The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-06-30
DEvAYNEs, THE JuGGLER


lie shooting season, and they set out toget6er q
10 horseback. amusing themselves at every Mac
4. where they alIghted at the expense of the gar
f. ing country folks, who had never before see
l. any performances of the kind Whilst on ,hei
3 way they haPp ned to stop and dine at Cars
J. tang, and as 1t was market day they promise
:. r. some diversion with the countr
0 lOiKs assembled in the kitchen Accordingl,
# after dinner, under the pretence of ureferrin,
the ample kitchen fire to that in the narloT
: they took their seats among the vendors Of ego
Q an" poultry, and most whimsical scene fol
r lo"ed. Devaynes began by Offering the wait
er guinea to change it for his dinner bin bu
when the waiter arrived at the bar, the
3 guinea was metaIDorphosed into a shilling, with
nH'ch tue poor fellow returned in great dsmay
, Devaynes once more appeared to denosite
guinea In his hand, and told him To bold 4 fast
hni I,I,at uas I:--1-.ssrI1icMI on an nresenf,n
the money to the landlord to find lfnenns
: instead OF guinea The good people we're by
'his lime as much surprised and terrified as The
waiter ana 10 helghten the effect, Devaynes
AFTER swallowing glasses, pots, and huge niece
Of CANNON of bacon, called for Boots to brine
MN pair OF slippers, which he bolted down al.
Ter the rest. The establishment and consterna.
tion OF the market folks was now Understandable.
ana DeVaynes as climax, fixing his ewes in a
strange manner upon his friend, complained of
q dreadful pain in tho stomach His friend ask.
90 &C: MN It ne had been eating any thing that
disagreed with him; TO which Devaynes repli.
e. don't know, except it be that little child
"dich you know swallowed last nj ht for sun.
per; forgot 10 take off its shoes. and il is
Kicking me like fury" There was no standing
'nis-ail the company rose pell-mell and rush.
ed To the door, convinced now, as thew had al
ready suspected, that the dark man was no 9th.
cd than the devil himself The best of the Joke.
however, remains to be told. The merchants
norse' when he felt the spur, was in the habi,
OF cooking up his tail, circumstances which
"ao not escaped Devaynes, who was constantly
on The watch for whimsical incidents. Having
IN VAN pressed the landlady to receive the
utnouht OF the reckoning, he and his friend
mounted their horses to proceed on their iour-
hey; by this time the report of what had pas
SEQ IN the kitchen, not forgetting the swallow
ing OF The child, had been noised all over the
place, and all the market people had assembled
rouhd The Inn door to see the cannibal quit the
village Having given the cue TO his friend
who preceded him few yards, he roared out
p" Nag, cock your tail !" which word of COM
mand; the beast, "by the heels admonished. -
instantly obeyed, and the travellers trntted ont
OF town highly diverted at an adventure which
almost terrified to death the simple country
folks, VINO thanked Heaven that they had at
length got fairly rid of the devil. for such thew
were persuaded he must be who could swallow
at he
word OF command.-LtUerpOoL Mcrcury
The DEAD SEA. The description of the
Dead Sea which follows, is contained in re.
various excursions into the ssird;5dGa co nd
try. given in the New Monthly Magazine-}
This sea occupies the ground where the an.
clent cities of Sodom and Gomorrah stood
The neghboring districts are spoken of as
rocky, barren, and dreary
The sea is discolored by the waters of the
jordan for about two hundred yards, and, at
least four hundred feet up the stream, the wa.
ter tastes extremely salt and brackish. The
south side is covered with quantity of low
shrubs, and about one hundred yards from the
river, a low line of sand separates its deborde-
mems from the sea Here, also, are few trees.
the greater part shrunk up and withered We
now proceeded to the shore. The mountains
of Moab on the east, and the continuation of
the chain Gebel Nalse on the west, form vast
basis, No plains of any extent interviewed be-
tween tho mountains and the sea. The sandy
plains of Jericho stretch off, blank and waste.
to the north. We sat down a time in silent
establishment, and gazed, strongly Impressed
by the sight, on the universal desOation which
weighed like curse upon every thing around
u.s. We were seated on a wlthered trunk
! which had been carried down BY the river and
afterwards rejected by the sea- Large frag-
Inents of a similar kind lay scattered around
us, half buried IN the Shiny sand beyond these
were long crusis or shells of salt, glistenng
and cracking under the feet of our horses, thai
were wandering about in search of some herb.
age, ana hndlng none, had at last approached to
where we were placed. A few sickly plants
halt smothered in the mud and salt with the ire.
quent foundations, made a sort Of wood. Near
dropped one or two squalid knots of tups; mix.
60 with yellow flowers, and We heard, from
Time TO time, the melancholy song of few
lonesome birds on the slunled trees. After
short repose, we stripped and rushed into the
waters. They bore us up with great force as
we advanced. We took precautions not to wet
me head. The travellers who had preceded us
had suHered from neglect in this respect The
water seemed tolerably clear until taken
up IN the hand, when it looked oily, and rcsem.
bied brandy when first mixed with water. The
general hue was dead polish green, approach.
ing 10 blue tho botsos.s .iPPory and slimv
cleft strongly up and down for several feet To-.
gether. and here and there scoped and sunk
into pits and holes. This slime, on the shore
assumed the appearance and consistency Of
stone. The sensation on leaving the water was
dIsagreeable in the extreme. 1t did not, indeed,
produce that contraction of the skin mentioned
by most writer's but we felt instead, clammy,
] oily feeling, not unlike honey half washed of.
saw no asphaltum floating on the surface of
the sea; but we picked up some particles 1.-THE
largest not longer than an inch) and perfectly
black, on the shore. The water tasted partic.
uiarly salt, bitter, and poignant, and left
strong, sharp, singing sensation on the tongue
| nose, and eyes. The salt deposite, too, on our
boards and skin, was very considerable, and
most unpleasant The whole scene was one of
utter desoation. Not human boing was visi.
bio in the neighborhood; not single symptom
or vesiige Of man. A few Struggling birds, and
the fragments of few shells in the sand, were
the only evidences of life.
!
| MARRIED LIFE. A great proportion of the
Indebtedness which so often embitters married
| life, am persuaded, has originated in the ueg-
| ligence of trhes. Connubial happiness is a
( thing Of too fine texture to DO roughly hand.
led-it is delicate flower which indifference
will chill, and suspicion Dlast--it is sensitive