The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-04-16

ANOTHER VICTIM TO WHISKY We learn
tnat' a short time since, an inveterate old toner
~ burke county, familiarity known as Old John
;h0Ttin- having broken into his neighbours still
mousse, drank of the Ito him) delicious contents
81 a whlskey-barrel, till he was dead On en-
'ering the stlll-house, the owner found the body
Oh va John lying near the whiskey cask,-the
spirit OF life having forsaken Tor rather been
dTscen from its tenement of clay, to make way
Tor the MATERIAL spirit i-Western CayoLs,ias,.
I ISTEMPERANcE. A Mr.. Fountain of Oman
dago, n. Y, lately made basin of his insides.
ny swallowing quart Of whiskey. He expired
shortly afterwards.
The New York Hotel was sold at public auc-
ton on Tuesday week, for the sum ssl2l 900.
discovery has recently been made at Al
bany, 1t is said, to bleach linen and muslin bv
steam. Thick linen drilling has been bIeached
IN ten hours, without injury to the fabric, and
cotton IN much less time. IL has been patented.
Mr. Quick, of New Jersey, AIRED ainet,,-
tao0 gears, at the raising Of a barn. lately.
mounted the frame, which was Is feet hirh,
and held the foot of rafter, while his great-
gfaad-Son, on the opposite side of the frame,
performed the same service
/ we should suppose that beggars would be-
come scarce in Georgia. The Charleston
Courier says, that during late sitting Of the
supreme Court, man Of the name of Bridges,
was convicted OF 0agrGRcy and sentenced to
toar gears hard labor IN tie pcmiteatiary.
J The British ship Albion expended in the bat
tie of Navarino little short of & tons of noy,-
der, and 40 tons of shot, besides 5000 musket
cartridges. She fired 1898 cannon shot
NAMES. Northampton, was settled little
before the year 1865, by emigrants, arnono
whom were Clark, a Strong, a Parsons. a
Clapp and a Wright From these are descend
ed, on the present poll-list of that town, so
Clarks, 81 Strongs, % Parsonses, 81 Clapps,
and IL Wrigits
An original poem, entitled The V;ces, in the
manuscript of the celebrated JuRias has been dis
covered IN England, and was to be published
about the end of February.
Looms. The estimated number of looms pro-
Peiled by water and steam power in the United
hihgdom, including those in preparation for
working previous to the stagnation, and. as near
as any calculation can be made, is 5000. The
average produces, taking ii at % square yards a
cay, makes ,254,O00, or ,74l yards minute /:
weekly, 1924 600; monthly, 81 ,300, 600 yearly,
3|6,2OO,0UO Allowing six yards to each person
Tor yearly consumption, will supply 90 200, 600,
and will cover $4,000 acres of ground, and in
length would extend 2i3,750 miles, and reach
across the Atlantic ocean seven times
Manchester Mercury.
GOLD AND TUE BorrLE John Copps, the
owner OF the land ON which is one of the most
productive gold mines in North Carolina, lately
died near Charlotte. Before the discovery of
the mine he was poor man, and obtained a
scanty subsistence for himself and family from
his barren farm. His gold mine was his grave
No sooner were his pockets lined with cash, than
ne and his family plunged into extravaganza
and excess, and he took to the bottle, which cut
short his days.-Hampshige Gazette.
White Fish are taken in greater abundance
than ever at Detroit River this season In two
nights Mr.. Gille caught 1900 in one seine,
equal to 361 barrels
RANDALL VS.. VoDGEs. This was case tried
in Philadelphia recently. The defendant, a res
pectable man, had said that the plaintiff did not
know how to dig grave, for which an action of
SANDER was brought but the poor grave digger
lost his cause and was saddled with the COSTS
Not being able to pay the costs, he applied for
the benefit of the insolvent act.
The Treasurer of the State of Virginia. is re-
quired to give security in million of dollars,
and his salary is only eighteen hundred dollars
per annum