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

Courier seems fond of cracking a joke
sometimes. His paper of the 29th ult. con-
-tains the following under its editorial head ::
sour friend, little Tom, has just return
ed from the back country, where he has
spent two or three summer months. Well,
Tom, what news do you bring? Did you
hear any thing of the tariff, up the coun-
try" 80 yes, sir, the people are almost
crazy about it. Well be darned, say they,
five don't see the tariff, when we, go to
town, if we can muster money enough.
Some would give bag of cotton to get a
sight of it; others are afraid of it, and keep
their guns loaded"
So says our friend of the Courier. Now
We know story or two about this same
buggyboo, the tariff, worth two of that.
An honest farmer in the west of the en-
pire of New York, called on his represen-
tative soon after his return from Washing
ton, and among other things inquired what
the tariff isis it, said he, sort of ma
chine, or dGrn'd critur? ?" Whether the
Representative satisfied his constituent that
the tariff was neither a sort of machine, or
a dGr71'd critur, this deponent knoweth not.
In this same blessed town of Milledge-
vile, some month or two ago, man inquir-
ed most anxiously Of his neighbor, what the
tariff was, about which so much noise was
made. After receiving full explanation,
he burst forth, evidently very much reliev-
ed from apprehensions of some sort or 9TH
er, in the following strain:
"Well, now, la me is that it? Good
gracious, that's not so dreadful after all.
Why, bless your soul of you, if | didn't
think it was some sort of disease like the
cold plague, that would carry folks off in a
whpstitch. Dog my cat, if somebody didn't
tell me, that some Kentucky folks had come
into Georgia, and brought the talif' with
them, and that, if we didn't look sharp, we
should all catch it. Well, well, well, Pm
glad it's no orse."-.MitLedgeUiNe Journal.
REMARKABLE FACT. A gentleman of
this village planted an apple tree in his
ground last spring, which has .blossomed
four successive times, and produced two
successive crops of fruit. The first bios
soming was at the usual time, when the APP
pie trees put forth in the spring, but pro-
.duced nothing. The second hlossominp
was about month after the first, and pro-
.duced fruit, which we, last week, saw upon
the tree. The third blossoming was about
o month after the second, and also produce
ed fruit, which is now on the tree. The
fourth blossoming was last week, and we
saw fresh blossoms on the tree on Thurs
day last, which promise fruit, unless the
buds be nipped by the frost. The apples
from the second blossoms are about the
size of small walnut, and are not ripe.
The third crop are smaller and somewhat
ehrivelled. The trunk of the tree is straight
and small, being about an inch and half
through, foot from the ground, and about
twelve feet high. 1t stands on the side of
b hill, with a southern exposure. The fruit
and blossoms come from single stock, no
soions or buds having been inserted in the
Tree. We have heard of trees putting forth I
Two sets Of blossoms, but never four sue
rossive blossomings, two of which produce
I'd fruit. Phenomena of this kind are frol-
los of nature, and to be accounted for, prob
IDLY, on the supposition of an irregular or
diseased action Of the juices of the tree.
Lyons t.M ~ .alv.