The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-06-08

best attributes but he enjoys one pre-emi.
, nence, for which even the lowest have no cause
to envy him. All the destructive animals fulfil
Their dire offices upon creatures belonging TO
other kinds when the lion leaps from ambush
1t is into the neck of the wild OK or the antelope
that he buries his claws,-when the wolves
nowl in unison, it is the deer they are pursu-
ing when the scream of the eagle sounds
shrillest, then let the wild duck beware! Even
the Unsuitable ferocous tiger keeps aloof from
his brethren of blood. But, when the drums
roll and trumpets clang-when the banner
IoIds are shaken abroad upon the air, and the
nelgh OF the charger re-echoes the deep notes
OF the buge; then is man, with his boosted
reason, Preparing TO spill the blood of his broth
er,-to drive his desolatng chariot over the
races OF his kindred-spread havoc and despair
before his path, and leave famine and pestience
to track his footsteps"
A sPIRITED LAD. Two lads in the country
were playing beside brook, which was some
three ioet deep, and five times as rlany broad.
brookhere ''''o '''
Jadi. darnt What will you bet now9
Pstr went bet nothin-but I know vou
darsrt 1ou
J@tf. DO you say that in jeest or in arnest
| Pehr. | say 1t in airnest
Jact. You do?
PetIT Yes, and stump you to it, besides,
Jacf. You stump me to it hey2 Wal, YOU
shall se then.
So aying, Jack, with zeal worthy Of bet-
ter tae, ran and jumping with all his miGht.
found himself in the middle of the stream. and
up to ais chin in water
of that hey?
Petr. Ha, ha, ha Why, you've got more
spunk than thought you had
Jaci waded out of the brook and went home
as wet as drowned rat, where he was called
to an iccount for his dripping condition.
Mother. Why. Jack, whore hare you been
to-
Jac1. No where, but in the middle Of thu
brook. [Suddenly.]
Mother. In the middle of the brook; child
how came you there? ,
ZACH. Why, Pete Poliwog-
| Mother. The villain did he push Won in
Jack. He who, Peter Polliwor? should
like to catch him pushing mo in He knows
better than to undertake that.
Mother. How did you get in, then?
Jack. Why, jumped in
Mother. You jumped IN!
JGck. TO be sure did. Pete Poliwog told
me dars'nt-and By CORY, I'm NOT the Gou 10
take stump IN Y. Constellation.
TICKLING Trout. "An old sportsman of our
acquaintance assures SIS that trout NAV be ,ok
en- With wonderful degree of certainty, bv The
art Of tickling. 1t is, says he performed in this
way; Get your eye upon a good sized trout,
walk carefully into tho water lust in his rear
place your hand just forward OF his tail, and
commence tickling along his belly towards his
head. You must continue this operation until
you have got your hand just anterior to the for.
ward fms, when you are to slip the fore inger
dexterously through the gills, and whip The
trout from his native element, before he has
had time TO reflect on the tickIish condition in
which he has been caught"
IMPROVEMENT IN TANNING II is stated that
s. Hurlbut, of Oswego, IN. w. in connection
with Hunt & Shrove, have discovered a meth
cd of tanning hides, which is supposed 10 be an
important Improvement upon the process that
has usually been pursued. They have thrown
aside the use OF lime altogether, and instead,
have adopted the method, from experiment, of
extending them, after thorough saturation, in
large deep vat, about two inches apart and
excluding the atmosphere entirely from them
In this situation the damp air has the same eff.
fects upon the hide, as lime, without decompos-
ing or weakening its texture. They are taken
from there and placed Immediately in bark
1t Is stated that the leather thus tanned is much
stronger, and presents n more even surface
than that manufactured after the ordinary rules
AEEcDoTE. certain farmer, living not
hundred miles Oft, who always made it a point
to speak In style, commonly called high foaon,
having hired young man as Iaborer on his
farm, and wishing to have him examine and
repair CERTAIN fence, ordered him thus--"John,
wish you to go and reconnoiIre that fence"
John Immediately directs his course towards
the fence, muslng and bordering on what his
master could mean by reconnOiteripg the
iJence: and meeting one of his neighbors, he
asked him an explanation. This the waqrish
nelghbor very gravely obliged him with as
follows =" Your employer wants to put a new
lence where the old one stands, and wishes YOU
TO pile the rails in several heaps and set fire to
them, to get them out of the way So at il
John goes, might and main; and by noon he
mad got the fence piled, and fire communicated
TO several Of the pes-and then at the sound
of the horn, made his way to the house, and on
his arrival was asked by his employer what
progress lie had made, &c.-to which John
with all the air of one who is conscious of hav-
ing done his duty, promptly replied 81 nave
got the fence all piled, and set fire to all the
heaps but tour-but they don't turn uery aocH.
/ Neao York Constellation.
YELLOW LocUsT, RoBIH1A PSEUDO ACACIA
VIM. Buckminster of birmingham, encouraged
by premium of fifty dollars, offered by the
Massachusetts, Agricultural Society, sowed
some seed in 1928 He first poured boiling wa
ter on them and let them soak three or -four
days. tie then sowed them in his garden
In the spring following, he transplanted them
IN WORKOUT land. in rows eight feet apart and
tour feet distant in the rows. On an acre he
has 1000 trees some OF which are four and q
hall inches in circumference. Many farmer
would add to the value of his farm by following
this example
, Education is companion which no msfor
tune can depress, no crime can destroy, no en-
envy can ALLEVIATE, no despotism ensave. A
home trend--abroad an introducton--in sol
ltude soaee-and in society an ornament
1t chostens vice, it guides vrtue--it gives a
once grace and government to genius. With
, out it what is man