The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-08-02
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS


NE" iNvENTIoE.-An invention is amour
ced IN The Syracuse Advertiser, which will
take the lead of all the, wonderful imnrove.
ments which have vet been made in tbis won
d,r'ully impro1 ing age. II Is :. machine for
expelling ilies from the dining roolo.,, s,ver-
al large fans are suspended from wire which
passes through the room directly over the 10.
Die, and set in motion by boy in an olioinj,s
apartment. 1t serves the double purpose Of
keeping the flies from the table, and creatins a
cool current OF air in the room. Mr.. Willis.
ION, the keeper OF the hotel, is said TO he The
inventor. If it prove successful, Mr.. W's name
VIII be immortalized, and his memory bessed
TIL Ines and dog days are no longer known
US Salem Gag.
Remarkable On Thursday. 9th. about ..
clock, between Burlington and Bristol as the
steam beat Philadelphia was passing across
the Delaware sturgeon, fire feel eight inches
long, jumped into the forecastle ,hronoh
the starboard bow window. The rouaI fish To-
ing caught, was cooked according to the most
approved receipt, and eaten.
Dem Press.
II Wqrnlmg. In the vicinity of Blair Adam.
lew days since, as one Of the female SER
wants, in leaving the house, passing some Of
Der former fellow-servants, who we've at that
time occupied in heating very large boiler.
one OF the men, IN sport, took her up in his
arms, and iaceticusy said, that as She was
now fitting, and this might be the last time
they might all meet, he would " give her a
dip in the boiler" struggle ensued, they
| lost their balance, and, horrible 60 relate
were plunged into the vessel, which was AT
that moment nearly full of boiling water
The injury sustained was such that the man
died the same evening, and the woman expir
ed next morning in the most excruciatins ae
onies. Fir HeroId
AT New London, on the 18th inst. de-
tachment of Capt. Watrous' company of mi
litia, with two field pieces, commenced firing
6o guns asreeably 10 city arrangements for
honorns the memory Of Mr.. Adams and Mr..
Jefferson, when after the discharge of about
20 rounds, one of the pieces Went off while
two OF the men, Mr.. William Holmes and Mr..
Benjamin Knowles were in the act OF ram
ming down the cartridge-by which each had
an arm blown off below the elbow, and their
remaining hands dreadfully shattered. Each
had an arm amputatcd, and the others will
probably require to be taken off A part Of
the ramrod made a deep incision in the breast
OF Mr.. Holmes, his eyes are both out. and his
ileis despared OF. A hand and part Of an
arm were blown - rods.
! Me. Obadiah Ring, of Camden, New Jer-t
! sey, was lately killed by Lightning whilst
standing under tree. whittier he had gone 10
seek shelter from the storm. His stem
daughter, aged IL years, was with HIM, and
was Knocked down by the lightning, but az
ter while she SO far recovered as TO crawl
on her hands and knees near three hundred
yards through the rain, to communicate the
Intelligence. She was Immediately taken
care Of and.will recover.
Capt. VIM. sebTy, at Circlevile, Ohio,
was killed on the 4th inst. by the bursting Of
cannon.
man in Plain6eld, Conn. on the dta inst.
had one Of his eyes blown completely out and
The other deprived of sight by the explosionl
of "a ky of powder.
MIR. Thomas J. Trcdway, of Tconderoga,I
while cleaning picking ma chine, accidental
ly caught his hand upon The spikes, aud the
wheel being in motion, drew his arm into thCI
machine, and literally tore it in pieces as lal
up as the elbows.
Taxing SheeP.-An act Of the last Legisla,
ture Of Connecticut places sheep on the as
sessmen list for taxation. This was done br
Farmers, who composed a great majority Of The
legislature. Their argument was that sheep
were the most profitable stock on farm, and
should be taxed as well as cattle, &c. 4 mo-
position to tax sheep was lately introduced in
. the legislature of New Hampshire, and af.
er considerable debate, was rejected.