The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-27

indulgence will fiji them for several |
things. /
A good deal of whipping is by all
means ,recomme nded; At makes children |
hardy, and little shameless, aud general
ly compeIs them TO lie; but this will ut
themfor the buffetiugs of life.
Follow these rules, and my word Tor
it, children will never break their par
ents' hearts; for parents who have
hearts to be broken will never follow
them.
Fossil .qai,nal.--The researches in
modern geology have brought to light,
at different times. specimens OF the or
ganiZed remains of former order Of
things on our globe, of which, by no
means the least remarkable character
istic, is their enormous size. Prof
auckland, some years ago, discovered
what at FIRST seemed to be fossil tree,
but upon examination proved to be a
thigh bone, with all the characters be-
longing 10 the genus Saurus, tllzard,
crocodile, &c.) Soon after, fragment
of Jaw, presenting similar indications,
was found. From the known proper
ton of the existing species, he calculat-
ed THAT The Iep6.s of fhis reptile
must have been upwards OF so ieet, and
its bulk equal TO that of an elefhant 7
feet high 1t has been appropriately
termed the Megalosaurus. A discovery
of a yet more formidable monster
has very recently been made. Teeth
have been found by some French natu-
ralists, having the character of the
shark species. From accurate measure
ment and comparison with existing
sharks teeth, it has been computed that
: they must have belonged to animals
(upon the very lowest estimate) 10 one
instance 80, and in another 43 feet II
length
Many literary men have fallen vic.
Tins TO their own quackery, and many
to that of their physicians. Muretiu
lay sick at Rome. He sent for severa
physicians, who held consultation oil
the state of their patient in Latin. imag
lining that Muretius, whom they did no
2 know, did not understand that language
Their final determination was-"Wha
: matters this mans life? We will tr,
an experiment" (Facramus periculun
in ANNA Willy "And so,'' said Mureti
US, raising himself from his pillow
"you make no scruples of playing will
the life of a man, whose soul Christ ha
redeemed" The experimental phiIos
ophers were struck speeches, huns
their heads and SUNK of.
The late Archbishop of Bordeaux was
remarkable for his tolerance and en-
Iightened benevolence. The following
anecdote will not be read without inter
- - H~.A nArann To hin
one day, 4" here is poor woman come
10 ask charity : what do you wish to dc
for her % How old is she p " Sew.
enty." Is she 10 great distress p " She
says So" She must be relieved
give her twenty-five francs Given
ty-five francs my lord, it is too much,
especially as she is Jewess."--' A
Jewess p " Yes. my Lord.'' oh, that
! makes great difference give her fifty
francs, then, and thank her for coming.
Edting extraordinary Some shorl
time ago, there was famous eating
match at village in Yorkshire, between
two men named Gubbins and Muggins.
which caused good deal of interest in
the neighborhood, and a countryman
leaving the place a little before the
match was decided, was stopped by al
most every one on the road with ''who
beats how does the match go on, &c.
to which he answered, why, | don't
exactly know-they say Gubbins ill get
1t; but think Muggins ill beat um yet,
for when leaft, he 1Uas only t7vo gees and
O toorkey behind him.
The learned DR.. Paris, in the elabo-
rate Treatise on Diet, observes that
the qualification which attends favor
tie meal is, in itself, specific stimulus
to the organs of digestion, especially in
weak and debilitated habits. 1.-The
London epicures exuIt in this acknowI-
edgment of the Doctor: one of them
calls 1t "a gratifying and glorious doc
trine."
Lord Chesterheld's physicians having
informed hn, that he was dying /" by
lnches," he thanked Heaven, that he
was not so tall by foot and half as Sir
Thomas Robinson.