The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-07-13

has own concea? there IS more hope of a
fool than of him p" The effect OF this
reprooi was instantaneous and astonish-
ing. 1t was word fifty spoken. The
man appeared to lose at once all knowl-
edge of scripture, and command Of his
tongue. He seemed TO be deaf, and he
was almost literally dumb the remain-
der of the journey. was no less sur
prised than delighted, to find that tie
words of the wise are indeed as goads.
and that the FOOLS mouth can be SO ca
silly sealed up.
.Auarice.--Monsieur Foscue, one ofthe
farmers general of the province of Lam
guedoc, who had amassed considerable
wealth by grinding the faces of the poor
within his province, and every other
means, however lew. base, or cruel, by
which he rendered himself universally
hated, was one day ordered by the gov
err ent TO raise considerable sum !;
upon which, as an excuse for not Com
plying with the demand, he pleaded ex-
treme poverty; but fearing, lest some OF
the inhabitants OF Langue doc should give
Information 10 the contrary, lest his
house should be searched, he resolved
on hiding his treasure 10 such manner,
as to escape the most strict eXamlna-
ton. He dug kind of cave in his wine
cellar, which he made so large and deep
that be used to go down to it with a
ladder; at the entrance of ii was door,
with spring lock on it, which, on shut
ting, would fasten of itself.
At length Monsieur Foscue was mis-
sing dilgent search was made after him
iG every place the ponds were drawn,
and every method which human imagI-
nation could suggest was taken for End
ing him, but all in vain. In a short time
after, his house Was sold, and the pur-
chaser, beginning either 10 rebuild it, or
make some alterations in il, the work
men discovered IA door in the cellar, with
kew in the lock, which he ordered to
be opened and on going down they found
Mons F. lying dead on the ground. with
a candlestick near him, but no candle in
it, which be had ate; and on searching
farther, they found the vast wealth that
he had amassed. 1t is supposed, that
| when Monsieur F0scue went into the
cave, the door, by some accident, shut
after him, and being out Of the call of
any person, he persisted for want of
food. Thus did this miser die, in the
midst of his treasure. 10 the scandal Of
himself, and the prejudice of the State.
Cataract IN Norwny.-Norway may
boast cataract or water fall, much SUI
perior to that of Scaffhausen on the
Rhine, or even 10 the famous fall of Nj
agara. Ii was discovered or noticed for
the first time about twelve years ago, by
Professor Esmark. This circumstance
Of so late discovery is attributed TO its
very remote situation on the most lone
" part Of the interior, and to the fact,
that very few travellers go 10 the Hy-
peThorean regions to make observations.
1t is situated in the district called Tale
marken, and is called Riaken Fossen !;
which, in the Norwegian language, sig
nifes the smoke Of eater falling. Doctor
Schow, of Copenhagen, visited this fall
in 1919, and his account Of it is the most
Interesting and probably most correct
M. Schow could not fail to be struck
with establishment at the view Of this
magnificent spectacle of human nature,
so imposing and tremendous TO the SEN
ses. The fall is by far the most consid-
cradle in the spring, when the snow
melts from the mountains. This i'm
mense descent consists, properly speak
ing, of three falls; two upon inclined
pIanes, each Of which, separately, would
form such cataract as is no where &c
be seen, and the last is an abrupt. pre-
cipitate, and perpendicular descent
Professor Esmark made measurement
of this last fall, and rates it at 800 feel
in height! The volume ofwater, which