Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-09
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Upton, by persons supposed to be highwsy- |
men, but they made no attempt at robbery.
They are, probably, on the lookout for Cali
fornians who are likely to have money about
them.
On Wednesday night of last week, the barn,
outbuildngs, and sheds of Mr. Schuyler Brew
er, at Highgate, VT, were destroyed by fire.
Several cows were also burnt. Loss 81, 700
On the morning of the same day, the barns
and sheds of Mr.. Holmes Richard, in the same
town, were burnt, together with six cows
Loss 81, 600. These fires are supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary.
School Commissioner Pettingill, of Steuben
County, Ohio, recently refused to license
young lady as teacher, because she wouldn't
promise not to dance during the term Of her
school, Whereupon she publishes caustic
letter, insisting upon dancing as one of her
reserved rights" and saucily intimates that
the Commissioner is an old fogy, and does not
understand his business.
DIR. Willard stated, in paper read before
the New York Medical Society, that since last
April there had been 1000 cases of the NAlbany
disease" or dipthenite, 176 of which proved
fatal all but three of whom were children, and
most of them under II years of age. A false
membrane is formed in the throat, which grad
ually extends downward, obstructs breathing,
and sutfocates the patient.
Judah Touro, tine Jew, left to the city of
New Orleans the sum of 900 for the build
ing of an almshouse The execution of the
plan was confided to Mr.. Touro's old friend,
r. ID. Shepherd, who invested the money so
that it has now increased to S115000, Mr..
Shepherd has also added to the resources of
the fund by Offering the city fine square, $50
feet deep by $50 front, as the site for the pro-
posed erection, and he will also give $4,000
to complete the edifce in proper manner.
The Sussex (N.J.) Register says that on the
night of the 10th January 1.-THE coolest for
many years., Aaron Vanaiker, aged 60, at
tempted to cross the Delaware in a skif, and,
getting caught in the ice, he lost his oars, and
drifted until after daylight next morning, when
he was rescued near the Water Gap, after ff-
teen hours exposure to regular Arctic tenn
perature, without so much as a frozen toe or
finger.
Even illness could not suppress the punning
propensity of Curran, as instanced in his re-
Jolnder to his physician, who, while attending
him towards the removal of a very severe cold
said, "Mr. Curran, you seem to cough with
difficulty" whereupon Curran Immediately re-
Joined, "That's wonderful, for l was practising
all night"
A bingham paper states that Mr.. Morse,
while upon the shore near Green Hill, at Hull,
few days since, observed something projec-
ting above the sand, which proved to be six
plates and large platter. Mr.. Morse carried
them home, supposing them to be pewter, but
afterwards ascertained that they were solid
silver, and worth between 5000 and $500.
"And you never take bath, then 2" ''Well,
how can |, when Doctor Hall says you should
never take bath within three hours of eating.
You know, with my appetite, that can't go
more than two hours without repenishing."
seighing party from Holyoke, numbering
between fifty and sixty double teams, and en-
bracing one hundred and twenty horses, and
seven hundred and fifty persons visited Spring
field on Saturday, creating great excitement
among the natives Of that quiet town. The
party consisted of the employees of the Lyman
Mills at Holyoke.
Near Providence, an affectionate couple
found deep water while skating on the Masha-
paug Pond-the gentleman got out first and
then rescued the lady the lady, once out,
skated up to q carriage and then drove home,
coolly to change her clothes.
In Philadelphia, on Sunday evening, John
Sloan had bitter alteration of words with
John Alexander, keeper of tavern on Second
street, and not long after, approached him with
double barreled pistol, and discharged both
barrels at him. The balls took effect in the
top of Alexander's head, scattering his brains
upon the pavement, and killing him. The
murderer was arrested.
men OF the present day are FAST Prent;n ,e
replies that they must be fast IN oa+ol, IL
women We dare say the iokers both tIe' Ln tl,e
"A"C 'ney are talking about The one Is 70
puted rather rabid, and the other isn't slow ~
Slit ne Spanish Spaniss journals are in rapture with
oIslor uluSlnl Who has lately commenco1 ~
Hrmsaeeiiient at tne halian Opera in the cortaI
Aney declare ms success to be sestren;toso :;
ana pronounce him the m>st gifted tenor o e'1o
The Aroostook Pioneer tells OF a,oo,..,
residing in that city who recently married i u
took his fair bride home, when his watcbfill
dog lnterposed and would not let the lady oc-
cupy the same bed with his master. Suspi-
cious dog that.
The weather, in Barbados, for the fort
night ending 9th December, had been so ben
eticial to the growing canes that is is estimated
the approaching crop has been thereby aug
mented to the extent of about ten thousand
hogsheads.
Halls Journal of Health states a somewhat
slgnlncant fact, If it be, indeed, fact, viz. -
that OF the 5000 persons tried last year. before
the New York Court of Sessions, only "a were
sober when arrested.
"A mad dog, and another which he had BIT
ten, were killed in Attleboro' on Thursday
and dog belonging to A. ]. Lincoln of North
Raynham, which went mad on Sunday, re-
celyed the same treatment.
Mr.. Jared Smith, of Williamstown, Ohio has
just taken out a patent for cast iron watch
dog for stores, &c. The affair seems TO be
gotten up on the uatch principle, for you have
only to wind up the tail of the animal to make
HIM howl twice every hour all night
A Southern paper says ga man named Phil
lip jesse died in Russell County, Va, short
time since, at the unusually great age of one
hundred and twenty-nine years" King Death
wasn't put off so long but that they gave him
lessee at last.
The Illinois Farmer says: $50 far, the
wheat generally looks we'll In some low spots
in the fields, it is injured, and always will be
so long as they are undrained. Judging from
what we hear, there must have been much
less ground put in wheat last fall than the fall
previous.
A few days ago a couple were married in
Rockland, Me-, who had been married once
before, and had been divorced 1t is four or
five years since they parted
A lady who began to weary of the criticisms
of party of gentlemen on crinolne, exclaim- |
ed, $50 long as hooped skirts keep foolish peo-
pie at convenient distance, just so long they
will be tolerated"
The Governor of Michigan has vetoed the
bill passed by the Legislature, giving six hun
dred and forty acres of land to a woman who
had added four to the population at one time.
"Wait for the wagon" Pass the flower of
lifetime in waiting for it, and it is ten to one
that III will mil al. CT.