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The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-12-28

Worcester, SIS. Probate Office Dec ,sa,
TO Tie Heirs 81 JoHN c. ABBOT, late Of Gra1ion
IN said County deceased, and 10 all others concern,
ed in the Estate of said deceased,
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To the Hon. Justices ofN

Psenie judicial Court next so b. gu
a Worcester: within and for the ann, noSsn at
Gester' on The first Tuesday atta ~ OF VIZ
Tuesday ct September, A ID. Iss."'e f"urt.
KATHERINE d. SPAFFORO;c
~ IN me Countv Of Worcester. VITA Berlin,
IEnooN STAFFORD, late of ssids EN-
conan, libels and Complains aas;ns, Merlin,
.nmerson and says, that she Wa .ns said
led 10 the said Emmerson AZ .f.o! aar-
Marlborough in the County of M,ddle.Ad
ne twenty eighth day of February. A n I5,.M
nd that she continued to live with ~ oo,
immersion. at said Berlin, until the Gre, =. saf
une, A. d. 1897. and that durino The ..y o,
me Aforesaid, she conducted toward. h;r "n"ie
.ithful and afectionate wife ought to cond..'
'o'witnstandng, the said Zimmerman trs.,s;
our hbeilant with great GOODNESS and ;nd;es.
nse ana sometimes with cruelty, and wbnlIr
nil sre ~ i've WIN or provide support for her.
"'ii sucn proceedings were had in III. n,an,;'
80 that the libellaBt obtained decr. Peomi-
5orcement from bed and board agains, ~. II
immersion, at Term ofthe Supreme Jud; .a'I
.ourt holden at Worcester Aforesaid ~, ,I
KIN Tuesday after the first TUESDAY, NJ MI A. .ne
y. ID. 1928, and has ever since cors;. a'ea,
i've separate and apart from him. the az r. ~
nerson, and has at all times since her ;n." I'il'
iage with the said Emmerson sn,t.;ned ar
ha a:ter VI chasle and vittuous woman. Yat
So" ce'uS wholly unmlndf,,l of
MS marriage covenant, of the rules Of decsncv -
nd propriety of conduct, and ofths laws os ~,
commonwealth, did, on the first dav If y M t"e
Nd. 1880, and on divers other DAYS and 10y,
etween the said first day of Nav and the a..
ereoi, commit the crime Of adultery with 49,
,mlra Jones, to wit, at West Boylston in sa;d
ounty Of Worcester. " 'a'o
wherefore your hbel!ant prays this H.,
ourt that she may be divorced from the bond.
matrImony now existing between her and The
nd Emmerson. INV
CATHARINE D. STAFFORD.
September IL, 1881.
COMMONWEALTH OF MAssAcBusrrre
"oTeestsr' IS. Supreme Judicial Court. at
Worcester, October Term, 1881:
On the libel aforesaid Ordered, That the Ii.
reilant notify the said Emmerson Spafford to
'Ppear before the Justices of said Supreme i'm.
".cia' court, next to be holden at Worcester
'doressid, on the third Tuesday of April next.
publishing an attested copy Of said libel and
d tns order thereon, in the Massachusetts
,pg, newspaper, printed in said Worcester.
.nree weeks successfully, the last publication to
thlrty days, at least before the sitting Of an
Court, or by serving the said Emmerson Snaf.
iord with an attes.ed copy Of said libel and Of
TINS order thereon, thirty DAYS, at least. before
the sitting of said Court, that he NAV then and
there 'AsE Is b. has WIN the
Attest; ABIJAH BIGELOW. cl-rk
a, "A copy OF the Libel and of the Order of Corr.
50 Attest: ABJAH BIGELow. c.rk
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Notice to SpOrtSmen.

"VUtVOC EU NOPVF toHttTt'
II VII subscriber, having purchased the Gun.
III smith Shop formerly occupied by Constant
Ruggles, Esq, will wait upon all those who
may favor him with their custom. For recon.
mendation he refers TO the Gun Barrels for
merly finished in said Shop, as he has worked
in it more or less for four years.
CHARLES STEBBINS.
Hardvick Oec % A.
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WEST INDIA TRADE. When the trouble
some common-sense of the opposition de
monstraied that tho benefits to he derived
from Mr.. McLane's treaty were delusive,
and, in fact, loss to the country, the halle
lnjah-monge.s of the administration stip-
matized the whole party with divers IN
courtly epithets. In his Message the Pres
ident says, the Colonial Trade "has en-
ployed, to the Both Of September last, up
wards of $4,000 tons of American, and
$4,000 tons of foreign shipping, in the out
ward voyages; and in the inward. nearlu
an equal amount of American, and 10000
only of foreign tonnage" and at the close
of the same paragraph, he speaks of ad-
vantages in the trade with Canada, which
he says, " may prove more than equivalent
to the loss sustained" in the Yves, Indies.
But then they may not, and if this were not
the case, it is profitable we should be in
formed in positive and not in qualified Ian
guage. The truth is, Mr.. McLane barter
ed substantial advantages for party popu-
larity-a mess of pottage brought in foreign
bottoms, to be eaten with imported spoons
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The Northampton Courier states that house
came very near being burnt there last week
from stick Of wood incautiously left standing
IN the corner of the fire place, which took fire
fell upon the carpet, and had nearly burn,
through the floor when discovered by an early
riser.
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MACHINISTS WANTED.
"ANTED, by the subscriber, at he Pie
w nir Shop, in North Adams, (Berkshire)
TEN NJ EN-, who are Acquainted with Iron
work; to whom good encouragement will be
given. GILES TINKER.
Dec. ". 3m
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W0RgDS TDRa
WEDNESDAY. DEC. 2s. 1881.
SENATORIAL ELECTION

The returns ,f votes for Senators in the sew.
erai ds'flcts have been canvassed by the Gov
erhor and Council, from which il appears that
the entire National Republican Tickets have
succeeded in Barnstable, Nantucket, Suffolk,
Hampshire, Worcester, and Norfolk. In Ply.
mouth, BENZ Ellis MAT. Rcp) is elected, and
there is one vacancy, for filing which, Ger
shom b. Weston and John B. Turner are the
candidates. In Middlesex, four National Re.
Puoiicans are chosen, and there is one vacancy.
Candidates Nathaniel Austin and Thomas
Whittemore. In Essex two National Repuhli.
cans are chosen and there are four vacancies
Tor which Leserett Saltonstal, Ebenezer Brad.
lev Robert Cross, VIM. johnson, Jr., Joseph S
Cabot, Moses Wingate, VIM. sutts:.,r.h;.. 49,
. Moore .iag565u6liSdh and one Jacksop,au ar.
elected In Bristol and Dukes District, three
Ant''Ma'ons are elected BY q small majority
In Franklin, one Anti Mason is chosen, and
there IL ono vacancy, for which Col. Longley
and EE'ss Smith ere candidates. In Hampdsr
there is no choice. The candidates are Enos
Foot and John Wyes, National Republicans
ana James Kent and Hervey Chaplin, Jackson.
ans The National Republican Ticket had a
plurality over the Jacksonian Of about $50 and
lacked but SO of a majority The choice was
ue'ealed by the Anti-Masonic Ticket. The
"hoie number of National Republicans elected
is t'0eHfy-sir Anti Masons four Jacksonian
o"s NO returns were made from Sutton in
Inns District or New Marlborough in Berk.
shife' The returns from Milton in Norfolk
Richmond in Berkshire, and Wenham in Es.
sex, were rejected for defects in particulars
made essential by the Constitution. Tbsxs
however did not affect the result e,cen, j. -.
'aSe OF sutton The vote of which, if returned
would have made one vacancy in the delegation
from this County
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FIRE AND Loss OF LIVES On SUNDAY, IIth
inst, the house of Judge King. Greene Co, N
Y. was burnt, and the father of Judge x and
his youngest child persisted the rest barely
escaping
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The votes IN Sutton for Senators, at the late
election, were not seasonably returned and
were not counted. If these votes had been re.
turned, the National Republican list of Sena
tors for the County Of Worcester would no,
have been chosen Yeoman.
We cepy the above, as fair specimen of the
candor and veracity of The Editor of the Yeo.
man. The public will judge by the article it.
self whether he intended to give a true impra,.
sion or false one; whether he did NOT intend
10 convey the belief that no parf of the Natiopa,
Republican list was chosen The far, ;s ,h,,
II all the votes had been duly returned, the re-.
suit would have been precisely as we predicted
on the Both ut., that " four of our ticket" wonld
have been elected, and the tifth would lack
few votes only OF choice Now, if the Editor
of the Yeoman meant to tell the truth-if he
meant to give his readers accurate information
why did he not say that one candidate on thu
National Republican list would not have bssn
chosen, instead of saying tina: the lis. would
not have been chosen? Here is plain cues.
ton, involving, in our apprehension, subject
tor serious consideration, beth for the Editor
and his readers, whom, unless he can give
satisfactory explanation, it will be believed he
intended wilfully to deceive, on a subject in.
teresting to them, and in relation to which they
must wish for correct and accurate informa ton.
1t may be proper to notice an attempt TO de.
ceivs, in one other particular in the above ex.
tract. 1t is said that the "votes of Sutton for
Senators at the late election we're not seasoua.
ably returned, and were not counted" The
fact is, that they were not returned at all, and
therefore, could not have been counted. We
understand, also, that the votes for Governor
and Lieut.. Governor in the same town were
not returned
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PREcocIogs DEPRAvIrr. An nncomm
stance of malicious depravity occurred in hi.
ciy on Monday last A lad who was an an.
Prehtlce 10 respectable apothccary, had been
oe'ected In some dishonest practises ami his
.nas'er had determined on sending him home
TO his parents. In order to prevent an .,nns
ure oil his hnlt, the boy attempted IN noisnn
inc whole family On Monday forenoon he
went 10 inc house and inquired Of The cnok
w. was ~ preparation for dinner and hay-
ing ascerialned he sprinklsd arsenic nm ,ba
meat butter, &c; put a portiun Of Tho ~. VIC
poison In The teaketIle, and mixed an,1hsr
Poi'ion "tsh sugar IN the sugar bowl He ,ban
put cracker IN his pocket and said no sbonId
NOT come home to dinner. Immedia,elv .Gar
oinher The whole family Of six persons ;,cInG.
ing domestic, were seIzed with vomi,inn .nd
s,olehl lrritatlons, the effect of the arsenic
neulca, ala was forthwith called and the pron.
OF ah'laotcs administered. Last evening" we |
90, n' that Tour Of them were GONZALES. |
cent, but two wero still dangerously and :, |
was feared fatally, ILL., So Determined na a.I ~
young delinquent TO leave no botches in HE
WORK OF destruction, that he threw arsenic int
ptcher OF water, in order to poison boy
~no was soarder in the family, and who he
knew, drank no tea. The arsenic ssnk 10 ,h.,
~. LUTON before lnparting its deadly quality IN
'he water, and the intended victim esenned the
poison although he drank of the contents orthe
P'tcher, The culprit confessed the cri... and
stated The particulars as We hays give.
ABOVE ltss On Courier.
nYDRoPHoBIA. = me lad, the son Of q |
gentleman of high responsibility, residing
IT Brooklyn. fell . victim to this disease On
Saturday last. Sevsn weeks since, whilst ,
some children, amongst whom wac the bow
ai'ided 10, were playing together in gar
uen' small black dog ran painting through |
tne ratings and frightened the little girls of
the party, who took refuge in "A small build
ing. The two lads who were with them ap- |
preached the dog, and made some motion
which attracted his notice. He flew at one
of them and bit him in two places in the
cheek the other he bit less severely in the
thumb. The usual symptoms of Hyrlropbo-
bla manifested themselves in the unfortunate
lad who was bitten in the cheek, on Thurs
day last. On Friday, DIR. Ball was called in
attendance, and in the evening met DR..
Bushe in consultation. They determined
on trying the efficacy of the lStrichnine, and
Or. Ball lald open the cicatrices, and intro
duced into each, the sixteenth part of a grain
of Strichnlne. For ten hours after the
symptoms were manlfestly allevlated. An
other consultation was then held. when half
the proportion of strichnine above mention
ed, was introduced into the wounds. and n
given internally, which was i'm {
mediateIy rejected. From this period he
continued TO grow worse until half past three
O'Clock on Saturday, when he died.
.New York Enquirer.
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Worcester, SIS. Probate Office, Dec. 81, 1881.
To the Widow, Creditors and Heirs Of JONATHAN
GERRY, late Of Sterling, in said County, deceas
ed and 10 all others concerned in the Estate of said
deceased, GREEriNe.
VOU are hereby cited to appear, (if you
IL see itl at the Court of Probate to be holden
at Barre. in said County, on the third Tuesday
in January next, at ten of the clock, before
noon, to show cause why License should not be
granted TO sell and convey the whole OF the Real
Estate OF said deceased, or so much thereofas will
raise one hundred and eighty five dollars, for the
payment o. debts and charges; and you will be
heard thereon.
52' NATH'r. PAINE y p,o6
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Crockery and China Ware.
NE" and elegant patterns Just received,
~ and for sale, at the Store north of the
Central Hotel. WIN. II. SWAN.
Worcester, Dec. %.
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The CovNT Of COMMON PLEAS rose or the
Gath inst, after session Of three weeks.
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VOU are hereby cited to appear lii yon
IL see ht) at the Court OF Probate L. ss hod.
en- at worcester, IN sa'd County. the first
Tuesday in February next, at ten of tha .,n.I
before noon to show cause why the Accom-, of
the Administration o! SAID Estate sl,oulJ not he
allowed; and you will be heard ,hereon.
So NATH'L PAINE. j pya6
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The SEASON. For Eve weeks past, the ground
has been covered with snew, and, during nearly
the whole Of that time, the weather has been
intensely cold. For the last month We have
had but one thawing day, the thermometer,
mast Of the time, has been several degrees be.
low the freezing point, and it has frequently
been al from two to fosr Apd sVsn six degrees
below zero, in the morning We do not believe
there has been another instance of such seyeri-
ty OF weather, so early in the season, and for 40
long term, for the last thirty years Nor has
1t been confined to our own section of the coun-
try Accounts from Washington represent the
weather as inclement there as it has been here,
the Thermometer repeatedly falling below zero,
and friend of ours informs US that he saw
them cutting thick ice from the river, to fill the
ice houses in that city, early in this month A
Kentucky paper Of the 10th inst, mentions that
they then had snow sufficiently deep to make
good slelghing, and their rivers were frozen SO
hard that teams passed them on the ice This
unreasonable inclemency has raised the price of
iuel In our cities to an extravagant rate in
some places as high as from $40 TO SIS per
cord, 1t has also taken the shipping crossing
the Atlantic and on our coast at unawares, and
the consequence has been many disasters at sea,
attended with intense suffering and the loss OF
many lives.
| % We presen: our readers with the Ad.
dress of the Baltimore Convention, entire, in
this paper. We believe that the Spy was the
only paper in Massachusetts, that gave the
whole of the Address of the New York Con
vention in single paper and the satisfaction
expressed by many Of our readers in receiving
it entire, at once, has induced US to adopt tn,
same course in the present case. This Address
will be found valuable document and we can
not but believe, that, if il receives the atten
ton it deserves, it must produce great ant
salutary effect.
TEMPERANCE. We have placed on our frs
page, an article to which we would direct tn
particular attention of all our readers, and NOR
particularly those who are in the practice q
vending ardent spirits.
" The Address delivered before the Wor
cester Agricultural Society at the late Cattl
Show, is ready for delivery to the Members, q
the Probate Office.
The CouNr Of COMMON PLEAS rose or tn
. Gath inst, after session Of three weeks.
, " Probate Court in Worcester on Tuesda
next.
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VI The Address delivered before the Wor.
cester Agricultural Society at the late Cattle
Show, is ready for delivery to the Members, at
the Probate Office
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Etle Hlassaehusetts &pp.

" THE LIiKRY OF THE PRESS IS ESSENTIAL To
rHE SECURITY OF FREEDOM"
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" Probate Court in Worcester on Tuesday
next.
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TEMPERANCE. We have placed on our first
page, an article to which we would direct the
particular attention of all our readers, and more
particularly those who are in the practice of
vending ardent spirits.
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From the Token, for 1882.
FROST.

BY MISS GOULD.
The Frost looked forth, one still clear night,
And he said, " Now shall be out of sight,
So through the valley and over the height
In silence I'll take my way;
will not go on like that clustering train,
The wind and the snow--the hail and the rain,
Who make SO much hustle and noise in vain,
But I'll be as busy they"
Then be wentto the mountain and powdered its
crest,
He climbed upthe trees and their boughs he dress.
With diamonds and pearls, and over the breast
- Of the quiverng lake, he spread
coat of mail, that it need not fear
The downward point Of many a spear.
That he hung on its margin far and near
Where a rock could rear its mead.
He went to the windows Of those who slept,
And over each pane like fairy crept
Wherever he breathed wherever he stepped
BY the light Of the moon, were seen
Most beautiful things. There were flowers and
trees,
There were bevies of birds, and swarms of boes-
There were cities, thrones, temples, and towers
and these
All pictured in silver sheen!
But he did one thing that was hardly fair:
He went to the cupboard and finding there,
That all had forgotten for him to prepare,
Now, just to set them thinking,
IN bite this basket of fruit" said he;
This oloated pitcher I'll burst in three
And the g ass of water they've left for me '..
Shall "tchick" to tell them I'm drinking !"
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INDIAN SAeAcITY. An Indian, upon his re-
turn home to his hut one day, discovered that his
venison, which had been hung up to dry 4, had
been stolen After taking observations upon
the spot he set off in pursuit of the thief, whom
he tracked through the woods. After going
some distance, he met some persons of whom
he inquired, if they had seen little old white
man, with short gun, accompanied BY small
dog with bob tail They replied in the af.
firmative, and upon the Indian assuring them
that the man thus described had stolen his ven.
ison, they desired 10 be informed how he was
able to give such minute description of a ner.
son he had not SEEM The Indian replied thus
"the thief know is little man, by his HAVING
made pile of stones to stand upon in order to
reach the venison from the height hung il
standing on the ground that ho is an old man
know by his short steps, which have traced
over the dead leaves in the woods and that he
is white man, know by his turning out his
toes when he walks, which an Indian never
does. His gun know to be short, by the mark
the muzzle made by rubbing the bark Of tree
on which it leaned; that his dog is small know
by his tracks, and that be has bob tail, dis
covered by tho mark it made in the dust where
he was sitting at the time his master was TAX
ing down the meat"
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From the London British Magazine.
STANZAS BY WILLIS GAYLORD CLARK
or PHILADELPHIA.

or PHILADELPHIA.
Hoto great are his signs, and ho,c mighty are hi
tcondersi His Kingdom Is an everlasting Kingdom
and has dominion is from generation to genera
fioa.-DAHIEL.
marked the Spring, as she passed along,
With her eye of light and her lip of song;
While she stole in peace DER the green earth,
breast, 4.,.-
While the streams sprang out from their lev rest:
The buds bent low to the breeze's sigh,
And their breath went forth to the scented sky:
When the fields looked fresh in their sweet repose
And the young dews slept the newborn rose.
looked upon Summer THE golden sun
Poured joy over all that he looked upon;
His glance was cast like gift abroad, .,.
Like the boundless smile of perfect God
The stream shone glad in his magic ray
The f1eecy clouds Ger the green hills Law:
Over rich, dark woodlands their shadows went.
AS they fioated in light through the armament
The scene was changed. 1t was Autumns hour
A frost had discolored the summer bower;
The blast walled sad midst the cankered leaves,
The reaper stood musng by gathered sheayes;
The mellow pomp Of the rainbow woods
Was stirred by the sound of the rising floods
And knew by the cloudy the wild winds strain,
That Winter drew near, with storms, again!
stood by the Ocean; its waters rolled
In their changefu beauty of sapphire and gold;
hnu hay iouhcu uohh Win us RADIANT smiles,
Where the blue waves danced round a thousand
isles
The ships went forth on the trackess seas
Their white wings played in the joyous breeze;
Their prows rushed on midst the parted foam,
While the wandererwas wrapt in dream of Home /.
The mountain arose with its lofty brow,
While its shadows lay sleeping in Wales below;
The mist. like garland of glory lay, ,-
Where its proud heights scared in the air away;
The eagle was there on his treless wing,
And his Shrek went up like an offering
And he seemed in his sunward flight TO raise
chant OF thankssiving-a hymn of praise!
looked on the arch of the midnight skies.
With its blue and unsearchable mysteries:
The moon, midst an eloquent multitude
vi unnumbered stars, her career pursued:
A charm of sleep on the city fell,
All sounds lay hushed in that brooding spell
by babbling brooks were the buds at rest,
And the wild bird dreamed sweet on his wny nest
! stood where the deepening tempest passed;
The strong trees groaned in the sounding blast
The murmuring deep with its wrecks rolled on
The clouds overshadowed the mighty sun;
The low reeds bent by the streamlet's side
And hills to the handicapped replied
The lightning burst forth on its fearful way.
While the heavens were lit in its red array
And hath MAN the power, with his pride and his
SKILL
To arouse all Nature with storms at will
Hath he power to colcr the summer cloud
To aiay the tempest when the hills are bowed
Can he waken the spring with her festa wreath
Can the sun grow dim by his lightest breath 7
Will he come again, when deaths vale is trod :?
Who then shall dare murmur there is no God ~
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