The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-06-01
WHOLE NO. 1895.
ANECDOTES OF WOMEN.

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by his subjects, his queen. who alone ren,a;ned
attaehed to him in his misfortrres meyer fail
oI,L ~ oiihg MN necessaries with her own hands.
J gh she was not permitted to see him
tion sts WINE on this visit of conugal affec-
.ion' Sne observed that the keeper of The castle
r c her very particularly, and anneared af
aJ,,.".. al heT beauty and misfortunes. She took
S auyInaage OF the favorable impressions. and
bo. MN so lar, as TO be allowed access to
n1i,.a , o. f1er visits were at length per-
,hat ~ tdAe pace so free from observation,
clothes with her husband. who time d;sg.;aad
St0ie out OF the prison without being discovered
When the gaoler entered, he found his sunnos.
81 prisoner IN bed few words inarticulatelv
uttered indicated sickness as the cansa Tho
eaoier was satisfied, nor was the cheat discov-
ea III some me days had elapsed and Cavades had
to the King of the E1iGates BB 81 Whose s,ss.
! lance he was afterwards restored to his throne
and kingdom.
/, HE LAST OF THE ALcHYM1sTs. Mrs. Man.
icy, the fair author of the Atalants," publish.
ed IN l7O9, records a singular deusion of slchv-
my, which so late as that day was prac6sed
1t appears that lady, an infatuated lover of
this deluslve art, met with person who pre-
tended TO have the power oc transmitting LEAD
into gold. This hermetic philosopher required
only the materials, and time to perform his
golden operations. He was taken to the country
residence of his patroness large laboratory
was built. and that his labors might not be inn
peded by any disturbance, no one was permit
ted to enter it but himself His door was con-
trived to turn on spring, SO that unseen and
unseeng, his meals were conveyed to him
without distracting the sublime CONCENTRATIONS
of the sage.
During residence of two years, he never
condescended to speak to his infatuated patron.
ess When she was admitted into the laborato-
ry, she saw with pleasing astonishment, stills,
immense cauldrons, long hues, and three or
four Vucanian fires, blazing at different cor
ners OF the magical mine ; nor did she behold
with less reverence the venerable figure of the
dusty philosopher. Pale and emaeiated with
daily operations and nightly vigils, he revealed
to her, IN unntelligible iargon, his progresses
and having some times condescended to ex-
plain the mysteries of the arcana, she beheld or
seemed TO behold, streams of fluid, and heaps
OF solid ore scattered around the laboratory.
Some times he required new STILL some times
vast quantities of lead. Already this unfortu-
nate lady had expended the half of her fortune
in supplying the demands of the philosopher.
She began now TO lower her Imagination to
the standard of reason, two years had now
elapsed, vast quantities of lead had gone in,
and nothing but lead had come out. She dis
closed her sentiments TO the philosopher, who
candidly confessed that he was himself sursris-
ed at its tardy processes but that now he
would venture to perform laborious operation,
which he had hitherto hoped he would not be
under the necessity of employing. His patron
ess retired, and the golden visions of expecta-
tations resumed all their lustre.
One day, as they sat at dinner, a terrible
shrek, followed by successive cracks as loud
as the report of a cannon, assalled their ears.
They hasteneG TO the laboratory-two of the
great stills had burst one part of the laborato-
ry was in flames, and the deluded alchymist
was scorched to death.
REWARD OF TREAcHERY. Tarpeia, the
daughter of Tarpecius, the keeper of the CAPT.
toll agreed to betray it into the hands of the Sa-
bines, on this condition, that she should have
for her reward, that which they carried upon
their left arms" meaning the golden bracelets
they wore upon them. The Sabines having
been let in by Tarpeia, according to compact,
Titus, their king, though we'll pleased with car
rying the place, yet detesting the manner in
which it was done, commanded the Sabines to
give the fair traitor her promised reward, by
throwing TO her all they wore on their left arm,
he cast that, together with his shield, upon her.
All the Sabnes followed the example of their
chief, the traitoress was speedily overwhelmed
with the number of bucklers heaped upon her
and thus persisted miseraby under the weight Of
the reward which she had earned by the double
treachery to her father and 20 her country.
- american anecdotes.
RECEIPTS FOR SUMNER BEER. Take four
quarts of molasses, half a pint of yeast, and a
spoonful of powdered race ginger 4; put the IN
gradients into your vessel, and pour on them
two gallons of scalding hot water shake them
we'll till it ferments, and add thirteen gallons
of cold water to fill up the cask. Let the
liquor ferment about twelve hours, when it will
be fit for use. 1t may be kept in bottles to
great age.
ANorHER Good wholesome Small Beer
achich ociH not soar. Take two ounces of hops,
and boi, them three or four hours, in three or
four pailfuls of water and then scald two
quarts of molasses in the liquor, and turn it
up into a clean halfbarrel, boiling hot then
fill it up with cold water before it is quite full,
put in your emptings yeast, to work it the
next day you will have agreeable toh0LeSOane
small Beer that will not fill with wind, as that
which is brewed from malt or bran and it will
keep good till it is all drank out.
Another. To ten quarts of water, add
one bottle of porter, and one pound of brown
sugar or pint of molasses. After they
have been we'll mixed, pour the liquor in.
to bottles, and place them loosely corked
in a cool cellar. In two or three days il
will be fit for use. A spoonful! of ginger, add
ed to the mixture, renders it more lively and
agreeable othe taste.
The other day Capt B. of this town, who il
a man of considerable information, and, OF q
specializing turn of mind, encountered Mr., J. &
I shrewd neighbor of his, and accosted him thus
Pray tell me neighbor J. what does miller
wear white hat for ?" After chewing hi
ouid and scratching his head moment, J. re
piled, al it was because the meal could not be
seen so we'll" "'Tant it-'tant it" said Capt
D. "You've heard it hundred times-dye
give it up'" Yes" Why he wears It II t T.
cover his head" J. was mortified, and walked
offwih something evidently ranking and gnaw'
ing in his stomach but, having recovered him.
self, soon returned 20 disgorge his spleen upor;
the captain Captain B. you , are man into
Sorsipn parts-you are man that knows a
great deal, and always looked upon you, as
sort of general thinker about matters S, and things