The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-01-19
WHOLE NO. 3O16.
From. the London .aEorning Herald.

A'o"s dec A-VHuON sGOTU1Hg 11cFUt0s
FIGHT BETWEEN Two TIGERS AND
LION IN THE Tower. Between eleven and
twelve O'Clock yesterday morning, as the
man whose duty 1t is to clean the wild
beasts at the Tower, was in the execution
of that office, he inadvertently raised door
in the upper tier Of cells, which separated
the den of huge lion from one in which
there were Bengal royal tiger and tigress.
At sight of each other the eyes of the AMI
mails sparklcd with rage. The lion Instantly
erected his name, and, with a tremendous
roar, sprang at the tiger. The tiger was
equally eager for the combat, and, in par
oxysm of fury, few at his assailant, whilst
the tigress fercely seconded her mate. The
roaring and yelling of the combatants re-
sounded through the yards, and excited in
all the various animals the most lively de-
monstrations of fear ar rage. The timih
tribes shveied with dread, and ran round
their cages shrieking with terror, whilst
the other lions and tigers, with the hears,
leopards. panthers, wolves, and hyenRs,
flew round their 'lens, shaking the bars
with their utmost strength, and utteriD0
the most terrific cries. The lion fought
most bravely, but was evidently overmatch-
ed. having to contend with two adversaries
not more than a year from the woods,
whilst he had been upwards of seven years
in confinement. Still the battle ragged with
doubtful success, until the tiger seized the
lion by the throat, and flung him on his
hack, which after rolling over each other
several times, the exasperated tigress PIN
ned her enemy against the yeranda. In
that situation the PROSTATE lord of the
forest still struggled with an indomitable
spirit, roaring with agony and rage. By
this time, however, some iron rods had
been heated, the red hot ends of which
were now applied to the mouths and nos
trlls of the infatuated tigers, who were by
this means forced to relinquish their grasp;
hut no sooner was the separation effected,
than the lion and tiger seized iE their
mouths, the one the upper, and the other
the lower jaw of his antagonist, biting and
! Juggling at each other with deadly fury.
So excited was their luminosity, that it was
with great difficulty, by the insertion into
their nostrils of the glowing iron, they could
be disengaged, and the lion driven Lack to
his cell, the door of which was instantly
closed upon him. The battle lasted full
half an hour The tiger in the last onset
lost one of his tusks, but the poor lion was
very severely punished.
STEAM CARRIAGEs. The rapid motion
of the steam carriages, on the Liverpool
and Manchester railway, is described with
great animation by a writer in Blackwood's
! Magazine, who says: =" Al first 1t was
comparatively slow; but soon we felt that
we were indeed going, and then it was that
every person 10 whom tho conveyance was
new, must have been sensible that the adep-
ton of locomotive power was establishing
a fresh era in the state of society, the final
results of which it is impossible to contem-
plate. On locking over the side, the earth,
with its iron stripes on which we shot along,
seemed like vast iiband unrolling itselfrap-
idly as we went. At one maximum OF speed
the pebbles scarcely caught the eye, before
the sight was fairly fixed upon them they
were far nway and lost in the rear. The
shouts of Joy which greeted those in front,
fell in their full gladsomeness on us, who
rapidly flled up the intervening space;
while those which hailed us as we passed,
were destined 10 he the compliment TO 9TH
ers, who, in another instant occupied our
place. At times it was difficult to recog-
nize or distinguish the countenances of the
, long continuous lines of spectators, as they
I seemed to glide away, like painted figures
swiftly drawn through the tubes Of magic
Y lantern. One engine (for what reason
: could not exactly ascertain, unless left FIRE ,
to exhibit its unfettered powers) was placed
: on the corresponding parallel line oirail-wsy
o so that without interruption it could move
@ to and fro at pleasure. When we were at
r full speed, its coming was announced; far
ii behind saw it as a speck In the distance,
IN hut. RAPIDLY increasing in size, 1t became.
g irI NAV use the expression, in few seconds,
Il LARGELY visible, and shot by us, as though
ri we were Jogging on quietly in a farmers
market cart. In trice, having reached
Is the head of the column, it refrigerated, and
= then exhibited what may be termed fright
v full display Of velocity compounded not nj
NJ before, when overtaking us, -four velocity Il
4 he deducted, but to he added. There was
ii loud whiz and rafting of wheels; coult
y. scarcely discern its form, as it bore down a
m if toscrush all before ia glance was all
m came and was gone-with comparative
tv speed taking ours at twenty, and its ow'
,e about double of nearlysixty miles an hour
=, MECHANICS WIVES. Speaking Of tn
h. middle ranks of life, good writer oil
an serves,-There we behold woman in all he
cd glory not doll to carry silks and jewel
IN not a puppet to he dangled and flattered b
on tops, an idol for profane alteration, reve
enced to-day, discarded tomorrow, Away
loStled out OF the place WHICH HdluIe an
,or society would assign her by sensuality
30, ,es by contempt: admired, but not respected
-" IS desired, bot not esteemed; ruling by pa
~. sion, not affection; imparting her wea
fin ness, not her constancy, to the sex 81
!. ~ should exalt; the source and mirror of va
!, itv;-we see her as a wife, partaking Il
&c cares and cheering the anxiety of hu
,oir band: dividing his tolls by her domest
, ,,b diligence, spreading chcerfulness aronT
Nc her.: for his sake sharing the decent REIN
H., m,n ments OF the world without being vain
'"e them; placing all her pride, all her Joy,
her happiness, in the merited app ohati
= of the man she loves. AS mother, we III
her the affectionaie, the ardent INSTRUCTIVE
sing of the children whom she has tended ire
'un;; their infancy; training them up to thong
,ped and virtue, 10 meditation and henevolenC
so addressing them as rational beings and p
nc norinC them 10 become men and women
Plo, their turn. Mechanics daughters mu
c. tbe hest wives in the world.
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