The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-09-01

EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING. During the heavy
thuhoer shower, on the night of the god ult, the
dwelling house of Mr.. Sias Amsbury in Sut.
0 ton, was struck by lightning. The fluid enter.
ca 'ne chamber at the south east corner of the
mouse near the jet, and followed the post down
until 1t came in contact with gun in the cor
, ner OF the room on which was fixed bavonet
II melted off the point of the bayonet, and in
It's course along the gun, burnt the stock in
several places, melted part of the guard. and
iet the room without further damage, except
tearing Oft some of the plastering and doing
some trifiIng injury to the timbers. 1t then
continued its course down along the walls of
The house, until it came in contact with the
stud winch supported the door of the room be-
low upon the ground story, which, together
with the door, was rent to pieces. The fraO.
inents OF both the door and post, together with
large quantity of plastering, torn from differ
erent parts of the room, were scattered about
The apartment, where there were four persons
asleep trundle-bed, containing two children.
was literally covered with the fragments of
boards and plastering, without either of the in
mates being in any way injured From this
room' 1t wen; to the cellar, where there were
number of tin pans, containing quantity of
milk, several of which were melted in such
manner that the contents ran upon the ground.
There were two families living in the house,
out no person was materially injured.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT. A distressing accident
happened at the NorthbIidge Cotton Factory
on the afternoon of Saturday last One of
the main belts having got out of place, Albert
Buffum, son of Thomas Buffum, ESQ. lad in
his 18th year, in attempting to replace it,
was caught and drawn up between the drum
and the timbers over head, and killed instanta.
neousiy. Percsiving himself caught he ex-
claimed, Oh dear, shall die !" and that in
slant his words were verified.
Under our obituary head will be found the
accounts Of two other instances of sudden, vio
lent deaths of inhabitants of this county Long
may it be before we again have occasion to
make similar record.
The Massachusetts, Journal and the TriJane
nave been consolidated into one paper, an ope-
ration which many others would do well to i'm
itate. The Journal has been one of the most
fearless and Independent political papers in the |
State, and we hope it may in future receive a
patronage more commensurate with it's deserts
than it heretofore has done. The editor (Da. |
vid L. Child, Esq says in his last,
This number completes four years. that we !
hay odi tod md hl,eloI Al
Journal-tour years of unremitted and unrequit-
ed labor With our next number, we enter up
en- the fifth year and volume. May it bring less
pain, and more profits than the past We heart
lily wish we could say something 10 encourage
new adventurous, las abundant in spite of ex.
perlence as moths around a candle,) to ESSAY
the rugged path; but we cannot, wounding
though At be to our vanity, hold out one iot of
encouragement to them. The business is over
done, the community is saturated with newspa-
pers, and to engage in establishing a new one,
with the ordinary means, and on the ordinary
plan, is waste of life and capital Time was
when we thought that q newspaper respectfully
conducted, would be fortune at the end of
two years. Thank God, the illusion is gone.
ct we would gladly render our disappointment
useful to others, but of that we have not much
hope Hundreds will rush into the flame, heed.
less OF the victims which have fallen, and are
writing, and expiring beneath it.
COUNTERFEIT DEUEcEoR. We have received
the two first numbers of a new semi monthly pa
per, published at Philadelphia, entitled Bick
neHS Counterfeit Detector, and Pennsylvania
Reporter Of Bank Notes, Broken Banks, Stocks,
&c 1t is handsomely printed on a super-royal
sheet, contains in addition to a correct list of
counterfeit and altered notes now in circula.
lon throughout the United Statos large guam
tity of reading matter, as we'll as list of prices
current, bank note list, prices of stocks, list
of broken banks, &c. &c. 1t will be issued
every two weeks. embracing the latest for.
eign and other intelligence. The terms of the
A." Counterfeit Detector" are Two dollars Der
annum,
Such publication cannot fail 10 be useful
to the public, and we hope it may be suitably
patronized. Subscriptions will be received at
this office, whore specimen may be seen.
Traders and others who are in the way of hand
ling money will find it particularly convenient
Three new daily papers arc just started in
Boston, the Centinel and Palladium which
have heretofore been published semi. weekly,
and the Transcript, new paper. We wish
them success,-the two former, we feel assured !
from our acquaintance with them, will deserve !
it,-but we fear that six dailies for Boston will |
be as bad as four ,cceklies for Worcester, which |
is at least two too many for the good either of
the proprietors or the public.
HoRrrcvLrUWAL. We have this year cult |
waited new kind of bean, the seed of which we |
procured at Nantucket, which, for cooking pods,
is certainly the ne Plus ultra of excellence. !
We do not call 1t a string bean, because the pod !
is entirely stringtesS, even when the beans are
full grown, and are SO tender that they require |
but about half as much boiling as common
strinn heans- For richness thnu Nc .a..aL -. |