The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-11-26

SINCE An incision, inch in length, was
made in the fieshy neck Of the child, and the
wlndpipe opened; tube was inserted below
the obstruction. through which the child breath.
ed the core OF the apple was then extracted Dy
means of sponge attached BY string to the
end OF catheter, which entered the windpipe
above the tube, and came out at the mouth
Without this operation the child could not have
survived but few hours il now gives every
hopo OF speedy recovery Greenfield Gaz.
SINGULAR ELECTRIC EXPLOSIONS A letter
from Caen, France, } dated September 10, says
On Monday evening, about half past nine
o'clock, after an extremely hot day. a tremen-
dous explosion was heard. accompanied with a
most brilliant light. The town appeared to be
on fire. The heavens were extremely dark, and
it continued very warm. A tempest was gem
orally expected. The explosion was so sudden
and lond, that it surprised great many persons,
and alarmed a still greater number. A slight
rain followed this first peal, which was succeed,
ed by others rot near SO loud, and apparently at
distance. Some persons. pretend to have seen,
in different quarters of the town, sparks of fire
others say they we're suddenly surrounded with
great light In one street, five persons were
knocked down, as well as a waiter at a Coffee
House, and poStman. woman walking with
her husband. had her apron set fire to, and was
thrown into violent commissions"
An HONEST ADVERTISER Mr. Babcock of
Yates. IN. W having discontinued the distliny
business, from sense Of the pernicious effect
which Il produces nn sncietv, advertises his ap-
pnra,ns for sale have no doubt. he says that
with skitul management, the whole establish
ment wond produce daily-a sufficient quantity
Of 'ohtskey to kin. fifty men.
CRANBERRIEs A farmer in Mendnn gather
ed last fall, off of acres of meadow, 1900 bush
els of cranberres, for which he received 50 cents
per hnShel. He had purchased the land but
short time before for $i2 an acre.
AMERICAS TIN. Professor Hitchcock, Of Am
herst, has obtained. from a hitherto unknown
kind nf ore found at Goshen in this stale gobues
of well characterised metallic Tin. 1t cores
ponds exactly with he genuine English tin, and
no difference was found in the results of differ
ent experiments 1t is said tin has not before
been found in the United States. though dill.
gently sought after; and in this instance, the
professor has but single specimen, which very
exactly resembles the tin ore of Bohemia.
George M. Trnup has been chosen by the Lee
gisature of Georgia to he Senator of the
United States for six years from the 4th dav of
March next. to succeed Mr. Cohb Mr. Cobb
having resigned his seat in the Senate, Oliver
II. Prince has been chosen to fill the vacancy
thus occasioned.
Robert Bush, the person who was to have been
executed in Springfield on the 18th inst, for the
murder Of his wife, committed sucde day or
two previous, by the use of opium and tobacco.
AN AMBITIOUS YouNGsrER The Paisley
(Scotland) Advertiser states that little time
ago. an infant of two years old. which could
barely crawl, having wandered from its mother
was found, after long and anxious search
perched upon the uppernost rounds of ladder
reaching to the caves of house three stories
high. 1t is added that the mother assembled the
ladder, and got down her darling in safety.
HALF CENTURY. Tuesday last the llth inst
completed h6Ta century. since Rev. DR.. Rip
ley was ordained minister over the Congrega.
tlonai Society in this town.-COnc0 Gazette !
BowDoIN COLLEGE. According to the Gaia
logue for 1928. it appears there are now 1851
students at this Institution. viz: Seniors 81. !
Juniors u. Sophomores %, Freshmen 32-be. |
ing an addition of 10 more than The number of
Freshmen the last year. Of this number 81
are from Maine. ~ from Massachusetts. 6 from
New Hampshire, I from Vermont, and | from
New Brunswick. WiScaSSet InteHigencer.
A GOOD EXAMPLE. Presbyterian clergy.
man in Virginia, who is laboring in very des
titute region without salary, has offered his
slaves-worth from three to four Thousand dol
lars, and constituting almost his whole proper
ty-to the managers Of the Colonization Socie-
ty, to be transported to Liberia
1t is stated, in the Dcdham Register, that in
every case of criminal conviction at the late
term of the Supreme Judicial Court for Norfolk
County, the convict was under the influence of
ardent spirits at the time of committing the of
fence. What comment is here upon the enor-
nifty of Incorporate drinking!
THE BRAIN. This organ is larger in man
than any other known animal. Its general
weight is. according to Soemerng, from lbs
81 OF to 3 lbs. / o. have weighed several at
4 lbs. The BRAIN of the late Lord Byron. with
out it's membranes, weighed lbs and contain
ed more medulary substance than ordinary.
De,ohurSt'S Essays.
A recent number of the Paris Constitutional
contains an advertisement from one of the nu-
merous marriage negocators in Paris, in which
il is announced that rich agriculturist wishes
to dispose of two daughters. one only IS, and the
other 20 years of age, with agreeable manners
and persons, and possessing each wedding por-
ton of 100000 francs.
A Coop ONE. AS Gen. Metcalfe, Gov
ernor elect of Kentucky, was on his cleo
pioneering campaign, he took occasion to adj
dress the inhabitants of Thomas P. Moore's
district. After he had addressed them, Mr..
Moore replied, and made many personal re-
marks, whirh caused the General to reply
to him. After his reply, Mr.. Moore again
took the stump and informed his constitu
ents that General Metcafe was mere stone
picker-that he was better calculated to,
pick stone than any thing else-and for his
part, he could not advise him to do any thing
better than to return home and commence
his old business. Gen. Metcalfe replied
that it was true he was brought up a me-
chanic, that he had picked stones for sub
sistence and that he had picked IN i'm
mense number of stone, but had never pick
ed so soft stone as he had picked that af-
ternoon.
MARRIED.,
In this town, Nov, "a, by Rev. Mr.. Hoadey,