The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-03
WORCESTER.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 8, 1880.

The remarks which were elieited in orr L..
by what we considered the proscriptiye cbarac.
ter "a lhe circular then published, have been
construct by the Editor of the Yeoman. as
courting personal or private controversy y
win MIN, as g warning with the Yeoman.p and
as designed to injure" him. The public will
Juoge whether the character of the circular rem
dered IL obnoxious to censure from US. or moi.
ana, IL did, whether the incidental illusions
70 the feonlan were justlfable. Sure we are.
that we did not imagine, that the mention ~
Iacts, SO notorious and incontrovertible as those
we stated, in case of selfdefence. conld he
construed into desire for a personal contro-
Iversy.
| put as we trust we are as ever ready to do
justice TO others as to exact it frem them. we
would now state, in justice to the Committee
who signed the circular published in our last.
That we feel bound to believe that the conclusion
drawn by us relative to the proprietorship ofthe
feoman, and which we believe every disinter-
Iested person would draw from those facts. is in
correct. The Editor OF the Yeoman saws that
he is g sole Editor and Proprietor of the Yeo.
man, and that" the omission of the word Pro
pfsetor, at the head of the Yeoman, was
mere lnadyertance." The correctness of our
statement offacts, however, is net contradicted,
and our readers will recollect that we are not re-
ssPonsIble Tor the inadvertance by which any of
them may have occurred.
HE TARIFF. Two propositions are before
congress for amending the Tariff Act. one
brought forward by the Committee of Finance
IN y. the oenale,and the other by the Committee of
mahuiactuIes IN the House. The latter propos-
es put few alterations to remedy the most obvi-
Gus defects of the existing tariff; but the bill in
the senate DrOnOEeg n much
vision, and contains a section repeating all du-
ties on great variety of articles after the Both
Gay OF June, 1880. We have not had time to
compare this bill with the existing tariff, but.
from a hasty examination, think it is intended to
unite the South and West in repeal of the
most essential provisions of the last tariff
law The duties on Cotton and Woollen Goods
are both considerably reduced Thus the whole
tariff question is again fairly before Congress,
and it will probably lead to protracted discus.
sion.
The WEATHER. Notwithstanding the a.
most pnvarying mildness of the present winter
till past the middle of the present month, we
nave At length had what may Justly be denom-
mated " a cold snap On Saturday morning
last, the thermometer stood at only deg. above
zero, and it continued to grow colder through
the day. AT sunset it was below zero, at 10
O'Clock, P. NJ, it had fallen to deg below, and
on Sunday morning it was 9 below, which is
the lowest it has been this winter The wealth
er, however, soon moderated, so that, at noon,
the mercury was at above zero, change of
IL degrees in about hours In the evening a
snow storm commenced, which lasted till about
noon on Monday, at which time the snow had
fallen or inches in depth, sufficient to make
good s)eghing
In Boston the thermometer stood at deg.
below zero on Saturday evening, and below
on Sunday morning. At Salem, 10 below.
RAIL ROADS. Our readers we doubt not,
Will, on perusing the Legislative Journal, share
with US in our surprise that the rail road bill
should have received its quietuS by solarge a
majority The great space occupied by the in
Neresting debate on that question, leaves us
no room for any remark on the subject or
indeed for hardly any thing else Of our own.
LARGE Hoes. We are informed that two
Fearling hogs were slaughtered by Ezra Beaman
of West Boylston, on the Both ult., one of which
weighed GIG, and the other $50 lbs Total 1891
lbs.
The Ordination of Rev. John S. C. Abbot,
as Pastor of the Calvinist Church and Soci-
ETY., in this town, was attended on the 26th
ult. Many circumstances contributed to
give no ordinary interest to the services of
the occasion. The day was very favorable,
the Meeting House was filled with an atten-
tive audience, and the performances gave
general satisfaction. The order of exercises
were as follows:-1. Anthem. 2. Introduce
tory Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Nelson of Leices-
ter. 3. Hymn. 4. Sermon by the Rev. Dr.
Halves of Hartford, from Phil. 2, 16:
/" Holding forth the word of life F; that may
rejoice in the day of Christ, that have not
seen in vain, neither la5ored in vain" 5.
LYNN. g. Ordaining Prayer by Rev. Sam
uel Greene, Boston. z. Charge by Rev. L.
Ives Hoadly, late Pastor. 8. Right Hand
of Fellowship by Rev. Nehemiah Adams,
Cambridge. 9. Concluding Prayerby Rev.
Mr.. Boardman of West Bolyston. 10. Dox-
ology. IL. Benediction by the Pastor or
dained.-Y Woman.
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