The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-31
From the .Nsw England Farmer.

FIRE PLACES. An open heart and lib
eral hand are much better than an open
house and large fire place. New Eng
land fire places, and other contrivances for
warming apartments, are not, generally
speaking, Indications of superior skill in the
useful arts, nor evidence of paramount ac-
QUESTIONS in the details of practical philoso.
! ply. One would think that the warmth
! generated by the combustion of wood, or
other fuel was considered as nuisance,
and that the principal object of our culinary
| fires were to heat the atmosphere, and
bring on such thaw as would soonest
break up the sleighing. In pursuance of
this plan, we THAT is some of us) stick our
stoves in the throat of our chimneys, and
I turn the heat out of doors with all practical
I BILE expedition. In lieu OF all this, we ad-
wise you to have good deal of stove plate
and pipe in your rooms which you wish to
warm, and let the pipe go round and round
till it has distributed all the heat it is capa-
Bile of receiving, in the apartment, instead of
conducting it to the open air by the short
est possible route.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR. The Richmond En-
quirer details the particulars of a tragic
event in the Jail of Chester, where two pris
oners, Joseph Whteford and Robert Men
dun, were in confinement, under sentence
of death for murder. Mendum had been
convicted together with slave, of the muir
der of Ebert Morby, Powhatan county. On
the 18th inst, Whiteford and Mendum de-
termined to destroy themselves. Whiteford
observed that he would not submit to be
publicly executed, and drew a razor several,
times across his throat. But though severe
ly wounded, he did not effect his purpose,
and still survives. Mendnm, however, suc<
ceeded. He placed the handle of knife
which had been secretly conveyed by anoth-
er prisoner, against the wall, and forcing
himself on the point, inflicted wound four
inches deep in the lower part of his heart.
But believing this not to be sufficient, he
took the razor he had TO shave with, and
presenting his face to the glass, to see with
more certainty where to give the fatal
stroke, he drew it deliberately and careful
ly in the same place several times, and with
the left hand, drew the flesh down to give
! greater effect to each stroke, and in few
seconds fell and expired without a groan.
Boston Patriot.
Free BRIDGE. The Warren Bridge tol
Charlestown was thrown open for the pas
sage of carriages and other vehicles on
wheels, last Thursday morning. Safntesl
7 were fired, and procession was formed onN
the occasion. A heavy wagon, over which
flag was hoisted, loaded with granite,
and drawn by nine white horses, led The
way, followed by more than two hundred
trucks with two horses each, and largo
number ofcarts, laden with cotton and othe
merchandise. "a terrible snarl of peopl
afoot," as gentleman, apparently from tt
| lnfqrinr. OhGnrvan IN n friend M HE plhny
brought up the rear.-Boston Advertiser.
! We understand the merchants in this ci'
intend in future to decline giving dischart
TO their debtors, either in Boston, or in ii
country, for less than 100 cents on dollar,
the case Of loss by fire, unless their property
insured to near the amount of its value.
Boston CexiRet,