The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-04-22
WHOLE NO. 1926.

gets the jaundice. We once knew a man.
VINO, as often as he was kicked and cuffed
by the world; was sure to fog his wife and
children, by way Of balancing the account.
Another had his nose pulled in ballroom,
and instantly posted off to his lodgings and
caned his negro. Lord Byron used to swear,
when any thing went wrong with him-that
old bear, DIR. johnson, swallowed oceans of
tea, and the lnpetuous Alfieri mounted
wild horse. Every one to his taste, and in
this country the taste is for man TO d-n
his newspaper incontinently, when he be-
comes bilious. Let us take few exam
pies.
A man wakes up with the tooth ache.
eats no breakfast, and goes off grumbling
to his place of business. He takes I'D his
newspaper-fnds some thing in it not ex-
actly In accordance with his own opinions,
and instantly sends note to the editors
with instructions to stop bis paper. He has
his tooth pulled in the course of the day,
feels the the want of his paper the next
morning, and puts his name anew to the
! subscription list. Stop my papert" Bawls
A. b., "you are opposed to the tariff, and
like liberal man as am, will not listen
to your arguments against it." "iStop mn
pqper!'' shouts c. D., "you are confound-
ed Turk, and I'll have nothing to do with
YOU" Stop my paper" cries E. F., "you
refused to insert puff for my newly invent
ed fiea-trap." Stop my paper" roars G.
H., you have dared to express an opinion
OF your own, when you knew that thought
differently" Stop my paper" exclaims
L. j., " cannot make tool of you, and you
will not do for me )" and SO on till you come
to Y. Z. Magnanimous lnortals, what fine
oflIt u
FRUIT Trees. Mr.. w. Hill of Comb
Hay, near Bath, in his letter to the Bath
and West of England Society, on the sub
ject of Orchard Plantation states, that he
had for several years past directed his at
tention to the cultivation of various sorts of
apples, principally table fruit; and he had
so far succeeded as to receive from trees of
first years crop 4, of a second years crop
II, and of third years crop Is pecks of
fruit His method ofplanting was, latter clear
ing the land, and preparing it for planting, to
throw out the soil to the depth of 1e inches,
and loosen it about 10 inches deeper still ;the
soil so thrown out he suffered to remain till
it became pulverized. When reduced to
that state, he then proceeded to planting,
raising the trees occasionally and shaking
! the roots. bv which means thny acquired a
firm and equal standing. He much repro
bated the common practice of throwing the
soil around the roots of the tree in heavy
Jumps as 1t was dug up, and then treading
1t in; contending that this process must
necessarily tear the roots, and deprive
them of their bark or rind. Most people, he
observed, were aware, that if a tree were
stripped fits BARK would die; but planters
OF trees in many instances appear to for
! get that the more tender bark of the roots
might be destroyed in the same manner.
BY adopting the manner of planting which
he had recommended, he had last year on
some plants half peck, and on others a
peck of fruit. The land On which he made
these experiments was considered of little
value +; but he had no doubt of its being
productive of good crops, under this method
of cultivating it.-Engtsh paper.
Tue MocKING BIRD. Mr.. Rennie, in an
| article on American song birds, in the JAM
uary number of the Magazine of Natural
History, has an interesting account of the
! hooking bird, which he says seems to be
the prince of all song birds, being altogeth-
er unrivalled in the extent and variety of his
vocal powers; and besides the fitness and
melody of his original notes of all other
birds, from the clear mellow tones of the
wood thrush to the savage scream of the
! bald eagle. In measure and accents he
faithfully follows his originals, while in
force and sweetness of expression he great
! ly improves upon them His own are bold
and full, and varied seemingly beyond all
limits. They consist of short expressions
OF two, three, or at most five or six syllables,
generally expressed with great emphasis
and rapidity, and continued with undimin-
ished ardor, for half an hour or an hour at
a time. While singing he expands his
wings and his tail, glistening with white,
keeping time to his own music, and the
buoyant gaiety of his action is no less fas-
cinating than his song. He often deceives
the sportsman, and even birds themselves
are sometimes imposed upon by this admi-
rable mimic. In confinement he loosesl title
of the power or energy of his song. He
whistles for the dog; Cesar starts up,
ways his tail, and runs to his master. He
cries like hut chicken, and the hen runs
about with feathers on end, to protect her
injured brood. His imitation of the brown
thrush are often interrupted by the Growing
of cocks and his exquisite warnings after
the blue bird, are mingled with the scream
ing of swallows, or the cackling of hens.
During moonlight, both in the wild and
tame state, he sings the whole night long.
The hunters, in their night excursions, know
that the moon is rising the instant they
begin to hear his delightful solo. His nat
ural notes partake of character similar
to those ofthe brown thrush, but they are
more sweet, more expressive, more varied,
! and uttered with greater rapidity.
Eaglish paper.
PAyINc UP AND PAYING powE. There is as
every printer must be aware, surprising diff
ference between paying up and paying doom.
When long-standng subscriber, Of whose
money YOU never fingered cent, threatens to