The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-08-03
Tsee arts aaan &rte1lreg,
From the Boston Medical Intelligencer.l
STRONG BEER.


This is strictly an Englishman's drink,
and by far the most wholesome of any
termented beverage which has ever
been offered for sale. 1t is now becom-
ing an important article in families, and
il the brewers could be encouraged by
wholly inierdicting the use of spirituous
liquors, the moral condition of the
whole nation would be meliorated. -
Never were the laboring people. in
any country, more completely COM
munity of drunkards, than in some sec
tious of the United States. We have
such an in;olerable hatred to every
thing approximating intemperance, that
we almost lose our temper by simply
writing the word. There was time
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when
rum and brandy were sold by the ounce,
by apothecaries, as medicine land a
tea-spoonfull was considered dose, by
all the regular physicians. What would
those sad and learned men, viri, graves
ct docti, say, were they to see "a man
and his wife, in these days of dissipation,
swallowing dewn two gllls apiece, over
a surloin of mutton, to facilitate diges-
ton Let laborers have strong beer
not too strong neither, and those who
do nothing, would be infinitely better
off to use it too. Beer strengthens the
system; gives activity to the chylopoi-
etc viscera; promotes the secretions,
and ensures clear mind. There is
such thing as abusing the use of this
valuable article, but it will require an
immensely longer period to produce
mania potu, by malt beer than by cog
MAC, or any other kind of spirit. We
can form very correct opinion of a
mans importance in society by watching
his movements at bar-room. A dis
Greet, sober, business man, calls for a
simple glass of beer; the man who
earns his daily bread by the sweat of
his brow, pays four pence for glass of
rum, while his disconsolate wife is wear
ing herself into the grave to save as
much at home; the cocknay calls for a
whole bottle Of wine, and if he wishes
TO make an imposing appearance before
his interiors, takes a second of cham
paign; the common every day business
man takes dram at nine, eleven and
four, and the man of no business at all,
drinks the whole time. Encourage the
general use Of beer, and drunkards will
diminish, tipping will go out Of fashion,
and health and family happiness will
abound where wretchedness and misery
have long been predominant. :.
Canal Digger.-At the woollen manu-
factory in this city, there IS a model Of a
machine for excavating the earth for the
formation of canals, the invention of Mr..
French, practical engineer; it excavates,
elevates, aod places the earth on the
side of canal, at any given distance
from its margin, at one operation. The
great simplicity of its construction and
movements, the almost certainty of its
practical utility, will render its inven-
tioa, at this particular period, matter
of congratulation 10 the citizens of CHS
country-and we trust of profit to its in
genious inventor. We understand MI
chine Of sufficient magnitude is now
building, and we expect this season to
see steam successfully applied 10 digging
Canals. Cincinnati Emporium.
To take mildev out of hncn.-Take
soap, and rub il we'll; then scrape fine
chalk, and rub that also inthe linen FAY
it on the grass as it dries wet it little,
and it will come out in twice doing.