The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-09-14
ANECDOTES OF WOMEN.


ments OF America poor emigrant Highlands
lett his wife and five children, to 90 five day
Journey IN the hopes of seeing some peopl
lately arrived from his dear mother countr,
On the night OF his return, two wandering say
ages having discovered she was unprotectef
came to the door, and asked for admttanct
enc had fortunately been accustomed to secur
her door and window very carefully, and repl
ca she was Ill, and could not get up to offe
.noin hospitality, and her children were to
young TO De able 10 draw the bolt. Thew sa i
they would come down the chimney, for the,
must have some brandy, which thew were sur
sne could give them. She Immediately tbou0h
VI making great smoke with the feathers O
ner oolster, and IN that manner kept off the as
sailants, IN, providentialIy, her husband an,
tilree OF MS countrymen arrived, and the In
dams decamped.
MELANCHOLY MISTAKES. A few years 40 O
hre took place at Whitechapel, in some hous
es principally occupied by dodgers. So rapit
we.e me tamcs, that it was with the utmost
diihculty that the wretched inhabitants conl,
be rescued. A poor woman, with large IA m
n.y. who had just escaped, was kneeling will
ner children around her, to return thanks fol
their preservation, when she found that her
youngest child, an infant, was still missing
Win courage and desperation which mater
nal affection, heightened by despair, alone could
nave prompted, she flew, half naked as she was.
up the blazing staircase, few into the room,
snatched the baby from the cradle, and bore it
IN triumph to her family group triumph, alas!
snort lived, for the child was not her own.
Misled by the smoke that filled the building.
she had entered wrong apartment. and resc5,
ed the child of one of her neighbors instead of
ner own. She fastened back, but by this time
tne whole building had fallen in, when she sunk
heHseiess on the ground, and died in few hours.
somewhat similar, though not SO distress.
my an event, occurred during the reieicinps at
ans On the marriage festivities of the tDau-
Pnin' aitefward the unfortunate Louis XVI.
IN I'm, Inc palace of Louis XIV, there were verv
oinlaht hre- works prepared but by some ac
fire ; the rush of the crowd, and the crash ~
coaches was such, that several persons were
trampled to death under the horses feet and
others were killed by the pressure
One man, OF the name of Pierre Dubois, who
"ent 10 see the promised amusements, took
win him young woman, to whom he was ne 1t
DAY to have been married. When the disasters
oil the scaftolds caused every person to seek his
safety IN immediate escape, Pierre and his mis-
'ress hastened from the fatal scene, and being
strong and athletic, he was enabled for some
time to protect her from the most immediate
pressure of the crowd but the danger and the
terror increased, and she exclaimed, ooh! |
am falling, can 90 no farther" "Courupe,"
CRED the lover, | can still save thee, if thou
wilt but get upon my shoulders" He soon
found that his shoulders had received their bur
den, and animated by new courage, he forced
has way through the crowd and reaching
place OF safety, he sat down his precious bur-
J den, expecting IN the smile that would greet
MN, an ample recompense for all his toll Half
intoxicated with joy at having rescued his be-
loved, he turned round to receive her embrace.
when, alas he found that it was different
person, who had taken advantage of his recon.
mendatlon, and that his own Henrietta had ner
ished in the crowd.
EAGLE AND CHILD. A servant at Munich
being in garden with a child nine months old
set 1t down on the ground, when suddenly an
eagle darted from the air, to seize upon it as a
! prey The servant who was fortunately close
by, with the greatest courage, and presence of
mind, Threw a shawl at the bird, which cover
ing his eyes, not only prevented him from seiz-
ing the infant, but even from escaping. She
boldly caught hold of the robber, and in spite
of his struggles, held him fast till some persons
came to her assistance. His majesty amply
rewarded the heroine, who received some
wounds in the contest, and sent the prisoner to
the mangaerie at Nymphenburg.
To THE GAY AND THoUGHTLEss Have ycu
not, at some lonely hour Of the night, when a Il
was hushed in sence-when darkness spread
her mantle over you-have you never thought
at such time. Of the night of death, when all
earthly ties will be broken, and all earthly
pleasures cease, and the grave will be your
abode? o tell me, ye gay and careless beings
whose hearts, close chained to this poor fleet
ing world, have never known Saviors love
tell me, do you not tremble at the thought o
death In the hour Of hilarity and mirth
, when the world smiled, and friends were nea
I, with their looks of affection, and pleasur,
{ beamed in every countenance, and played il
4 every breast-then, even then, has not tn
: grave suddenly presented itself to your MIND
and have you not shuddercd at the unwelcom
picture? how it withers the Joy of the sen
y sualist, how it humblos the spirit of the proud
how it blasts the giddy pomp and splendor c
\ the world
throbbng brain, tho hu:tering pulse, the col
drops Of death, the tears Of friends the hal
suppressed yet resstless sigh shall tell with a
evidence, which will carry fearful certainty t
your own mind, that your journey is about
close--that the grave, the loathsome grave mus
. be your home. o. in that hour of desolatlo
> what would you not give TO hear conscenc
II whisper peace What would the whole worl
u be in value compared with the assurance thu
YOU had Kept the ialtn ana were now ABOUT
"a finish your course with joy2 But this can i
~ known only by those who have cordially a.
Of cepted the offer of salvation. Such will pa
ID through the dark valley" fearing no CIV
10 while q fearful looking for of judgment
l, awaits those who tramplo under foot the blot
a of the Son of God. Consider this, We tn
% forget God" before il be too late, and obey TIL
5 voice which speaks in notes of love, Give Il
- thy heart"
BoRING FOR WATER. An anxious and fail
full father, neighbor of ours, had been lect,
ing and counsslling dissolute and incorrig
| son. After most pathetic appeal to his fe
ings, discovering no signs Of contrition
" what" exclaimed the father, {" not one
> entng emotion,-not one pchitent tear y
!. "Ah, father" replied the hardened son, a." J
y, may as we'll leave off boring me you will
10 tain no water can assure you"
Salem Observer
In Defoe's account Of the Plague in Lond
- in the reign Of Charles ii it is stated that
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