The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In Warren, Ohio, on the 18th ult. as
Mr.. Andrew Clark, deaf and dumb per-
son, of Vienna, was attempting to remove
from its stump the butt Of tree, which In
falling had lodged, it slid suddenly and
caught his leg between it and the stump.
In this situation, with his leg broken and
terribly lacerated, Mr.. Clark was held fast
until his wife, who was alarmed by his cries,
could procure assistance from the neigh
-bors. It. then became necessary to cut
down another tree before he could be re-
lieved. 1t is said he remained in this ag
Onized situation for at least an hour and a
half
A spinst er recently recovered $6O3 44
Of David Hatch, at Montpelier, Vt. for re-
fusing to make her his wife, after he had
told her he would. David had also the
cost of the suit to pay.
PRoeREss OF STEAM. A few years
since the Paragon, then the swiftest Steam
boat on the North River, made her passage
from Albany to New York in twenty seven
hours, which was pronounced remarka
bly, short" one now there are two boats on
the River, which perform the distance in
about twelve hours.-The N. York Enquir-
er says" Perhaps nothing can place in a
stronger point Of view the velocity of these
boats than the fact that when they are at
the top Of their speed, and are going IN OPP
posite directions they will pass each other
at the rate of a mile in two minutes, being
degree of swiftness rarely witnessed even
on race-course !"
At the Edinburgh Theatrical Fund Din
ner on the 9th Of February, Sir Walter
Scott in reply to his health heing proposed
by Lord Meajowbank said, in alluding to
the Waverly Novels, che meant it to go
seriously, when he said that he was the
total and undivided author Of those novels
there was not single word written, ex-
cept some quotations, or a suggestion
made, which was not his own, or what he
had found in his own reading"
The Kankakee Indians, tribe on the
hnad .I'atA-- Of the Illinois river have suf-
tered much Indebtedness and want from
the severity of the winter and the scarcity
of game, so that they have fed on dogs and
horses. Gov. Cass, under the sanction of
the United States government, has ordered
them quantity of supplies.
The London Literary Gazette says
"We are informed that Mr.. Perkins has at
length got rid of the only obstacle which
presented itself against the action of his
immensely powerful Steam Engine-that
of eifecting nearly perfect Uacuum under
the foot of the piston, by which means the
whole power of elasticity of the steam
from the induction pipe is allowed to oper-
ate without resistance.
There are now living in Manchester,
Essex, three men, aged "a, 72, and 20
years, two of them soldiers of the Revolu-
ton, who are now, and for six months in
every year, employed in the fishing bust
ness, all sailing in the same boat, which is
% years old.
PEDEsrRIANIsM. The mail is carried in
day from Harpsfield, through Melford-
vile, Lawrensville, Noblesville and Pitts
field, Otsego county, N. Y. to New Berlin,
bya man on foot. The distance is fifty
four miles; and the carrier, whose name is
Packard, performs the route westward on
Wednesday, and eastward on Thursday of
each week-which makes one hundred and
eight miles in forty eight hours.
II. w. Lindsey a convict, recently eff
fected his escape from the western peni-
Tertiary, near Pittsburgh, by converting
pewter spoon into q key, with which he
unlocked his prison doors, and then walked
off-leaving his key and the following note
10 the keepers.
"Hiram w. Lindsey's compliments to
the first and second keepers Of the peni-
tertiary, informs them that he has proceed
ed to Washington city, in order to obtain
Patent for an old Yankee trick"
AN OLD MAN. A few days since man
who calls himself Donald Mcdonald, a
Scotchman, aged one huadred and fye gears,
passed through this town on foot, on his
way to New York, where some of his de-
scendants reside. From his own account
and his credentials, he is probably the per-
son recently from the Alms-house in Ports
mouth, N. H., and about whose extraordi-
nary history an article has appeared in the
papers. lie walks readily, though his fac
ulties appear impaired Concord Gazette
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