The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-10-22
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

u The long pending prosecution of Seth
Hunt, for libel on Jonathan Russell, has been
decided by verdict of guilty against the de-
PENDANT. correspondence between Russell
and house in London was introduced, in which
there were some equivocal expressions which
might give rise to the imputations contained IN
the alleged libel, but they were explained to
the satisfaction of the Court
A singular case is mentioned in .he last vol
ume of the Medical Journal, of the complete
restoration of the hair of the head in person
who had become quite bald, by the use of
solution of sui phate of copper in French bra nd y
AS the application, when used only once day,
cannot be injurious, it is worth a trial in case of
badness.
A FAT BIRTH. The annual income of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, who lately died in
England, was no less than Sill 900 This is
equal to the compensation we allow to our
President and Vice President, the Secretaries
Of the great departments, the Postmaster Gen
eral, the Chief Justice, and the 6 associate
Judges of the Supreme Court, and the support
of our Minister at London into the bargain
EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH. We yerterday
saw, at the store of Mr.. John NJ Ives, a crook
ed neck Squash, which weighed between forty
and forty one pounds. 1t was raised in the
garden of Mr. E. Jocelyn of this town
Salem Observer
Attempts are making in Germany to apply
the photographic process to the purpose of I'M
tating pictures in oil. M. Malapeau has gone
further than any of his competitors in these ef-
forts. To complete one of his limitations, the
| stone has to pass q times under the press and
it is said he thereby produces all the variety of
! coloring of which painting is susceptible
| EAsLY Snow. The New York Commercial
Advertiser says that on Monday, Oct 10, there
was a snow storm at the north, and that the
hills of Saratoga were covered with snow
A Threshing Machine invented by Mr. WIN.
j. Grieve of Indian Hill Farm, West Newbury,
was put in operation few days since 1t was
worked by a horses, and in II minutes threshed
and winnowed Is bushels of heavy oats, thresh-
ing the straw clean, and separating the grain
| from the chat in the most perfect manner Mr.
Grieve is an intelligent farmer lately from
Scotland
ACCIDENT. As Mr. John Alton of Thomp.
son, Conn was riding with his wife and daugh.
ter to meeting, on the 5th inst his horse took
fright, ran, upset the wagon, and hurt Mr. A. so
badly, that he soon died The females escaped
with trifiing injury.
The Legislature of Vermont was organized
on the 9th inst, Samuel &. Crafts, Governor ;
Henry Olin, Lieut.. Governor Benz. Swan,
Treasurer Hon. r. B. Bates, Speaker OF the
House, and T. Merrill, Clerk.
The bridge across the Genesee river at Gen.
esee village, gave way last week, and fell (40
teeO wish two men. four oxen and a loaded
wagon One of the men was killed
A brigade review of the 5th division of Mas
sachusetts militia, was ordered at Berkley on
the 9Th inst. Nearly every company. the resi-
dence OF whose members was more than fifteen
miles from the place of parade, refused to obey
the orders to muster.
SINGULAR. The church in Peru, Berkshire,
is so situated that the rain water which falls on
the ,oesterR side of the roof runs into the Hon.
satonic, and is conveyed to Long Island Sound
while the water which falls on the eastern side
OF the roof is conveyed to the Connecticut river
INFANT NEWSPAPER. A miniature newspa.
per, on page Of z inches bv 5, of very small
type, containing matter selected to the taste
and capacities OF children OF an early are, has
been commenced at Boston, to be published
weekly, at the miniature price of 80 cts. per ann
nicely OF THE Law. At the Lancaster as
sizes, in England, in August last, on the trial of
three prisoners, who had obtained ElOO on
forged check, alleged in the indictment to be
made in the name of TOtcnend, because the
name appeared to the jury to be written Teun.
end, the Judge decided the variance to be fatal
and the fellows were acquitted.
DIsHLEY Twins. On the Goth of july. 1898
Mr.. Lemuel Hayward OF Pomfret (Conn.} killed
a pair of three quarter Dishey twin lambs
which were yeaned February 10Th, 1928 the
carcase of one weighed forty-six pounds, and
that of the other forty-nine pounds. They be-
longed to flock which had received no extra
keeping. He killed several pairs oftwins which
weighed nearly as much as the above.