The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-03-25

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IN the space of five or six days, come entire
ly off in large flakes, SO that they cannot
appear in public in less than fortnight :;
by which time the new skin looks as fair as
that OF a newborn child.
In Spanish S. America, the ladies' some
times ornament their heads with bandeau
OF hv1ng fire, it being formed of the fire. fly,
fastened on black velvet band by the wings,
an insect which emts a bright corruscation
every time it breathes. What are diamonds
compared to this? There are two species
Of the FREELY, one which emits its light
from the abdomen every time it inItales It's
breath, and the other, which is considerably
larger, from round prominence Just behind
the eye on each side of the head. like a
pair of globe lamps. have often read by
the light afforded by two or three of them
confined in a glass phial. The largest
kinds are about two thirds of an inch in
length, the other about a quarter of all
inch"
Tour OF A PRESENT. GA French girl,
equally remarkable for beauty and merit,
was addressed by a young nobleman, who,
having tried all arts to gain her affections
unsnrcesslnlly, was determined to see what
effect presents would have on her. For this
experiment, he purchased four pottles of
peas at an eXhorbitant price, las they were
then the only ones to he got in Paris, and
sent them to his beloved. The mother of
ihe young lady accepted them for ner; and
being ut that time engaged in law suit.
and much reduced i'll finances, proposed
selling them. The daughter was for some
tine aVeIse to this disgracefl conduct but
she was at length over-rued, and an old ser
want was sent ont to sell them. The prince
de Condo, another lover of the young la
dy's, met the servant, and, not knowing
who she was, bought them Of her for a very
extlavuTant sum he Immediately despatch
edthem to his mistress, who laughed hearth
ly at their return, and had one of the pottles
served up for dinner. Three more were
now remaining, and these the mother sent
as douceur to her attorney, hoping to en-
sure his honesty by her liberality. The
attorney transferred them to a MARQUIS who
patronlzed him, and the marquis despatched
them third time to the lovely Partisan,
with whom he was also enamored. The
last present arrived when the two other
lovers were in company with their mistress,
and they both sat down to supper with her
upon their own peas.''
HAWTHORN FENCE. Messrs. Grant
Thorhurn & Son of New York, have import
edI5,OOO hawthorns, for live fencing" MIR.
Jonathan Fisk of Newburg, writes to them,
| that, ABOUT seven years ago, he purchased of
them, few thousand, which he sat out,
forming fence Of about forty rods. The
SOL on winch they were planted was a MKT
ure OF clay and white sand, unfavorable to
their rapid growth. They have never been
cultivated. except to trim them the last sea-
son-every plant fourshed, and they now
form fence sufficient to turn any cattle.
and the cheapest, handsomest, and hest
fence upon his farm. Mr.. Fisk has saved
| hushel OF the berries, and intends to have
a nursery of hawthorns. He saws, if our
farmers are fully apprized of the preference,
IN all respects, due TO this kind of fencing,
there Will he ready sale for all that are
imported, and he ventures to assert that
every gentleman, who will make an expert
ment with them, will be highly gratifed
with the result.-Boston Courier.
CHINESE GEOGRAPHY. Till lately the
| Chinese. IN their maps OF the earth, set
down the Celestial Empire in the middle of
Il large square, and dotted round it the
other Kingdoms of the world, supposed 10
he * ID number, assigning TO the latter
ridiculous or con:emptuouS names. One of
! these, tor example, was Siao- gn-que or the
! Kingdom OF the DWarfs, whose inhabitants
! they imagined 10 he so small as to be under
! the necessity of tying themselves together
IN lunches, TO prevent their being carried
away by the kites. In 1868, the Viceroy of
Canton in a memorial to the Emperor. on
! the subject of the Portuguese embassy. saws.
We ind very plainly that Europe is only
two little islands in the middle of the sea"
! With such ideas of other nations, it is not
wonderful that they should consider the
embassies and presents sent to them as
marks of submission, and hasten to write
down the donors in their maps, as tributa-
res of the Chinese Empire.
ADVANTAGE OF TREES. Cattle thrive
much better in fields even but moderately
sheltered with trees than they do in an
open exposed country. An Italian (Gautie-
rl) has enumerated and Illustrated the adj
vantages in point of climate which tracts of
country derive from woods and forests.
These" he says, "are arresting the pro-
gress of mpetous and dangerous winds !:
minimizing the temperature of the air :;
regulating tie season; lessenng intense
cold opposing the formation and increase
OF ice motieratng intense heats produc-
Ang abundance of water in the rivers dis
charging the electricity of the atmosphere !;
opposing a barrier to washing away or un-
dermlning banks preserving from inun-
datlons; preserving the soil on hills and
mountains. "-.Ntp England Farmer.
AHEcpoTE. During the late snow storm,
an lrishman who lives in Waleitown. came
TO the city TO visit his first cousin Jamic.
AS they were passing up Cambridge street,
the following dialogue took place Och !
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