The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-09-26
WORCESTER, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER o. 7soz

the fat man essex, as lie was conmonjv 81 ~
led, weighedjl6 pounds. GU
ms patlef Krocker, was rescoed fro,, HI.
i iiiiihnuia'G eager by copious and freouent
Dieeoilg, " large doses OF caIorneI. and the
sups'nuIiol OF lasting for his enormous stuff
mig fuHatVe medicines were frequently
gwen SHPtiy vegetable diet and vegetable
aclds were Fdered; and, in about four weeks.
ne was reaufd TO about 346 pounds. In the
space o. iourntnonths, during the half of which
/ tiiiie ne IoohIargo doses of iodine, with occa-
STOMP purgatTes, the iodine being found very
ihucii 10 accefrate absorption, he was reduced
10 ABOUT So' Funds, and enjoyed good health
was actlvc' cheriill, and able to resume his for
ner business. At the time, the history of the
case was conclhed, august 10, 1926 be was
| reduced TO %o9pounds, his health being good,
ana MS appetItfmoderate.-London paper
DIsoRDERED tYEs. Most of evcl our local
diseases original in bad state of the stomach
"a truth which iannot be too often impressed
upon those who ae disposed to dabble in uuack-
ish ointments AM nostrums. MFR. Abernethy
traces nearly an he maladies which affect the
/ eye 10 TINS tertll. cause Of human suffering,
ana telis the FOLLOWING amusing story in illus
tatlon OF lhe Vulgr errors on the subject the
ioho"ing Is quoted from the report Of his lee
lures In the Lcngon Lancet &c A Iady and
gentleman brouglt their child to me with in
named eyes the pupils could hardly be distin-
gulsheu' tDoFe Wen ulcers on the corner, and
II was verymuch clpuded They said, Sir, we
4 are gong out of town, and we thought we
would ask your opinion of our chds eyes
tHe HIS sfh Par, Under the care of several OF
rather worse Gian Eerttsr. 1 safd 90 you ex-
pect that lwilIprescribe for your child an eye
water, or an eye salve, and so on? tell you
plainly, that l am persuaded that irritable eyes
1 are occasioned by disordered state Of the
stomach and bowels; | then desired the lad
to put outhis tongue, and it was very furred
and dirty indeed. told them that they must
pay great attention TO the child's diet, TO the
rogulatonof his bowels to take exercise in the
open air, and SO on.--' Oh - they said, q il
that was all the advice | could give them, they
should with me good morning )" so they paid
me guinea and off they went They were
! gong into Devonshlre, and when they were
about 40 miles from town, the child was
seized with diarrhea, which caused them tc
stop on the road, and III day or two the
child. eyes became very much better; they
now began to think III at there was some trutl
IN whatehoest5 did eJtvefs,- ttnd AWAY the
came again towards town, after having travel
( led about seventy miles to hear something
more about this matter, which If they had iat
/ a little patience, they would have heard at frs
/ IN a rev lnHlulcs.
ImMoRTALITY OF THE Soul From an arti
Gle in the last number of Blackwood's Maya
zine, we. extract the following beautiful pas
sage. 1t is written with an energy and GLOW
of thought seldomto be surpassed
~ Courier
death ctn never be Indifferent till man
assured, which none was ever yet, that, witt
his breath, his being passes into nothing
Whether hi hopes and fears steer by the char
and compass Of a formal creed, or drift alons
the shoreles sea Of faithless conjecture, pos
sible eternity of bliss or bale can never be in
different. Tie idea of extinction is not terri
Bile, simply because man cannot form such al
idea at all. let him try long as he will
let hun negative every conceived and conceiv
able form of existence she is as far as eve
from having exhausted the infinitude of posi-
bility. Imagination will continually produc,
the line of consciousness through limitless dark
ness Many are the devices of fancy to relieve
the soul from the dead weight of unideal moth
ing. Some crave a senseless duration in dr.
bones or sepulchral ashes, or gllastly mum
mics; or, rather than not to be, would dwell
III the cold obstruction of the grave, or TIN
damp, hollow solitude of the charnel house,
Some choose life in others breath, an ever
lasting fame, and listen delighted to the imag
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permanence in their works, their country, thei
posterity; and yet, neither the protracted dis
solution Of the carcase, nor the ceaseless tradi
ton of renoWr, nor line of progeny stretched
to the crack If doom, can add an instant to the
brief existence oil a conscious being. Our ia
theirs held more palpable phantom-a dream
of grosser su5stance--that the soul, the self
the personal identity, only shifted its tene
ment, and sublisted by perpetual change
REeoLLEcrpYs / very well remember tht
morning | lefttho paternal abode | had liveC
till then retired country life and was abou
to exchange ittor q residence in the busting
city. had lived almost aloof from tempta
ton, and unde the eye of watchful and piou
{ parents, who lad nstllled the pure principles
of virtue in ny early education, and | was
leaving them a; a tender age TO mix with thou
sands of the g;y and thoughtless, the profant
! and intemperte. knew this, and yet mi
young heart cared not,--trusting in its owl
strength, and exulting in the thought that
should show my parents that their labors hat
not been lost But they knew more of thu
world and its llurements, and saw nay danger
: Few were the words of counsel they gave me
but those few have been Of more use to m,
than volumes of studied lectures on morality
Among these denominations was one from m,
mother Beware of InteInperanco- which
astonshed me- Surely, thought l, that eau
tion is unnecessary. hly tender parent proba
bly, saw surprise in my countenance, for sht
added, q You may think there is no fear o
this sin; but it is insdous and wary, io
gaining by little and little, what it cannot &C
complish at one bold stroke As you value thu
happiness OF yourself and parents, beware o
incompetence.
, Oh! how often since have thanked tina
mother for the caution. Often when the tempt
/ ing draught was offered, has that tender voice
sounded in my ears, bcicaTe.' Often when
friend requstcd me to call with him at a tavern
or soda shop for social glass, has it Whispered
beacaqe. And then the recollection of tht
almost offended manner in which received
the caution, has come knocking at my heart
with the thought that had it not been given
the ruin of that fatal sin might have beer
mine. Often, too, when have seen the young
f quafing their libations in merry mood, an'
{ thinking that a little Indulgence can do NJ
harm, has the thought struck me, would t.
God you had mother at your ears, to soun'
the words'whch mine did, Be3oGre Of In