The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-09-19


Hour TO distinguish Hartfnl articles.
@ What's he price of these Lima beans
A. Halt dollar peck, sir.
O. Half dollar
a Az. sir can't afford them cheaper.
@ Half dollar | wonder people will bring
such dangerous things into market. They're
the most hurtful things in the worId-there's
cholera enough in that single peck of beans to
kill all the people in New York Halfa dollar
indeed why, good woman, you ought to be
prosecuted for selling the cholera
4. | must sell something for living
Q How do you sell these potatoes.
a. At shilling peck
Q At shilling, eh Well, that will do
that's not so very bad. Potatoes are not dan,
gerous, like the Lima beans III take peck.
How do you sell Turnps?
4. Sixpence peck-cheap as the dirt thew
grew in.
Q Eh Quite reasonable / think. THEY'RE
very healthy too-only sixpence a peck-uuite
healthy.
proceeds 10 the merit stand)
These peaches look very fine. How do you
sell Them
". At dollar peck.
g dollar peck
". Exactly sir.
z Have you the conscience 10 ask dollar a
peck for peaches?
". They cost me three and sxpence-and |
must make little profit On them YOU know.
z dollar peck Don't you know, rood
woman, that them are peaches are chock full of
The cholera
W. Chock full of a fddestick There's no
more cholera in them than there is brains in
your head.
Q COLLAR peck I'm astonished that peo.
pie will expose their lives by eating peaches
at dollar peck
" Will you accept of peck as present
What peck accept of whole peck
Why I'm much obliged to you. good woman
very much obliged to you-and after all [ don ),
think peaches are very hurtful-especialI,
such fine ones You may put them in this bias
ket, if you please
". On second thoughts wont lei you ha We
them. They are just as full OF cholera now as
when asked you dollar; and have too much
regard inF yonr precious life, 10 kill YOU for
nothing-N. Y. Constellation.
THERMOMETERS There are three kinds O
thermometers. Fahrenheil's, commonly uset
in England and the United States; Reaumur'
which is used in France and most parts of con
tnental Europe, except Russia and Sweden
where that Of Celcius, or The Centiprade. i
most IN favor. In Fahrenheii's thermomete
tHe range UslWeen the freezing and bOlIInl
points is divided into lS0 degrees-lhe formeI
bsing marked 80 deg. and the latter PIP deg
zero or deg being placed 30 degrees beioH
the freezing point.
Reaumur's thermometer divides the Space
between the freezing and boiling points of wa
ter in SO deg and places the zero deg. at the
freezing point.
Celclnss thermometer divides the range be-
tween the boiling and freezing points of water
in lOO deg, and on this account is the mos,
convenient and Ineligible
To reduce the degrees indicates by Fahren
heit' to corresponding degrees on Reaumur :
thermometer, subtract 80 from the degree civ.
en-, multiply the remainder by and divide the
sum by g.
To reduce Reaumur to Fahrenheit, multiply
the degree given by 9, divide the sum by and
add 80.
Toreduce the Centgrade to Fahrenheit. mul.
lpy the degree given by 9-dlvide the sum by
and add 81!
Gro reduce Fahrenheit 10 Centigrade. subrrac,
81 rom the degree given. multiply the remain.
DE-; by and divide the sum by 8.
Boston transcript.