The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-10-27
BRIGHTON CATTLE SHOW

"Wednesday last.
| In the pens, which were well filed, we
noticed great number Of fine cattle, horses,
sheep, and swine. The fatted cattle attracted
part OF the exhibition was superior to that of
former years.
In the other pens were hopeful progeny Of
the imported bulls Celebs, Denton, Admiral,
&c.
The sheep and swine were also respectable
large number of Dishley sheep were on the
ground, owned by E. Sllsby, Boston, 8 Jacques,
Jr:, Charlestown, and Thos. Williams, Noodles
Island
The ploughing Match was well contested,
and the working oxen were much admired
Sutton, as on former occasions, bore away the
palm in the latter description.
/ In the Jocietys Hall were great variety Of
articles, exhibiting great ingenuity and indus.
| try: Theodore Richmond, of Dighton, exhib.
tied $3.50 skeins of silk, of every color and de-
gree Of oneness, and pair of floss silk stockings,
all of which were much admired
| Palm leaf hats were exhibited by Charles
Lee, and Miss Deborah b. Walker, Barre !;
beautiful Dunslable bonnets by Eliakim Morse,
MedfCld; glass paper, by Cyrus B. Thayer,
WatertOwn; down hornets, tippets, &c. by
Hannah Clapp, Boston; a cape, worked by
Geo. Mansfield, who is lame from fall on
board the U. s. ship Falmouth where he serv-
ed three years; white veil, value $50, work.
ed by.an orphan of Boston and several elegant
black wells, other laces, rug work, &c. Some
fine Hannels and blankets were also ex-
hbited.
( After an Address b. john C. GRAY, Esq
replete with sound sense and much valuable in
formation, the premiums were declared, and
! the members of the Society, and other gentle.
men, sat down TO an excellent dinner, provided
by Messrs. Sargent g. Mardock, on the lower
floor of the spacious and elegant Cattle Fair
Hotel +" now building IN Brighton The Hall
was handsomely decorated.
! We have been favored with the following
premiums, so Ear as received, which comprise
nearly the whole number
PREMIUMS.
FAT CATTLE. Dexter Fay, Southboro', Ok,
6 years old, weight 2477 lbs irsi;premium, $25.
Simon West, Charlton, OK, with large line of
white on his back, weight 1912 lbs. end, 800.
Asa Rice, .Boylston, OK, z years old, weight,
1880 lbs. Sd, $40.
WoRKIxc Oxen Benz, Woodbury., Sutton,
cattle years old, LIST, BPS. Leonard Wood
bury, do. do. Cd, $50. Luther Whiting, do. do.
Sd, SIS. Geo. M. Barrett, Concord, 4 years,
4th, $l2, Henry Bennett, do do. 5th So.
PLOUGHlNG MATCH.
Two Jokes of oxen-Abel Wheeler, LIST pre-
MUM 10, and as ploughman SO, j. Jepson,
drive, 81; Saml Hoar, I'd, I'd premium 8 10,
and as ploughman IS, Franklin Wheeler, dri-
yer, S3; Geo. M. Barrett, Sd, g.; as plough.
man 50; Ira Fisher, driver, S2
| One yoke-Moses Whitney, Stow, LIST pre-.
MUM Sl5 ;, T. P. Merriam, ploughman So =,
Moses Whitney, driver 81; Otis Merriam, ~
years old, I'd, $40; and ploughman IS;
Abel H. Merriam. driver, II years old, 60;
John TildeR, Jr. N. Bridgewater, Sd, 81; Ed.
win Dunbar, SO, and as driver sc.
SHEET AND SWINE. To Enoch Silsby, Bos-
ton, for best Dishley Ram, $50, and for best
Dishley Eve, $50. For best boar, John Mac.
kay, Weston, SI2. next best 49,; Cor best SOW
Sl2, and next best SO; to Isaac Robbins, Wa
tertown, next best IS; for best pigs, j.
Mackay, $40; next best, ]. Robbins, IS. Mr.
Peetiah p. Pierce offered seven fat native
wethers, some Of which were of good quality,
but not sufficient number Of such quality to
authorize the committee to award premium.
BUTTER, CHEESE, AND CHER. First pre-
! MUM for Butter, SIS, Michael Crosby, Bed.
ford I'd, Nahum Hardy, $40; Sd, Luther
80. Old Cheese, LIST, Elisha Matthews, New
Braintree, $40; I'd, Job Ranger, do. s. New
Cheese. LIST, Hooper Holland, $40; I'd, Sam
| uel Denny, Oakham. R5 ts-- --
-GRATUITIES
John Hunter, New Braintree, Rose Blan-
kets, S5 Catherine E. Cook. Brighton, 10
years old, White Lace Veil, SO Sophia
MFarane, Lowell, I2 years old, do 2: Louisa
w. Chamberlain, Cambridge, Black do. go;
Adeline Marsh, Sutton, Woollen Socks, 81 !;
Deborah b. Walker, Barre, Palm Leaf Hats,
81; Ehakim Morse, for Diamond Plat Bon
nets, new article deserving particular encour-
agement, IS; SusanU. LOvett, Beverly, Wool
len Hearth Rug, 80; VIM Cobb, for Diamond
PIait Bonnet, and one of English Straw, g.
John and Horace M. Pool of Easton, for set
of Geometrical Protractors, being an improve
ment on the Protractor in general use, SIS
Boston Patriot.
! " In relation to the convictions of Fuller
for embezzling the money of the Bank of the
United States, and Webb for pundering the
Mail, mentioned IN our last, the Boston Ga
zette has the following remarks:
! correspondent inquiries, why the Post Office
law wns'so severe upon persons who rob letters;
| not less than ten years confinement to hard la
! Dor, nor more than twenty years, however small
the sum stolen. The answer is obvious in all
cases where, from necessity, there must be
great facility to commit a crime with little
chance of detection, the punishment is always
extreme, in order TO prevent the offence In
! England, to steal piece Of cloth from tcnter
hooks, is punishable with death, because, for
the purposes of manufacture and trade, il is
necessary to expose over night that species of
goods in the open air. So in our Post Office
arrangement, mail bags are opened in some
offices at one or two o'clock in The morning,
and indeed at all hours of the night, and conf.
dence must necessarily be placed in clerks, and
subordinate agents, and there are a thousand
opportunities to steal moneyed letters, with
very small chance of detection. To prevent
such thefis the law is very properly made very
severe.
The snmo rca'on docs not apply to Bank
Clerks, because they are trusted only in dav
light, and before witnesses. and subjected 10
checks and examination daily, nay hourly, if
the directors please. Yet the bank law is severe
enough, in making embezzlement, and breach
Of trust, crimes punishable as severely as theft
SHOCKING Accident. On Friday week the
following dreadful event took place al, Newca..
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