Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-01-14
Correspondence of the Spy.
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S5e'ghing-L abor-Live Corpse Fanny Fern
an Extraordinary Book Railroad Acci-
dent-1he Star Of the Vest hipvrecks.
New York Jan. II, 1856
Inc memory of the ''oldest inhabitant'' has
been severely taxed, of late to find the parallel of
lhe recent cold snap Notwithstanding the i'm
mense travel on Broadway and the PRINCIPAL
streets, the snow remains almost knee deep. The
weather has been SO cold, that, instead of pack
ing, as is ordinarily the case it remsins almost as
loosely as when it first fell Everything that will
NJ on runners, from crockery crate to the most
richly finished family Sleigh is pressed into the
service. SleHhing parties with flags flying gaily,
give TO the street very gay appearance. Some.
times these wind their merry way to the upper end
OF the Island, and spend the evening in such
manner as winter evening only can be spent
But there is a reverse to this gay picture. 1t is
hard times for the poor. Labor is almost entirely
suspended; the only occupation now is shovel
ling snow, and but little of this is done Between
two and three hundred persons call nightly at the
station houses for lodging; roof, and plank
WITHOUT snow upon 1t, is the extent of their indu
gence. lu some of the streets in the lower part
OF the city, the snow is piled UP in immense cliffs.
Whlse party OF laborers were, yesterday, clear
ing OF apassage way, they discovered the body Of
man, buried in the snow, several feet below the
surface The fingers of one hand clasped tightly
the neck of bottle, which was about half full of
Liquor. He must have fallen asleep there the pre-
ylous night, before the snow had begun TO fall =
1t was supposed, of course, that he was dead but
when one of the laborers humanely began to rub
his face with snow. the ''corpse" shook himself
and presently got up and walked away, growing
something about the spalpeens" that disturbed
him. The thick coating of snow had saved him
from death by freezing.
Fanny Fern, late Mrs. Sarah Payson Eldridpe.
was married last week to Mr.. James Parton. Of
this city. Fanny is too well known to make
description necessary. Parton is known as the
bographer of Horace Greeley. A new issue of
Little Ferns will no Doubt shortly appear 1t
is expected they will make more noise in the
world than the first edition Fanny Fern il us
trates, very forcibly, what may be accomplished
9y persistent efforts She began writing for two
dollars per column, in Boston paper and in the
short space OF two years progressed up to one
hundred dollars per column This latter sum was
gwen her for continued story, by the proprietor
OF the New York Ledger, and now her services
have been secured for one year, exclusively for
that paper.
This enterprising publisher has set an example
Of late, worthy of imitation by every man in the
Union As proof of his faith in the efficacy of
advertising, he has, of la e, adopted the system
OF publishing couple of chapters of each new
story IN the morning papers, at an expense that
seems at first enOrmous-two columns in the
Herald at twenty-five cents per line, two hundred
and nifty lines to the column-amounting to $685.
ana this repeated in four other papers, amounts to
700, paid for advertising in one week The
LeoSer Is published at ~ per annum, and less to
clubs, or four cents a COPY Yet its publishers
are getting rich. When the benefits of advettis-
ing are more fully known, there will be less com
plant Of hard times
Spirituasm is the most progressive institution
we have among US. Not content with keeping
pace with the the times, they catch old father
Time by, the forelock, and drag him along
Among the many volumes of spiritual literatnr
published, there has two just appeared, an auto
biography of Jesus Christ, purporting TO be writ
ten by. himself, through the agency Of a Pough-
keepsie medium. The book will make about
three hundred octave pages
The Star of the West left this port on Tues
day, for Nicaragua. Before her departure scene
IRON the farce of the Northern Light was enact
ed on her decks. Five persons were arrested as
tili6usters. and brought back to the city-the re.
mainder of the passengers were permitted to pro-
coed on their voyage.
The late storm caused some damage among
our eoasting vessels. It is reported that there
are two, names not known, ashore at Fire Island
A steamer has been sent to their assistance
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