The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-18
WHOLE NO. 3O33.

fgLL 1T UP By THE Roors "Father, here
IS dock - said Thomas, as he was at work
n with his father in the garden, " shall cut it off
close to the root - -.
+ NO. replied his father, 1that will not do,
h an' out up myself many times, but it
n grows again stronger than ever Pull it up bv
me TOOLS, Tor nothing else will kill it."
non pulled and pulled again, at the dock.
put the root was very deep in the ground, and
, ne Iouiu not stir 1t from IFS place so he asked
his father to come and help him, and his father
went and soon pulled it up.
ms dock root, Thomas" said his father,
e which is an evil and fast growing weed in a
. garden, puts me In mind Of the evil things that
grow SO last In the hearts of children. A bad
passion even when found out is hard TO be re-
moved, 1t is of no use TO trfe with il there
IS no other way TO overcome and destroy it but
to pun 1t mp by the root"
You have often seen in our garden, Thorn
I as, mat when the weeds are allowed to grow.
they spoil all the plants and flowers that grow
near them. So it is with evil passions in the
heart OF child If a little boy is ill.tempered.
we must not expect.to to find in him good hu
NOR; eheeruness, thankfulness, and desire to
make others happy And little girl who is
IDLE, we need not expect to DE industrious, neat
or careful AS weeds injure the flowers, so
bad passions will injure good qualities II
the commandments of God, we might as we'll
look for rose or tulip In bed of nettIes, as
/ nope to ind in his heart those graces and good
deslres that we love to see growing there
Now this is quite sufficient reason why all bad
passions should be pulled up by the root.
" Every bad habit, every evil passion which
troubles you, you should try with all your
! heart and mind to overcome you should, if
possible, tear it up. But you will find your
nnh ht,f
ply to that Almighty friend, who alone is able
to strengthen you and assist you. He can take
from your heart the love Of sin and this is the
only sure way of destroying it, as we have The
dock, by pulling 1t up By the roots
Youths Friend.
GIGANTIC SToRK. This bird is sometimes
upwards of six feet high According to the
traveller, Denham, it is protected by the inhab-
ltants OF Africa, on account of its services as a
scaVenger. Nothing comes amiss to its appe-
ute. Smeathman gives an account of tame
bird OF this species, " which regularly attended
the hall at dinner time, and placed heefto what
1t liked BEST; and one day darted its bill into a
boiled fowl, which it swallowed in an instant.
1t used to fly about the whole country, and
generally roasted high among some silk cotton
trees. From this station, at the distance of
two or three miles, it could see when the dinner
was carried across the court, when it immedi-
ately took wing, and flying with great swIfluess,
arrived in time to enter the house with some of
those who carried the dishes 1t sometimes
remained in the room for half an hour after din
ner, turning its head alternately from side to
side, with an appearance of usual gravity, as if
listening to the conversation. 1t one day swal-
lowed a cat. "-ConStelation.
CURE FOR CoRNs A correspondent of the
OF cors He says, l. thp
tc) thus | put the feet in warm water, and
allowed them to remain till found the outer
surface of the corn was soft; then dried the
feet, and applied the caustic all over the corn;
in few minutes it was dry it remained so for
ten days, when | removed the black skin. and
applied the caustic again, and so | continued
TIL had completely eradlcated the corns.
have tried the same plan with many of my pa
tients and those who have been sufferers for
years all have been cured it produces no
pain, nor the least inconvenience, and does
away with the necessity of cutting, which Is
dangerous of itself, and likely TO produce extern
sive inflammation, with, frequently the loss OF
life
WoRKLY STATESMAN. "Is it possible" ex-
claimed a thoughtless MISS, the other day, =" is
it possible that mechanics expect to be made
Judges and senator's" Mass has brother too
idle to work, and therefore sent TO college-too
stupid TO study, and therefore sent home again;
too needless to manage his OHn affairs, and
therefore selected by his provident friends to
manage the affairs of the State. The family
were of course alarmed at the new doctrine,
that had brought up thrifty mechanic as ri
val candidate Miss prided herself much upon
her family The family attained its highest
standing by the intelligence of her industrious
and worthy grandfather, who was mechanic,
statesman, Judge, carpenter, and sena-
tor-Genius Of Temperance.
WHICH IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE? Some
twenty years ago there lived in Berkshire
county, two physicians of considerable skill
and eminence. One of them used No spiritu-
Gus liquor--the other drank freely; and while
the one had acquired considerable property, the
other remained poor. Meeting each other one
day, when the former was returning from dis
tart town with richly painted and we'll made
carrlage-the latter accosted him -" Doctor
-, how do you manage TO ride in carriage
| painted in so costly manner | have been in
! practice as long and as extensively as you, and
charge MS much; but can hardly live and
drive the old one" "The paint on my car
rage" he replied, " didn't cost half so much as
the paint on your faee!"
Temperance Adrocate.
INDIAN ANEcDoTE The following anecdote
has often been related to us, and of the truth of it
we are entirely satisfied In 1908. the Indians
made descent upon Haverhill, (Mass,) severe
and bloody struggle took place between them and