The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-07-19

: acquH HIM, or keep him State prisoner .
q" ANIMAL expense TO the State of thre
Thousand dollars. RoDi D.,
FROM the Cheraw 6. C. Spectator. June %
.,,o SS0Ign.-We, last week, put this word i
II 1' '9lmidabie capitals that we were afrait
NOR HiShten our readers, but we hav,
) Selling readily at TWO DOLLARS !.
1 uushei. The article is scarcer and h;gher j.
LUIS market, than it was ever Known before
eGte Of Sheep at Brighton was
P-; "'. saie OF Saxony Sheep on Thursday at
s"'on' which did not attract very hume
..us company. The flock consisted of l8e
oscKs, and 80 ewes, and was said 10 be equal
Sny heretofore imported. The average OF
,n e sa,e was $l8: 81 each. The average Of
u .ne sale on the 9th Of last May was ga. and
''R'' OF the 18th July, 1926, $158 so each.
oe1 Serpent al home.-The Lynn Mirror
e"y' we understand this parsonage has a.
Sain MADE his appearance ia tho Vicinity nf
ah"n'; ne was seen last Sunday afternoon
~ several respectable gentlemen (our inform
ans inside of Egg Rock, and one of the
gentlemen informs that he was at one time
"''nln stones throw Of him, as they were
on the long Beach.
Grasshoppers are uncommonly numerous in
mary towns in this county and in Franklin,
oonE lands are literally covered with them.
ana they rise up before the passer in countless
'niinons' they devour the grass and tender
plarts. and it is feared that the crops on some
iarns will be entirely destroyed by their rava-
ses northampton GAG.
POINTED Otsttncttons.-Ifi is curious enough
that nations should be distinguished by so trif-
ling circumdance of the mode of using the
fork at table An Englishman is remark bIc
for placing hs fork at the left side Of his plate
the Frenchpan is recognized at liable for using
The fork alne, without the knife a Germ n
for plantin|it perpendicular on his plate; and
a Russianpy using it as toothpick.
A schcolmaster of incorporate habits emf
his throt in OrvilIe, Co. on the 9TH inst. and
died almost instantly. arsenic has slain its
Thousands, and Hhiskey IFS tens of thou. |
sand!
Townsend, the pedestrian, completed with
ease MS astonishing task Of walking 140 miles
in ten days, being six more than any other |
man has ever accomplished in the same time.
mayor EiDhinston, for a wager of 500 sove |
nigns, undertook TO go on foot 90 miles in IA |
ours. He performed the distance with ease
md had an hour to spare.
Fourth Of July-Various accidents happen.
al on the 4th, at Philadelphia. The citizen |
'efe SO eager TO get ont OF the city, that sew
cal persons were injured in crowding on
bard the steamboats,. On landing, at Cam
@n, about 80 persons were precipitated into
nc river at once. A boat was run down bya
team boat, and two steam boats ran against
ach other, but no lives were lost.
|
We understand that Harvey Tinkham o.
marlborough took green corn fit for boiling
rom his garden on the 5th inst and that he
gathered on the same day we'll ripened apples.
Plymouth Pa.
Sampson David, ESQ. of Tennessee, has
p'oVlded in his will that his negroes, 20 in
nlmber, shall be emancipated at the death of
his wife, and has made provision for their re-
removal.
The amount Of duties paid into the treasu-
y OF Pennsylvania, by the auctioneers Of
Philadelphia, for the quarter ending on the
5Ist May, was over $35, 900.
The sum of El00, 900 had been collected in
London towards the relief Of the prevailing
distress.
Mstotldtion-On Wednesday the 9Th
nst. Rev. Thomas Savage, was INSTALL
I'd as Pastor of the Church and Society
n Bedford, N. H. Sermon by Rev. MIR.
Wilton Of Antrim.
A congregational church was organized in
enfield, on the 30th day of May last. Sermon
y Rev. Mr.. Woods, of Newport.
Two new Churches are going up in Utica
he present season for the use of the 1st and I'd
Presbyterian societies.
The Kentucky Reporter states, that
Ir. Holley has relinquished his pro-
Pcted tour 10 Europe. and will continue
b his station as President of Transylva.
Tia UNIVERSITY.