The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-11-01

ale man, and know if he insul,ed M
! resented it-nobody can say thatI an,
deficient in courage or dignity Of char.
acier.
Saturdoy.-A good deal better-.break-
tasted with the famiIy-ate a biscn;t
and drank cup of coffse-I was n,
ways small eater, and have gre.t
contempt for the vice of eluttony-Ea
man who eats voraciously, is. in NV on;n-
ION, little better than brute. At din.
ner. had dispute with nv wife in
winch, as usual, she was in the wrong
1t seems she subscribed 10 Tract sofi.
ETY., and sent in her subscription TO the
treasurer by me. She was very fool
isil TO do such a. thing, for she knows
what memory have. Some how nv
other 1t was not paid, and she did NOT oct
tho fract- Lfsneh nc / a.nLh- II
glad OF it; for when she has them. she
makes the children read rigmaroi sTorfes
OF people who were great deal better
than any nowadays. | tell nv wife.
that this will teach them TO EXPECT too
much from human nature, and thew will
te disappointed when they grow up, and
go IN the world. She says the Children
will learn TO be good from the examples
OF those who are better than other peo-
pie. But ] cay TO her, 6 if the girls
take after you, Chatting few fauls) aud
the boys follow their fathers example.
they viii do we'll enough she shakes
her head, and says she wishes her chill
dren to be better than their parents. and
that religion will make them so. DONE
profess TO know much about this it
may be trne however.
Sunday --I,ose late and break tasted
as usual. The day being fine. wens
with my family 10 church. supposed
the ride iatigued me, for fell asleep
during the sermon, which my wife said
was good one-I only heard some
thing of the Pkarisees, who, my wife
says. were people that thought them
selves good, when they were IN reality
very bad. This is strange--it seems
TO me that people may always know
themselves, if they cannot kpow one an
Others am sure, at least, that know
myself, and do pot give myself credit for
5einss better than really am. q have
read over my diary Of the last week,
and, on the whole, think the time was
we'll spent. am we'll satisfied with
a candid, impartial review of my own
conduct, and think DO reasonable person
INDIAN BEEEvoIENcE.-ln the early
settlement Of Whitestown, N. Y gen
tleman made a visit 10 the Meadows, on
Fish Greek, for The purpose of pFocur-
ing salmon. On his arrival he was
gratified to find a party Of Indians,
(Oneidas, with large number Of sal
mon, but was very much astonished that
they would sell noae. He repeatedly
urged profered the pay, and in
sisted that, out of so many, they could
readily supply him with all that he
wished To this, one uniform reply was
made-"by and by, you bae."
The only alternative was, 10 wait
their pleasure. In a short time, num-
Der Of the largest ard best fish were
marked; and the natives sat down quiet
ly TO smoke their pipes. At length sew
eral small boys (natives) arrived. and
by direction OF one who appeared TO
have some authority, they took the fish
which had been marked, and carried
them away. When this was done, they
Informed the gentleman that they could
now furnish him, by saying" noU you
buy"
After procuring as many as he chose,
he inquired why they had al first refus-
ed TO sell, and why So many of the best
fish were sent away ? One who could
speak little English, proceeded 10 in
form him, that they had scidov0s among
them, that the boys we're their chtt.
i dren, none of whom had arrived at an
age which enabled them to provide for
! their parents and that il was always
their custom to set apart for them, a
certain portion of all they obtained, be-
fore any sales were made. The white
man saw, praised the spirit of active and
native benevolence, which provided
thus for the 81 fatherless and the widow"
and .blushed for the want of mercy a.
mong protesting Christians.
j astronomy Precisely s months and
26 days after the total eclipse at New
York, to wit, on the 7th Aug. 1881, the
, sun will go down aImost totally ecIipsed
r 10 the inhabitants OF Georgia The
: darkness Of midnight will prevail at sun
set. The stars, Capella, Regulus, Spi-
| ca, Virgins, Arcturus, Antares, Lyra
. and some others, will comb ont 10 view
I the phenomenon. The period Of great
!. est darkness will be about quarter be
6 fore 6 10 the evening, when the air vii
r be chilly. Just fortnight afterwards
Q there will be partial eclipse OF th'