The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-09-14
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ing sour bread, procure divorce.
Sd. BY the side of each dish, place
a carving knife, fork, and a large spoon
4th. Have a plenty of plates: never
compel boarder to eat fish and flesh
off from the same plate.
9th. Sharpen your table knives at
least once week, and let them be well
cleaned on knife-board every time
they are used.
9th. Spread clean cloth every dayf
18th. Let every salt-cellar have san
spoon.
9th. Never cut up the pies on side
table, but let The company cut for them
selves.
9th. Keep the best liquors, and charge
fair, not an extravagant profit. Fifty
per cent. profit on twenty customers, is
better than one hundred on two.
10th. Keep civil servants, and be civil
yourself
18th. Never put pies, cucumbers, or
bIackberries on table for breakfast, or
chocolate for dinner.
10Th. Let ii be your study, not only
TO put plenty of food on the table, but
TO arrange 1t in the best possible man
ner. Cleanliness, neatness, and abun-
Dance" should be the landlords motto.
The next town is West BrookfeId,
which stands in beautiful valley, sur
rounded entiteiy by sloping hills, the
sides of which are well cultivated
A handsome church stands fronting a
smooth lawn. like wide spread carpet
OF green velvet, ard there is small
lake at short distance on the right
Leaving this rural valley, we again pass
ed over a rocky and uneven country,
eleven miles to Ware. Many farms APP
peared so completely covered with rocks
and stones, that there was but little room
tor vegetation. In ascending some Of
these hills, we were obliged to leave
the stage, and Chamber up on fo-t. On
one occasion, a flock of sheep and lambs
were grazing and skipping among the
rocks on the one hand, and raw look
ing young Jonathan was laZily hoeing
some miserably poor yellow looking
corn on the other. One of the compa-
ny accosted him, and inquired how the
sheep could feed where the stones
were so thick? "Why. we sharpen their
noses, how do you think ?" replied the
lad Another said, ''My boy, your
corn looks very yellow" "Why, you
fool. we planted yellow corn!' replied
the tow-headed urchin, who was evil
IDENTIFY something Of a wag. As our
company were not like TO be gamers by
the conversation, we passed on TO Ware,
large and hourishing manufacturing
village, situated in wild and frightful
region, and which, like Jonah's gourd,
has sprung up as it were in day.
Wooilen and cotton fabrics are manuiac-
tured here to great extent; and the
fiourishing condition of this, as well as
the other manufacturing towns in New
England, would afford the Virginians a
practical commentary on the soundness
OF their fayorite maxim-st Let us alone. :"
Indeed, il seems now TO be pretty well
understood, that prudence, skill, and in
dustry, are far more efficient aids to our
manufactures, than exorbitant protecting
duties.
From Ware, the general characters
tics otthe country do not change for the
better, until you reach Belchertown,
which is handsome village, sitsAted on
the eastern margin of plain connected
with the rich beautiful vale of the Con-
necticut. The sun was now fast sinking
TO his bed, and as we left Belchertown,
the hills were tinged with mellow gol-
den lustre, which soon disappeared, and
:" twilight wept the close of days.
Then came the deeper shades of night,
and we travelled in darkness TO North
ampton.
| Northampton is considered by many
as the largest and most beautiful inland
town in Massachusetts; but, as it regards
the town itself, | should give Worcester
the preference in both respects. North
ampton, however, has the advantage of
/ worcester, as 1t respects the beauty and
fertility of the region round about. 1t
stands in the midst of the vale of the
Connecticut, at the widest point--just
about in the centre of the rich alluyial
district which the wisdom of modern
geologists has pronounced, in times of
old, and before the then sluggish Con-
necticut tore a more rapid passage
through the mountain-barrier below, TO
have been a lake. The broad expanse
Of bottom land, and the shrubs and trees
upon the margins Of the river, resemble
in appearance the alluvial lands of Her.
kimer and the German flats, more than
any other region with which can com
pare il, although the former is more ex-
tensive, and there is no similarity in the
scenery Of the adjacent country. /