The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-09-21
WHOLE NO. 1851.

H., o' mas recently made public his belief
he eco ' so III "l'hln the last twenty years did
em,cia,ed s,y young men with pale faces and
tence OF the evil 10 the use Of III o'
rehectlng severity with which 1en 49,, n un
ana foreign practices is fully eram;nsd n ,h.
present case for it is notorious ,ha, H. -. .ne
tee OF cigar smoking, the modern fonnarv f.o,,,
negent'slreet TO Cheapside and Cornb;i, WAS
an Importation OF the PENINSULA war. The mi.
laLiohs having been begun by the Snaniards.
s..,o I"oSe;s arc "hat are usually called the
oaI es oI america The dietetic mischief,
and consequent paleness of connie xion and
emaciation of muscle, which are attribnted 10
lne use Of cigars, belong, no doubt, to an iniu.
/ ry inncted, perhaps in more WAYS than one
upon Inc alds and organs of digestion nor ia
that hypothesis at all Inconsistent with what wa
near from so many cigar-smokers, namely that
tne cigar IS their dependence for dipestion
e. having impaired the organ or weak.
ened It's tone, OF dried up the salivaI mons
trum, they should need 4 stimplant arns:
the very form OF the bane which INJURIES tbann
! Is only OF piece with al that has b,sr s.;S
drinking, and especially If drink;n,r ,; "
which latter debauch til, debaueb &C WIN
smoking has the closest possible alliance w.
never pass one of those sitting rendezvous 10
the metropolis cigar shop, be s.,s "a
test hours-without mentally Casing it with
T.
of the low habit of imitation, a dNlness and
feebleness Of understanding, an abseoce of in
teilectuai resources, vacuity of thonght is
the great inducement TO the use of this, as Of all
other drugs, whether from the cigar shop, OF
the snuff shop, or the gin shop, or the wine
cellar; truth by no means the less certain
because 1t happens that men of the higest pow
ers of mind are drawn into the vice. and made
to reduce themselves, by their adoption and
deDendpncn IN tba of tha
vulgar.-Ontted Service Journal.
WITcHcRAFr. The Nashville (Tenn) Her.
aid of the 23d ultImO, gives singular account
OF maiden lady about forty years of age, who
tancicd herself berwitched. Frequent but una
vailing consultations, relative to her case, we're
held among the witch doctors of the neighbor-
hood man named Stout was supposed to be
inc person who had be-sprited the unfortunate
! uahlsel, and consequently a constable was en-
/ ployed, who with posse of FIVE armed men,
arrested Stout, and took him before the father
OF the unhappy patient, who was justice of
the peace. Here, we are told, the pains and
trembllngs of the bewitched old maid increas-
ing on the appearance Of Stout, each individu-
| al in the house was requested TO take her by
the hand and pronounce the words" May tho
Great God of Heaven, in the name of tho
Rather, Son and Holy Ghost, bless you They
the same time standing near the door, absorbed
in the contemplation Of his own situation. She
at length exclaimed, {" Oh, Mr.. Stout, bless me
i know you can relieve me, Stout stood UNI
moved the father united his cntreaties with
those of his daughter but to no purpose, until
several rifles were presented, and his life threat
ened he then advanced, took her by the hand,
and, no sooner were the mystic words pronounc.
ed, than the patient was herself again, to the
of all uhn firm
convinced that Stout had dealings with the
" evil one"
Strange as it may seem, from this cireum.
stance, several suits at law have originated,
and verdicts have been given, by intelligent
Jurles, against the parties claiming TO be be.
wItched. These trials were conducted by learn
ed counsel, and decided by dignified judges,
and by appeal have reached the circuit court
OF Tennessee. a man by the name of Taylor,
IN his examination, at one Of these suits, stated
his firm belief ia witchcraft and in pr oof assert
ed, that he g shot n deer with its right side to-
wards him; that il fell at the crack of the gun,
and when he examined the carcase ne lOund
that the ball had entered the left side and lodg-
cd against the skin Of the right side" From
this circumstance, he was convinced OF the IN
fluence Of some evil spirit. This man was
found guilty by the court on his own comics
sion What with MoTmonism and Witch
craft, our country will ere long present spec
tacle of " small shrcwdness and simple credu-
lity."
The LABoREn What would the lord or
the squire, sitting in his carpeted room, and
| half score of dishes before him, give for that
appetite with which the plougbman eats his
/ bread and cheese curlcd up under the shelter
of hedge, or with which, sitting on his brick
floor, he eats the bit of bacon and pudding after
his return, dividing the last mouthful with his
children And oh what would either Of them
give, when getting into his bed Of down, for tho
sleep which the laborer enjoys when he tum-
bles down upon his bed of straw, or upon a
bench, too weary to pull off his clothes. We
must set one thing against the other. The la
| borer knows nothing OF ambition; he has no.
body TO grudge him his earnings there is no
! heliish envy at work to calumniate him, pull
! him down, or supplapt him. His children, des-
tined TO tread the same path which he has trOd-
den, no has always with him or near him. l
have always remarked that the laboring poo-
ple are the most affectionate parents and chill
dren; and if there were no more than this, this
alone is moro than over-balance for all the adj
! vantages that riches and high life can besow.
For my own part, though enjoying all the bles-
sings that constant sobriety, resolute abstl-
hence, and consequent uninterrupted health,
can give ! have often, after very serious Tefleo-
ton upon the matter, come to the determine
ton, that should have been still happier than
1 have been, though have been very happy
man, if had remained (with Just and SUN,
Gent reward for my labor) laboring man all
the days of my life Cobbet's Register
"Time," said Lord Plunkett, :" tne g'eS'.
cst destroyer of evidence, but no - also uS
creates. protector Of titles II ne comes WIN
so,,,s ~ o,,r nosscssions, no holds an hour glass
:; liz o,,,'. f,on which he incessantly mstcS
out t the 9s PORTIONS ns% Of that 70 render
these npnme"' 20 longer s,., yS.,o IF ,nV
;I :. Won arc standing on the scanty isthmus
,hOt divides the great of duration on tho
nna side is the past, on The other is the iu.uls'
az" ground that, while you Jot hear me- Is WISH
, ed beneath your feet"
II is said that the dogs are so sagac,cus IN
that when .,D one sassDs on the bank
sno ;a lower down than the point where
Sons'ou.sV ,c ,,,emp. his passage. When the al
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