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WORCESTER LYcEJ;u

Lecture will be delivered before the Lyceum
Tomorrow Evening, at Z O'Clock, by William
Andrews, Esq.
10 prevent disturbance and interruption from
the entrance of persons after the exercises have
commenced. the constitution provides that the
oooFs OF the Hall shall be locked at ten minutes past
seven o'clock
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From the ST. Johns ~ By Gazette.

BEARS. On Monday, the 9Th Nov. Cant
Beer, 1t Latham, E. Twynam, J o. g. w. r, :.
barrie, and G. Cougle, proceeded on an excursi IN
for the purpose of exploring tract of ungral t.
ed land. About II O'Clock, they discover ed
in deep glen, den of bears, one Of wh;e h.
a very large one, while attempting to escux e,
was shot dead. Before they could reload, a.
other bear came out Of the den and escape d.
BY introducing long pole into the den, til ~
found there were others in it, and they fina Iy
killed two more. The last of these two, VIII IN
attempting 20 escape, was seized and grapp I'd
BY MIR. w. Barbarie, who had no other weap IN
than Ratchet, and he and the bear were Tor
some time in such close contact. that his
friends dared not fire for fear of hitting him.
Alter desperate struggle, he inflicted seve raj
Ratchet wounds on the head of the bear, md
succeeded in dsengagng himself from her IN.
brace, when she was Immediately shot by his
companions, and fell from the top Of rock up
wards of 80 feet perpendicular, where sho was
finally despatched with stones.
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VIM BLODGET s. co.

Offer. for sale. at lo,o prices, on a long credit,
in lots to Accommodate
nn HHDS fair, good TO prime N. Or.
IL wv leans SUGAR,
240 boxes do do. do. Havana White g. Bro. do
80 do. York and Philad. Loaf & Lump do.
275 bbls. Philad. ST-sRCH, approved brands
400 balos prime and fine Louisiana, Mississippi,
and Mobile COTTON
100 bags Black PEPPER
2n0 do. Cuba and st. Domingo COFFEE,
300 kegs and boxes Manufac'd Tobacco,
Marseilles. Madeira, Sweet Malaga and Claret
VINE,
Soucbong and Tyson Tea, fresh and fine,
Pure st. Croix Rum, aud Holland Gin, pure
Spirit,
Brown Soap Chocolate, Patent Shot, all sizes,
Window Glass. Cassia, &c. &c.
Providence Nov 20
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WHOLESALE STORE.

7 nnA BBLS. Genesee and Southern
Il OOV Flour,
100 halfbbls. Baltimore Howard street do.
50 do Buck Wheat do,
so bbls. Philadelphia Starch,
5000 gallons pure Spesmacsti Oil,
boxes do: do. Candles,
,, 150 shis and hall, bos; No & Mackerel,
400 sacks do. Fine do.
10 casks first sort Pot Ashes,
30 casks Cut Nails, I'D. TO God
20 jars Maccabay Snuff,
10 boxes and kegs Tobacco,
so crates Crockery Ware,
10 hhds. Porto Rico Sugar,
% boxes Havana Brown do.
90 do. Loaf and Lump do. &c. &c.
For sale on the most favorable terms, at the
Canal Store, Central street. by
ROBERT EARLE.
Worcester Eny 30
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COLONJz1y1Ov sOcIFTY

i.c annual meeting of the Worcester County
HHuA.'JIy Colonization Society will be held at the
Court House OF Wednesday crerine. Dec. ID. a,
Fan past SIX A Report will be presented by the
resident oil the Society, Rev. Mr. Nelson and ad.
uiesses are expected from several other gentlemen
Dec. T. '-' 'J'
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OccuLTATIoN. Tomorrow, the 9th Of
December, the Planet Jupiter, with all his
satellites, will appear to be ecipsed by the
moon, under circumstances favorable for
observation. The Immersion will take
place on the dark, and the EMERSON on the
enlightened side of the moon.
An equalization of this planet is of very
rare occurrence; the last that was observ-
ed in this country, happened in the autumn
of 1920, and another is not to be expected
for many years.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

The SEASON. From all parts of the
country, we hear Of the setting in of winter
in good earnest. They have sleighing in
Maryland and Virginia, and the Potomac
is frozen over, opposite to w ashington.-
Since our last, additional falls of snow have
increased the quantity in this vicinity to
the average depth of about foot. It's toll
'erably level, and the sleighing, as the paths
get beaten, is becoming good.
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Wanted Manaed;0feIy.

q t my Shop. in Millbury, one good Jour,
IA neyman SPINDLE MAKER-one who
is acquainted with making Throsile SpindIes
would be preferred. Also, an active. steady
LAD, 10 years OF age, who could come well
recommended, would be taken at same place as
an Apprentice TO the Spindle business.
SAMUEL BROWN.
MIllbury. Dec
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ST. " Ihe Schoo! for Apprentices, in the Centre
Icipol District, will be opened at the Room over
tne engine House, GOddards' Row, on MospaY
skAr, Dec. L, under the care of MIR. JONAS B.
1919 Dpc 7
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Wanted IsemediofeIy.

q OR 10 intelligent Young Men, 20 travel in
y this State and vicinity, for the purpose OF
obtaining subscribers to new and popular his.
torlcai publication. Good encoura cement will
be gwen A line addressed to J S w. at the
fost Once, IN this place, postage paid, vii
meet with immediate attention. Dec 2
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RELIGIOUS LIFE.

EkORR Il ROWLAND have just publish
HU ed a little Book, called " Directions 10
parsons just commencing a Religious LIFE
The reader is requested to see an extract from
this book IN the Spy of Nov. 80. Epery young
convert ought to swn a copy. They are neatly
done up and covered with cloth. Price l21 cts
Worcester, Dec T.
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WANTED.

HeY the subscriber, (near Bramanville) 81,
ED or eight TURNER'S and FILERS, and
one BLACKSMITH, to whom good encour.
agement will be given.
HERYEY WATERS.
Millbury, Dec. =. 6w
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FOR SALE.

A T Woods Factory, Hopkinton, one second.
IA hand Dra,cing Frame, one do do Turn.
ing Engine, by VIM. B. & A. WOOD.
N. b. Wanted Immediately, one or two
Families, to whom good accommodations and
encouragement will be given, by VIM. B. g. A.
Wood. Hopkinton, Dec T.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

LOUISIANA SENATOR. On the 18th ult.,
George Waggaman, the Republican candi-
date, was elected Senator from the State of
Louisiana, by majority of two votes, over
the Jackson candidate. We congratulate
the public on this result Although hoped
for, we were not without our fears that it
might be otherwise, as the Jackson papers
had predicted, with great confidence, the
choice of their man.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

The CoUaT OF COMMON PLEAS is now
in session in this town. Present Judge
Strong. twill probably sit two or three
weeks.
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Che gassaei,usetts SUD.

THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS Is ESSENTIAL TO
THE SECURITY OF FREEDoM"
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To the Honorable Nathaniel
Oct. Is,issi

Paine, Judge Of Probate for the County Of
Worcester:
YEVHE subscriber, Guardian of the six minor
n Children of JOHN BOYD, late of Oak
ham, deceased, namely, REUBEN BeYD, JAMES
BoyD, MARY J. BOYD, DANFoRTH r. BoYp, Ju-
LIZA BOYD, and CHENEY BoYD-respeciiully rep,
rescnts that the said Minors are seized and pos
sossed of about thirty acres of Land, lying in
said Oakham, which produces but little profit,
not enough for their support-and that il is
necessary TO sell said Land for that purpose. He
therefore prays the Hon. Judge to license aud
authorize him to sell and convey the said Mi
nor Real Estate, for their benefit.
CHENEY POTTER.
October %, 1891.
On the foregoing Petition, ordered, that no.
lice thereof bo given TO all persons ccncorned'
by causing said Petition and this order 10 DC
published three weeks successfully. before the
first Tuesday in january ncxt, in - me !haSSa
ehusftts Spy" printed in Worcestershire they
may be heard thereon, at Court Of rrooate'
then to be holden at Worcester in said County,
at 10 Of the clock before noon, il they see cause
NATHANIEL PAINE, j. Proc
| a co2ys Attest
40 THEoPH's WHEELER, Reg.
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Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
FHNHE Members of the Worcester Mutual
"A Fire Insurance Company are notified, that
their Annual Meeting for the choice of Officers.
will be held at the Court House, in Worcester,
on WEDNESDAY,, the 14h day Of December merit,
al SIX o'clock, T. M. Report of the Direc-
tors proposing revision of the BYLAWS will
then be made and acted upon.
by order Of the President and Directors.
ISAAC GOODWIN, Seery.
Worcester, Nov %
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

o. The man irhat conducts the paper,
established in this town by Isaac Hill, Da-
vid Henshaw & Co., after having for more
than two years INDUCED in the most malig-
nant as2ersions of private and public char
acter, and in the grossest personalities, sent
forth with zeal which indicated a fear of
losing the favor of his employers, or of the
stipend which he annually receives from
Washington, has all at once become chary OF
reputation and sensitive about PERSONAL
ties ! Not that he has indicated any dis
position 10 reform, himself, but thinks il
highly indecorous that any others should
trench on what he seems to consider priv.
llege exclusively his own. He need moi
fear. On that course he may run the race
without competitor For the present we
leave him in the hands of our correspond
ents. At our leisure we will look up doc
nment in our possession, which will satisfy
the public, that, whatever cause the ndi-
vidual named in late communication in
the Spy might have to complain of the arti-
Gle, the Editor of the Jackson paper is the
last man in the world who has any right to
censure it. If we should, at any time. de-
molish his own house of glass with the
weapon which he has voluntarily put into
our hands, let him not complain. Even the
uncomfortable animal which all decent
men turn aside to avoid, sometimes pre-
sumes too much on the disgust which is
felt at the idea of coming in contact with
him, and brings destruction upon himself
when he least thinks of it. If, like him
the Jackson Editor thinks TO presume more
and more on the forbearaHce of the COM
munty, he may find those who have nerved
themselves TO encounter the odor they may
be assaulted with in giving him his deserts.
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TouoH. A writer in St ClairsviIle (Ch 10Y
paper tells the following story as every word
true:
in November, 1927, then living in Harrison
county, Ohio, killed large hog and dres ,ed
it on the face of large red oak stump. In
tho March following 1 observed most Of the
brlstles left on the stump from dressing the
hog, to be sticking into the wood endwise- and
on pulling them out, found to each bristlc two
or three roots from } to : of an inch long, h Nv.
Ing actually commenced a vegetable growth"
The writer of this curious piece OF natu raj
history mus. be the same man of whom it is
told that on certain time when slaughterin
hog in the woods, he lost his Jack knife VIII ich
dropped among the dried leaves; and in the
following summer happening to pass the sa me
place, he was surprised TO see large bu sh
covered with jack.knives, which hung deperId-
ing from the stems like fruit
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

MAMMOTH TURTLE. During the late
storm a Turtle, of extraordinary dimen-
sions drifted ashore on the flats at West
Farms, near New York and was taken on
the salt meadows of Mr.. Richard L. Hirst.
The Turtle was Immediately purchased by
Mr.. Scudder, proprietor of the American
Museum, for the sum of $500, and was
brought to the city and safely placed in his
establishment alive yesterday. Its weight
is fourteen hundred and sirty-ttoo pounds,
being some 400 to 500 pounds heavier than
the celebrated Turtle taken several years
ago in Sandy HOOK Bay, which is stll ex-
hibited at the same museum. This literal
ly is n great curos,y.-.N y Mer. .4dU.
ALARnIHe PHEHoMENog. A letter from st
Gall, in Switzerland, Of the i7th Oct states that
on tho 18th a mountain near Bregenz, split
asnndcr with frightful noise, and an opening
Of so feet in width was formed Forests OF FIR
were ovcrthrown, and large rocks removed from
their places. A brook had entirely disappear.
ed, and il was feared that its collected waters
would cause great mischief Many families
lec Bregcnz through fear
A certain Reverend, who is not member Of
the Temperance Society. being lately asked by
dealer TO purchase some fine old Jamaica,
drily answered, TO tell yeu the truth, Mr..
-. Gamma cay, I'm very fond O. rum: for,
ifIiak mnir than six tum'lcrs, is very nr: to
gle mo a headache. - i0sg0'o Chronicle,
The Indiana Legislature have passed law
taxing usadtrs of 'ooodcn CLOCKS $40 per an
mum tho penalty. for evasion is sum not OK
cesdipg $3.50.
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WO00RS189a
WEDNESDAY, DEC, T., 1897,
FOREIGN NEWS.


BY arrivals at N. York we have. at lenot5
accounts to Oct. "a, IA days later from
London. They came too late TO allow the
publication of details this week. A sum.
mary Of the most important inteligence is
snhJoined. By one of the packets from,
London came passengers, our townsinan
stephen Salisbury, and John Slater of Ok
ford
ENGLAND.
The spirit of Reform appears undated. The
utmost exeTtIons are made to preserve order
Which, with triting exceptions were successful
dreat meetings continue to be held in all pop.
ulous places in favor of Reform Parliament
was prorogued on the Goth of October 10 Nov.
.22d, by the King in person The speech de-
iivered on that occasion, announces the inpor-
taht fact, that the question of Reform will en-
gage the attention Of Parliament at the open-
ing of the session.
HOLLAND AND BELGIUM
The Ministers Of the five Great Powers in
London, had asreed upon final adjustment OF
the controversies betw cen Holland and Belgi.
mn. new arrangement had been made and
forwarded To both parties No decision had
heen made by hem at the latest adyices. In
the Belgium council there was opposition to il ::
but under all The circumstances, the probability
is, that it will finally be acquiesced in.
POLAND
Tho suppression of the Poles by the capture
of Warsaw, and tho subsequent dispersion Of
the army, have been the subject Of two official
accounts, one issued by the Russian authori.
ties, and the other e;nanaing from the Patri
OTIS che only fact 10 be learned from either
is that tho cause of Poland is for the presen,
lost. or the lreachery of part of the Polish
leaders, there is no longer any doubt
FRANCE
The bill for the Reformation of the Peerage
has been finally disposed ofby the Chamber Of
Deputies 1t is founded on the principles that
the Peerage should endure for life that the
nomination Of the Peers should exist in the
Crown. and that their number should be unlirn-
tied. There were in favor Of its passing 1885,
and against it 40. The chief interest Of the
piece now begins, instead of being terminated
The Peers will now be called upon to decide
on the retention or surrender ftheir own hon
ors und power.
CHOLERA MoRBus. Tho alarm respecting
the Cholera seems to have been revived, in
consequence of that terrible disease having
made its appearance al Hamburg letter
from that city, dated 18th Oct says" Since
the 18th inst "a new of cholera have &C.
CURED, making in all So, viz 81 have died 9
recovered, and % remain ill., Two cases are
said TO have occurred to-day at Altoona"
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

A report was circulated in town on Tuesday
that the mail stage was fred upon by some
robber in the vicinity of this town. II appear
cd on investigation the next day, that man
who prepared to go early in the morning TO
the beach for sporting, was at the time clean
ing his gun in preparation for ,ho expedition.
Ho probably did not notice at the time the
stage WAS passing - Portsmouth ysarast.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

A SCREAMER Italian papers state tina t
an organized being has been found in Al
RIGA which seems 10 form link in the chat. n
between the animal and vegetable king :
doms. This singular being has the form
a spotted serpent. 1t creeps along tn e
ground and in lieu OF an head, it has a
flower formed like small bell which con :
tains slimey liquid. Flies and other in :.
sects, attracted by the sweet taste of thi $
liquid, enter the flower and are detained
there by its glutinous nature. The flower
then closes aud remains closed until the
prisoners nre crushed and transformed into
chyle. The undigestible parts, such as the
head and wings are rejected by two infe-
rior openings with spiral windings. The
skin of this serpent plant, resembles leaves,
the flesh is white and tender. The inhab-
itants of the country eat it and consider it
great delicacy.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

PRoGREss OF LITERATURE. A Correspond.
ent OF The Savannah Georgian says the follow
ing literary and photographed moroccan, was
found on a sign-post in the interior of that
State He adds "by giving publicity to it, you
may, ascertain whether any person nose of such
cattle in This quarter"
NoTIcE. | void Be glad if emmy purson
Nose of emmy Cattle Marked Crop in the Rite
yeare and Swallerak in the Left yeare
Branded d G if emmy purson nose of Such
Cattle inform Mr-of them.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

MAMMOTH PcrAro. An extremely long al d
large S,oeet Pot@to of the Spanish kind W, s
lett at this office yesterday. BY AUGUSTUS }.
LoSosTREEr, Esq, having grown the past Sc. =.
son ut his plantation on the Sand Hills 1t
weighs a small fraction of nine pounds it )
length measuring its several crooks) fee t
II 1-5 inches; largest circumference / foo t
1910 inches, which size it maintains with it,
tie variation to the length of foot inche 5.
Atthe distance of two feet and half from tn ,
stem, it branches the larger branch is yer '
uniformly of the same size, and measures Z
s'i0 inches round; the smaller branch is foe t
lilo inches long, and G inches in circumfeI .
ence at larges. part.-Augxsta (GeO.A Chron.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

In Ruthersordton, N. c., young man named
Henry Kemp, Of respectable family, started
from his fathers house for the gold mines. Sth
ult He procured bottle of spirits at a store.
and was soon after found drowned, his face in n
stream of water not two inches deep nor six
wide, where it is supposed he had lain down 20
drink, and could not remove.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

Stow STORM. The snow was l6 inches deep
at Malone, franklin county, N Y, on Tuesday
the 22d uit, and on the next morning the snow
still continued TO fall
On the 28th ult. snow fell 10 the depth of
about 8 inches in Utica. 1t is said to DO Is in
ches deep north of that place.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

FuEL. There is a scarcity of fuel in this
market Anthracite coal has risen to nine dol.
lars n ton and some kinds are not TO DO obtain
cd at any price btuminous coal is selling for
eighteen dollars chaldron and wood for absut
seven dollars a cord-B0ston Courier.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

GREAT Ok. The great OK which was at
Brighton last week, weighed as follows Quar-
tors E45, 440. 800, 355-hide 16l-tallow 25S
total 20l9. He wa raised aud fattened by
Ms E. Turner of Phipsten.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-07

YALE COLLEGE. There IRE in the Senior
Class SO, Junior Glass 1902, Sophomore Class
Sc, Freshman Glass 80: total number of under
graduates of the academica branch, 33l.-
There are az Theological Students, "A in Law,
45 in Medicine, and 4 resident graduates-ma'
king oil the students connected with the Col.
lege, 400.
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-10-14
MONTREAL, Sept. IS.
Chester tp. Dell co. Sept. /.

Eight fthe unfortunate passengers of IL.
Lady Sherbrooke, which lately suffered ship
wreck on the coast of Newfoundland, present.
ed themselves yesterday to the Epigrant Soci-
ETY. of this city, to be forwarded to Upper Cam
ada. One of them, man of about 60 years
OF age, lost his wife and all his children, seven
in number. Another had two saved of FAM
lily, which including relatives, consisted of six
teen persons. He had gone to the bottom with
his family, but being an expert diver, rose to
the surface and swan to the shore. His son
escaped similarly.-His wife who persisted had
100 sovereigns sewed into part of her dress.
These passengers asserted that the captain and
mate were both in a state of beastly intoxicati-
on; the captain particularly, who had to be carr
ried into bed by three men, on the evening Of
the fatal calamity, and that the mate was or.
the deck about half after ten O'Clock, quite unfit,
tor the performance of his duty 1t is dreadt.
full thing that the care of so many lives should
have been entrusted to such persons 1t will
be remembered, that nearly 800 souls persisted
by this shipwreck. Yindicator. y,
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-10-14

The Richmond Wing says he has received
a Peach of the Heath species, measuring
eleven inches in circumference, and weighing
thirteen ounces.
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-10-14

Thr Presidency nomination of Mr..
Writ will we presume, be highly satisfactory
to all the opponents of Secret Societies. 1t is
a happy Illustration of our principles. 1t shows
that we entertain no proscriptve feeling. That
we do not war against Men. That we think
no worse of any man FOR having been deceived
into Masonry. provided he is now willing to
renouncc and join us to put down that vile In
lstitution.-~Mr WIRT had himself taken one
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-10-14

Bitterness Of Spirit in Masonic Christian
The Rev. Dyer Burgess, Editor of ssInRdelity
Unmasked," (Cincinati, Ohio.) says in his
paper of the 18th inst. "a few days since |
met in the street one of the most amiable,
cultivated and liberal men Of this place, or,
indeed of any other place, who soon began
abusing Richard Rash, and calling him . a
cursed viHlia" 1 looked at him with aston
ishment, presume he never called any man
''a cursed villain" before in his life. | asked
him what Richard Rush had done? He said
he had renowned Masonry, and had spoken
against it: and then repeated that he was /" a
cursed villain"
"Why was this brother in Christ so exaspe-
rated" asks Mr.. Burgess. "He was ROYAL
Arch Mason, and felt his conscience crinnis 81
by his obligation. cannot account for sucb
CONDUCT in such man upon any other princi-
pie. If you can, any of you, pray do it, and
relieve my agony ~
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-10-14

a new degree, which has yet been reveafcd.--H
Mr. Jones have the goodness give us the secrets oahs
ceremonies of this dcsreel-EDs. A. Nj INTEL.