The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-07-20
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

EULooY ON Mr.. Monroe, We understand
that the Hon. John Quincy Adams has consent
ed' on the request of the committee of the CITY
Council, TO deliver a discourse in honor of the
iate PRESIDENT Monroe .-BOSton AdoeItiser
| The n. Y. Evening Post contains computa-
ton OF the chances there were on the 4th of
July, I776, that Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe,
would die when they did. 1t is made with nath-
ematlca accuracy and the result is, that a bet
( TO correspond with the chances, should have
been 1928 millions of dollars to one mill.
against these events occurring when they did
SOMETHING New. A gentleman, recently
from st. Louis, says that, while in that
CITY, he saw in warehouse twenty-five hun
dred weight Of copper, made at the lead mines
I in Missouri
PRESIDENTS OF THE U. S. There have been
(includlng the presently seDen Presidents. The
names of four of them, ended in the letters ON.
The names Of three of them ended in the let.
tiers SON, but neither of these three had SON.
Ill OF them were married but three OF them
were childless. The son of the only one that
had son, was one Of the seven. Four of the
seven are dead and three Of them died ON
the fourth Of July Boston .4drertiSer.
| Nineteen veterans Of the revolution were
present at the Young Mems celebration of the
AIN at Taunton, the youngest was 67 and the
eldest Sc years of age.
! 1t is said that the Jackson dinner in Washing
ton on the 4th came poorly off. Dinner was
provided for $50, and 20 sat down to eat it,
To FARMERS. A writer in the Norwich
Courier says" If grass when mown, is care.
lnIly turned every dav 1t will injure very little.
! The great cause of injury is its laying on the
ground through long spell of rainy weather.
1t 1t lay more than one day, it becomes mouldv,
and turns black. If carefully turned daily,
g rain or shine" it will not lose color This is
the result of many years experience"
SENTENCE OF SMITH AND MURRAY. Edward
Smith and William j. Murray, convicted of
Grand Larceny in stealing about S24S 900 from
the vault Of the City Bank, on or about the Goth
OF March last, were this morning TSaturday1
adjudged by the Recorder to be imprisoned in
the State Prison at Sing Sing, at hard labor
for the term of fire years This is the utmost
extent the penalty for Grand Larceny, under
the Revised Statutes Of this State 1t must be
apparent to every observer, that the degree OF
punishment is not at all proportioned to the
magnitude and enormity of the offence
N. Y. Journal of CON-
CUTANEoUs DISORDER A troublesome dis.
order has been prevalent in this vicinity for
some years which has attained the name of the
flying itch = and is thought to have its origin
from insects bred in barley straw which is used
in filling under beds. A writer in the Gazette
says that on strict examination, straw beds
will be found to contain vast numbers of min.
ute insects, nearly white or transparent, scarce.
| ly discernable to the naked eye, but through
microscope, appear louselike, active, &c !; and
thatthe complaint may be speedily relieved by
solution of Corrosive Sublimate or other oint-
ments or washes which destroy insects.
Salem Observer.
STATISTICAL. The total amount of the rev.
enue, arising from merchandise imported into
the port of New York for the months of Janua-
ry, February, and March, is So. 954 ,533 10, be-
ing an excess for the same months in the last
year of 8 ,667 1895.
The editor of the Chambersburg, (Pa) Re-
publican is of opinion, that 40 900 dollars would
not cover the loss occasioned in that country by
recent floods and freshets.
FEMALES IN LONDON. On a careful and
minute inquiry into the condition of portion
OF The female sex in London, it has been calcu
lated that there are at present Is 900 girls
children of the poor, who have no visible means
OF subsistence, the greater part of whom are
trained to every variety of vice. and are with
out shelter or home. 1t is also ascertaned
that the number of female servants in Londo n
is lbo, |32 that the time each ser want remains
In ono situation, by an average taken seven
different periods, is 462 days; consequently,
on an average, S5S leave their situations every
day.
The LUMBER TRADE on the Kennebec is now
uncommonly brisk. Prices are good, and the
supply, thong great, not equal to the demand
Does This lumber go to the West Indies? Not
a single board. 1t goes to build up manufac-
turing towns and villages in our own New
England. One of these villages takes more
lumber than any British island in the West In
dies. Besides, British laws still compel the
islanders to take the lumber of the northern
provinces What then does the lumber trade
to the West indies amount to, more than we
have always had ?-Kennetec Journal
A mans own good breeding is the best socu-
rity against other peoples ill manners.
Chesterfield.