The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


the most tellcitous combination of nature best
gifts may be counteracted by heavy oppression
how far the energy of lofty national charac-
ter may be borne down and depressed by
gloomy superstition, and its virtue and enter
PRISE exhausted by the heavy despotism which
has brooded over people originally generous
and noble-Pdladium
Poisonous EFFECTS OF WHITE LEAD. A
man OF this county Gran off, his movable
property, consisting of s negroes and 8 horses,
to avoid the payment of his debts-the proper
ty was found in South Carolina, attached and
the negroes for safe keeping were confined in
the Jail of Abbeville District. While in close
confinement, the inside of the jail was painted
with white lead, which caused in about ten
days, the death of a of the negroes, the most
likely and valuable of the number They all
dice with violent coughs, proceeding doubtless
ltrom inha!ing the poisonous fumes Of the fresh
painted room.-GeOrgia paper.
A man engaged in sprinkling the streets
OF Rochester. being one day overtaken by a
sudden shower, exclaimed, g It's Just SO always!
man can't do any thing in Rochester without
opposition
NEW HAMPSHIRE. The New Hampshre
Sentinel says, the Message of the new Govern
or Pierce " is well written state paper" and
dryly adds" We have no means of ascertain
ing the writer"
"A DlacK snake was recently killed while eat
ing another snake of the acater species the
length OF which was one foot and half, whilst
that OF the former was four feet seven inches
The larger serpent had swallowed (head fore
most) the better half Of his victim, and would,
1t is supposed, have gone the whole hog
had not some mischevous biped nabb'd him.
Cambridge (OhiO) Chronicle.
In late London paper, lady advertses to
be seen, having a rich beard, eight inches
in length with reasonable share Of whiskers
and mustachios. Admittance four shillings
Jonas Barnes aged about 45, was found dead
near the road in Reading, (Vt) on the 3lst ult.
with the deadly weapon Ga jug of cider brandy
by his side.
The Selectmen of Canandaigua, IN Y ) have
prohibited bowling alleys in that village, under
penalty of $25.
A man in Rochester, IN w. has been fined
$50 for throwing a shank into another mans
| we'll.
On the 9.h ult a son of Mr. E. Marble of
Sunderland, (Vt) had his thumb and two fin
gers torn from his hand with snew of the
arm up TO the elbow, by the bursting of his gun
he having gone to salute his militia officers on
the morning of training day. This foolish
custom, saluting the officers and receiving
therefor dram, is now almost obsolete.
There is man now residing within the gaol
liberties Of this city, who has been confined
within those limits more than ~ years. for the
non payment of damages recovered against him
/ for slanderous words by his wife. What is not
a little singular is, that the slanderous words
were spoken in Ddtch.-Ttoy (N. " Sentinel.
| AS an instance of remarkable preservation,
the Bridgeport Comm Farmer states, that
little black girl, living with Capt. l. DeForest,
while engaged in drawing bucket of water ait
the well, accidentally fell headlong with full
bucket to the bottom-22 feet! She had the
presence of mind, however, to seize the bucket
rope, by which means and without making any
alarm or sustaining any injury, except Slight
bruse upon the hand, she was enabled to u.s.
! cend to the top.
| PRoMoTIoN OF TEMPERANCE. A captain of
militia company at Foster, r. H. has been
tried, on complaint of private in his company,
| for taking his company to a tavern and treating
them with rum. He was fined 800, and SEN
fenced to pay costs of prosecution He has
appealed to a higher court.
| By the census taken in South Carolina. if
appears, says the Savannah Georgian that in
the CITY and suburbs Of Charleston there is
decrease in the white population, since 1919,
| of between and 7O0-the number in 1919, be-
| ing 1906; at present, 7202. In the country
parishes, generally, there is an increase.
| 1t is estimated in the last report of the Prison
Discipline Society, that $4,000 persons are an.
nually committed to prison in the United States
for debt.
J The Berkshire Star cautions the public
against an im?oster, who has been passing him
self off in different parts of the country, some
! times as an Orthodox, at other times as Uni
tartan, and again as Universalist preacher
ScARcITY OF MONEY. The Troy Register
says: " AS an evidence of the present unparallel-
| led n in
] cial cities, but in every part of the country, we
learn from undoubted authority, that there are
at present several canal boats loaded with lum.
Der at Whitehall, which cannot come through
the Champlain canal, for want of sufficient
money to pay the canal tollsn
! New ARTICLES. The New England Glass
| Company has, within few weeks, commenced
the manufacture of enameIlcd glass toare, which
resembles the finest porcelain and PEARL and,
surprising what has beer done in Europe, has
extended it to the making of dishes, plates, nap.
pies, cups, saucers, jelly, custard and egg cups,
salts, knobs, &c. They are most beautiful art-
tles-attract general attention-and so strike
and interest the public taste, that already large
orders have been given for them.
Boston Palladium.
Locusts, in great numbers, infcst the vicinity
of St Louis, Missouri. It is a general remark,
that this summer insects of all kinds are very
numerous.
In Saratoga county, IN w 100 acres of corn
have been destroyed by wild pigeons. They
occasionally dip into an oat field, also, by way
of variety. One farmer in Fairfield, IN. W
soaks his corn in whskey, the pigeons get
drunk, and he twists their necks in fine style
ACCIDENT In New Haven, Comm on the
! 10th ult., by the breaking of chestnut pole,
placed with others to support the inside scatfo!d-
ing at the new Episcopal Church, two workmen
fell to the basement story, 80 feet. Mr.. Aus.
tim Lum of Derby, aged about 42, was killed
instantly, large stone failing at the same time,
and turning upon him, crushed his head in a
shocking manner. MIR. Wooster, also of Derby,