The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-09-16

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ing list, viz father, grand-f father, great
grandfather, mothers, grand-mothers,
grandmother, husband, wives son,
| grandson, widow, daughters, grand
daughters, l eat-grand-daughter, sisters, /
brother, aunts, uncle, and 1 neice; and in
all only persons
tumor, weighing 76 lbs 6 o., has been
removed from the thigh of young man in
Baltimore
JOHN LOCKE, PHYSICIAN Kings life of
the celebrated John Locke, establishes the fact,
that Locke practsed physic Among his pa
pers was found detailed statement Of case
OF the TIC dOufoureuI, which is pronounced the
earliest on record
The Rochester Daily Advertiser of Saturday
I last, says that "reform" is extending among
the shakers. man and woman of that sect
shook off the trammels of celibacy last week at
Whitesborough. Their names arc Hugh Mac
dole and Hannah Tremble. They belonged to
the Shakers society at Niskeyuna for 90 years
They were married on board the canal boat
Oliver Phelps.
| black man in the city of Boston, who had
drawn prize in lottery, some time since
lighted cigar with s. bill He is now a
beggar.
TALENTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS-. Mr..
Thompson Of Ohio, the Jackson successor in
Congress to Mr.. Sloane, delivered an Grafton
the last 4th of July, in which it appears that he
| thought the same thoughts and expressed them
IN the same words, that Mr.. Charles Sprague
of Boston, did, when he delivered an Grafton
the year before, that was published
James Granger of Norfolk, was convicted of
blasphemy, and sentenced to be confined in the
county gaol for IL months, and to rive bond
I in the sum of $1,000 for mis- good behavior for
IS years-to stand committed until the bond be
given.
I SOUTHERN GRAPES The Yorkville Pion-
eer of S. c., states that Col. Clandnen is TAX
ing great pains to raise large vineyard, which
promises to reward his efforts. Two grapes,
/ gathered from one of his Madeira vines, weigh
ed 50 grains, gold weight" And that the
vines thickly hung with rich clusters His
Muscatel vines also crowded with grapes,
averaging so grains.
| We have much satisfaction, says the Wash
ington Telegraph, in being able to contradict
the report OF the assassination of Mr. Poinsett in
the city of Mexico. Advces have been receiv-
ed from him at the Department of State, dated
| 18th July last, the same day the rumor of his
death was circulated in Trinidad.
J a hog which weighs 1400 lbs, has been
send him to New York and Washington, for
exhibition There is no mistake about his be-
ing whOle hog.
The Providence Daily Advertiser states that
on Saturday and Monday last, Brenton Bart
lett was examined before three justices in that
town, and bound over to take his trial on the
2lst inst, on a charge of setting fire to the
cotton mills of s. Arnold & Co., Woonsoke..
The evidence is crcumstantial.
Martha Ellington has recovered $500 of
John Duncan, at Milledgevlle, Georgia, for a
breach of promise of marriage
In the same place Geo. ". Murray, cashier
of the Darien Branch Bank, recovered $4,000
and costs, from. Mai. John H. Jones, in an ac-
ton of SANDER. These are papable demon
STATIONS that the tongue is an unruly member.
! A coroner's inquest has lately been held in
| England on the body of a prize fighter, named
Frederick Winkworth, and verdict of man
} slaughter, rendered against VIM. Davis, as
/ principal, and Patrick Finn, Michael Driscol,
Edward Murphy, and James Rains, as seconds.
! At Canandaigua, last week, a boy, 8 years of
age, killed himself by drinking whiskey-to
which it is said he was encouraged, by being
called man.
ioitar from New Orleans, in giving an ac-
count OF the ravageS which the yeIIuw I6vvT
making in that city, states that the natives of
that city have not escaped-seVeral of them
/ had fallen victims.
The Vermont Herald states that whirl-
wind which commenced at Peacham, over
threw barns, twisted of trees two feet in diam
| eter, took up boy and carried him some rods ::
two sheep and colt were carried into a pond
of water, and a column of water was raised
from 100 to 200 feet in the air.
We learn that a barn, belonging to Mr.. Sam
uel Bliss of Royalston, was struck by lightning,
! Wednesday evening last, (the I'd inst) and CON
sumed with all its contents, The progress of
the flames were arrested by razing a she'd
which connected the house with the barn.
4thOL Sentinel
| AN IMPORTANT OPERATION. We learn by
the New York Medical and Physical Journal,
for july that DIR. Abner Horton, has succeeded
in forming artificial eyelid for black boy.
| This important operation was performed in a
short time, and in few days afterwards he
! boy had very slightly eye, answering the pur-
poses Of natural one. The ball of the eve
had been gored by an OK, and several attempts
had been made 10 unite or restore the detached
eyelid by other physicians, which all proved
abortive.-N. Y. Herald.
A fine promising boy of six months old, thu
son of Benjamin Weston of Sandwich, was Sd
shockingly burnt by falling into the fire OF
Tuesday, as to cause its death. The weathe
being cold the mother tied him in a small char
and set it before the fire, and left the rooms
moment. On her return she found him lyitr
with his face and one arm in the fire. Hbr
feelings can be more easily conceived than de-
= scribed
The Virginia gold mining company, working
IN Spotsylvania county, have, in the last four
weeks. obtained 1900 cwt. of native gold
worth about $1,000.
DISTRESSING OccuRRENcE. A little child of
MIR. William Platt of this village, met his death
yesterday in singular manner 1t was NAV
ing IN back yard adjacent to the house, in
W WhtteePF rs Sl f common wash tub containing
some accicentit fell into the tub face foremost,
and being unable to extricate itself, was stran.
gled 1t was not discovered until quite dead.
BGtaria .7doocats
melancholy accident occurred few dnrs