The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-11-30
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A,,,,rxr. The Newbern, N. C., Spec
,aior. of Nov. IL, says:-Aoout oe,o.N'
~ he morning of the last Sunday IN Octo-
Ssr The dwclling-heuse Of DR.. Robert DICK,
son of ZONES county, was entirely destroyed
bv sudden gust of wind. 1t was large
Substantial twe-story building, but SO violent
was the wind, that in a few seconds tneie
WAS nothing to he seen but mass OF crush
oil timl,er. PROSTATE chimneys and broken
furniture. The kitchen was unrooied, as
we're also the meke-hcuse, barn, and two
c,ibs Eight persons were in the house at
the time. whose preservation IS almost NIL
rdculous. se
ExrrsstyE SrRAw-PAPER MILL. The
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Franklin ne
pository mentions that a company OF gen.
tlemen are now erecting IN that borough
mill. bou,e. one hundred and fifty feet long,
fftv wide. and three stories in height, IN
which il is contemplated to place eight ma
chimes. sor the manufacture of straw-paPer.
This extensive establishment is expected
10 be in operation early next spring.
r,oou Cans WHIsKEY. A new source Of
obtaining stimulating liquid has just been
found out, through the inventive genius oil
SONS queer Yankee, and the lana will yet be
Aaoded with Broom Corn Seed Hhtskey--
The seed Of Broom-Coru this year yields
abundantly, and it is used as substitute tor
Oats for horses, and also for manufacturing
Whiskev; we are told it can be had IN album
dance for thirty cents per bushel, the very best,
and that one bushel Of seed yields ten quarts
of pure Whiskey! This dstllation has ALREADY
began, and The cultivation of Broom-Corn may
vet move a curse TO the soil and ruinous
-lo
Northampton Courier.
w,yur TrEEs. These trees may be rails
cd with trifling expense. Col. Adoniram Crane
of Berkley, in this county, has tree which ne
planted in 1914, from which he gathered
large quantity of Shagbsrks Of fine quality,
the present season. The tree, Eve or six feet
from the ground, measures thirty inches in cir
cumference. The nut must be planted in the
fall season in order to have the frost operate
upon it. II may be planted either with or
without the outside covering or husk upon it ;
the shell Of the nut must not be cracked before
planting. The tree thus raised begins TO bear
at five or six years old Mr.. Crane has nur-
sery of these trees in a course of cultivation.
Taxnton Reporter.
VERMONT BIBLE SociErY. This Society
held its 18th annual meeting at Montpelier on
the 10Th Oct, Hon. Samuel Clark, ore of the
Vice Presidents, in the chair. The receipts
of the past year amount TO $355l 60 The
Society has paid over to the American Bible
Society, and for incidental expenses, the past
year, S2563 65-leavng in The Treasury al
the present time 1886 %. The officers Of the
past year were re-sppointed.
Diyisios OF VIReiSIA INTO TWO STATES. A
writer in the Lexington Virginia lntelligencor
has been urging at great length upon the at
tentIon of the people OF that State a project OF
dividing it into two-the line TO be run from
fherep ofthe Blue Ridge. The Stanton Spec
tator pronounces the reasons substantial and
thinks favorably of the plan. The Richmond
Wing SAYS of it, that whenever the measure is
submitted TO the people, thing will happen
not very common-both sides win vote for it,
SINGULAR HAIRS. A few days ago an ED
erly man, of singular habits, attended by ser
want, arrived at Perpignan. He takes no ali
ment that has been cooked, living upon fruit,
milk, and eggs, with some herbs and roots in
their crude state, rendered solid by abundant
slices of raw veal and beef. His drink is water
his couch tho ground, or occasionally chair
In an exposition Of his motives for adopting
this mode of life, he says the result will be te
keep himself in health and strength for tive
hundred years.-FreReh paper.
John Holmes Prentiss, in the compiling room
of Messrs. Williams Putnam, s. Co., Boston,
received the annual prize OF the Society for tn,
diffusion of Useful knowledge, for the bes
Essay, entitled "Tbe American Tariff Laws
and their probable effect upon Trade, Commerce.
and Manufactures" He is about % wears Of
age, and is a son Of Judge Prentiss, NJ. c. from
Vermont.