The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-07-04

two or three horses, according to circumstanc
, es, for something like year, when the propri.
J etors, finding it was running them in debt
notwithstanding they were assisted by sub
scrIPtlons from liberal individuals OH the route
discontinued it. Some time after, a mail route
was established, and the mail was carried in a
J one morse wagon, once week, till 1919, when
another attempt was made to run stage with
two horses, twice week but the mail car
rler, adding another horse to his carriage, it
was found that both could not support them
selves, and the stage was abandoned The in
crease OF business, between this town and
Providence, led to the putting on of another
line OF stages, about four years since, which
soon OBTAINED respectable support, and has
been continued daily ever since three times a
week each way on the Uxbridge road, and
three times on the Mendon road. Recently
the passengers have been SO numerous that il
nas been found necessary to put on more
teams' and to run the stage daily, both ways,
on the Uxbridge road. In addition thereto.
the same proprietors run stage every other
day from Slatersville to Providence, and anoth-
u company i'll tho ednIo IIeig iiUUIIlvOd 4,4iIs
one on the Intervening days, thus forming
daily line. in addition to the Worcester stage.
from the upper part Of Smithfeld We under
stand these stages arc all well patronized, and
the business is increasing An elegant car
rage has recently been built in this town for
the Slatersville line, calculated to carry nine
inside, and eight outside passengers.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS The amount of money
raised for public schools in Worcester, this
year, is $4,000, which is believed to be more.
according to the population, than is expended
IN any other town in the State being about
one dollar to every inhabitant in the town
The number Of school districts is ten, in each
OF which there is but one school, except in the
centre district, where there are seven. The
money Is thus appropriated The town raises
/ $4,000, of which $2400 is divided amonc all
the districts, in proportion to the number of
minors in each, and 5000 is given to the GEN.
ire district, toward the support of the Latin
i grammar school. The centre district raises
SlOC0 more, which, with its proportion of the
town money, and the money received toward
the Latin school, is applied to the support of
seven permanent schools under the care of in
structers hired by the year These schools
are, the Latin grammar school, and the En-
:, glish grammar school for boys, the female high
school and the female second school. and three
primary schools. They are under the super
intendence Of a Committee of twelve BY whom
they are subjected to regular monthly and
quarterly examinations. The school which
each scholar may attend is designated by the
committee, and all Announcements from one
school to another is made by them after q crit
ical examine ton.
SILK WORMS. We saw few DAYS since.
about Thirty thousand silk worms at the house
OF Pliny Earle, in Leicester. They are now
three weeks old, and nre about an inch and
halt III length, and the size of large, full
grown, appe-tree caterpillar. The skin is
brown and destitute of hair or any other cov-
ering In about ten days more they will com
mence winding the cocoons, and in six weeks
from the time of their Matching, they will
nearly or quite all have done eating. They
are fed several times during the day, and, if
kept supplied with fresh leaves, will eat most
of the time, but what is very singular, although
they have no eyes, as soon as it is night, they
elevate their heads, become motionless, and
will eat no more till morning
The Mulberry is now beginning to ripen,
and it is, therefore, the right time for those,
who wish to make experiments in the cultiva-
ton Of silk, to look out for seed
FIRE. On Monday evening last, between
the hours of II and II, the Meeting House in
Athol was discovered to be on fire. The alarm
was immediately given, and the two engine
companies Of the town were on the spot in
few minutes, but it was then too late 10 save
the house. BY the spirited exertions of three
of the citizens, Messrs. Hall, Hickey, and
Spooner, the communion plate and many books
were preserved. Though several other build
ings were exposed, owing to the favorable state
of the weather, no other one took fire. There
had been no fire in the Meeting House for
months previous, and there can be no doubt of
its being tho work of a vile incendiary.
WORCESTER PRIcEs. Corn, SO to 80 cents
Rye, % to 100; Oats, As; Hay, $40 per ton
Wood, 50: 50 to 81 per cord Hard Coal, 8 cts;
Beef best pieces, to Q cts. Lamb, z to 8 Veal,
QUO oy riIc qudrccI,1 ~ y, Ddcon, 10 ~ !;
Cheese, newmlk 10; Butter, IA to 16; Eggs,
l2k Green Peas, 81 90 to $1:33.
RAILWAY. The Executive Council of the
State being now in session, it is believed that
an appointment of Commissioners, under the
late act authorizing survey for the route of
rail road from Boston to the Hudson River
will be made, if suitable men can be found to
$ accept the office. 1t is doubtful, however,
) whether any survey can be made, this season,