The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-17

The ordination of CHRISTOPHER T. THAYER,
over the First Congregational Society in Bev-
erly, took place on the goth ult. Sermon by
Rev. DR.. Thayer of Lancaster, Gather of the
pastor elect) from LIST Timothy, 4th chapter,
ana clause of the 18th verse" Gioe MySeLf
aoholty to them"
The snow storm was so severe in Barnstable
county, on Monday, the 9Th inst, and the snow
SO much drifted, that the mail was seven hours
on the road between Sandwich and Barnstable,
distance of IL miles
Snow was ten inches deep at Cincinnati,
Ohio, on the Cd inst
The Ohio river at Wheeling, is now closed
with ice.
The amount of duties on sales by auction,
paid into the State Treasury by the auctioneers
Of the city of New York, during the year end
! ing on the Both Nov. last, was $240,436. The
sum OF $56, 1879 was paid by single house, and
So, l62 by another.
The Virginia Convention was in session one
hundred and three days. Mr.. Randolph, in his
last speech, declared that he should now retire
from public life, and never again enter the are
| ma of political warfare.
I In late judicial investigation in London, an
othcer of the Court observed that he knew an
| old lady, who died about three years ago, and
| who gave out to the world that she was worth
nothing, but left G250, 900 sterhng-[equal to
| $l,250,O00.]
The Bank of England discounts short loans
| at 3 per cent-on bullion at g.
FACTORY BURNT. The Woollen Factory in
/ Enfield, (Mass) belonging to the Swift River
Manufacturing Company, was wholly destroyed
! by fire, on Saturday, the 9th inst loss about
! $4,000, of which $1,000 was insured in Bos-
ton, by the Manufacturers Insurance Company.
A London paper says, that gold has, for the
last $50 years, been constantly rising in value
in comparison with silver. Gold, that in the
reign of Elizabeth, was worth only 10 ounces
OF silver, is now worth l64 ounces, at the pres
ent price of silver bullion.
| Professor Sillman has analysed a bed OF
! porcelain clay, found in CRANKY, Comm last
( fall and pronounces it of the finest and most
| valuable kind.
! A foreign paper states that horse radish, cut
! into small pieces, and chewed, il good remedy
for hoarseness, coughs, colds, and cases of in
cplent consumption.
A blacksmith in England advertises "that
he irons wheels and steals axes.''
I CRoUP. For this disorder, so fatal to chill
dren, NJ. Bretonneau, medical man at Tours
appears to have discovered a certain cure by
! blowing alum into the throat of the child
| through an instrument invented for the pur-
pose. In some cases, two or three repetitions
of this treatment are sufficient; in others, five
or six are necessary. Numerous children, rap.
idly falling victims to this fiightful disorder,
after the exhibition of the antiphlogistic and
other supposed remedies, have been cured by
M. Bretonneau.-French paper
! The Jesuit, Roman Catholic paper printed
in Boston, states from the records of the church,
that the number of Catholics in that city, in
1890, was 100; 1900, $50; 1910, 72O; 1890,
$780, and in 1928, 1890.
u o. HARRINGTON presents his very CRATE
ful acknowledgements to the fremen and citizens
Of Worcester, for their spirited and prompt ex-
/ ertinns to ave his Rnildinns from, fire or The