud, stating that a gentleman of conse-
quence, who had just arrived at the
Inn, was AIKEN ill,and required the Dr's.
attendance immediately.-Tbis sum-
mons was Instantly obeyed, and the DR..
was ushered into the Dukes apartment.
After the usual salutations the Duke
thought he was acquainted with the fea-
lures OF his attendant, and said, "Me-
thinks haveseen you somewhere, sir,
your features are not strange to me.''
DR.. Thbaud recognized his Grace at
the first glance, and acknowledged that
he had been his farrier.-"How is it
(added the Duke that you are now be-
come physician? Is it possible that
you have skill enough to prescribe for
human beings ?"-The Doctor replied.
81 have the good fortune to be deemed
one Of the most skillfuI physicians in
the Canton, and | adopt the same RENE
dies, butt lighter degree, which ap-
piled to your Grace's horses, some of
which it is true | killed, but many re-
iieved." After this frank avowaI. this
Sat disant physician implored the DNke
would not divulge the secret of his
humble qualification, but would permit
him to gain livelihood at the expense
of the inhabitants of the Canton.
On Friday might, as the condemn
ed prisoners were entering the gaol, in
this town, one of them of the name of
Bradnum, convicted of the burglary at
Chelmsford, was thus accosted by his