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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-03-19
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ESTER, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1928.

turned to said town for support, shall be equal.
y divided between the towns of Rehoboth and
Seekonk.
SEC 8. Be ii further enacted, That the said
town OF Pawtucket shall be held to nav one
third OF the expenses to which the said town Of
Seekonk may hereafter become liable in conse-
qenee OF said provision, and when the said town
OF rawtucket shall be organized, the paupers
supported by said town of Seekonk in pursu-
ance OF said provision, whether the same be
supported IN whole or in part only, shall be d.
Viaed as nearly as may be, and one third there
OF delivered over to the overseers of the poor of
Tue sald town OF Pawtucket, to be by them in
iuture supported, and all persons who NAV here
after become chargeable as paupers to the said
towns OF Seekonk and Pawtucket, shall be con-
sidered as belonging to that town on the limits
q which they had their settlement at the time
q the passing of this act, and shall in future be
chargeabe to that town only
SEC. a. Belt further enacted, That the poor
now supported by the town of Seekonk, and all
such who may hereafter be returned Cor sup
po:tNln virtue of having acquired settlement
IN sad town, shall be supported by the town
wlthlnthe territorial limits of which thew have
acquired their settlement.
SEc.'o Be 1t further enacted, That until a
new valuation is taken by the Commonwealth,
'ho oIdIS d9d County taxes and any reimburse
ments required by the Commonwealth for the
payment OF fac Representation of the present
and past yeas, of the said town of Seekonk,
which may be jailed for from the said towns of
Seekonk and Pawtucket, shall be paid Jointly
by SAID towns, apd in the proportion Of two
thirds for said town of Seekonk and one third
for said town of Ihwtucket.
SEC. s. Be 1t .farther enacted, That the said
town OF PawtuckeN shall have no claim to the
Town House, and aso certain parcel of Real
Estate, known by Ne name of Kettle Point,
and is owned by tbetown of Seekonk and Re-
hoboth and the said town of Pawtucket shall
not be liable to pay any expenses that have, or
may accrue, on account of said estate and the
said town of Seekonk SHALL also retain to their
own use the school fund 70 called.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further eigcted, That anv JUS
tice of the Peace in the County of Bristol, be
and hereby is authorized Il issue his warrant
directed to some suitable inlabitant of Pawtuck-
ct, requiring him to notify aid warn the inhab-
ltants OF the said town of Pavtucket, to assem-
bic and meet at such convenient time and place
as shall be appointed in said warrant, for the
choice of such officers as towns are by law re-
CURED to choose and appoint at their annual
town meetings.
4PprOeed By the GOcernOr, March l, 1928
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FHNHE writer of an anonymous letter is re-
M quested to come forward and proUC him
self g friend to the injured" No circumstan-
ces can exist which can render it improper
and indiscreet" to bring the midnight assassin
to Justice and what is the vile caLumniator
better The particular request respecting
the letter, is attended to but surely, if the
not hesitate to enable the injured to seek re-
dress. March -
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PALM LEAF.
SITUATION WANTED.

A PERSON well acquainted with manufac-
IA turing Broadcloths and Cassimeres, also
of overseeing Power Looms, wishes situation
in some respectable Woolen Factory. Suita-
BILE reference as to character and ability will be
given. Letters, post paid, and addressed to
d. P. and directed to this Office, will meet with
Immediate attention. March S.
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iP TO Subscribers.

GANE year will terminate on the 10Th inst.
W since the subscriber commenced CARRYING
the Worcester papers through Leicester, Spen-
Ger, North Brookf field, NeaO BrGintreo and Oak
ham, to which time his accounts will all be
made up, and he shall expect to have them set
tied without delay. FOSTER NOVEL;.
~ The accounts will be left at the places
where the papers are received.
Worcester, March 5.
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no. III.
AN ACT to alter the time of holding one
of the terms of the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Barnstable.
SEC. i, Be- enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives in General Court assembled,
and By the authority Of the same, That instead
Of the third Tuesday in April, the Court of
Common Pleas shall hereafter be holden at
Barnstable, on the Tuesday next succeeding
the third Monday of April annually, any law to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That all ac-
tons, suits, writs, processes, precepts, appeals
recognzances, and all matters whatsoever al
ready commenced, sued out, or pending in said
Court, OR that hereafter may be commenced
sued out, or made returnable to the Court afore-
said on the third Tuesday of April, and all ac-
tons, SUITS processes, recognizances, and pros
ecutions of every kind now pending, or that
may be pending before the Court aforesaid,
which, before the passing of this act, was to
have been holden on the said third Tuesday of
April shall be returnable to, entered, made, pro-
ceeded upon, prosecuted and determined agree
ably to the intent of such actions, writs, suits
processes, appeals recognzances and prosecu-
tions, before the said Court, to be holden by vr-
tue Of this Act at said Barnstable, on the said
Tuesday the next following the third Monday
of April.
.4pprOred By the Governor, March 4, 1923.
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400 casks Cut Nails,
40 do. English Wrought Nails,
100 doz. iStetSon's Hoes,
SO do. English do, riveted eyes,
SO do. Patent do, fast eyed, new ar.
SO do. Faraoeu's Scythes, [ticle,
20 do. prime English do.
10 New England, Boston, South Boston, and
Bristol Crown Baltimore, Keene, Chelmsford
Eagle, and variety of low priced WLNDOW
GL4SS, of all sizes, at the lowest prices
Boston, March IL 2u
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REsuKE. buck with cigarin his mouth
entered MIR; Cross's menf .gera recently in Phil
adelphia, when Mr.. Cros J requested the visitor
to take the aweep' { rom his mouth lest ho
should learrthe monk les "bad habits.
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RESOLVE in favor of Soldiers and Of
GERS Be

ReSoI1ed, That there be, and hereby is grant
ed to each Non-Commissioned Officer and Sol
dier, who enlisted into the American Army to
serve during the Revolutionary war with Great
Britain, and who was returned as part of this
States quota of said army, and who did actual
ly serve in said army the full term of three
years, and who was honorably discharged, and
to their heirs and assigns, two hundred acres
of Land, to be held in fee simple from the date
hereof Those who have heretofore drawn lots
to retain the lots they have severally drawn,
and those who have not yet drawn lots, are
hereby permitted to draw the same from the
undrawn lots remaining in said Mars Hill
Township, any time within five years from the
date hereof, any provisions or conditions in the
former resolves on this subject to the contrary
notwithstanding.
.gpprOred By the Governor, March A, 1928
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.H.ARD WARE.
LORING & KUPFER,

SO. 10, Merchants -RO1o, BosroE,
TIT INTENDING to make different arrange
a ment in their business, offer for sale, at re-
duced prices, for cash or short approved credit,
their whole stock of
Birmingham & Sheffield Hard Fare Goods,
a large proportion of which were received by
the late arrivals from Liverpool
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more, who bad no previous knowledge ot the
silk culture. produced last summer. (lss91 sew
| erai large hanks of ra9 silk, with which q ags
riculIuFias decorated their cars IN the great CIV
ic iacesson IN this city. on the occasion OF the
commencement OF the Baliim0r, and Ohio Rail
Road She also produced some small ske,ns
of finished Tx. of u most beautiful and rich
quality. These nre Onls few instances Of per
sons, before utterly ',norani oflhe subject. aid
/, oung IN years. producing silk Ola superior
quality with which am acquainted. | Will
nnw give an estimate ofthe 'aboni required 90
raise worms, from my nun 'Kparience, that an
idea of the prof,abeuess OF the silk culture mcy
be obiained.'
Iabom Of attending ion thousand siiklrerms,
from he hatch,ng ctthe tgg' 10 The completion %
the eOcouns.
During the first three wecxs q boy eleven
years old was occupied half an hour each day
aud the remaining Two weeks an hour and half
each day, IN gathering leaves. and during the
first THREE weeks female OF the family was &C.
cupie1 three quarters al an hour each ,bsy, aud
The remaining two weeks hour aud Il half
each day. In feeding aud clearing the litter ii ON
the worms All the time occupied by the boy
III ! I, hours whole time occupied by the ie
male, 80 81 hours The produce OF the ten
thousand worms was g pounds of cocoons,
worth Al least % cents pound. 10 reel these
rocoons, and prepare the silk for market, in u
state equal 10 that ofthe specimen said above
10 be worth i Ii pound would not have occu-
pied female skilled in reelmg over four dn,
and the product would then have been 2ponnds
and quarter Of silk--o, hirty-oue dollars and
u hay!
one female and boy can with ease attend to
100 600 worms IL thcs devote their whole tune
10 them, which would yield, in finished silk
three hundred md hlteen dolltus--an income, II
s believed which they could in no other way
produce from their own labor in a whole year.
much less in few months.
From these facts our 6,rmers and planters,
aud particularly their ladies, viii be hbie TO
Judge whether IL will be 10 their advantage to
iurn theil attention 10 the culture OF silk.
GipRoN Is SMITH.
baltimore, Maryland.
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II lNSEED OIL and spts. TURPEN1lNt
IL just received by
THOMAS. J. DuVAL.
Dec 49, 'ts24
Dec. 49,

NNfEW PUBLlCATlONS.-Th subscriber
IN has inst received, direct from Philadelphia,
New Publications, viz:
Lord Byron. and some of his comtemp orares
with RecolIections OF the Authors Life, and OF
his visit to Italy, by Leigh Hunt.
Tales from the English Souvenirs.
Whims and Oddiessin prose and verse, with
forty original Designs. by Thomas Hood one Of
the Authors of Odes and Addresses to great PEG
pfc, and the designer of the progress Of Cant,
Morgans Illustrations of Masonry, by one OF
the Fraternity who has devoted thirty years to
the subject, with an account OF the kidnapping
ofths Author Cheap Edition,
The American Quarterly Review, 9th number
for March 1923.
North American Review. 59th number, for
1928
Ednburg Review, No. 90, for Oct. 1927.
London Quarterly Review, NO. 70, for Jsnha
ry, 1928.
The American Journal of the Medical Scien-
ces, No /, 2, &3.
The Medico Chirurgical Review, No. Is, for
Jan. 1928.
The above New Publications have just been re-
ceived, with a.large assortment OF Stationary
Country Merchants, Clerks Teachers. and the
public generally are requested to give him call.
This stock is large and complete, and he is de-
termned to SELL and viii make his prices aocor-
ding 10 the times. He still cartieson the Book
Binding business in all lis various branches.
ABRAM e, NORTH.
nS..
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NOTICE.-By virtue Of deed of trust, en-
~ eeuted TO the subscriber by Edmund lr-
vine, bearing date on The 2lsi day of March.
1928, and duly recorded in the Clerks office OF
Bedford county, on the 9th day of Octobernext.
| shall. Tor the purposes expressed in said deed
Of trust, at Bedford Cour, House, proceed 10
sell by way Of public auction, for cash, u tract
Of land, supposed TO contain $50 acres, lying on
Otter River, in the the county OF Bedford The
whole of the above land is in wood. and n great
portion of il good tobacco land. The right TO
the above land is believed to be unquesiionable.
but acting as trustee, | shall convey on, such
title as is vested in me by the trust deed afore-
said. CALOHILL MFNNIS, Trustee.
Sept. 25 tdsI3
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BY FLETCHER s TOLER.

n AND FOR SALE.-I wish 10 sell tba,
n valuable Tract oiisnd lying on otter RI
yer, about four miles from Wards Bridge and
hree from Wards rnsd, in Campbell county.
IL contains 656 Acres, handsomely improved
and in good repair The lanl is of fine oual,i,
particularly adapted to tobacco. This Land is
we'll watered and timbered and great deal Of
fine tobacco land TO cut: there is a body of s.
or 10 acres Of low grounds. of good quality, AZ
tached TO il. IN the river-rhere is limestone of
fine quality, also, on this land which has been
tried: also. iron ore. in great abundance, which
has been tried, and proved 10 be of superior
quality The spring convenient to the dwelling
rs very large afiordmg u suihcency OF wa,er for
an oyerShot mill Also, a most delightful seat
for a miIl--Ihe water is OF superior quality
lhis Land is subject 10 deed in trust, &. the oh
Ject 10 selling is to satisfy said deed after which
being done, good and bona fide title can be
made. The purchaser may make pay ent him
self to the pc, sons who hold The trust deed.
Any persons wishing 10 purchase or yieS said
lands. Va please call on Capt. A. T.. Galloway,
who lives ON said lands, or ihe subscriber near
Wards Bridge. The terms will be made as ae-
comm odating as possible but a bargain eau be
had for cash. Possession can be had on the lst
OF January next aud The privilege OF seeding
this fall. JNO B. RUTIEDGE
Aug. 20. ts4
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I'OETIl
PEGGY GREEN.

ABAilAp.
MISS Peggy Green s.a,nstress wAs
Ia porsnn tall aud lean,
Though forty live and dryiug iast,
She still remained Greea
Was she accomplished could she play
Upon the pi-a-no--
Speak frohcl--itaiian do you ask
answer, +" she could seE ~
No wonder themthat loyers two
For her IN sorrow wasted,
Long sleepless nights---fbr greviousIy
Their hearts Miss Green had baSt,J
Jem Stitch the tailor. (he was one)
WIN love whose heart dad glow,
All for this maud of forty Eve,
VINO had treated him--sslo SER
Aud wilt thou bo my duck quoth 1em.
Says she !" wonld he no use,
for mo 10 be a tailor. duck,
Id rather be bs goose
Oh cruel Peg" cried Jsmmy Stick.
all my hopes, tho root,
MY hea,i Is cal, 10y loves sharpshtars,
Oh do not scorn my sait -
Bn, loves warm breath, IT could not thaw
Those forty five years frost
SAYS sue, your hopes are like your icps.
fhey're made Tor 10 be orOssed ~
And soon poor Stitch, he wascd thin.
His coats like shirts did SIT;
Qaoth he, " II should 90 oil now
lwo1ld not be Ia 1T
He slckened fist--his pulse was low
Distress his checks did rniage;
lie ate no iood, save nov und then
lie tried little tatbaec
VIII Wax, the Cohlcr, pin'd for her,
lilo TOO, grew tim aud small,
BY reason III tins Peggy Green,
Who Was his dHi ia aRi
Vie loved her quito ns ardonily,
But with us little Use
lie wore a Pig stuck IN his heart.
Aud Pegs stuck IA his SHOES
MY love- cried he Tor Peggy Green,
IL knows of no control
Her name is written on my heart.
Aud craven Oh my sole
lie sighod an yaiu--she fouted him
Her scorn no. deeply felt,
Like flowers killed by cruel frost,
lie soon began to ush
Now when ho saw their love so tue.
To choose she knaw not which.
Three DAYS she nothing did hu tG#uE.
The fourth DAY saw her Stifsh!
And now 1t was not long before
Wa heard the awful nrwb,
That Juniny Stitch his rival was.
standing IN his shoes
His heart was broken when he saw things
Hai como 10 such pass,
NY days arc numbered now :" sighed he.
Aud hear me III my idst
In vain TO him the doctors did,
Their pills and physic send
lc failed a pace--his eyes grew dim,
And nearer mare his md
A lack day he cried is sl,e
To me forever lost!
] cannoi--cannot give up Pog,
And then gave up the ghoi
Now Mr.. Stitch, and Mrs. Stitch,
Increased in joy and riches
Aud soon forgot poor Willy WAX,
Whilst tending httte stdChss,
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NAV be- made usrfitl 10 The general plan b,
bring represented ~ the property ofihe Iropne
| Tor.
| For this reason I highly approve OF blint
fences, nnd live hedges. But ioners, necessar,
MS enclosures, should he Concealed so rs moi it
appear a. boundaries TO iht establishment, M,
present Ia The eye a,l,sagteehhle interruption i'
The prospeet. Though jndieioos use oi herm'iases
arbuur-, cottages, aud rotundns, will add TO The
effect, IN picturesque gardens AMI ornamental
lafms. sIyou use thnsn ornaments, place The
hermitage IN some retired spot small iisniei
would be an appropriate and beautiful aeeom
painment. The rustic srbour aud coiiwge may
neenpy place less secluded. An elt %ni ro-
tnnda should be seen from distance. aud OH a
bit ar emiuence. Il should make n pan Of the
establishment 81 wealthy man, a. well MS pa
odas, tnrrets. aud Ghhiese towers. The ofna'
ments ATE so expensive. thai they ARE hey ond the
aeans nj most persons but hetmiages, atboms
and cottages may generally he afforded,
Us there Is litle expense ia thrn construction.
Rustic bridges are seTy pretty where thele Is
n ST. cam. nndthsy ran be made at use but
they have no pfciensions rs mere accompani'
ments to plantation. Obrlisks, columns, DC.
should be placed IN elevated places
As 10 tonbs and cemeteries. should wish 10
Danish them entirely from gardens. They al
ways awaken melancholy reflections IN old peo-
pie, for they remind them Of their approaching
eud aud regard for tbei, feelings should, l
think, exclude from Their places OF iesort every
object which could have such an effect.
Whilst on this subject. Twill mention an nnrc-
dote OF the celebrated Kent architect of the En-.
glish gardens. which vii show 10 chat extent
this mania may he carried. He built n tomb IN
park. and 10 make the place slill mste gloom, /,
planted around II dead aud mutilated trees !;
but, Notwithstanding the celebrity he had ac-
CURED he was loaded with ridicule. and forced
10 disDlace the trees
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the August loan Of 1914. 70, S60Oo,0o viii be
redeemed as follows
lrEAsuRY DrrARrmENr,
October is 1928.
NOTICE Is hereby given 10 the proprietor,
" OF that portion Of the onredeemed six per
cent, stock, created IN pursuance of M ACT oi
Congress, Of the 9th March, 1914, (dennmiha.
ted the loan Of August 22nd, 1914. for x6NO,.
oO0,) amounting 10 four millions and ffy dlou
sandseer hundred and eighty doiiars and screen
" screen cents, thai their certificates, upon The
surrender thereof, will, on the first day OF Jan.
~ next be paid TO them respectively, or ihei'
legal representatives, or attorneys duly consii u.
red At the Treasury, or H the Loan Office
where the stock, thus TO be Reimbursed, may
stand credited.
And II IL further made known, for the nior-
nation OF the parties concerned. that no trims.
fer OF the certificates of the said stock from the
books Of the Treasury, or of any Commissioner
of Loans, will be allowed after the first day OF
December next
And TIM, the interest thereon will cense md
determine, on the day preceding the day hereby
fixed for the reimbursement of the said stuck.
RICHARD RUSH,
Oct2. Secretary Of The Treasury.
This reduction of the public debt will com
pleic the liquidation OF the balance of thr sIk
per cent. stocks ot 1914 making mn aggregate
Of the lyi,tapat, redeemed snce ,be adjourn
meut OF Congress, of UPWARDS OF NINE
MILLIONS and with the interest OF the pres
ent year, total oi above i1etps millions % M
genr's revenue which has been applied 10 The
exiing ushment OF The national debt.
with the PRIOR payments nndct Mr. Adams'i
admin,straif n--lo wi, during the tnree Gls
years Of his presidential term, TWENTf-Ost
MILLIONS Of Prinoipai. nnd TWELVE MIL
LIONS of Interest were lrludnted--and up
wards of THIRTEEN MILLIONS Of dollar
, expended on internal improvements, such "A
roads, canals impr"virg hafbours, bfeak~niers
| &c.-in three yesss .nakes grand total OF near
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year, have been faithful, discussed, Ivy an
ndninisliaion, that, IN iheianfuhge OF the jack
son higots, F." n,ust be PM DOM, though 40 pure as
angels -
thus we have had the public obligations reeu.
la,ly dischafged--ihe ss per cent ~nr debt
paid of the funded debt, as II becomes due,
punciuay nct--the current national expenses
Observation-Disclosures constructed the navy
grptluolly ncreased--thc character ofthe Gnl
ted States, for good faith and sound credit,
main AIMED abroad as yellas 1T home--Geo,gia
and Alabama reliesrd from "a burihonsp Ia
dian population, by removing them beyond 10
Mississippi and an immense sum appropriated
TO eziir gush the indian, title 10 lands within
their limits. Aud all ihi, has been done ~ def
anre Of obstacles constantly confriyrh by the
combination, to embarrass the excculne. Now
la ma
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nURSUANT to an ordinance Of Lo0nc,l,
4 the street committee will, on Monday
Ihe Goth October, proceed 10 let, by private
contract. or 10 the lowest bidder, the putting
and keeping in repair, until the LIST day OF
May, 1929, all the streets and allies hereto
tore repaired, and kept in repair by the Com
mon Council. and such other streets and al
leys as shall be hereafter designated by the
Common Council. The streets aud alleys TO
he repaired will be shown ny the Subscribers
~ any person wishing to contract
JAS. NE"HALL,
ID. q, MuRREIl,
WM. OWENS,
CASWELL POE.
Oct. 6. 4tl6