The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-02-28
.Ame's Shovel Works in Massachusetts. -

| mere Is great deal OF Yankee enter
prise IN old Massachusetts. Perhaps no
State goes before her in the extent. and
variety Of manufactures, compared with
the amount of population. There are
many instances of individuals in that State
starting from small beginnings and rising
to wealth and cminence by their enter
prise in manufacturing establishmeu1 y
A striking instance ofths kind ia To-
in the shovel works Of Oliver Ames. A1
correspondent informs US that he commenc3
ed the Manufacture of shovels when
young, and carried on the business in
quite humble style. When he had
finished few DOZEN Of shovels he would
pack them into one horse wagon and
carry them off to market. Now he has
three extensive shovel factories, one at
Easton, where he resides, one at Brain
tree, and one at West Bridgewater, and
gives employment to three four-horse
teams to carry his shovels to MARKET
lie has in his factories nine till hammers,
which weigh about four tons a piece, and
each cost from $500 to $4,000. His
works turn out about forty dozen shovels
IA day, and that is not sufficient to supply
all the orders he receives. He employs
about sixty workmen constantly. Each
shovel goes through about twenty differ
eEt hands. He pays his workmen from
twelve to fifty dollars month. His works
cost upwards Of $4,000. His prophets
are probably from Is to $4,000 a year.
So much for individual enterprise. So
much for individual enterprise. Yam
KEGS Of Maine, 20 and do likewise. -
Portland Courier.
Longevity Of Qaakers. Derby
shire Courier states, that the Society Of
Friends have recently 3een engaged in |
statistical inquiries, which tend to demon
sirate that longevety in their sect is the
result Of their regular habits and temper
ance. As a proof it Is stated, that in
Chesterfield churchyard the aggregate
age OF the last 100 individuals buried to
the date of 18th November, was 2,5I6
years and II half, while the aggregate Of
the last 100 amounted to 4,790 years
,seven months giving an everage Of the
duration Of life of the former OF only 25
lycsrs two months and Of the latter of III
Years ten months. We need not cry,
I"Long life to The Qnakers %
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ASECDoTE : ON TIME. Two brothers,
named JOSIAH and William, full grown
boys, happened in store one evening,
where the attention Of the company was
somewhat attracted by very long watch
chain dangling at the forequarters of Jo-
siah. One ofthe company asked, whats
the time, Josiah : With no small cere-
mony, Josiah drew out his watch, and af-
ter examining it sometime, referred TO his
brother, and said, " Brother William, is
that hgury nine or 6gur 'leven % Will
liam, after few moments delibera:ion,
declared it to be "fgury seven" "Well
then," replied Josiah, it lacks about
half al inch Of eight"
BRUTAL MURDER. Tho Newburgh
Gazette gives an account of horrid MUIR
der, committed in Minisink, Orange CO.
N. Y, which was obtained from one OF
the coroner's jury The murderer is nam
ed Peter Crimes. He returned home
drunk from wood frolic, sent one Of his
children for whip, with which he beat
his wife till it was worn out he then
went himself for others, and beat her till
he had worn out sew en- whips. He also
kicked and stamped upon her, threw her
, upon the fire and dragged her out again,
until she had become almost senseless.
He then placed her upon the bad, and lay
beside her. In a short time in conse-
quence of her groaning, the unfeelng
wretch kicked her upon the floor. Al
ter leaving her there a while, he arose,
and again laid her on the bed, saying to
, his little girl that her mother was dying,
but refusing to let the alarm be given TO
the neighbors, until about an hour after
death. THIS brutal murder was commit
ted in the presence Of his family, the old
!: est girl Of thirteen years of age, who
were deferred from giving the alarm. by
threats Of the father to kill them Likewise.
The mother was the daughter of a ~
spectacle inhabitant Of Minisink, ada has
| left five small children. Crimes is nswin
Goshen Jail. s'.s-
II Peter the Great was so much effected
with the death Of his son Peter, by Cath
erine l, that he shut himselfup at Peter
shoof, intending to starve himself to
death, and forbade every person, of what
ever description, under pain of death, to
disturb his retirement. The Senate as
sembled on this desperate resolution Of
the Prince, and Dolgorouki undertook to
drive him from it. He went and knock
ed at the door OF the room where Peter
wns shut up. Whoever you be-" said
the Czar with terrible voice, "ily of,
or will open the door and knock out
your brains" "Open, i say" replied
Dolgorouki, in a firm tone, /" Il is a dep