The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-10-03


INCREASE OF TERRITORY. A writer in
one eff the recent English Reviews, on the I
subject of the enlargement of the British
Empire, thus beautifully refers to the for
nation of another continent, out of the &C.
raj beds in the Pacific. i
"a sixth continent, is in the very act OF
growth before ouI eyes! The racine Is
spotted with islands, through the I'M
mense space of nearly fifty degrees OF Ion
gitude, and as many of latitude. Every
one of these islands seems to be merely a
central spot, for lhe formation OF coral
banks, which by perpetual progress are rs
inc from the unbelievable depths OF the
sea, The union of few of these masses
of rock shapes itself into an island, the
seeds of plants are carried to 1t, by BIRDS
or by the waves, and from the moment, that
it overtops the waters, 1t is covered Win
vegetation. The new island constitutes, IN
its turn, centre of growth to another clr-
Gle. The great powers of nature appear
to be still in peculiar activity in this region !;
and to her tardier progress she sometimes
takes the assistance of the volcano, and the
earthquake. From the south of New Zea-
land, to the north of the Sandwich Islands,
the waters absolutely TEEN with those fu-
ture seats of civilization. Still the coral
insect, dimiuutive builder of all these NIGH
| ty piles, is at work the ocean is lntersect-
ed with myriads of those lines OF founda-
ton; and when the rocky substructure
shall have excluded the sea, then will come
the dominion of man. "-.SaLem Observer.
/ TIGER TANNING. A party of gentlemen
from Bombay, one day visiting the stupen-
dous cavern temple of Elephanta, discover
ed tigers whelp in one of the obscure
recesses of the edifice. DESTROYS OF kid
mapping the cub, without encountering the
fury of its dam, they took it up hastily and
cautiously, and retreated. Being left en-
tirely at liberty, and extremely well fed,
the tiger grew rapidly, appeared tame and
fondling as dog, and in every respect en-
tirely domesticated. At length when ii
had attained vast size, and notwithstand-
ing its apparent gentleness, began to in
spire terror by its tremendous powers Of
doing mischief, a piece of raw meat drip
ping with blood, fell in his way. 1t is tc
be observed that up to that moment, it had
been studiously kept from raw animal food
The instant, however, it had dipped It's
tongue in the blood, something like mad
;
NAL "a destructive principle, hitherto dor
mant, was awakened-it darted fercely
, and with glazing eyes, upon its prey-tort
1t with fury to pieces-and growing anC
roaring in the most fearful manner, rushed
off towards the jungles.
! To ExPEL WITcHcRAFr. Reginal
Scott, in his book on Witchcraft, gives the
following charm, to find the witch, who has
bewitched cattle:
'Put pair of breeches upon the cows
head, and beat her out of the pasture with
a good cudgel upon Fridaie, and she will
run right to the witches dore, and strike
threat with her hornes."
1t Is curious circumstance, that should
be annually delivered in Huntingdon, Eng
land, lecture upon the subject of Witch
craft. A fund, for this purpose was left by
Sir Samuel Cromwell, in 1893, whose wife
was bewitched by some persons, who were
afterwards executed, and their property es-
cheated to Sir Samuel, as Lord of the Ma
nor. He gave the amount to the mayor
and aldermen of Huntingdon, on condition
that an annual lecture on this subject, should
be preached on Lady day, by Doctor OF
Bachelor of Divinity, of Cambridge Uniyer-
Slty.-ISalen. O0SerUer.
! FAITH AND Coon WoRKs. A gentle
man relates that he once received curious
illustration on this important subject from q
| person with something of clerical APP
pearance, with whom he happened to en-
ter into conversation, while riding along
the sea shore: Sir" said the stranger
."my opinion of the matter is this let us
suppose that | am in boat in that bay
with two oals, one of which | call Faith
and the other Good Works ? now | want
! to proceed to that town at the head of the
bay: if | put out the oar Faith and pull
with it, should only pull the boat round
and round, without advancing an inch. II
lay in Faith and put out the oar Good
Works, | shall just pull myself round and
| round, only in an opposite direction: but
| if | pull with both oars, Faith and Good
| Works, and give the boats head the proper
direction, then shall be certain Of arriv-
ing at the wished for haven.
TRANSPARENT TzRTs. Take a pound
of fine well dried and sifted flour, then
beat an egg till it becomes quite thin, melt
three quarters of pound of clarified fresh
butter to mix with the egg; as soon as it is
sufflclentiy cool pour the whole into the
centre of the -four, and make up the paste
roll it extremely thin, make up the tarts,
and when setting them in the oven, wet
them over with very little water, and
CRATE small quantity of fine sugar on
them. Ifthey are baked lightly, they will,
it is said, be very fine indeed.
ANEcDoTB. A man was dining at tav-
ern not hundred miles from this place,
where the luxury of tumblers is unknown.
A number of persons were at the table,
and the only drinkable was cider, contain
ed ~ pewter mug, and this was nicely
coated over with flies. The man skinned
off the flies with great care, placed them
on the table, and after drinking, returned
them safely to the mug.
Why do you put them back ?" said the