Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-03-03

cus."-This may be eonidered sort of mag
ical number. 1t has known some distinction
in the old world, as well as the new; in math-
ematcs as well as politics. The celebrated
Wilkes was outlawed fol publishing his libeIs
in No. IS Of the North Briton; IS degrees
are half right angle-nsedius t,ttissinsus, a
happy medium for thoseto take, who fear to
be caught on the wrong side-that is, the
weakest as is also a degree of elevation,
which gives the greatest random to projec-
tiles-it may therefore be the safest for those
who wish to make the longest shots. lobe
"up to 45' indicates pleasant condition of
the animal spirits, which is said to give pecu-
liar expansion and excursiyeness to the imag-
nation. IN short, No. IS bids fair to rival in
Importance those heretofore pre-eminently
mystical numbers, S, 7, 9, and so on to 60,
which have so long held their weight among
dealers in astrology, fortunetelling and witch
craft. Ibid.
The National Intelligencer, (since
the caucus says. in aIlusion to the Pres
identiaL question, that those "who be-
gan, this, time two years ago, t6s agitate
this question, and have been ever since
steadily engaged in fanning the fame Of
diseord, have much. to answer for;' and
advises the~friends Of each candidate to
come forward and .shew their strength
by nomination! When the fox in the,
fable happened in bad company and un-
luckily lost his tail, he told all his fell
lows that tail was the most cumber-
some and unsightly appendage in the
world. e~- Hampden Journal
MAMMOTH EGG. A gentleman OF this
town, whose acute observation has
more than once penetrated into the
Grcana of nature, and discovered latent
wonders, that might otherwise have re-
manned hidden from the vision of man
for ages to come, one day last week,
brought into our Office Hens Egg,
which weighed 51ozs. and measured 81
inches in circumference. 1t was as
large as goose egg; and we stoutly
contended it was such, until the gen.
tleman broke it, with the hope,
thereby, of convincing us of our error !;
he did convince us for on opening the
egg. smaller enc, of the size of COM
mon hens egg, was found within the
larger she'll, The interstice between
the inner surface &f the large she'll and
the outer surface of the small egg, con-
tanned yolk, and the white viscous
substance found in common eggs.
Whether nature, in her freaks, ever
produced the like before, we know
not. @ Western CGroltnaGn.
Into1ication.---A man named Arm
strong who lived in small cabin and a.
lone, on Sciots Brush Creek, Ohio, was
lately burnt to death while in state OF
intoxication. He HAD lain down by the
fire, in the course of the night, which
communicated to one of his hands, and
entirely burnt off the fesh-hurnt out
his eyes, and so far burnt the skin from
his forehead as to show the bone. He
lived but day after this unhappy cir
cumstance, utterly deprived of reason.
GREAT LoAp.-A MIR. Gill Of North
Haven lately drew to New Haven, a
distance ofseven miles with one pair
of Horses, a load of bricks weight IS
cwt.
Accounts from Rome, to Dec. "a.
represent the Pope's situation as very
critical. His commissions the night pre-
vious were so violent, that his danger
was extreme. He anticipates his early
dissolution.
The sum Of one thousand and four DOL
lars was subscribed in the town of New
ark for the benefit Of the GREEKS.
Mn. PuTNAM--The newspapers inform
us, that the late celebrated English no.
etess. Miss ANNA SEWARD, left riddle
in her will, with premium of fifty
pounds sterling to the person who should
solve it.
All Europe has tried in vain for sew
eral years to obtain the prize The
profit and honor of the discovery have
been reserved for the New World, and
even for little corner of Vermont.
You will be furnished with the solution
for your paper in the course of the
next spring, and the proper measures
have already been taken TO obtain the
| reward from the Executors of Miss
Stewards will in England.
..e.... :, X. Y. Z. s. Co.
. N. B. The printers in Boston and
London are requested to publish the
above, and also the solution, when it
shall appear, and certainIyit will appear.
..-.. Brat. Messenger.
One ofour late London papers men
lions the death of a person, who lost his
life under the following most extraordi-
nary circumstances. In order to ascer-
tain whether there was any charge in
an old Oun hn roupasfod HI, cr;o, -