The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-11-04
TOBACCO.

CHOuio ou hLueI4Cdu ReuLl6uldH curing
visit to Europe, be seen chewing tobacco
1t matters not what may be bis dress, or his
letters OF introduction, he will Immediately
De set down as low-bred mechanic, or at
tne best, as master Of merchant vessel.
No gentleman in Europe ever smokes, ex-
cept it be occasionally, by way of frolic
put no person except one of the very low
est OF the working classes, is ever seen to
chew. The practice of chewing leads to
that most ungentlemanly and abominable
habit Of splitting upon the floor and into the
lire. No floor in the United States, however
clean,-no carpet, however beautiful and
costly,-no fre-grate, however bright-not
even the places of divine worship, are free
from this detestable pollution, A person
who IS guilty of so objectionable violation
OF decorum and outrage against the decen-
cies of polished life. should he excluded
from the parlor, and allowed to approach no
nearer than the hall door steps. When in
a house, and q person has occasion to spit,
it should be in ones pocket handkerchief,
but never on the floor or in the fire. The
meanest and the rudest clown in Europe is
never known TO be guilty Of such an indie
corum; and such thing as a spit-box is
never seen there. except in a common tav-
ern.-BGSu 7dtES Travels.
PARADE AT EXECUTIONS. One of the
Pennsylvania papers, the Cumberland Civil
ian, is filled with the details of the execu-
ton of George Swearingen, formerly high
sheriff of that State, who was convicted of
having murdered his wife. 1t seems that
he was escorted to the gallows by sic COM
pdnaeS Of Infantry, company Of Cavalry,
and yjf0e C2ergymlen. Hymns were sung,
prayers offered, sermons and addresses de-
livered, and drums beat, from 10 o'clock,
till few minutes before IL, when it came
the criminals turn to deliver his dying
speech, and relate his religious experiences,
which he did, if we may credit the narrator,
with the eloquence of an orator, and with
the tervor and sincerity of true christian.
As effect was studied in this serio-melo-
dramatic exhibition, the platform was made
to drop precisely as he closed his address
with the prayer, d" God be mercifuI to me O.
Sinner" and the sainted victim was launch
{ ed into eternity, sin peace with all the
world, with his God, and with an mistaken
hope OF glorious resurrection"
Another account says, that the prisoner
manifested great Indifference while march
ing to the gallows, and that he seemed to
take some pains to keep step with the mu-
sic, and when he was swinging of, he wav-
ed his hands to the crowd, and said, Good
| bye Gentlemen"
! There were about six thousand specta-
tors who witnessed this spectacle, and it is
probable, that greater part of them return
ed home, with the impression, that Swear
Ingen was martyr, upon whom the severi-
ty OF the law had been unjustly visited. His
piety, too, was undoubtedly the theme of
their meditations. How penitent he seem
ed, and how devoutly he duplicated his
Redeemer TO receive his spirit. Some, per-
haps, considered it as spectacle, got up
for the entertainment of the populace, and
were so diverted by the glitter of the show,
that they lost sight of the criminal, in the
parade which attended him.-Sdlenl Obseru.
EMPLOYMENT. This las has been aptIy
remarked) is the grand panacea for the
tedium Uite, and all the trains of fanced
evils, which prove so much more insupport-
able than real ones. 1t is a medicine that
may be presented in a thousand forms, all
equally efficacious. It may be compounded
of all the different proportions of mental
and bodily exertions; nay, it may be solely
the one or the other, provided it be employ
ment.
INDIAN SHREwDNEss. 81 am glad"
said the Rev. DR.. Y. to the chief of the
Little Ottowas, " that you do not drink
whiskey, but it grieves me to find that your
people use so much of it." save, yes !"
said the chief as he fixed his keen eye upon
the Doctor, which communicated the Ieproof
before he uttered it, "we Indians use
great deal of whiskey, but we don't make
it."
Why"-said country clergyman to
one Of his flock" do you always snore III
your pew when / am in the pulpit, while
you are all attention to every stranger |
invite ?" Because, Sir, when you preach
| am sure ALPS right; but | can't trust
stranger without keeping good look out"
A very fine ard singularly large apple
was handed to Lord Norbury to look at,
and the gentleman who offered it observed
thatits horticultural name was gloria mundi.
"Ah" said his Lordship, biting it with
great govt and preparing for delicious
repast, "Sic transit"
A letter recently passed through the post
office in Northampton, postmarked " Sufheld,
Ct, with the following superscrptlon
Colebrook, in New Hampshire, you wish
TO know
! Is the place to which fain would go;
! Plains, hills, and mountains, must cross,
! Up to the county of Coos.
| If to Nelson .4ldrich I'm safe conveyed,
The postage then shall be betrayed"
! A sailor just returned from cruise of three
years, gave the following account of himself,
to gentleman whom he met in recent jour
! ney.
When l entered my name for the cruize, |
! told the officers of the vessel that l wished