The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-09-16

In Leicester, Aug. 81, Daniel, IT,, son of Mr..
Daniel Muzzy, aged years.
In Phillipston, Sept. 3, Mrs. Thankful Pow
ers, consort of the late Isaac Powers, ESQ.
of Greenwich, aged II. Printers in Neao York
are requested to insert this death.
In New Bedford, Mrs. Eliza Allen, wife of
Mr.. Ralph Allen, aged &c.
In Dartmouth, Mr.. Phillip Allen, aged 67.
In Rochester, Aug. 81, Mr.. John Davis aged
81. His death was occasoned by sIight
wound received by stepping upon nail, about
a week previous to his death.
In Dummerston, (Vt) Aug. 81, Mrs Lois,
wife of Mr.. Joshua Wilder, aged 20. She was
the mother of Is children, IL of whom are now
living and settled her grand children amount
to So; and 8 great-grand-children now living,
besides l8 who are not living.
In Townshend, (Vt.) July "a, Mrs. Laurinda,
wife of Mr.. Gardner Chamberlain, and daugh-
ter of Mr.. Benjamin Murdoch.
In Hartland, (Vt) Aug. %, Mrs. Lydia Otis
Spooner, consort of Mr.. Walter M. Spooner,
and daughter of the late Dr. Asa Merriam of
New Salem, (Mass) aged 42.
In Rye, IN. H.) Cato Saunders, aged 100.
In New York, Rev Matthias Bruen, Pastor
OF the Presbyterian church in Bleeeker-street,
aged 81.
In Vincentown, Aug. %, Tin consequence of
the bite of spider,) Mr.. William Buffers
worth.
In Milford, IN. H. Aug. 90, Mr.. Joshua But
tiers, aged "a.
In Windsor, (Me) Deac Reuben Tolman,
aged go, formerly of Worcester
In Fairhaven, Mr.. Jethro Babceck, aged "a.
In Augusta jail, Maine, recently, Mr. Henry
NJ Gausland, aged 20 years, where he had been
imprisoned for 50 years. In 1893 or a, his
mind was unsettled by religious phrenzy, and
he imagined that his sins could only be pardoned
by his making some great sacrifice He saws
the Lord commanded him to make a burnt of.
fering, and human sacrifice, and under this
deluslon he murdered woman, and burned
church in Gardiner, where he resided He was
tried for murder but as his insanity was apoar-
ent, he was no! sentenced. He, however, said
there were several other wicked persons whom
he was directed TO kill, and was therefore i'm
prisoned in a solitary cell, where he has re-
manned ever since, an object of curiosity to
hundreds who have visited him, and heard
from his lips the oft repeated story of his put
ting the wicked woman to death, and burn
ing the church. The same singular infatuation
which induced him to do the mischief for which
he was imprisoned, had possession of his mind
to his death, while on every other subject he
appeared to be perfectly rational. His stature
was uncommonly large, his manner always very
grave and thoughtful, and his long white beard,
which hung down upon his breast, gave him a
venerable aspect. His room and person were
always clean, and he appeared perfectly con-
tented with his situation. For several years he
has drawn a pension from Government as a
| soldier of the revolution, part of which has
been retained by the county to defray prison
expenses. Since he became an old man, Mr.
Dillingham's family taught him how to read
and write, and it is but few years since he
went through Kinne's Arithmetic.
KenneJunk Journal