The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-16

u People may sometimes be shared"
when they pay low price for an article, par
tlcularly low priced newspapers and the arti-
Gle is not always dearest which costs most
OF this, the following original anecdote may
afford an illustration.
SHAVING AT HALF PRICE. A little French
man, named Lacouture, who has resided for
few years past in Southbridge, formerly kept
BARRIERS shop in Boston. One morning coun-
tryman, with thick, heavy beard, which had
not been operated upon for at least a week,
stepped into the shop and said he wanted to be
shaved. "Votre serveteur-me shave you in
one minute" said the Frenchman, at the same
time laying hold of his implements But
what do you charge for shaving "Sax cent,
sare" That is too much, | cannot give but
| three cents "Ah Monsieur, me no shave
you Tor tree cent Wy, une gentilhomme, he
give me sax cent ever day for shave himself
vld my razor. Sare, me shave YOU for sax
cent Finding, however, that the man was
determined, he at length consented to shave
him for three cents, on condition of having the
money first paid, alleging that he would not
trust one who wanted to be shaved for half
price. The conditions being thus settled. he
was soon iathered, and one side of his face shay
ed' when the Frenchman laid by his razor and
began TO use the towel What are you about ?
exclaimed the countryman. "Me wine vour
lace. sare" But what are you wiping it for.
you have shaved but one side - ON. Mon.
sieur' but you only pay me for shave one side.
I
IL was understood, however, that you should
shave both sides, and you must shave the 9th.
er All no, you pay me tree cent for shave
you' and me shave you tree cent worth" Find
ing himself caught, he now offered to paw the
e'ner three cents for shaving the other side.
NO, you no want to be shave but tree cent
"ofth' ana me no shave you any more. All,
ma ioi you make one grand spectacle. Me
shave all de grand gentilhomme, me shave de
! otficare, de colonel, de general. me shave do
grand mareschall and de duke, but me no shave
any body make such grand fggair as yourself"
hemonstrance proving useless, the countryman
was glad to go and look up another barber, to
the great amusement of the boys in the street.
and to pay six cents for shaving the other side
OF his face, at the same time declaring that he
never again would be shaved at half price
SMALL Pox. The Boston Advertiser con-
tains an interesting letter from Dr. Jackson on
the subject of the small poa and uarioLoid. He
says that experience has proved that neither
the kline pox nor the small pox afford sure
preservation against the recurrence of the lat
ter disease, yet, when cases do happen, it is al
ways in modified form, and is then called the
oGT5Oloid Wherever the disease has prevail
ed he says that experience has proved the
truth of the following general observations:
LIST. That small pox in modified form
may appear In those, who have once under
gone that disease, whether in the natural
way or by innoculatiOn. This modified dis
ease is now called the varioloid disease
1t has sometimes been fatal.
I'd. That the SANE varioloid disease
may appear in those who have undergone
the COW pox; although it would seem to
have been more rarely fatal in them than in
those who have before had the small pox.
81. That the varioloid disease is the
same as the small pox, except so far as it is
modified by the state of the constitution. in
the person who suffers it and that accord
lngly the matter generated in it will pro-
duce the perfect small pox in those who
have never had either that disease or the
COW pex.
thus 1t appears that the shield on which
so much reliance has been placed, to defend
US from the small pox, has been pierced by
the shafts OF that malignant disease. But
we nave this consolation left, that though
we may be wounded by those shafts, they
are deprived of their venom by the guard
we may throw about us. In other words.
II we cannot always avoid the small pox.
we may protect ourselves by vaccination
from much of the suffering and almost en-
tlrely from the danger of that disease.
Let me add that where the varioloid dis
ease has prevailed, it has often happened
that all the cases have been called by that
name, including cases of real small pox. in
persons who have never been protected
either by that disease or by cow pox. And
thus we have heard of many deaths from
this disease, called the varioloid. But. as
understand the matter, almost all those
ueaIns nave occurred from the genuine
| Snail po&. Hence the varioloid disease has
nad worse reputation than it deserves.
! II these observations do not remove all
your apprehensions, they may diminish
them; or at least may render them definite.
vague, and general fears are always the
most alarming.
ANOTHER WARNING. We are informed bv
correspondent in scarborough, that on the
9TH ult. Doct. B., of that town, received al
letter, of which the following is copy:
"Sir-I consign my remains to be dissacted
at discretion, at the Medical Cnllnne |