The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-07-13

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hours to dry. Ceiored prints are dipped in Il
composition of two thirds vinegar and one of
water in order to destroy the size which is in
ell paper of colored prints. When they have
been dried between blntling paper the process
already detailed may bs commenced
EngLish paper.
DIFFERENT FLOWERS on THE SAME STocK.
The New Monthly Magazine gives the follow
ing method of obtaining flowers of different col
ors on the same stem: Split small twig of e.
der length-ways, and ha wing scraped out the pith
fiji each of the apartments with seeds OF flowers
of different sorts, but which blossom abont the
same tune ;-surround them with mould, and
then tying together the two bits of wood. plant
the whole in pot filled with earth properly pre-
pared The stems of the different flowers will
thus be incorporated as 10 exhibit to I g eye,
only one stem, throwing out branches covered
with flowers analogous TO the seed which pro-
dueed them.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE. This is one Of those
things of accident, resting with nature No
man or woman can form their own persons, and
none should be praised or blamed on this head.
The disposition for looking aceU is rnining half
the young people in the world-causing them
stead Of pursuing that which is lasting and
solid, the cultivation Of the mind Ii is always
a mark OF weak mind if not bad heart, to
hear a person praise or blame another on the
ground alone that they are handsome or homely.
Actions should be the test, and liberal cours So
of conduct pursued to ALL 1t matters little
whether a man is tall or shnrt-whetber the
blood stains the cheek or rms in another chan
mel. Fashion makes the difference as to beauty.
At
and it bears no thorn about IT. As to appear
ance, fashion should no. be allowed to bear upon
that which cannot be changed except by de-
eeption, and what indeed, in reality is not
worth the trouble of being SO, even lift could.
The following anecdote is told of Governor
Ray of Indiana, when he crossed the river to
meet Gen Lafayette at Louisville:
His Excellency was ushered into splendid
room fitted up for the occasion. He had been
as little accustomed to a carpet as the man who
walked around it on the floor but treated it
with less respect. His Excellency was an in
ordinate chewer of tobacco, and had a most
juicy mouth, which he emptied with but little
ceremony on the rich Turkey carpet, whose
sPiendors were uniolded to the Nations Guest
The servants looked upon the disgrace to which
the carpet was subjected, with silent sorrow,
but with many a significant gesture, which none
but tobacco chewer could fail tn understand.
The Governor did not take their hints, and the
receptacle (vulgarly called it-b0x) was push
ed round and round for his notice, until he could
aved it no longer without turning his back on
the honored object of his country's gratitude.
His temper became little excited by the act
ing of a pantoInime before him which he did
not understand. He only chewed the harder,
and poured forth the odoriferous saliva in in.
creased quantities. At last, with much impa-
thence, he exclaimed to the servant, {. IF you
don't take that there thing a1oay, TH spit in Il. -
Wheeling Compiler.
MECHANICS. Few persons, we apprehend,
are sufficiently sensible hsw much the mechan-
les of the country are protected by the tariff
laws. Let us look at a single trade by way of
example. Formerly vast amount of boots and
shoes were imported into this country from
Great Britain. In 1929 the whole amount i'm
ported was only $3l0,943 and this is the larg-
est amount imported for several years past
Now the proportion this bears TO the bouts and
shoes made in the country, we can form some
idea of, when we find that the value of those
made in the single State Of New York is esti.
mated in returns made by the State authori-
ties at tI1e millions Of dOifarS. Ifthe repeal Of
the tariff would enable us to buy English boots
and shoes cheaper, so il would throw thousands
" HiSh oub w ChpiO1s siHh iIdHy HllilDnS DI
capital, depress the price of agricultural pro-
duce, and, Of course, land, and cause a revulsion
which would affect the business of every man
in the country
Hats afford US an example nearly as striking
Many other mechanics are projected in like
manner, and all are protected in some degree
yet we every day see the British party shed.
ding crocodile tears for the - POOR" who they
pretend are taxed heavily by the lordly manu-
facturer. All these pathetic appeals to the
" poor people," are beginning to be we'll under
stood here. vast relief to the poor, no
doubt, to take away the means of profitable en-
ployment !-POrttand AdDeItiser.
The MEGA. A letter from the SURGEON IF
the British sloop of war Athol. dated in the
Blight of Biafra, Feb. 9, and published in the
London Literary Gazette, gives the following
additional particulars of the voyage Of the Lam.
doris down the Niger TO the Atlantic:
" The Landers, after having reached Your.
embarked IN a canoe on the Niger, or, as il is
called there, the QuarTa, and came down the
stream until they reached the sea- in the Birht
of Biafra. The branch BY which they came to
the coast is called the Nun, or Brassel River.
being the first river tn the eastward Of Cape
Formosa. On their way down the river, they
were attacked by the Hbboos Ia fierce nation
that inhabits its banks,I and made prisoners, or
rather captives; but the King Of Brasse hap.
penng to be- that country, buying slaves, got
them released, by giving the price Of six slaves
for each Of them. In the scuffle which ensned
at the time they were taken, one of them lost
his journal.
Whilst at Your they got the prayer book
that belonged to Mr.. Anderson, the brother in.
law and fellow traveller Of the celebrated Nun.
60 Park. They were upwards Of month at
Fernando Pc, whence they embarked, about
Ten days age, in an English merchant vessel
pound TO Rio Janeiro on their way to England |
Prem their taking that circuitous route, am
IN hopes that this will roach you before they
arrive, by which you will have L in your power
toe give the INST nsws Of this important discoye. /
~ ALEXANDER FISHES"