The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-07-26
every thing, serve every body, aud get
no thanks at last.
[.From Carriers Letters.l

At9 O'clock on the morning OF the :,
BIB of November, we took seats 10 the !,
diligence for Paris, distance OF IFS =
.nglish miles from Calais, by The new /
quite through Abbeyllle aud Beauvais:
)ur vehicle aud its equipments looked
more like a caravan, destined to mecca
,r the Holy Land, than like a stage
coach for the Metropolis ofFrance. It's
is in all respects unique and
amusing. The body is fifteen OF TWEEN
ty feet long, and divided into three COM
separated from one another
by partitions, which cut OF all inter-
course between the passengers. vi
these sections, the one in front, which IS
before the wheels, is called the cabrios-
ct formed like the top of chaise, and
sufficiently wide TO hold three or four
persons. Behind this, and between the
wheels, is the body of the Diligence,
called the interiur, fashioned with pro-
,uberant sides, like stage coach, and
capacious enough TO accommodate SIX
passengers. The rear division, behind
the wheels, is termed the derriere, re-
sembling the body of one of our hacks
sons! In addIf15hh ffsr halfe dozen Rs fg-
ions, there are places for few old pas
sengers aloft, among the baggage. The
wheels of the vehicle are massive and
strong, proportional to the other parts,
exceeding 10 clumsiness the heaviest Of
the Pennsylvania Wagons. Behind
each of them scraper is placed, to
clear off the mud at every rotation, and
to keep the tire clean.
| The team is as odd as the carriage.
1t consists of FIVE, six, seven, and some
times eight horses harnessed together in
the most curious manner.-Two OF
them are fastened TO the tongue, and
the remaining three travel abreast in
front, with traces so long as frequently
to drag upon the ground. The animals
bear upon their shoulders a kind OF
pack-saddle, covered with blue shaggy
cloth, and armed with tall horns of wood
branching out on each side, to hold the
reins. Their heads are ornamented
with blue and red tassels, with other
fnery and a string Of bells, giving them
a most fantastic appearance. The har.
ness generally is of the cheapest and
most ordinary kind, made more of hemp
than leather, and presenting a striking
contrast to the Furnished equipments Of
an English coach. A position clad in
his long boots frequently made of wood,
and reaching above the knee, rides the
near horse behind, guiding the team
more by dint of bis long whip, than the
cords which serve for reins. To shield
him from the inclemency of the wealth.
er, he often wears the skin of an ami.
NAL, with the hairy side our, giving him
a savage aspect.
Lying 1UeIl punished.-About a fort
night since, as mechanic of Thorye-
ton was on the way to Plymouth on
foot to visit relative, he fell in with a
i corporal's guard, escorting a deserter
and, being prone to species of petty
lying, vulgarly termed " Ainging the
hatchet," he told the Corporal that he
had once been Sergeant in the sgd
regiment, and enjoyed pension of l5d
per day. The soldier, unwilling to give
him credit for being a veteran, or per-
haps thinking he may have 6 caught a
tartar" asked him for his discharge,
which our hero not being able to pro-
duce, was promptly handbolted, and
committed to the County Jail, where he
has remained ever since on deserter's
allowance of Cd per day, aud will not
be liberated till an answer is received
from the regiment TO which he pretend
ed to belong.
Apples, marked with the impression
Of leaf, are sold in the bazaars of Per-
STA. To produce this impression, leaf
of some flower or shrub is glued or fast
ened with a thread on several parts of
the fruit, while yet growing. The ap-
pie gradually ripens and all that the
sun reaches becomes red, the parts COW
cred by the leaves remaining of pale
green or yellow colour.
II IS said, that in Lapland at certain
seasons of the year, the number of in
sects is so great that lamp is no sooner
lighted than the fame is extinguished
oy the multitudes that flock to il !;
where, after millions are DESTROYED, fam
'shed millions succeed, and renew the
unceasing combat.
agricultural.