Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-07-29

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Connecticut River Bridge. which ua pai s,,. VI
ported by horses for the purpose Of rana;r;apc .
a pier, was swept away by the late freshats
This accident is to be regretted. not onlu ~
a severe loss to the proprietors, hnt o on .. as
count of the great Inconvenience tba n MI ~
will suffer by it. N'-''A
E3rRAoRprNARE Calf. Capt. William
f1urd, OF Rochester, N. H. is the oyner ~
a . Bull Calf of his own raising, of which the
Iollowlng Is description. LENGTH from,
PACK OF me horns to root of the tail, six
feet; glrth, five feet; weight, 7th July s;H
hundred and sixty eight lbs weight tbr 1.a
weeks previous, five hundred and seventy
nve lbs gain in three weeks, ninety thres
lbs; and is only seven months old.
Portsmouth Journal.
MAD HORSE. A very distressing spec
tacie was witnessed yesterday morning on
Cranby-st., near the Bridge-tbat Of horse
under the influence of hydrophobia. The
poor animal, we learn, was in violent parox-
ysm, flying first in one direction, then in
another, utterly insensible of danger. Our
informant states that the horse was bitten .
Snort time since, by rabid dog which was
afterwards killed.-Nortolk Beacon.
!, James G. Brooks, who figured in the news
papers as poet few years since. under
the signature of Florio. and is now one of
the editors of the N. Y. Morning Courier
has challenged Mr. Noah, of the Enonirer'
to fight duel. Mr.. Noah has done per-
tectly right in placing the affair in the hands
OF the police. The law of the State renders
any civil officer concerned in duel liable
to residence in the State Prison for term
not exceeding seven years.-Lo,ceu Jour.
A paper printed in the State Of Alabama
speaks of most deplorable and ALARMING
scarcity ofyoung ladies'. Every respectable
female, native or stranger, found there, is. as
soon as possible, hurried to the hvmenial al
tar. The young men are as 100 to one of
the young ladies'
Concord, july &c. On Thursday of last
week, the workmen of Capt. Sherman Bar
rett, of this town, after grinding their
scythes, preparatory to work, hung them on
ajtree; when a lad about 6 or years old.
took one down without leave, and in sweep
ing it around him, with the intention of cut
ting the grass, missed his aim and cut nearly
off in its course the heel cord of another
youth, the of Capt. B. who was standing be-
hind him; which it is feared will cause
lameness during the remainder of his life.
During the present week, Joseph Hcyea,,
of Hopkinton, was committed to Cambridge
jail, on the charge of stabbing his guardian.
Several deep wounds were inflicted, but
whether mortal, we have not ascel famed.
Goz.
The JUMP. On Saturday last. (says the
Elizqbethtown Journal Samuel Patch made
another leap from the highest point above
the falls at Patterson, into the chasm below,
distance of ninety feet. Our informant
states that Patch is mechanick connected
with one of the factories in Patterson-that
he is perfectly sane, and that his object in
the hazardous enterprise is gain. He re-
ceived $13 for his feat of the 4th inst. and
SIS for that of Saturday last.
A FIsHING CAT. There is now at the
Battery on the DEVILS Point, cat which is
an expert catcher of the fnny tribe, being
in the constant habit of diving into the sea
and bringing up the fish alive in her month
and depositing them in the Guard-room for
the use of the soldiers. She is now seven
years old, and has long been a useful cater
er. 1t is supposed that her pursuit of the
water rats first taught her to venture into
the water, to which it is well known puss has
natural aversion. She is as fond of the
water as Newfoundland dog, and she takes
her regular peregrinations along the rocks
at its edge, looking out for her prey, ready
to dive for them at moments notice.
Plymouth Journal.
STATE OF EDUCATION IN Lower CANA
DA. The petitions presented to parliament
from the Canadas complaining of the Ad-
ministration of the Earl of DALHoUsIE, con-
tanned the names of rs, 900 persons, of which
only nine thousand are signatures, the other
$4,000 having his ID mark attached to them.
The population of Lower Canada is 100000
French to $4,000 British. Only one in eight
of the former are taught to write.-Ib.
TPThe elegiack stanzas from fair correspondent
in B. beginning g now sit down to rite"
are received-but various considerations incline US
to the opinion that some of the graver period-
Gals would be more suitable vehicle for her lamen-
tations If the following quotation will avail any
thing giving vent to the inerpressbe grief Of our
fair and sorrowing friend, the room which they &C.
'cupy is entirely at her service =
Jean pen express my griefe
No not for my companion
1t seams as if thire was no releife
For such creature as am
EMARRIID,
In Western, Eleazer Pomroy Of Enfield to Mar
tina Rich, of Western.
In Peteysbam. John Town of Dana, to Betsey