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The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-01-21
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Sc ELECTIONS.
Selected far the Museum Of Foreign Literature and
Science, from Black70ood's Magazine.
POSTHUMOUS LETTERS OF CHARLES
EDWARDS, ESQ.-No. V.

The kindest thanks for your generous letter.
if this somewhat contraband figure of rhetoric
may be made use Of to express every feeling of
gratitude, and a sensation far more devoted than
that of gratitude at the same time the boon
offered in it is one which would perish rather
than accept; but it will support my spirits, I'M
der the severest fate, that have received such
an offer, and had firmness to decline it.
think, upon more calm reflection, you will
find you have been too hasty in complaining of
my silence The unlSindest word that woman
ever uttered, let her only not repeat it, and that
forbearance shall stand for its recall. But, if
have been silent, fair lady, it has been from
hard cause: believe me, never from ingrattude
or nsensibility; for, to confess truth, which,
but that had still some honesty left, had con-
fessed a thousand times in few days while we
were together-to declare that which should
be villain to declare, were it not fixed, past
recall. that must part-dOnt think that |
mean to presume, or even that would hazard
an expression which might sound too lightly; but,
Eliza Bellarmine, | am half afraid that am
very seriously in love with you.
Make some little allowance for the i'll govern
ed feelings of man who is as forlorn-even
YOU take him to be- The whole tenor of your
last letter; its style and expression; the very
smallest points which go to make it up; are all
elegance and delicacy, but there is not a line
in it. nevertheless, which does not say plainly,
and, that which is still more, say quite trul v
that Charles Edwards has not guinea, and (of
course) not a friend, in all the world.
And, indeed for the fiend-so far as the
matter of the guinea might be supposed conse-
uuent-.uniess it were friend of your own sex,
and of your own romantic, self dsregarding spi-
rit--thank Heaven it is tolerably impossible
that should have one. With all my misfor
tunes, the general disposition of events be prais-
ed never yet was so unhappy as to be man
to be befriended. And return thanks the more
for this dispensaton, because, if had happen
ed by any mischance to have been such kind
of thing, | should have had very little sympathy
under any circumstances-th fact know per
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-12-06
from the Quarterly Review.]
SINGULAR. NARRATIVE,

DR.. Reid's first essay ION Nervous Afec-
tions) considers the question how far nervous
diseases can be resisted by the will. PATIENTS
are told not to give way to their complaints,
and Buchan concludes the treatment of hypo-
choudriacsm, by advising the sufferer, above
all things, to keep up his spirits. as IL the es-
sence Of the malady did not consist in inability
TO do so. DR.. Reid, however, cites some strange
instances Of the power Of the win over the ac-
tons of the body, particularly the following
extraordinary narrative
:" Dr. Cheyne, in one of his medical
trealses, narrales case, the accuracy
of which is established by an irrefraga-
Bile combination Of evidence, Of man
that could die, 10 all appearance, at
any time he chose; and after having
! lain for a considerable period exactly as
y corpse, WAS able, it seemed, by vol
uutary effort, to restore 10 himself the
appearance apd all the functions Of ani-
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For Sale.

FHSHAT beautifully situated
d FARM, in the West Parish in Brook
field, which was owned and occdpied by the
late Hon. DwIGHr FOSTER, deceased, con-
tanning about hundred acres of excellent
Land 10 good cultivation. as Moving, Pastur-
age, and Tillage, and generally well Fenced
and Wa;ared. There are upon it about 400
Apple, end an abundance of Fear, Peach,
any Plumb Trees. The Dwelling House is
Large and in good repair. There are two
Barns, with an excellent Well and Pump for
the convenience of tbe Barn-Yard; Chaise
and Cart-House, with Gransry and Corn
Room in the same a Cider Mill with House
over it; Shop for Utensils, &c. and Wood.
Shed. The Meeting House and the Female
Classical Seminary are within a short dis
lance.
Also. with said Farm if desired, a lot OF
Wood and Pasture Land, containing about
sariy-fre acres, lying on the road from the
West Parish Meeting House TO New-Brain-
tree, and about mile and half from said
Farm.
4 credit may be had fo. part of the pur-
chase money, if il be wished. Apply to AL
FRED DWIGHT FOSTER in Worcester.
Worcester, Nor. 8, 1926. CIV
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No. LXXXIvs

In passing through small village up
on the banks of the Soane, a novel
scene arrested my attention lit was the
bearing Of the host or sacred symbols
through the streets. The procession
consisted Of ragged boy, who at inter-
walls rang a bell, like crier of sales or
lost goods---a priest in his white robes
carrying The conseciated emhlems OF
his faith, and chanting in melancho-
y tone of voice-snd solitary, squalid
old man, who hobbIed after 10 all the
decrepi,ude of age. Such rellg'ous
spectacle, in which there was neither
dignity nor solemnity, appeared TO me
like mummery, and so ii seemed to be
regarded by the villagers who permitted
il TO pass UNDECIDED.
10 customs and manners, amuse
ments, and fashions, the Lyonese bea
strong resemblance TO the Paris
iaus. Half of the inhabitants live a
| the coilee-houses, which are fitted u
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No. LXXXX.

On the morning after our arrival, we
commenced survey of Lyons. On the
very top Ct hill on the right bank, an
extensive cemetery has recently been
laid out, enclosed by handsome railing,
and planted with cypress, in imitation of
Pere La Chaise, al Paris, to which it is
scarcely inferior in extent, and in the
taste of its sepulchral monuments
Hither all the dead Of Lyons are borne,
aud inferred under the striciest regula-
lions, the graves and vaults being ar
ranged in rows, shaded with shrubbery,
and exhibiting the attractive neatness of
pleasure grounds. Several funerals
took place during our visit and series
of professions clad in weeds of woe,
slowly climbing he hill one after anoth-
er, bearing llambeagx, and chanting the
service in iugnbrions tones OF voice, had
tendency TO soIemnize the feelings.
On oul way from the cemetery 10 the
little church of Noire Damn de Fauvie-
res, we met a poor man who was doing
peoance by walking over rough, stony,
and frozen path, without shoes or stock
ings. He had apparently just been TO
the chapel to say his prayers, and per-
haps 10 receive his sentence from the
priest What must be the character OF
eccIesiastics, who impose such punish
ment Of religious offence; and how de-
graded the people who quietly submit
TO il! After such an exposure of the
naked feet on cold day in the depth OF
winter, the next pilgrimage OF this de-
luded votary will probably be 10 the
cemetry, instead Of the chapel.
Notre Dame occupies the side Of
TraiaDs Forum, standing upon the verge
Of cliff several hundred feet above
the level of the Soane, and forming one
of the most picturesque objects in the
vicinity of Lyons. The walls of the in
terror are entirely covered with votivc
tablets, consisting of models Of vessels
saved from shipwreck, consecrated ban
ners, devotional pictures, and trinkets Q
every description. Among other thing
is g a fragment Of the tTne, cross" (st
says the inscription,) enclosed in me
,alic case. The terrace on the RICH
Of this churchg commands an extensive
aud splendid prospect into the vale 0
the Rhonc.
From he brow of this hill, we de
scended by flight Of steps OF NOR
/ than thousand feet, 10 the lower towr
, and visited the Cathedral, q yenerabl
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-12-06
Literary s. Scientific Class. Boob

FROM THE Rev. Mr.. OsGooD, OF STER-
LING, Mass. TO THE PUBLISHER.
DEAR SIR
The Literary and Scientific Class
Book consider among the most valuable Of
oar School-Books. | know of none which con-
tains such a variety Of useful knowledge,
compressed in so small compass, and select
ed with so much taste. 1t has been introduc
cd into our town schools. | have found both
parents and children to be much interested in
it and the remark has been frequently made
10 me by parents, that "the Book is so valua.
be, that it ought to be in every family in
town" The questions at the end of the Les
scns tend TO fix the attention Of the scholars
upon the most important parts; and, while
they acquire a chase and natural manner
OF reading, their minds are stored with inpor-
tant knowledge. | know OF no better means
for raising The standard of education among
the common people than the introduction OF
books Of this kind into our town e~hoals---
Yours with respect,
PETER OSGOOD.
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Worcester, IS. Probate Office, Nov. 81, 1896
To the WidO,O and Heirs Of BESJAMrN ATM
ERToN, late Of Bolton, an said County, de-
ceased, and 10 all others concerned an The
Estate of said deceased, GREETING.
YOU are hereby cited TO appear Cir
! YOU see ht) at the Court of Probate to be
holden at Worcester, in said County, ON the first
Tuesday in January next, at ten OF the clock,
believe noon, to show cause why License should
NOT be granted, to sell and convey so much oil
the Real Estate of said deceased, as viii raise the
sun of Si5a4 100, for the payment Of debts and
! oh argos aud you will he heard thereon.
NATflL. PAINE, j, PROT.
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FEETCHCOCE7S
Ne1Uly MUented Snuff,

TOR the absolute relief and cure OF
Catarrh, Dizziness of the Head, Weak
Eyes, Nervous Headaches, Falling Sickness, In
f,,nts troubled with Snufiles. IL is an immediate
relief 1t is also found highly beneficial in partial
shocks of Palsy, especially in elderly people the
fl having often been protracted for years. At
ter an experience of more than fourteen years.
practice, ! Can safely say that have met moth
ngas q substitute for it in the above diseases
Having proved the nefieacy of a variety of Ca
tarrhaI Snuff in my own family, was induced to
make trial for something more certain and eff
cseious in its effects, aud led to the discovery
of the newly invented Snuff, which succeeded To
admiration in my own family, and with numerous
others who applied to me for relief. | cannot
therefore forbear Offering the Public psrtcipas
iinu in the benefits derived from the use of thi-
Snuff; and although numberless certificates ofits
undoubted good effects might be obtained, pre-
fer resting il on its merits and the unbass-
sed trial ola candid Public, who may wish for re-
| lief in the above diseases
DIRECTIONS FOR USING.
| Begin with small pinch on going to bed, and
another in the morning-inercasing to three OF
! four per day.
| For Sale l1 J. ROBINSON, Worcester.
Price, rs cents per bottle, S2,25 per doz.
Wore eester. Dec 7. 1895
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.aassacIaaGggtt9 STls.
& THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS is Essential
TO THE SECURITY or FREEDOM
PRINTED Fer THE PRoPRIEFoRs BY
SAMUEL b. MANNING,
OPPOSITE THE NEW MEETING-HoUsE.
CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION.

IT ~ y y y = - ~
Price to single subscribers, who receive then
papers at the Office, or by mail, two dollars pei
bnng,:n.
fC.f- Embellishments, mol breeding t1Celrt
tines, published three ,0sefs for one dollar, ana
continued three ioeeks longer for INV cents.-
Larger Advertisements in the same proportion.
The publishers will hold themselves respon-
able for no error in any advertisement, be-
yond the sum charged for its insertion.
All communications and orders directed 10
the" Editor of the Spy" ends post paid, will
be promptly attended TO.
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in the same style, and are governed b.
presiding females in the same manner Al
those Of the metropolis. There is
however, enc point Of diferepce o
some importance TO the comfort of the
Visltant. At Paris all the cafes where
smoking is allowed are marked by thc
word :" estaminet''; but at Lyons This
distinction does not prevail, with one OF
two exceptions, and a person is obliged
to sip his coffee enveloped 10 cloud oil
tobacco smoke, as dense as that which,
according to Ku:ckeTbocker, shrouded
the good Dutch settlement at Commn-
nipaw. Every one seems TO be in the
habit ct smoking, without regard 10
time or circumstance. You cannot walk
five rods in The most fashionable parts of
the city without meeting people with
pipes in their mouths. The custom of
gambling is equally prevalent at the
coffee-houses. Ii is odd enough TO see
gentlemen, after taking coffee al 8
O'Clock in the morning, sit down TO a
card-table, instead of fastening to the
business Of the day.
% Sunday attended public worship
at one Of the fifty Roman Catholic
churches in the city. The audience
was small, and consisted chiefly of
women aud children. There are no
fixed seats in any Of the French church.
es; and person who wishes 10 SIT must
give sous 10 an attendant for a chair;
stacks Of which are kept in the yesti-
bule.. After saying mass, priest clad 10
his black robes and silk cap assembled
the desk, and made an animated popular
harangue TO his congregation, who did
cot manifest much solemnity Of counte-
nance or feeling. The discourse APP
peared 10 be exiempore and diseon-
nec!ed. unworthy the country Of Fen
elon. Saurin, and Massilon.
The residue of our visit at Lyons
was rendered pleasant, by an acqnaint-
aacc incidentally formed at Table d'Rotc,
(resembIing one Of our public tables
with young Russian Count. 10 whom
the American name was a sufficient rec
ommendation. He remarked, thai in the
United States alone, is liberty enjoyed
OF properly understood. One OF his
distant relatives was a volunteer in cur
revolution. He gave US much precise
and valuable information, respecting the
present state of Russia, and the charac-
ters Of the two brothers Of Alexander,
I W ON l,D iIrt Uftrn la bis cPiIl-
ion, Constantine is a man of much more
talent than Nicholas. The former is a
bold brave, and ambitious prince a
| soldier in his manners, and IL tavorite
with Inc people the latter has never
manifested much ability, is moderate in
bis We've, aud pacific in his temporal
ment. Nicholas is now about thirty,
married to Polish princess, and has
two or three children. The succession
is far from being popular, and The coun-
Try yet remains in an unsettled state.
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gm7ARRANTEE DEEDS

Hiorigaged do;
Qotclaim do.--Rght in Equity do;
Administrators do.-Leases
Justice Writs and Executions;
Summonses and Suhpenas;
Court and Justice Bail Bonds;
Court Wits and Executions
Trustee Wits and Executions;
Bills OF Cost-Powers Of Attorney;
Pensioners Powers Of Attorney Demurrers;
Collectors Of Taxes Wri's-Rccognisance
Complaints and Observation-Disclosures;
Miitimns for Committing to House Of Correc-
ton aud Jail;
Bonds for Money 10. with Blank Conditions
Confessions ANA Executions on do;
Military Summonsas--Justic Records;
Srlectmen's Notices 20 Retailers of Spirits;
Justice Scire-F acias Wr:ts;
jaii-Keepor'4 Notices;
Al The Blanks from Solicitor Doris Justice ;
Sheriff. and Attorneys Dockcts.
-ALs0--
For Sale as above, template assor!-
ment of S'a'ioaary {: BtGak Boofs- Lar,
.fddjcGl Cla4.icai, .Miscelareeats, & Schoot
Soo,s-PaPtr Hongirgs & .aIustcal Las''"-
nttHlS.
IiULNG 10 any Pattern done at short
notice, and upon reasonable terms.
E'orcsslcr, Ju!g 70, la=6. II
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SKIN CHEESE.

a FAIR price will be paid in
II Goods for FIVE tons of sound Stim
fDe ,.e. II delivered soon. at the Store o.
EARLE & CHASE.
J Worcester, i mo- Is, 1926.
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Surgical Instruments.
DELANO G. WHITNEY,

No. 10 6. 90, South Aiarket-Street,
AVE just received, and will
& 8 keep constantly Cor Sale. large as
sortment OF SURGEONS INSTRUMENTS,
wholesale and retail, at very low prices.
Physicians and others, who are in
want OF the above, are respectfully invited to
call.
Boston, June 10, 1896. GIN
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The Hew-Yoa1 Statesman has resumed the
publication of The interesting Letters of Pro-
;essor Cscter, from which we make the fol-
lowing extracts:
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Agricultural Society.

gFHE Members Of the Vor-
"a cesier agricultural SOCIETY arc hereby
notified, that a Meeting Of said Society will
be holden al Thonlaa's Cofl,4e House in NVor-
ccster, on Wednesday the 18th day of De.
cember next, at Il O'Clock, before noon. A
general aud punctual attendance is requc stei,
as very Important subject will come before
the Meeting.
By order Of The President,
WILLIAM D. WHEELER, r. Secy.
Nov. %, 1926.
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Poison IN the Violet-M. Boullas has
announced, that he has discovered an
active, acrid, bitter, alkaline principle
in the violet, similar 20 emettne, and
which he proposes 10 call violinc. 1t is
extracted from all parts of the plant,
and is said 10 be extremely poisonous.
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To make Gmel.-Take table spoon
full of wheaton -four or meal, if prefer
red. and the same quantity of rice whole
or ground if whole, let the rice be
thoroughly washed in warm water
These ingredients are TO be boiled for
1T least fifteen minutes in sufficient
quantity OF water TO make a quart OF
Cruel that is, TO have quart OF Cruel
left after evaporation. Salt, sugar and
milk are 10 be added. or the milk MAY
be omitted, to suit the taste and stomach
of the consumer. If the Cruel is TOO
thick and nutritious in any particular in
stance, dilute it with water; if too thin,
make it thicker next time. This pre-
paration, if duly respected and taken in'
to favor, would sooth many an aching
stomach and morbidly sympaihiziag
head and system; while doing peDance
for having violated the law of modera'
tiou IN quantity, and simplicity ia quail
lty. This good effect we have once felt
and several times seen, Ii has beer
frequently noticed that this Cruel has
been readily taken by children la5orine
under puking and disordered bowels
when arrow.rooi, ice-water, &c. have
been rejected. T. Med. InteH
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-28

uncIvll, lmmodeSt and lasclVlouS Oehaviour OF
Sarah latin, and the corrupt and sinful carri-
age Of Jacob, that each of them shall pay fine
Of twenty shillings to the treasurer.
CoLoCoTRoNI.
The following descriptive picture Of this &C.
lebratcd leader is extracted from Greece in the
spring of 1925, by Giuseppe Pecchio :-"When
| beheld CoLocorRoNI sitting amidst ten of his
companions, prisoners Of state, and treated
with respect by his guards, called to mind the
picture that Passo draws Of Satan in the coun-
Gil Of the devils. His neglected grey hairs fell
upon his broad shoulders and mingled with his
rough beard, which, since his Imprisonment,
he allowed to grow, as mark OF grief and re-
verence His form is rugged and vigorous,
his eyes full of fire, and his martial savage f.
CURE resembled one Of the sharp grey rocks
which are scattered through the Archipelago.
presented him the compliments Of Bobolina,
and announced TO him, that in a few days he
would be free. He thanked me by the interpre-
ter, and asked what was the news. We told
him that the Egyptians were on the point of
gaining possession of Navarino; and that they
were formidable not only for their personal va
lor, but for their tactical skill and the cavalry
the Egyptians, it was sufficient merely to levy
men, and then, suiting the action TO the word,
to fire. & have KNOWN added he, 'the posi-
tons in which their tactics and cavalry would
be useless. Do you know what has given the
victory to the Egyptians Unity of command;
whilst the Greeks are ruined by the mania that
every one has for command without experience.
Whilst he raised his arm in speaking, l no.
ticed upon it sabre wound and asked him
where he had acquired that honorable deco
ration 1T is not the only one that l bear
on my person. he replied; and thus say.
ing, he Showed me another mark of shot
on his left arm, another on the right side of
his breast, and fourth on his thigh. Whilst
speaking, he hastily ran over the beads ola ro-
sary, and, instead Of the Turkish gravity which
the Greeks have contracted, he rolled his eyes
rapidly and fercely, arose and sat down, agita-
ted as if still klepht in fear Of the ambushes
and attacks of the enemy General Colocotro-
nj is certainly not a man of the common stamp
A few days afterwards he was set at liberty,
and received by the government at Napoli di
Romania with all due dignity and honor. On
the act Of RECONCILIATION with the government,
he replied without premediation to the speech
which one of the Legislators addressed to him.
In his unpublished reply is remarkable passage
in which he said, 'in coming hither from Hy-
dra, have cast all rancour into the sea; do you
do so likewise, bury in that gulph all your ha-
treds and dissentions; that shall be the treasure
which you will gain He was speaking in the
square of Napoii, where the inhabitants had
been for several days excavating the earth, in
the hope. common in Greece, of finding hidden
-
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-28
THE POTOMAC AND ONO CANAL.

701he Ed70TS q TIC o. o."''
GENrLEMEN,-An opinion has been adopted
in abe southwestern part Of Pennsylvania, and
by the friends of the Potomac and ONO : ahai
in general, that there prevails among the ad-
yoea,es Of internal improvement in this city,
hostile feelings towards that prolecI IN .hess
;mnressions there is entire error. DESTROYS
that every part OF the commonwealth shall pos