The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-08-13

The result is, that 134 out of ia in the low
er classes, who lived in the Hall, have with !
drawn from the College.
From the Montreal Gazette, july 80.
A RAwDoN BEAR On Thursday, the 18th
inst, Mrs Heney of Rawdon, heard two cows
believing in a park adjoining her house; she
instantly went out and perceived that the cows
were pursued by ferocious bear. The bear
soon singled out one of the cows the object
of slaughter the other finding herself freed
from immediate pursuit, fell into the rear, and
in turn gave chase to the pursuer of her COM
panion, and when very near the enemy made a
plunge at him with her head. This attempt
proved fatal to herself; the bear taking advan-
tage of her fall, turned and sprung upon her
back, where having fixed HIMSELF he began to
ragale himself with the choicest flesh he could
find. Mrs. Heney, seeing this, and with a
courage that is seldom met with, ran up to the
bear and pummelled him from his seat he leap
e9 from his seat and pursued the lady, who con-
trived to evade him; upon this he calmly wip-
ed his mouth upon log of wood, and returned
to the still PROSTATE COW, upon whose carcase
he had scarcely recommended his attacks, when
he was again assaulted by Mrs. H. She beat
him off a second tme-and a second time she
was pursued. She cried for assistance, and six
men came to her aid with guns but before
they could resolve among themselves who
should havesthe honor of shooting the bear he
relieved them from the immediate necessity of
depriving him of life, by scampering off The
cow was dead before he left her. He went,
however, in search of meal which he might
enjoy unmolested; for as Mr.. Heney was re-
turning home in the evening, his attention was
attracted to n field where heifer was lowing
most piteously; on entering the field he per-
ceived the heifer laying on the ground, while
the bear was feasting on her with apparent sat
isfacton. Mr.. Heney went in quest of gun,
which having procured he shot the bear through
the groin, but the wound was not deady-for
the bear ran off to the woods, leaving the heifer
lifeless Thinking that the "enemy" might
return, the body of the heifer was left in the
field he made his appearance on Saturday, the
10Th, and was so intent on the inviting flesh,
that the men who watched him, came upon him
before he was aware, and ran bayonet into his
throat; he twisted the bayonet as if it had been
rush, but not before it had given him his death
thrust.
To FARMERS. An intelligent gentleman at
Geneva, Switzerland, proposes to substitute the
labor Of cows for that of oxen and horses; and
he maintains that it would increase both the
quantity of milk and the calves, and that one
cow will do as much work as one OK of an equal
size. He, however, allows that the diminution
of milk and labor NAV be one fourth but still
eight working cows would perform the labor of
six oxen, and at the same time give as much
milk as six cows that did not work-which
would, in year, amount to a considerable saw
ing to the poor farmer
AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. 1t appears by a
statement in the New York Observer, that this
Institution has now in operation 90 hand presses
and steam power presses, all of which are
equal to % of the usual kind other steam
presses are to be added in the course of the en-
suing month, which will make the whole mum.
Der equal 10 40 such as are commonly used In
the printing department. so mon and Is women
are actively employed and in the bindery, 40
men and 65 women making total of ITO.
The expense for paper per fortnight is about
$500; printing, 5000; bindery, $22OO-total
$49UO The necessary expenses of managing
SO extensive concern, increase the amount to
a sum not less than $4,000 per month As
soon as the new building is completed, the walls
of which are already up, stories high by 40
feet square, the expenses will be increased by
the addition OF new presses, &c. to $l2 500 per
month.
Professor Dugald Stewart, died at Edinburgh,
on the 18th of June, at a friends house in Ain
site Place, where he had been on visit In
speaking of his disease, the Edinburgh Evening
Post says" Professor Stewart may be regard
ed as among the last in that splendid constella-
tion OF names which adorned the last century,
and which have shed an imperishable glory on
tho literature of Scotland. The successor of
Macleurin and Ferguson-the companion of
Smith and of Burns-the colleauge of Robert
son and Gregory, and Playfair-he has, like
them, distinguished himself in his peculiar de-
partment of letters. Mr.. Stewart may be re.
garded as having completed and adorned, by his
chaste and elegant style, the structure Of mod
ern Ethics, which Reid before him had shaped
out, or rather created, from the rubbish Of pre-
ccding systems"
New York. An anti-masonic convention
assembled at Utica on the 9TH inst. and nomln
ated Francis Granger for Governor. and John
Crary for Lieut.. Governor Mr.. Granger had
previously agreed to have his name placed unon
the ticket with Smith Thompson,-as Lieut..
Governor. All parties arc for the Adminstra.
ton, but the plea of being anti-mGsonic is mere
ly trick, MIR. Thompson not being mason.
The planet Mars, says the N. Y Commercial,
now making such splendid appearance in our
neighborhood, is at this time $50 millions of
miles nearer our Earth than at some other peri-
DDS; that is, no is nearer by the whole diameter
ofth Earth's orbit.