The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-09-05

for it's rapid increase and
nresent prosperity, than any place III the
country, south of New England. The Dl-
rectory of that place gives the following
list of manufacturing establishments now
in operation there 30 rolling mills, employ
ing $50 hands; 9 foundries, for casting
cannon, &c, employing LOG hands col
ton, woollen, sc. factories, employing go
hands 8 window glass and 2 cut glass,
employing 200 hands; 5 paper mills,
-four mills, brass foundries, steam WIRE
factory, 6 coppersmith, IL timing estabisn.
ments, "a blacksmiths, 6 whitesmiths, 4
runsmiths, silversmiths, lockmanufac-
tory, 9 tanneries, 8 saddlers, 8 potteries'
l ropewalk, 3 white lead factories, print
ing establishments, newspapers, distin-
cries, breweries, and IL tobacco manu-
factories, besides large amount of me-
chanical and manufacturing operations,
which are conducted on smaller SCALE
Salem Gazette.
LAND SLIDE. The st. Adams paper
gives an account of wonderful la na-sloe
or tas it is rather improperly termeo) ava
| lanche, from the mountain IN Mansnelu
Chittenden county. The slide occurred Oh
the 4th of July, and Is said to nave peen
muc0 more SAlcUSIfC Lhoh ShN $780,
the Dorset and White Mountains, though
from the remoteness of any settlement, the
damage was comparatively small. Inc
ground first started on the northwest sloe
of the mountain, which is one Of the high
est in the state, about two hundred roos
from the top, and continued for the ols-
lance of two miles, removing or twlstihg
off the largest trees, and hurting from tnelr
beds ponderous rocks, which finally lodgeo
, upon the plain below, loading 1t with an
immense mass of earth, rocks and timber
Uncommonly heavey rains which had just
fell and softened the soil down to the sur
face of rock upon which it rested, proba-
bly, caused the slide.-Vermont Statesman.
A Curious CASE OF CONSCIENCE. A
y writer, by the name of Ulrich Won Hatteps
,u,ho Aoufished in the time OF Luther, NEIL
tons, that the theological world Of that
6 period were puzzled to decide a case OF
) conscience, which was submitted by one OF
!, the jealous supporters of the Church.
e While sitting at tavern eating eggs, on Il
: fast day, he opened one, having young
chicken in it. Showing it to the person he
o was travelling with, he was advised to eat
!. it Immediately, for if the landlord sees it,
he will require you to pay for pullet.'.
Il Yielding to this advice, he ate the egg and
y chicken. He then recollected, it was fast
day, and seized with borrow, for having
: committed such mortal sin, he laid his
= = case before his spiritual masters, praying
u them to decide Immediately, whether the
chicken was meat, that he might have an
l. opportunity to obtain absolution before he
left Germany Observer.
One who is not an eye witness of the
7 fact, can scarcely imagine the immense
y number of persons who daily arrive at and
= depart from this city in steam boats, and
!, the vast quantity ofproduce that is shipped
n from our wharves, and conveyed to market
y by steam and wind. Last Sunday evening,
within one hour, there arrived six steam
boats with passengers, and three of these
!, also having in tow two barges each with
- freight and passengers. Together they
- must have landed some fourteen or sixteen
= hundred persons. There were never more
:, sloops then at present employed on the
- river, and they all go hence fully freighted.
A. Albany Daily .adv.
m Near Pontenovo, in the Island Of Corsica,
ID lives shepherdess, who successfully sefus-
ed the hands of Augereau and Bernadotte.
,r The former was her suitor while he was
as corporal, and the latter while sergeant, in
3 Corsica. She little thought at the time,
4 that she was refusing Marshal of France
ID and King of Sweden.
n KNowLEDGE IS WEALTH In neighborinu
of county few days since, man sold his horse
n to stranger and received $45 in Jersey city
- bills. Had he been subscriber for either Of
~ the newspapers printed under his nose he would
"a Al..Ah IL. = \
Vi had broke. He has since subscribed, and paid
II, in advance like man.
OF -0%o~-
A TOUCH AT THE SUBLIME. The Hon. f.
m De Roos relates the following anecdote in his
lie American travels. He was sitting by NOON
light on the brink of Niagara, gazing at the
wonders Of the place until his senses seemed
absorbed in contemplation. "While reflec-
=, ting" says he, "upon the inadequacy of Ian
IL guage to describe the wonders which survey
2 ed, an American gentleman, to my great amuse-
s. ment, tapped me on the shoulder, and guessed
8, that it, was pretty droU" 1t was difficult to
j. avoid laughing in his face,--yet l could not
If help envying him his vocabulary, which had so
J. eloquently released me from my dilemma.
7 -S<S-
|. In the garden of Mr. Titus Bennett, of West
: chester, Penn there stands gigantic sun flow
! or, the anak of annual plants. The length of
- the stem is 10 feet and one inch. A leaf meas
q, ures 81 inches across. The main flower is
L four feet in circumference disk is like the
h rising moon. Nothing, we venture to say, can
j. come near it in the five nearest counties.
:, Village Record.
Twenty-nine men, women, and children were
j. recently taken out Of one cellar in New York,
u by the visitor Of the Aims House, in state OF
:, extreme wretchcdness. The corpse OF child
!; was found which bad been there some DAYS,