The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-07-16

~ =" 0ehegai, Egypt, and Abyssna. The
trunk is from 20 to 80 feet in diameter, and d.
WOES INTO branches of great size, which spread
out dropping at the extremities and form mass
OF Verdure 150 feet in diameter, and the NEGROES
sometimes hollow out chambers in the trunk,
ana deposit their dead within them, where thew
served F-O
EXCESSIVE HEAT. The Frederick (Md.1 Cit.
zen OF Friday states, that eleven instances of
suaden death from exposure to the heat. and
DRINKING cold water, have occurred in that
county since the commencement of the present
harvest
ACCIDENT Or the morning of the 4th july.
IN hr!ng salute from the battery of the Co.
iumoia Artillery Company, Mr.. jeremiah Met
iocA, @1ile employed IN ramming and sponging
one OF The pieces, had one of his arms so severe.
| y injured by the premature discharge of a gun.
that amputation became necessary. and his arm,
has been taken off near the shoulder. His face
was also severely burnt, and his body otherwise
injured. He still survives, though not yet out
| OF danger-.NattOnat Inteuigencer
VALUABLE Discovery An ingenious trades
man at Falkirk has discovered a method bv
which ne can mould skins and leather to any
shape, aud make very elegant light summer
hats OF sheepskin, weighing two or three ounces,
varhlshed and rendered imperVious to wet He
likewise makes them of real skin with the hair
on Entire dresses, consisting of jacket and
trowsers, have been furnished to various ships
companies, at so low rate as 15s each They
are 0f leather, dressed after a method which
renders them imperrious to rain, and yet as Pill
ant as glove.
ACCIDENT. The Ipswich Journal states that
on Saturday last, boy named John Gould,
ABOUT nine years OF age, who was employed to
look after the cattle on Plum Island, was at
tackled by an unruly bull, tossed and trampled
to death. He was found dead near the water,
his body covered with bruises, and the print Of
the beasts hoof distinct upon his breast
A mutiny took place at the new State Prison,
Sing Sing, n. Y. on Thursday week. Two Of
the prisoners were shot before it was quelled.
On Saturday week, a gang of Penitentiary
conVlcts, whilst on the road, near New York,
made an attack on their keepers, and FIVE sue
ceeded IN making their escape. Two Of them
have been re-takon
Five convicts escaped from the Kentucky
penitentiary on the Sd ult. They adroitly got
possession of the store room, confined the clerk,
and supplied themselves with loaded muskets
and ammunition belonging to the guard
COOKING APPARATUS If this is not the age
OF invention, it is that of improvement and
economy. We saw at Harned's, No IL, Spruce
street, one OF Moody's patent portable ovens,
tor baking over the ordinary charcoal furnaces.
1t consists OF an iron CRATE and griddle, the
whole under tin cover, with small ventila-
tor. Three tin pans, containing custard-a
cake, and loaf Of bread, were on the griddle,
the whole cooking without trouble, and with
two cents worth of charcoal. 1t is famous
improvement The whole apparatus costs but
$5-N. Y. Enquirer.
All, WHO CAN TELL HOW HARD 1T is To
q A Treb 4,lk
Knutsford tread-wheel for the space Of month,
observed, at the expiration of his task I" What
a great deal of fatigue and hotheration it would
have saved US poor creatures if they had but in
vented it to go by stame like all other water
mills; for ID burn me, if have not been go
ing up stairs this. four weeks, but never could
reach the chamber door, at al
LARGE GEESE. We yesterday saw in wag-
ON pair of young geese, raised by James
SIsson, Esq. of Warren, of very large size, be-
ing now only three months old. The breed was
imported from East-Friesland last fell, in the
shlp'North America, Capt. Childs, who asserts
that these geese frequently grow to upwards of
twenty pounds dressed. They avery full of
soft fine feathers, which is an article of expor-
tation from that country, and very much sought
tor in Germany, Holland, and England. MIR.
Sisson, has few pairs on hand, which ne will
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send them to any part of the country he may be
directed.-ProUidence Patriot.
SIR WALTER Scorr. We learn from cor
respondent in Edinburgh, that in the twenty
one months preceding December last, Sir Wal
ter Scott had realized by his works little more
than one thousand pounds sterling per month,
and that he lately called his creditors together,
and to their great establishment paid them div
idend of E35, 900, of which the sum above al
luded formed part. We learn also with very
great satisfaction, that the debts Of this great
benefactOr of mankind are IN 4 fair way of Iiqui-
dation-and that he looks forward with perfect
confidence to that desirable end.-N z albion
Russia has acquired, 10y her late treaty with
Persia Mount Ararat, where Noah's ark rested
after the flood
LARGE Coal. Five dollars were refused last
week, far single piece Of coal, while passing
through Pottsville, from one of the mines of the
North American Company. 1t weighed upwards
of ton and half.
STEAu POWER The comparison which has
been mde, between the advantages Of water
power and steam power, in propelling the ma
chneryot factory, may give an interest to
the following calculations which we found in
Southern paper. A horse power is set at Sc, 600
pounds aised one foot high in minute, and is
sufficient to grind and bolt bushel of wheat in
an hou. 1t viii drive one hundred cotton
spindles with the cards and other machinery.
This power requires q busheI of coal for fifteen
hours and it is calculated that twenty bushels
Of coal re equal to a cord of good wood.
BosIoN AND HUDsoN RIVER RAIL-RoAp.
The Engineer for the Western Railway, and
one of the Directors, are now engaged in ex-
tending the survey which ascends the Westfield
River, and along that river to the boundary line
of New York.
The proprietor OF thu 4.e,. 4A.ou-sUreer ri'ea-
tire in.Philadelphia, has offered premium of
silver cupo the value of $50, for the best pc,
etical address, to be delivered at the opening of
the Theatre Competitors must send forward
their addresses previous to Sept. list.
We understand that on Tuesday last there
was a turn oat of the Irish laborers employed in
excavating the ground for the Dry Dock at the