The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-06-24

| ana ultimately lett him the bulk OF his prop
erty. Thus, out of an intended FOOLS day
hoax, by the inscrutable caprice of fortune,
frolic led its dupe to wealth. This anec-
dote may be depended on as true, nothing
in the story but the names adopted to con-
ceal the real actors in the drama being fic-
| titious.-London paper.
TREES IN FULL FOLIAGE have long been
noted as great attractors of humidity, and a
| young wych elm in full leaf affords good
example OF this supposed power; hut in the
winter OF the year, when trees are perfectly
/ denuded this faculty of creating moisture
| about them Is equally obvious, though not
SO profusely. A strongly marked instance
OF this was witnessed by me, when ascend
ing hill in the month of March. The
weather had previously been very fine and
dry, ana the road in a dusty state but a
fog coming on, an ash-tree hanging over
the road was dripping with water so copi-
ously that the road beneath was in puddle
when the other parts continued dry, and
manifested no appearance of humidity.
That leaves imbibe moisture by one set of
vessels and discharge it by another, is well
known; but these imbibings are never dis
charged in falling drops: the real mystery
was, the fog in its progress was impeded
ny the boughs of the tree, and gradually
collected on the exposed side Of Them until
1t became drops of water whereas the sur
rounding country had only a mist flying
over it.. Thus, in fact, the tree was no at
tractor, but a condenser; the gate of field
will in the same manner run. down with
water on one side, and be dry on the other
as will a stick, or a post, from the same
cause. 1t is upon this principle that cur
rents of air will he found under trees in the
summer, when little is perceived in open
places; and the under leaves and sprays
will be curled and scorched at times, when
the parts above are uninjured. The air in
its passage being stopped and condensed
against the foliage of the tree, it according
ly descends along its surface OF front, and
escapes at the bottom, where there are no
branches or leaves to interrupt its progress.
In winter there is little TO impede the breeze
in its course, and it passes through ; conse-
quently, at this season the air under tree
is scarcely more sensibly felt than in the
adjoining field. 1t may be observed, that
in the spring of the year heritage under
trees is generally more vivid and luxurant
than that which is beyond the spread of the
branches; this may be occasicned, in some
instances, by cattle having harbored there,
and the ground becoming in consequence
more MANFRED but it will be found like
wise manifesly more verdant and flourishing
where no such accessory could have en-
riched it, and u.s. apprehended, in general
chiefly owing to the effects of the driving
fogs and mists, which cause frequent drip
beneath the tree, not experienced in other
nj fl1uc in
petual irrigation and refreshment of the
soil.-Journal ola Naturalist.
JUDGE WALwoRTH ON INTEMPERANcE.
In accepting the Presidency of the New
York State Temperance Society, recently
formed in Albany, Chancellor Walwortb
took occasion to relate his own experience
upon this subject.
He said he had not drank giH of ar
dent spirits Of any kind for 25 years; and
during that time, he had resided in the cold
climate of the north had travelled in the
warmer regions of the south and west and
inhaled the noXious vapors which arise
from the sluggish streams of the Illinois,
the Oakaw, and the Wabash that he had
frequently heen- subjected to great bodily
fatigue, and exposed to the inclemency of
the weather, but in none of these situations
had he found it necessary to resort to the
use of ardent spirits, even as medicine.
He added, that he mad travelled in that part
of the United States where the use of ar
dent spirits is carried to the greatest ex-
cess, in a sickly season, when disease and
death were found in nearly every house,
and he was told it would be impossible to
preserve his health unless spirits were Inlx-
ed with the water he drank but the con-
trary was the fact. He said he could also
testify as to the demoralizing effects of ar
dent spirits; that during the years he had
presided in the higher criminal. courts of
the State, it had been his painful duty to
consign many of the unfortunate victims of
intemperance to the State prison, and some
to the gallows that from the facts disclos
ed in the course of judicial investigation,
he had been able, in at least three-fourths
of all the cases of convictions before him,
TO charge the commission of the crime to
the use of ardent spirits. And he conclud-
ed 10y saying that he considered it the duty
Of every friend of humanity, TO exert what
ever influence he possessed to stay this
physical and moral pestilence which is
spreading through the land, and filing the
country with disease and crime"
at is not enough that our youth have
congregated together to encourage tenn
rerance. Our very children must do so, or
their mothers for them; for who, after all,
are the chief tempters of posterity3 Our
women-our mothers--our wives. They
mingle the taste of strong liquor with the
chid's pap ;-their soups and sauces are
| favored with it-their buildings and pies.
The appetite of the babe gives way, and
he is stimulated anew. If he will not take
wine openly, as wine, sitting up to the ia
bile and throwing off a bumper like man
he must be cheated into swallowing tit
must be sugared and speed, and favored
with oranre npel-env thinr IN make n