The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-11-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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| Pyroligneous acid, (or essence of smoke) will
| last three times longer than tarred or white
eordage.
Zen. VIM. CahooI, the ant; -n.asonic eandi-
date, has been elected representative from the
! fifth congressional district in Vermont by n
large majority. There had been seven pre-.
vious unsuccessful trials
| AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. We are inform.
ed, that the new ship, which lately sailed from
this town for Calcutta, carried out a quantity
OF cur domestic cottons. There have been sew
J eral shipments to India of similar kind from
Boston and Providence.-SaLem Observer.
WORTHY OF IMITATION. At the meeting of
the County Commissioners, holden in this town,
the present week, the retailers of ardent spirits
in the towns of Barnstable, Dennis, Brewster,
Chatham, and Harwich, voluntarily declined
having their licenses renewed. There was but
! one taverners license granted in each of the
four last mentioned towns. Last year there
were "a retailers licensed in this town.
Barnstabte Journal.
! Among the attractions of the Albany Muse
UNI, we find mention made of Miss Pauline
Snyder, from Ohio, young lady, 10 years of
age, having no arms, and but one lower limb of
perfect shape; the other having the foot onted
at the knee Each foot has but four toes, which
she uses for the purpose of knitting and sewing,
and OF doing many other things which appear
astonishing to those who visit her.
A Miss Melius, stated in the advertisements
to be native of South Carolina, seven feet
high, is exhibiting herself in London This
lady beats the Canadian giant all hollow, and
her form is said to be distinguished for it's ele-
! CANT symmetry, as we'll as for its extraordinary
altitude.
| WooD ScREws. Mr.. T. H. Mann of New
lie i i r.
ting and finishing wood screws, which works
with great despatch and neatness; and the
screws are said to be far superior to those i'm
ported A sight of the screw will convince the
most incredulous that Yankee ingenuity is
equal to the European.-SGLem Observer.
The Kentucky Sentinel states that at no Pc
Rod since the first settlement of Kentucky, has
there been SO great an emigration from the
! State as during the present fall From one
small section of Montgomery county, ninety
four persons have removed to Missouri.
LANslNBURG RA1sINs. A friend in Lansn-
burg has sent us a specimen of rasins prepar-
ed by Mr.. Learned of that village, from grapes
raised this year in his own garden. DR.. Spaf
ford of Lansinburg, also has made excellent
ralslns from his own grapes this year with very
little troubIe-TrOy Sentinel.
EvER-BEARIEG STRAWBERRY. We were pre-
sented few days ago, by our friend Mr.. Sam
uel lden OF buckingham, with plant OF the
Alpine Strawberry, on which were growing
several ri pc and unripe Strawberries. We un-
derstand from MIR. Iden, that he has a number
| of the plants growing in his garden, which bear
fruit constantly from the latter part of May I'M
I'll the frosts of autumn check their growth.
The fruit is large and of delightful flavor.
Bucks Co. (Penn) Intetligencer.
EvER-BEARING RASPBERRY. The Middle
town Comm Sentinel states, that Mr.. Rock
we'll OF that city, brought to that Office g sever
al punches OF the ever-bearing raspberry, load
ed with great numbers of that delicious fruit
some ripe, others just turning red-and others
green; it also had a large number IN bloom.
The fruit, when ripe, is red, of a beautiful fla
vor. 1t commences bearing early in the spring,
and continues to bear until frost comes. A
gentleman forwarded it to Mr.. r. from the
banks of the Mississippi"
Mr.. Robert F. Parker of Nantucket, has an
Isabella grape vine, five years old, which pro-
duced, this season, 1875 punches of delicious
grapes. Another, 2 years old, produced 60
punches These branches average half pound
each, although the season was unpropitious
Mr.. P. cultivates other vines with good success.
A CRUMB OF COMFORT FOR HOLDERS OF EA-
GLE BANK BILLS. The Superior Court sitting
at New Haven, last week ordered dividend of
12k cents on the dollar to be paid to the gener-
al creditors of the Eagle Bank on the 20th of
December next.
CANALS IN PENNSYLVANIA. 1t appears from
Gov. Shulze's Message TO the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, that " III miles of canal" under
the charge of the State, are now g in actual
operation" and the expectation is " confidently
entertained, that early in the next summer
there will not be less than 400 miles of the
in full
In the conAagration of Messrs. Catlins facto-
ry at Burlington, VT, their grist mill was saved
by the accidental presence of an engine belong
ing to the maker, Mr.. Hubbard of Windsor
This is the second instance of the kind there
Yet the town will not buy an engine
The BREAKwATER at Plymouth, England,
cost $5,l9 1920, including light houses, &c.
1t is 100 yards long, 100 wide at the base, and
16 at the top. its solid contents are 72, 100000
of cubic feet The Breakwater erecting a: the
Delaware is GO yards long. The estimated
cubic feet of stone for the latter, 26,906, SAG,
and the estimated expense, 1896 ,627.
The Providence and New York line of Steam
Packets now consists of the President the
Franklin, and the Chancellor Livingston-all
elegant, large, and swift vessels. The Presi-
dent Ia hew vesseD it is expected, will perform
her trips in fourteen hours. The price of pas
sage is IS.
patent has recently been taken out in Pa
rs for a machine by which the smallest needle
may be threaded Immediately with the greatest
ease. The inventor says that even blind per-
son can make use of it. II is called FilLifere,
and costs only half a dollar.
Prince Abdul Rahahman is said to have re.
turned to the Mahometan faith, and to have
died in the full belief of the same. Before eav-
ing this country, he made profession of belief
in the holy doctrines of the Christian faith.
A small boy was met few mornings since
in Court-strest by a gentleman, who asked
him, i" My little lad, do you go to school ?"
Z" Not as you knows on" replied the boy. "Why
not" says the gentleman. Because" said
the boy, /" am obliged to stay at home to get
gin for daddy."-B0StoR Courier.