The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-06-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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property was insured at the Springfield 1nsur-
ance office for $780, Yeoman
Green peas are so cheap and abundant in
Philadelphia that they may be had at the rate
| of so cents bushel. Strawberries, very fine,
ripe and well grown, hawked about the
streets at % cents quart
respectable journal in the state of Indiana,
announces the termination of " shocking
suicide" in the town in which it is printed, in
! the following terms AT the next cut he
succeeded with the blade of the razor, which
he held with the grasp of a vice, in severng the
[ jugular vein and the carotid artery of one side
OF the neck, and expired, consequently, as soon
as the purple current of vitality could evacuate
the citadel of the SYSTEM
NASHUA CorToS MANuFAcroRY At the
factories at Nashua within the last twelve
months, 2,240000 yards of cloth have been
manufactured consisting of sheetings and shirt
lngs; part OF which were for printing There
are two mills, one of which was not in full ope-
ration until some time after the commencement
OF the year.
The Exhibition of the pictures, at the Athe-
nmum Gallery in Boston has been open a month,
and two or three days more. The total receipts,
| arising from the sale of tickets, at the end of
the month was $3l26.
FINGERS AND TOES. The wife of Green
Coburn of Calais, (Vt.) had lately two healthy
sons at one birth, having in addition to thumb,
five fingers on each hand, and six toes on each
foot, making an aggregate number of thumbs,
fingers and toes, forty-eight: The father of
these children is brother of Zerah Colburn,
the intultive mathematician, WHO has an unus-
ual number of fingers upon one or both of his
hands.
Gov. LINcoLNs MESSAGE One topic we
are sorry ne did not touch upon-and that is
the Militia The most crying complaints are
made of the burdens and inquities of this sys.
tenn, and it ought to be pressed upon the con:
sideration of the Legislature, til! some effectual
reform is made. We do hope our State Coun-
ellis will take it up in earnest this year, and let
the people see whether they will or will not re.
move their Observation-Disclosures Herald
Mr. Saml G. Reynolds of Bristol, (R ~ has
invented, patented, and put in operation at Paw
tucket, machine for manufacturing wrought
nails By water power. complete and substan-
tial head is formed to the nail with smooth
and exact taper, preferable to those wrought by
hand.
A PROFITABLE CLIENT. A gentleman of the
law, whose office is in Court street, was called
upon last Wednesday by fellow who wished
to engage him in cause. He was told that
unless there was more proof the gentleman
would not undertake it. 90 am proof enough,
| said the fellow, emphatically. He soon after
Withdrew and when the gentleman had occa-
sion for his hat, IN which werc some papers, it
was not to be found but in its stead was the
greasy chape0u of his would -haveb been client.
The hat was worth eight doars.-B0St0n Pat.
Oliver B. Morris, Esq, of Springfield, has
been appointed Judge of Probate for the Coun-
ty Of Hampden, vice Hon. John Hooker; deceas
ed.
correspondent Of the u. S. Gazette, under
date of Washington, May 30 says the estab-
lishment of new paper to sustain Mr. Van
Buren, is spoken of with much confidence the
reason assigned being dislike Of the Tcle-
graph
Gteeh peas raised in Cranston, (R ~ were
sold in Providence on Thursday last, at 81
per bushel, to Mr.. Hodges of the Franklin
House.
! A matchmaker in New York who is for
eigner, recently received five $40 bills of the
Farmers Exchange Bank, (R. ~ of swindler,
in payment for watch.
/ 1t is now about six months since law was
passed prohibiting the circulation of any bank
notes under the denomination of flee dollars in
| Pennsylvania This arrangement has met with
general appreciation and support. The numer-
GUS gangs of countcrfeiters and passers of coun-
terfeit money no longerr md business in that
State, and have retired to the State of New
| York. The poor have been great gamers by
-
t.clude small notes in Pennsylvania originated
with the small store keepers, and the operative
mechanics. In passing through Pennsylvania,
the traveller cannot fail to notice how large
proportion Of specie appears to be in circulation
there.-BoStOn Patriot.
! meteoric stone, about the size of child's
! head and weighing SO lbs, fell in Monroe coun-
ty, (Ga) OH the oth ult. Its fall was proceed
cd by noise which was heard at the distance
of mill IN hat
duced by the discharge of large cannon,
quickly followed by smaller one, and then by
great number of muskets
Dea. Jesse Joy of southampton, killed calf,
on the 25th tilt. weeks OLD, which weighed
1856 lbs. (hide 90 quarters 1861 The milk of
one cow tattened the calf, and furnished the
|fantay actth butter.
New HAMpsHrRE The Legislature of the
State assembled at Concord on Wednesday last
Abner Groenleaf was chosen President of the
Senate, by majority of over Ezekiel Went
worth J; Samuel D!nsmore, Clerk. In the
House. James b. Thornton was elected Speak
err Mr.. t. had 1913 votes, Col. Wilson l0l
! scattering 3. James Clark was elected Clerk
A card has recently been published by Mr.
II Pilsbury, Warden of the Connecticut State
Prison, in which he acknowledges the receipt
Of $35 S5, subscribed by some of the prisoners
for the purpose OF constituting him life mem
Der of the Connecticut Bible Society In order
TO encourage industry among the prisoners, the
amount of labor which they perform in addition
to their daily tasks is placed to their credit, and
they are entitled to the avails on leaving the
prison From this source their subscriptions
were derived. Their offering, it is said, was
entirely voluntary, being wholly unsolicited
and, indeed, not thought of till suggested by
the prisoners.
The price of passage between Providence
and New York, in thc steam packets, has been
reduced from So to So
! A merchant in Philadelphia advertiscs for ten
dozen young cats, to ship to a foreign country.
We presume cargo might be sent from this