The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-09-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The good a0Ork goes forWard.-We are in
formed that the Rev. Samuel D. Hodge, for
merly of this State, now 10 Ohio, has recently
liberated his only slave, a valuable young
man, left by him in this State, and about TO be
sent either TO Liberia or to Ohio. We have
also received information that Miss Patty
Morris, OF Louisiana, lately deceased, has lib.
Grated all her slaves, (about sixtcen) with a
request that they should be sent to Liberia.
She has also left FIVE hundred dollars to fit
them out and defcay the expenses OF their pas
sage.
Thus does evidence multiply around us that
the impulse is already given, and the work
begun. Who shall stay its progress, or meaS-
ure the blessings to our country and to Africa,
which will follow in lis train Rieh. Pa. Pls.
On Tuesday, the 1st uIt. the town of Chat.
ham, U. G. on the river Thames, was visited
by tornado, accompanied with rain and
snop! 1t came across lake ST. Clair. aud
passed over the neck of the peninsula, living
between that lake and lake Erie, and. for the
width OF q mile in IFS course, Frustrated hous
es, barns, fences, orchard and forest trees
The standing grain was destroyed, and the
roads rendered impossible for time The
snow covered the ground, and did not disap-
pear for % hours.
Drought.-The Chcraw Spectator states,
that the weather has been dryer this season,
than was ever known before, occasionng
great distress. The mill streams were dried
up, and many persons were obliged to carry
their grain from DO to so miles to have it
ground. A person lately travelling from Ma
rion district, could not find drop of water
for himself or horse. in the distance of four
teen miles.
To Farmers.-A gentleman from the South
ward informs us, that it is the practice of agri-
culturists there, when they cut their corn
stalks, to cut off the leaves growing below,
which makes a fodder, when thus seasonably
cured, preferable for horses to hay. If not
cut then, they are liable to be lost or destroyed,
and such as remain till the corn is gathered,
are of little value. An attention 10 this point
may save many hundred tons of fodder 10 this
State, every year. .WicrocoSm.
Large Eaiermelons.-N. & w. Ever, OF
Brighton, near the IronGequoit bay, brought
into our village, one day last week, six water.
melons, the combined weight of which WAS
1859 los. IA OF. The largest weighed IS lbs.
OF. measured 3 feet inches in the smaller
circumference, and feet inches is the larg-
est. The soil on which they were cultivated
| is sandy. Rochester Album.
Turnip.-Mr. Rufus Slocum, Of Haverhiil
mas raised turnip this season which weigh.
eighteen pounds, and measures :hree feet
round.
.Welon.-A wator melon, weighing 4t
pounds Sin circumference, three feet tel
inches, was raised this season, in Hancock
county, Geo.
POtatOeS.--A New-lIampshire farmer rec
ommends that potatoes on low lands which
have been overlooked by the late rains, should
be Immediately dug.
Mr.. Joseph M'Ilbenny, Matchmaker, o
Philadelphia, has just completed very nea
and highly finished pair Of Scissors, perfect ii
all parts. They weigh but one eth of grain
and it would consequently require 26, 900 o
such scissors to weigh pound.
Capt. Coffin, from Salvador, informs, tina
advices had been received there from Rio Il
the 5th June, which stated that an action wa
fought near Rio GTande on the Goth May, ii
which the Brazilians had 500 men killed.
~ Y. pa. :
When Mr.. Greene lately ascended in bal
loon in England, two miles from tho earth thC
| rays Of the sun occosioned the water TO lool
like polished silver. Higher up the view o
the ground would have been lost in this eGul
gence, and luminous ball alone would have
been visible.
1t is a remarkable circumstance that, il
Prussia, Jewish Rabbi has made an energet
&c appeal to his flock in favor Of the Christians
of the East, and his appeal has not been il
vain, as subscriptions in aid of the Greek cause
have been opened in several synagogucs.
.North-.4merican Repicg.--The demand fol
this popular periodical has increased so muck
of late, that second edition of the hOo las
numbers, and third edition Of the July uum
Der for 1925, are now in press. Patrons con
tinue to send in their names from South Amer
lea, from England, and other parts oil the Eas
tern Continent.
Premiltm.--A premium of 100 dollars is Of
fered at Albany for the best criticism on the