Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-03-12
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| X, H., is drunkerY kept OI d YIN FL = +-o,I-
dead drank, and lying helPlssd severed from rom
both his legs were run o.y,sseated on a stool,
his body. The legiess wife, does what he can
now, by the ald OF others. Last Sunday he
loI the INJURY boy fourteen years of age
S sol, rum *, the boy tfose to death The
WINE s it was carried home, was the first
coIpTwhieh greeted his friends. The imagi.
Atlon shrinks from the contemplation of the
/ scene-the unutterable agony of the mother
as she kissed the frozen lips Of her boy. How
the touch of that cheek must have pierced
| her heart
The North British Mail mentions that
an ash tree, proved to be three hundred years
old, has Just been cut down in the formation
| of the Selkirk railway. 1t was an especial
tavorite with Sir Walter Scott, who some
times. along with his friends, used to dine be-
meath its shade, on a kettle of fish taken from
the Tweed below, by the hands of his coach
man Purdie, who then livei at neighbor-
ing cottage.
The Erie (Pa.) Gazette SAYS some
Burglars entered the ''City Mills there, and
sought an entrance into the safe by means of
gunpowder A loud explosion followed, but
the safe did not open. They then, by means
of plank, rolled the safe out of back win
dow, letting it fall distance of fourteen feet,
but stjllit did not come open, and they were
forced to give up without getting anything
for their pains.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has written to the n.
\. Tribune q long letter about the Collins line
of steamers, defending the President from
any charge Of bribery in vetoiug the Collins
appropriation bill. and declaring his willing
ness to carry the Atlantic mails in better
steamers, for a much lower remuneration, and
in "A hours less average time for each trip,
than Mr., Collins.
In portions of the valley of Virginia.
usually prolific in agricultural productions,
corn and potatoes are procured from BATH
more, thus reversing the course of trade
Many OF the most prosperous farmers have not
supplies sufficient to last until the gathering
OF the next crop. This is a state of things
unexampled in the past history of the coun-
try.
There are now in the almshouse at
Northampton thirteen persons eight of whom
are upwards of seventy years old. The ag-
gregate age OF these eight is six hundred and
fifty eight; and the oldest among them. Mr..
Peter Primcely, is one hundred and ten wears
of age.
A telegraphic despatch announces that
the bill for retunding duties under the Reel
proclty Treaty. has been passed in the Cana
dian Parliament; and the St. John IN. BIZ
NeioS congratulates the exporters to the United
States on the information.
The bark of the great California tree
Is about to be erected for short time. in the
New York Park. 1t is thirty feet in diame-
ter and ninety feet high, and its erection will
require the labor of ten men at least ten DAYS.
In May it is to be shipped for the Paris exhi-
tition
Workmen are now employed at the
Jardln des Plants of Paris, in making prepa
ratlons for accommodating a female hippota-
mus, which has arrived at Cairo. 1t was ia
ken in the White Nile, and being only few
months Old is still ted with milk
MIR. Beibel, a German barber was
lined in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Satur
day, for shaving some of his customers on the
Sunday previous. Fine and costs amounted
to Sc.
The Know Nothing candidate for
Mayor of Trey gave new rendition of the
declaration OF Independence, VIII Life,
Liberty, and the pursuit of IRISHMEN."
Il he company owning ire BUstuu Tire
atre lind the investment profitable; the man
ager has already paid over $4,000 as rent and
the company's share Of the profits.
Mr.. Henry Kimball, teamster of Lit
Teton, measures seven feet in height. and is
model of strength and symmetry. He is
Yankee.
Of the sixteen officers appointed for
the new regiments, ten are from the South,
six from tie North. This, for the President,
is very favorable to the North.
A good barrel of flour, costing $40,
weighs 1876 pounds. When in the state of
dough, it weighs 500 pounds. When baked,
265.
On the first of March no trains had
succeeded in getting through from Chicago to
st. Louis on account of the snow. So saws
the st. Louis Inteljgencer.