The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Show at Concord, IN. II premiums were
awarded for the best Farms. In relation 20
one of them, the viewing committee, in their
report, made the following remark =
"This farm appears TO be cultivated with
great care, and much good judgment in agri-
culture !; but the committee are Of opinion,
that the owner is in fault in one essential par
ticular, and they hope that an indirect alu-
sion to it will be sufficient for him TO correct
the error. There is no commodity on a farm
so useful and so pleasing to the farmer-noth-
ing in this life, on which he can SO safely rest
his hopes Of comfort in future years--as COM
pany Of healthy, robust and promising boys.
farmer rarely succeeds well without wife.
A solitary journey is always tiresome and
cherries one.'
Smimnling.--The New-London Gazette
mentions, that few days since, Captain Rog-
ers, in the sloop Swift, of Oak Neck, bound
to New York, three miles from the land, at
eight O'Clock in the evening, discovered an OK.
hove to, and the OK SWAN along side the YES
sci. Tackles, &c. were rugged for the pur-
pose of hoisting him on deck, in doing which,
his neck was broke. He proved to be very
| fat. Capt. R. on arriving at this city, met
| the owner in the market, who informed him
| that the OK had jumped out of market-boat
at eight o'clock in the evening before. He
had consequently been, when taken up, not
less than "a hours in the water, and was ap-
parently in full strength at the time.
Election Manks-When Mr. Charles Yorke
was returned member for the University of
Cambridge, about the year ITO, he went
round the Senate to thank those who had vot-
ed for him. Among the number was Mr.. P.
who was proverbial for having the largest and
most hideous physicgnomy thatcvereye beheld.
Mr.. Yorke, in thanking him,;sad, " Sir, have
great reason TO be thankful to my friends in
general, but confess myself under particular
obligation to you, for the very remarkable cou1,-
tendnce you have shown me upon this occa-
s;on.'
Horrid.-The United States' Gazette says.
that the rancor of party spirit has attained to
such height in Albany, that two papers, re-
spectacle for their talents, and generally re-
specied for their influence, have proceeded to
the awful extremity of calling each other, and
even the respective candidates of each, by the
epithet of-Fsderalast.-A state of society,
when such words are applied to men who
walk abroad upon the earth.
For ew-Hampshire is claimed the credit of
having adopted the first constitution of gov
eminent among the States correspondent
TO the N. II. Journal states, that the New
Hampshire convention met on the 21st of De-
cember, IT'S, and on the 5th of January,
| 1875. adopted ton, or form of gov
ernment. This was more than two months be-
fore the adoption of the constitution of South
Carolina.
| PeTfertGbikty Of .Scicnce.--A new steam
carriage has just been constructed by Mr..
! Quincy, OF Argyle-street, London, which is
as light as the most dashng carriage driven BY
the bloods of the ring. II moves without any
unusual noise, and without heat or smoke -
II has already travelled at the rate of six
miles an hour, conveying 16 persons on the
| level of Kilburn road, and miles up an &C.
clivity.
Triangular BelS.-The New-L London Conn.
Gazette, contains certificate from four men.
who, at the distance of nine miles, heard bell
of this description, lately placed in the stee-
pie of the Baptist church in that town. 1t is
made Of steel, at half the price of other bells,
may be rung by a child, and is so light as not
to shake the building.
We learn that communication has been
received by the Board of Aldermen, from
Ward Nicholas Boylston, Esq. of Princeton, Of
fering for the acceptance Of the City for the use
of the inmates Of the house of industry, a twin
pair of oxen, II years, weighing 1892 pounds,
raised at his farm at Princeton, and which have
| never been yoked. The communication be-
ing read, it was ordered, that the thanks of
the Board, in behalf of the city, be presented
to Mr.. Boylston for his liberal donation.
Premium ClOth.-We are happy to hear
that the first premium for superine black
broadcloths, awarded by the Franklin Insti-
tute, Philadelphia, at the late exhibition, was
given for cloth from the Factory of MIR. Rob
bins, in WATERFOWL. near Boston, and five
pieces were purchased by different individuals
at $l2: so per yard. Palladium.
Mrs. Diana Strong, Of Greenfield, lady 90
years of age. received a premium for linen d.
aper at the Northampton Fair.
Piolsnt death The Charleston Courier
says two deer were found dead few DAYS
since, in St. Thomas Parish, with their horns
so firmly locked together as to render il impos
slblc to separate them, now that their heads
have been severed from their bodies, with
out breaking the horns.
man named John Rutledge, while sitting
on a log in the Woods in Rowland, Ohio.
cracking nuts, was shot by Archibald Reeves,
who mistook him for bear. The wound was
! NOT mortal.
The last Blackwood's Magazine has a strange
rumor in it, that Washington Irving is in a fair
way of marrying Her Highness the Archduch-
ess Of Parma. the widow of Napoleon AT the
Congress Of Verona it is said she walked arm
in-arm with the Duke of Wellington, when
her husband was at st. Helena.
| The American vessels employed in navigat-
| ing Lake Champlain are no less than 213-
| tonnage 10000. And it is stated that, previ-
Gus TO the opening of the Northern Canal,
there we're but about 90 vessels on said lake
The tolls at Whitehall, for this season, already
amount TO about $4,000.
| At meeting of the Corporation Of the Uni
! &c Arnrtr,n.,t lhn