The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-23

whole community will participate, that we re-
cord the decease of the Hon. SAMUEL HOWE,
one of the Associate Justices of the Court of
Common Pleas. This event took place in Bos-
ton on Saturday night last 1t is but three
weeks since the citizens of this County beheld
him engaged in the arduous duties of his Office,
which he was then able to perform with his
accustomed promptitude and discrimination, al
though laboring under disease which might
have disqualified a man of a less resolute and
persevering character. This was the last scene
OF his labcrs, and here, as well as in every por-
ton of the Commonwealth, will his virtues and
his usefulness long be remembered
RAIL-RoADs IN ENGLAND. letter from an
American gentleman in England, giving an ac-
count of the principal railroads in that country,
has been recently published. 1t appears that
the attempts to facilitate inter-communication,
by their means, have been in the highest de-
gree successful; and, in extent, utility and
profit, already exceed the expectations origin
ally formed. Limited at first to short stages,
the Stockton and Darlington road now extends
thirty miles in straight line. A corps of En-
gineers have been engaged under the authority
OF the French Government, in making a sur
vey of the road, with a view to the introduction
of the system into France. Numerous rail-
roads have recently been constructed in almost
every district in the middle and northern coun-
ties, but, especially, in the neighborhood of the
great manufacturing towns. "Of all the sys-
tens hitherto invented" says the writer d" this
affords the greatest security to persons and
property" and the rapidity with which trans
portatlon is effected, is without parallel. The
cost of repairs is represented as trihing and, as
evidence of the public confidence, it is stated
that the Manchester railroad stock, upon which
t27 per share has been paid, is selling for esq,
and the Stockton, on which 9I00 has been
paid, is selling for 913O. Besides, the writer
is confident, that, notwithstanding the degree
Of perfection to which the system has already
arrived, when submitted to the exercise of
American ingenuity, new and important ia
cilties will be invented, tending still more to
perfect it."
BILL OF MORTALITY. In Worcester, dur
ing the year 1927, the number of deaths was
AZ, or fraction over one in hundred of the
whole population. Of 80, whose ages are
known, were under the age of one year, 5
were between | and 5, between and 10, one
between 10 and 90, five between 90 and 80,
three between 80 and 90, one between 40 and
80, one between 80 and 60, one between 60 and
20, six between 20 and 50, six between so and
80, and one over 90 years ofage. Ofthe whole
number, eiecen, or more than one fourth part.
were above Is, and thirteen were above 20 wears
of age,
The deaths in this town for the last eleven
years have been as follows: in 1916, 23-in 1877,
42-in 1918, 43-in 1919, 44-in 1920, 39-in
in 1921, 35-in 1929, 37--ip 1923, 5l-in 1924.
38-in 1926, Sin 1926, Sin 1922, 43. Av-
erage d, or about one in seventy-eight of the
whole population. The above includes the
deaths at the Jail and the House of Correction
Some people display much ingenuity in their
attempts to obtain the use of newspapers. with
out yielding to the printers any adequate equiv
alent We could tell tales of our own experi-
ence, but forbear, lest we should hurt the feel
ings of our readers, who never subscribe for
the paper, but always borrop of their neirh
bors, We may however be permitted to tell
how it has Jared with other printers A New
Jersey Editor says, a man came into his Office
and wanted to subscribe for the paper, and as
he was a mechanic, wished to " pau in his
aoay." The editor, having family, supposed
nothing could come amiss and readily assented
20 the proposal, when, 10 on enquiry, the man
turned out to be a fiddler! Only think of that.
to take pay for newspapers in fiddling But
the Editor of the New York Courier came nigh
making worse bargain still he was about
closing a trade with man, to let him have the
paper and take pay in his way" when he as
certained that he was an undertaken! Anoth.
er person called on the Editor of the Troy
Budget, and after considerable preliminary
palayer, in which he extoed the paper very
much, said he had concluded to subscribe
The Editor, having some doubts on the subject,
told him that it was expected of strangers that
they should pay in advance. This was sad
damper to our hero, who, after cogtating a
while and scratching his head, sought to obvi-
ate the difficulty by proposing to take the paper
" on commission :"
VIRGINIA. The convention in this State,
which has excited so much interest, rose on the
18th after harmonious session of five days
They voted unanimously to support John Quin-
cy Adams as President, and Richard Rush as
Vice President of the United States, and NOM
mated an electoral ticket, which the Richmond
Wing says Ais the most powerful one ever
formed bv any State of this Union" At its