The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-09-28

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were shown half dozen of that ,or,,io ra,i,.
b IN full life, which were taken near Tho oxtran3
] nedd waters OF the eastern branch of Penobsco,
t lfeF' hey were about fou- inches loncr viii
."o antehhe, hsh and clam claws. leqs. and ar
[ tcuiations OF the tail, color. and indeed al
, parts perfectly resembling the soh wster loh.
ster' only on 4 dimnutive scale. Col GiImor,
~i', n enueapor 10 propagate them in the waters
o. lh,s vicinity. and has already trapspIanted
them to pond in Newburgh.
Bangor (.Ms) Republican.
emu. n'onS the petitions that will be presented to
'ess al the next session, those for the abo.
- VI 't"ctry IN the District of Columbia
oughI 10 claim, and probably will rece;ve sorj-
Gus attention. 1t is a sin and rcnro,c1 ,hd,
les al tho door of thY Capitol; and if The legis.
i"tois OF the nation possess the true and nyro
spirit OF freedom and Independence. thew will
"lpc OH this stain from the skirts Of Their rar'
ments-gNe~ Bedford Gazette.
Letters from st. Petersburg, dated 9th Ju,v
s sinte lhat the cholera had SO much aba,ed thai
al apprehensions had subsidized, and tho citizens
were resuming their wonted occupations.
IN IIY9 there wero ffty-two journeymen tai
Tors In The city of Albany; only two of whom
were temperate The whole fiftv intemperate
ones could not produce of their own funds fftv
0o"GrS while the two who were temperate
JouID snow OF Their own earnings eightees HIM
.1eu oot"TS Ihls shows the difference he
80 'anNllg a httle and total abstinence"
when no hazardous business is entered into by
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Adrocate.
The last number of the Downinotown (ps
Democrat is issued in half sheet, in conscl
quence OF the sickness Of most of the members
OF the establishment. Tho editor remarks-
" At no period, it is said, for the last seven
years, has so much sickness been known in opr
VIllage-almost every family has one or two
and in some instances foui and five of its roen'
bers confined to their beds, of parching. burn.
ing tever-as yet, but few deaths have occurred |
though there are many severe cases. The sick.
ness appears TO be chiefly confined to this neGb. (
borhood."
INTERESTING Discovery. The Society If
M beta Kappa, at their late anniversary.
eVinced their landabe hostility to ell secret 50.
cletieS' oy removing the injunction of secrecy
from the members; and the barbarous. unions
dangerous, and Anti Republican secret bv
which these literary aristocrats were bound to.
gether, tor purposes best known to themselves.
put doubtless very dangerous to the State. ha
been exposed in all its horrible deformtv' and
win all Its malignant attributes 1t apnears
that the mysterious initias-we tremble AZ ue
write those charmed words-stand for PhiIo.
SOPHIA 6tou KuberneteS,'' or according to a more
lhteiilglbie translation, Phitoi beltistou Koniak
on and the ). Z. answers for Societas PhiLO
oPh'eo' we always suspected this society had
some unhallowed dealings with C0gnnc and
10 here it stands confessed in the very head
We congratulate the community, upon the nm.
rolling of this dangerous combination Of cant.
Courier.
We have been informed, saws a Middletowo
GConn) paper, that gentleman at the Upper
houses oil TINS town, who has resided there
twenty years; has kept an account of the num-
per oil persons who have been drowned within
lnat time, in that district Qncludinr the opno.
site shore of Chatham.) He states the mum.
Der to be stIteen, and that eLeuen of them ware
drowned on Sunday, when sailing on pleasure
parties.
RATTLE SNAKES. A friend from Mancbes.
Ter informs us that a short time since. Major
Burley Smith, with some of his family, were in
the pastures just at sunset gathering few
berries, when they came in contact with three
huge Ratiesnakes, averaging in length from,
five to six feet. Maj. Smith succeeded in mas.
terlng them, by killing two and taking the
third alive; he placed his foot upon its head
unli II wound itself into coil, and taking it in
MS hands carried it some distance to his house |
ana secured 1t In box several days. until it at
tempted to make its escape, when he killed it. |
"hen the snakes were first seen they had their |
heads erect, apparently ready to spring upon
,helr unwelcome visitors. The one taken alive |
mad thirteen rattles, and the others seven and
nine. We understand that these venomous
reptiles have been uncommonly numerous the
present season in that vicinity-SGIem Reg.
One James Moore, according to the Herald,
mas been arrested in Newburypert, charged
with robbing store in Deerield Being seen
TO put something in his mouth, his head was
oent over chair, his jaws wore pried opon
with rule, jack knife placed between his
teeth, and lump of tobacco and three counter.
felt bank bills taken out