The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-08-05
WHOLE NO. s94O.
From the Illinois Inteuigsnesr.


out. Our little town is all utiue the fav-
ern IS full OF lawyers, the show room full Of
ladies, and the figs, and the rain water and
cheese, are full of snakes, and lizards, and
swapping turtles. IF ever | commit felony.
L humbly desire to be sent to tread mill,
or penitentiary, an inquisition, galley,
or the gallows-any thing in preference to
beng put into solar microscope. Let no
reformer introduce such punishment into
our penal code. Never was such an infer
nal machine invented. aLuke's iron crown.
and Damien's bed Of steel" were nothing
to It. The agonies which have seen in
.fiicted to-day upon thousands of living
creatures, attest the truth of this remark.
az large as raccoo 5a dsucs ash a ffn6BRagsRIg
on the point of a fine cambria needle.
They had been taken from fig where they
had no doubt lived contented and plenti-
ful life, in company with millions Of their
own species Tue fig was to them world,
as large and as pleasant as our globe Is
to Us. When taken from it they survived
but a few minutes, and then persisted in
the most exquisite torments. The down Of
butterfy's wing being placed in the glass,
we were surprised to find that it was COM
posed Of perfectly formed feathers not
less than foot long. A small particle Of
the down from feather of a bird was
found to be itself feather, such as we
never saw upon the head Of the most ambi-
tious militia ofieer-it was full thirteen feet
long. Vinegar WAC found to contain snakes
about feet long. Irepeat, that whatever
sin may commit, l trust shall never De
put into solar microscope. should be
magniied into the most horFid of monsters.
Our personal determines, which escape the
eyes of Our charitable fellow-citizens, would
become hideous to them and ourselves
We should writhe IN anguish, as the terra
pins and ground-hogs, and snakes did, that
we saw taken from drop Of vinegar, or
particle of a fig | consider the doctrine
of plurality of worlds TO be completely
established. Every cheese, every vinegar
barrel is woodland why should not the
planets also have inhabitants. We hope,
however, that they viii never learn how to
make solar microscopes; for if gigantic
races exist in other spheres, il might become
fashionable amusement among thsms 10
exhibit our delicate forms and graceful
gesture in these terrible engines A whole
city might be scrnped up on the point Of
cambria needle, and broiied in microscopes
for the amusement Of company Of giant
esses. / never saw q solar microscope
before. but go against them from this time
forward. Heretofore / have led comfort
able life, blessed with good appetite, and
with competent supply of wholesome food !
but since my unlucky visit to that diaboli-
cal contriVance, have not had mouihsul Of
wholesome food, nor enjoyed sound appe-
tile, nor 4 healthful digestion. If ever
lift the most delicate morsel 20 my lips, ]
fancy it alive with delicate monsters
teeming with invisible aligators, minute
4 L. Il
walk the streets, / trenble lest some
unlucky drayman should drive down my
throat. / dare not drink, for fear of swal-
lowing steam boats, and being blown up
by the bursting of boiler. AS for fig, il
is horrible to think of il Going a suhots
hog, is nothing-the man who eats q fg.
must swallow a million OF living beings.
go against solar microscopes
MORAL LESSON. A lad who was soms-
what inclined to be diverted from his stud-
les, and had taken several ferullngs for his
folly, resolved one day that he would 60
and study where nothing would divert hiEns
and accordingly took his seat behind the
barn. In the midst of the most intense ap-
plication, he deserted near him little ami
nal Of the musk tribe, and Immediately set
saucy reptile assaulted him the best way ne
could, and ahsconded under the barn, leav-
ing the whole atmosphere strongly perfHm-
ed. The boy, who had never seen such an
animal before, perceived in moment that
he should have TO endure the ferule again,
as the whole time to get his lessen had now
elapsed. He FASTENED TO change his clothes,
and appear in the place Of recitation; but,
/ alas the lesson was not gotten "Well."
said the teacher, g what excuse n0ws
Curio ~ 81 have been learning a moral
lesson, sir, that has strongly infused itself
into every single shred Of my body and
mind" Ah,h said the teacher, :" am
glad If any thing car make an indelible im-
preston Boy, [Gsidet Indelibla !
guess you would have thought So if you
had smelt of me before / changed my
elothes.n Teacher, " But what lesson il il
YOU have been learning z" Why, sir, that
there are some animals one had better not
NEEDLE with."--Esser Register.
The editor Of the Boston Manufacturer
/ in an article on the Depression Of Bust-
ness makes the following just and pefti-
nent remarks -
aThe truth unfortunately is, we have
I been living beyond our circumstances. The
laudabIe economy and industrious habits o.
our ancestors, have been lost sight Of, and
we have Welded up to the pleasing, baE
4 dangerous innovation Of foreign lnxnFles,
and their attendant habits. We must meas
ure back onr ground. There is no other
course which we can now pursue with any
!. hone of success. The fame must again b
kindled on the altar Of patriotism; and self.
denial and rigid economy take the place o
luxury and extravaganee. The nerves q
our effeminate young men must he strength
ened by toll, and our females, instead OF
! reclining on the sofa, and humming over
, the piano, must learn 70 direct their ellen-