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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-04-08
From the Iror Seminal,

GREAT GUNS, GREAT BELLS, GREAT
EELs. A friend has picked up the follow
ing facts in the course of his reading, which
he ohligingly hands us to give variety to
our columns.
Great Guns. The great cannon at Mos
cow is Il! feet long 10 inches thick in
the metal and man may sit upright in
its caibre.
The Basalisk at Dover, ENG is % feet
long; carries 60 lib. shot, and requires Is
lbs. powder. 1t is called Queen Ann's
Pocket Pistol.
A cannon near Lisbon is 20 feet inches
long its diameter at the middle is 6 feet 3
inches it throws ball of 100 lbs.
Mount Meg, in the Tower of London, is
an 50 FOUNDER. There is an so FOUNDER in
the Arsenal at Berlin, named the Thunder
er, and another at Malaga, called the Ter
rble.
There are two GO Founders at Bremen,
called the Messengers Of Bad .Ne,cs.
There is 20 FOUNDER at Rome, made OF
the nails which fastened the copper plates
that covered the ancient Pantheon.
The largest gun existing is of brass at
BeDapoor, called the Lord of the Plain. 1t
is supposed it was intended for stone balls.
An iron shot of the proper size would
weigh $500 pounds.
The Emperor Charles V. had 10 large
cannon cast which he called the Twelve
Apostles.
Great Bells. There is large bell in st.
VANS church at Moscow; it is 40 feet
inches in circumference, 164 inches thick,
and weighs more than AZ tons; equal to
I05,2S0 lbs.
The great bell of Moscow is g. feet
inches in circumference, or diameter of %
feet inches. 1t is 81 feet inches high
the thickest part is % inches /; the weight is
estimated at about 444,000 lbs. If this
broken and useless mountain of metal was
sold at 3s. per lb. it would amount to &C.,
sos sterling.
Great EeiS. In Mauritius it is said there
are cells in certain lake more than 30 fee
in length, weighing so lbs.
Clarke'S Travels.
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LUMBER AND LIME.

OWE, JACKSON & CO., have for sale,
IN III for cash or credit,
Eastern Pine Boards, Plank, and Joist,
do. Clapboards, Shingles, and I.ath,
Western Cherry Boards, Plank, and Joist, of
superior quality,
St Domngo and Honduras Mahogany Boards
and Plank,
Northern common and clear Boards, from
to y inches thickD Jost and Framing
Timber.
Persons wishing TO engage any quantity of
Building materials, the ensuing season, in the
vicinity of the Blackstone Canal, are respect
fully invited to call at their Counting Rooms In
Worcester, or Fox Point, Providence, and ex-
anime samples of large quantity of Lumber
now in Providence, ready to be reshipped
on board their canal boat, which they will run
regularl during the ensuing season, for the &C
commodation of persons living on the banks of
tho canal.
% They will also have large assortment
of Eastern Hard- Wood Timber, such as Ash,
Maple, Birch, Beach, and Spruce, as soon as it
can be transported
Also, the various qualities of THOM4STON
LINE. tt Feb 25.
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From the Wiliiamsto,cn .qduocate.
STAR.GAZING

1t is recorded of Thales, the celebrated Gre
clan Astronomer, that as he was one evening
walking, his attention, as usual, being directed
to the stars, without needing distractions that
might lie in his way, he found himself suddenly
immersed up to the chin in mud and filthy wa
ter, having unconsciously walked into a ditch
that crossed his path. An old lady who OBJ
served him exclaimed, "La me you'd better
be looking to your standing on earth than
try ing to find out what is going on in heav
en- This old lady was unacguainted with
the sublime science of Astronomy, and had no
conception of the benefits its study might con-
fer on mankind; but she knew that whatever
were its advantages it could be no excuse for
its student to be so engrossed in the study as
to run the risk Of breaking his neck by disre-
gardng the position of his feet Most men,
like Thales, have something on which they
intensely gaze, that is to them star hence
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=" CUT BEHIND"

THE point of the following article is better
than the poetry. 1t is fair hit at the course
to most office seekers:
" Friend LOTHIAN, didst thou never see,
When thou hast been in Washing -to,cn,
A set OF jolly Hackney Coachmen
Driving people up and down:
And, LOTHIAN, did thou never mind
The children, as these Hacks passed by,
How some would run and get behind,
And those who could not roach would cry,
Ho, COachman, cut behind
But then you sec the trick ont, man,
For no sooner do these dismount,
Than tother side will straight jump on,
For all they kicked up such a rout:
Now this guess S the very case
With some queer children six feet high
They wish to gain each gainful place
And dun the people with the cry
Of-Cut, cut, cut behind"
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FOR THE SETS SPY.
RESPECT DUE TO AGE.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head,
and honor the face Of the old mdn.-Lev.
80: 80.
A due respect for the persons and char
acters Of the aged, ought ever to be observ-
ed by all, and in an especial manner, by
those who have just entered upon the stage
of action. At no period of life, should we
more assiduously attend to this require
ment ofthe sacred writ, than in youth.
AS the habits, formed at this period, are
coequal with our rational existence and as
the characters of all are marked with hon
or, or branded with shame, by the princi-
pies which they then form, how important
1t is, that zoe commence Alright the founda-
ton of that fabric, on the structure of
which, our responsibility in life, so essen
TALLY depends.
Ii 1T be virtue in any one, not to despise
or neglect those whom age or situation
places below him; if it be for our interest,
as it relates to our standing in society, to
respect our equals, and if it be duty, in
cumbent on all to reverence a superior,
how much greater and more inviolate the
obligation, when confined to youth, and the
object of their respect, in age; to whom,
perhaps, they are indebted lin the COM
mon sense of the word,) for the many bles-
sings and privileges, of which they are now
in possession. Nothing, so effectually Sc
cures to youth the esteem of all men, as to
observe due respect to all, of whatever
age, rank, or condition in life. And, on the
contrary, nothing so much diminishes
this esteem, as non-observance of this
duty. To cultivate, then, this disposition,
ought to be the wish of the young, while
the morning rays of life shine aslant, across
the space of their existance. Then will
they approach the meridian of their lives,
with the love of their interiors, the respect
OF their equals, the esteem of the aged, and
the good wishes of all. S.
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Ontario Republican.

THE Eye. Wonderful is the eye all the
feelings of the soul display themselves in its
magic sphere. It is the throne of love; there
passion is read in all the purity of natures Lam
guage there the lover learns his doom; nor
are words wanted to explain it, 1t is an index
of all the works within us.--if wit flows from
the tongue, the eye gives energy to its mean
ing if pleasure fill the heart, the eye CLEANS
with rapture if sorrow sets her seal upon man,
of wo unutterable; anger fires, the eye fash
es forth vengeance if pity moves, the eye still
records thu genuine feeling of the soul. Won
dsrlul then is the eye
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MEMORY.

lhey come-they come-those visions bright
And redolent of spring
me joyous spring-time of my days;
The hour of blossomng
lhey haunt me in my daily walks,
They are my nightly dream:
Their spell is ever on my heart,
1t hath no other theme.
o, beautiful and bright We are.
lie memories of the past
The sunshine of my manhoods DAYS,
And they are fleeing fast
My manhood's days! alas methinks.
How rapid time has been;
Since to gay and tiny bow"
Was Cpd liie's changeful scene.
Yes, time indeed has swiftly sped
Was 1t course of joy?
Were there no griefs to sour the heart,
Fen of the Maynard boy
The sorrows of our childhood, light,
How light and fleeing they;
The tear, though glistening on the cheek,
FORGOT amid our play.
Hank, bark ! upon the midnight gale,
Yon babblng chronicler
las flung long and echoing knell
10 thee, departed year;
And ye are gone, my visions bright,
Far other thoughts intrudc;
Sad memory comes with sabler tints,
Deep'ning my solitude.
How many joys how many grefs
Old year, I've shared with thee
But fare thee well though thou hast borne
The dearest things from me.
Aye, fare thee we'll! though many heart
Beat high when first thy voice
Peald lightly on the ear, no more
Shall mourn, no more rejoice.
o where are they whose spirits charm'd
The hour to pastme given,
With laugh, and song, and jest ah these,
Iime-envious time-hath riven..
And he who wept, but could not clide,
That graver things might be;
OF him what tale is there to tell
My father where is he?
o. he and they are gone-and
Am lone and left to weep
To weave my melancholy song
For those who calmly sleep.
But welcome thou whose voice hear,
Break on the " Silly night"
Bring back the visions of my youth
The beautiful and bright
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PRINTED AND PUBLISHED gY
SAMUEL Ell. COTTON s. co.
OPPOSITE THE CENTRE MEETING uousE
CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION.

CoNDITIONS OF PUBLICATION.
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two dollars and twenty-five cents Twenty five
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continued three weeks longer for fifty cents
Larger advertisements in the same proportion
% The publishers of this paper will hold
themselves responsible for no error, in any
advertisement, beyond the sum charged for its
insertion.
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agricultural Notice.

VBNHE members of the Worcester .4gricuI-
n turat Society are hereby notified, that the
annual meeting. of said Society, for the choice
OF Officers for the year ensuing, will be holden
at Capt. Samuel B. Thomass Coffee House. in
Worcester, on THURSDAY, the 10th day Of .4priL
INST, at III o'clock, A. M. The Legislature
having renewed the grant for the encourage
ment OF agriculture and Manufactures, the So
clety will then decide upon the question of hav.
ing public Cattle Show the current vea..
WV. D. WHEELER, Rec. Secru
Worcester, April /, 1929 y
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SPRING GOODS.
ASA WALKER.

9HEHCI1U7JVI I.7ILUR,
AS just received, and is now opening, a
a IL large and elegant assortment of CLIO THS,
consisting, in part, of Black, Blue, Olive, Olive
Brown, Ciaret, & Mix'd Broad Cloths Black,
Blue, Claret, and Mixd Cassimeres Stocks,
Cravats, Silk Handkfs., Suspenders, Collars,
&c. &c.
Also, a new and fashionable assortment of
Gentlemen's SUMNER GAPS.
u The above Goods will be sold as low as
can be obtained at any other establishment in
Worcester.
N. B. Wanted Immediately, two frst.rate
Journeymen, TO whom constant employment
VIII be given. Worcester, April L.
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EPIGRAM.

God and the doctor men alike adore,
Just on the brink of fate, but not before.
The danger DER, both are alike requited-
God is forgotten, and the doctor sighted.
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AN lRIsHMAN's WAY OF Showing his IeNoR-
ANcE OLA LANGUAGE. An lrshman being asked
whether he did not frequently converse with a
friend in Irish, replied -" No indeed :--Jcm-
my often speaks TO me in Irish, but always
answer him in English" Why so 2"-" Be-
cause, you see, don't want Jenny to know
that understand Irish"
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CHARADE.-BY PROFESSOR PoRsoN.
" If nature and fortune had placed me with you,
On my first we my second might hope to OBJ
tain.
| might marry you, were my third it is true,
But that marriage would only embitter my
pain
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-04-08
PALM LEAF

NOR, SALE, of superior quality, by the
n bale or less quantity, much under Boston
prices. Those who understand braiding it will
be supplied on reasonable terms.
-, HENRY M. SKIES g. co.
Worcester, Jan. 90. #
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WANTED.

A SMART, active, and capable BOY, from
IN. ~ to ID years of age, to assist in doing the
work of a family. To one well recommended
good encouragement will be given. Inquire at
the Spy office. April
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WHOLE NO. 1923.

RELIGION THE SAFEGUARD OF FREE
DOM II the noble and dear bought herit.
dge OF our freedom is to descend an midi.
ihihlsned patrlmony to our children and
our chlldren's children, it must be bv the
agency OF principles which bring the retri-
buttons OF future world to bear on the
destlnies of the present. For myself I
look to religion as the ark in which our lib
ertles are to be preserved; not by an I'M
holy alliance of Church and State. but bv
the bland and reforming influence of this
religion on the manners and morals of the
community on the hearts and the lives of
our citizens.
ihe religion, which we regard as the
palladium of our freedom, is in its genius
republican. 1t teaches the doctrine of equal
rights and privileges. 1t is not limited,
Ike the ancient pagan religions, to few
OF the noble and learned who NAV be injti-
ated into its mysteries. 1t addresses its
mandates alike to rulers and to people, to
i1"s'eis anu 10 servunte and 0arries it's
consolation and hopes alike to the cottage
and the palace. 1t commands its teachers
to announce its glad tidings to the hearing
OF every rational creature. 1t acknowl-
edges no privileged aristocracy. The phi.
losopher, and the man of letters, and the
~, vi D"sinesS, are equally called to bow
10 the supremacy of its authority.
Let this religion, which is thus fitted to
our republican institutions, send its healing
influences through all the manifestations Of
society, and we will never despair of the
republic. There will ever be found among
us a redeeming spirit, which will save US
from the mlsrule oftyranny, and the pitfalls
OF anarchy. Let public opinion be enlight-
ened, and public morals be unstained, and
we may bid defiance to the underminings
OF internal corruption, and to the incursions
OF the proudest foreign foe. Let me then
adJure you, who love your country, to see
that there be no ignorance, to misguide
public opinion, which you can instruct
and no vice, to poilute the fountains of mo-
Eallty, which you can reform. Put forth
your utmost energies to render the irradia-
lions OF knowledge and the renovatine
power of religion universal and, what
ever may become Of Our beloved country,
you will merit a triumph at her hands, and
will ultimately receive the rewards of well
doing. Proclaim a war of determination
against ignorance and vice and withered
be that arm which is raised for their de-
tence.-PreSident foods Inaugural Id
dress.
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FLOUR.

THNHE subscriber offers for sale, Ho,oard-st.
u Genesce, and alexandria FLOUR, on
reasonable te;ms. Also, CORN and RYE.
ELISHA FLAGG.
Worcester Dec. 81. If
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BENZ. BUTMAN & co.

BENZ. BUTMAN & co.
nFFER for sale, on the most favorable
~ TERMS
POO NJ feet Enclosing Boards,
o0 " /, ], d Il inch Clear do,
!" Pine Plank, from u to in thick,
T." Birch and Maple do,
Hard Pine do,
8" Chestnut do,
" Partition do,
3 by Pine Jost,
=" Shy and by Birch and Maple
Joist,
Oak do,
Deep do,
III Hard Pine Boards,
Clapboards,
" Eastern Boards and Plank,
200 lunches Lath,
rs M. Eastern Shingles,
feet by 0 and by 10 Keene Glass,
40 casks Nails and Spikes,
20 do. Smithfield Lime, &c. &c,
1900 lbs Clover Seed,
A few firkins prime Fall Butter, &c &c.
u New England Crown Glass furnished to
order at factory prices.
Worcester, March a. 9tf
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CURE FOR WEAK AND WEEPING EYES.
Make strong detection of cammomile,
boiled in sweet cows milk-with this let
the patients eyes be bathed several times
day, as warm as can be suffered without
uneasiness. Persons almost blind have
been cured by perseverlng in the use of this
prescription. 1t is proper, however, to OBJ
serve. that frequently five or six weeks
bathing Of the eyes is necessary.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-04-08

SCARCITY OF FODDER. Lollinp one dav
IN my tent, Illuminating on the hardshps of
soldiers life, and on the shifts to which
he is often reduced, my eyes and NV
thoughts were naturally attracted in nv
| poor cattle, who stood pinkntnd ut shout
distance, with nothing to chew but the end
OF the cud of disappointment, having waited
since morning in expectation of the return of
a toraging party. | observed one of these.
whose well defined ribs bore testimony to
the scantness of his fare, gradually stretch
ing out his head to d turban, belonging to
one of my servants which happened to be
within the length of his tether. After giving
1T turn or two with his nose, suppose to
ascertain the possibility of its being masti-
Gated, he seized the loose end in his mouth,
and actually began to swallow it. He
swallowed, and swallowed, and as the volu-
mlnous folds of the turban unrolled, so fast
did they disappear down the throat of the
bullock until of at least ten yards of stuff.
there remained only small bit pendant
from his jaws. was so amused with the
whole process, that l could not find it in
my heart to stop him; but lay on nv couch
observing his operations for at least an
hour. Another minute, and the turban,
which had then nearly reached its latter
end, would have been safely deposited in
the stomach of the bullock, 10 he brought
up from Illumination at favorable opportu-
nifty. Just at this critical moment the own
er returned, when looking about for his
turban, he beheld the end dangling from
the mouth of the animal. With an oath he
flew at the animal, and Selling the only vis-
lble portion of his garment, pulled and pull
led, hand over hand, and oath upon oath,
while the tattered, but still connected cloth
came forth, like measuring tape out of it's
case. The mans rage and gestures at the
destruction of his turban, the beasts aston
ishment at the novel kind of emetic he was
undergoing, and the attitudes of both,
formed scene absolutely irresistible.
Military .4drentreS ofan Officer in India.
ORrnoeRAPHY, The following bill was re-
Gently exhibited by wealthy farmer, now liv.
ing in the old and enlightened county of Onta.
rio, IN. w
g Mr. A#** to B*#* Deter
To 2 Barls of Syder
To Barls of Flower
! To 90 Ids of Cheas
! To 95 Ids of of Butter
| To l6 Ids of Taller
To "a Ids of Handles
To 18 Ids of flacks
To 100 Bushels of Wheat
To2 Bushill of Inyons
Reserved Pay Say Reserved
J#*# B*s*''
So much for photography. The following is
not less curious, as a specimen of technical
precision and perspicuity The original was
handed us by legal gentleman of this place.
I" Reed of Jeremiah Storm the sum of twen-
! tythree Dollars in full on a sst that the said
| Adam, laid against me for damages against the
said Storm which the said Adam doth hereby
agreed to pay all the cost and withdraw The
said suit the 9Th May, 1902
Adam M"
Ontario Republican.
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NeaO Store and Ne,O Goods.
HENRY NJ. SKIES s. co,

HEN IL WI. S1K LIS Y 20.
HNAVE removed to the new Building be-
Il a. tween the Worcester Bank and Banis-
ter's Tavern, and are opening for sale, recently
received
DRY GOODS, CROCKERY & GLASS
WARE, ". L. GOODS y GROCERIES.
1t is their intention to keep general assort-
ment of the above Goods, and from the benefit
OF having partner in New York and Boston
most of the time, to take advantage of those
markets, shall be enabled, they fatter them
selves, to offer Goods on terms that cannot b.
otherwise than satisfactory If April L.
SPRING GOODS.
lust received by STOWELL CO.,
% large assortment of
.Ne,o and Fashionable GOODS,
which will be sold cheap for cash.
1000 lbs. LIVE GEESE FEATHERS.
warranted the first quality, or no sale.
Worcester, April l. ep3weo3w
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-24

EI'HE unparalleled reputation Of this medicine is
such, and IFS prc-emulCnt virtues well es-
tabshad, and so fully acknowl edged By intelligent
public, that il rs scarcely necessary to say any thing
further than that il is A SOVEREIGN REMEDY
IN Diseases Of the Liver Debility resulting from intern
pcrance aud dissputlon Old and ilveterate Ulcers:
Pains in the Bones, attended with swellmGs of the
joints: Indigestion: BlotChns the Pace PnDleS, g.
Syphilis: Cutancous diseases generally and letter in
particular: McrcUrial and Scrotulous complaints.
The certificates OF wonderful cures performed by
the Cahollcon, have become numerous os to pro
cude their Insertion III any newspaper, and has made
1t necessary for the proprietor To- pint them IN a
panphlet OF about 100 pages. This will be forward
ed Us soon possible TO the several Agents for gr1-
titous distributions and must, or pcrisa strengthen
the good opinion now entertained by tho friends OF
this medicine and dsarm It is hoped, the prcudi-
OF those who view with istruSt any medicine not
known in what is called regular practice" Facts
are stubborn things and cannot be gainsaid
AT the earnest solicitation ofmcmbcrs of t.ic mod
real faculty and others who have Witnessed the aston
ishlng cures effected by the use Of the Vegetable
Cathocon and who are anxiuits that It's bcciits 10
mankind NAV be more widely dhused the proprietor
las consented 20 reduce the retail price 30 TWO
DOLLARS per bottle and this will bn done with
out IN any way dotcroratng the quality of the med
lcine, or educing Le size Il TIC bottle, has been
materially done In Tie case Of Swairns Pauacea.
Extracts u cs sccsnH yc5,tuci from yy-iaRs and from
also agents I0r Swain's Faaarog
81 retail ian dozsn bottles or yo,r ,holron where
sc bottle of swans rauacc and feel great pleasure fl,
Informing your m every case IN which have som the Ca
tholicon ircd " hae ps'duccd Gccifrt be5icfIu
"Coud yotai 10 reduce the pucc OF yonr Ca,,ric,n 10
two dollars, ou. Olc cquerty rcc rho il 10 nv patients
rnd this would no DC donc by uunhc of ohcr phvsctans In
aud vicinity who have uscd il With tine bot c,i-
cr AL tie other aaceas, aui She Compound syrup Of Sar'
s,paria had failed"
An eminent physician SAYS have known severn, cuyc
.,nucd ny the OF your Catocon which had previously
resisted The ordinary prescriptions OF the faculty, and hav,
pgvgr kn9wn Il tu pr'iiro jrrt0It eHociI"
The above pval1fsr medicine NOV be constantly had &c
!. ~. BLANJiSEi,
isni3 C9r9s.tr the Eagle Hotel, Richmond.