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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-07-16

Richmond az TrOwbridSe, 265 Main street, Mer
chant lailors and dealers in Ready Made Clothing Con
statlY on hand large assortment of Gentemen's Fur
nshng Goods. Fashionable garments made to order at
short notice from the best quality of goods and entire
satisfaction given. diff mch9
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Mrs. NJ. w. Gseralds, Physician-m expe
fenced aud eucccSsfu Midwife, M 81 Mechanic
at the head Of Union street.
Special attention given to Uterine Complaint and Dis
asses of Children. Office hours from to m. from
to 3 p. diff ie25
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DIR. $. Foster Haven, Fosters Block Pearl st,
Worcester.
Special attention given TO Diseases of the Eye
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-07-16

ThePlace to get really superiorPhotograph Dagucr
reotype, AmbrOtype other kind of type that
old and well tried Picture Gallery, Nos. Ii and II Har
rington Corner Everybody knows Tapley, and he 'sl
lives at the old place and make pictures that everybody
Is pleased with a.. HENRY j. REED Proprietor,
je29 diff Z. L. 1APLEY, Artist.
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Thomas w. Fox, Attorney at Law. Office, No s
Br nleY Hall, Worcester, Mass. dly mch1
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-12
How IL Soldier Feels in Battle.

A young French officer thus writes Of his
experience in battle
"Our officer kept us back, for we were
not numerous enough to charge upon the
enemy. This was, moreover, most prudent
rs this murderous ire-so fatal TO the white
coats-did us but little harm. Our concal
balls penetrated their dense masses, while
those of the Ausirians whstled past our ears
and respected our persons. 1t was the first
time had faced fire, nor was the only one.
Well | am satisfied with myself. True l
lodged the first balls, but Henry the Nv, they
say, did the same thing at the beginning of
every battle. 1t is in fact physical effect
Independent OF the will.
But this tribute paid, if you could only feel
how each shot electri6es you. 1t is like
whip on racers leg. The balls whistle
past you, turn up the earth droundyou, Kill
one, wound another, and you hardly notice
them. You grow intoxicated, the smell o
gunpowder mounts to your brain. The eyes
become bloodehot, and the look is fixed up
on the enemy. There is something of oil
the passions in that terrible passion excited
in soldier by the sigkt Of blood and the tu
mutt of battle. ,
Everybody who has tried it testifes to th'
peculiar intoxication that is produced by be
ing in a battle. There is an infatuatlng in
auence about the smell Of powder, the shril
whistle of bullet, and the sight Of human
blood, that instantly transform men from
towards to heroes-from women sometime
to monsters. None can tell Of the nature o
mystery of the influence but those who hav
been in the fray themselves"
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A Good story.

An anecdote worth laughing over, 10 told
of man who had an "infirmity," as we'll as
an appetite for fish. He was anxious to
keep up his character for honesty, even
while enjoying his favorite meal; and while
making bill with his merchant, as the story
goes, when his back was turned, the honest
buyer slipped Goldfish up under his coat
tail. But the garment was too short to
cover the theft, and the merchant perceived
it.
SNOW" said the customer, anxious to i'm
prove all opportunities to call attention to
his virtues, "Mr. Merchant, have traded
with you gread deal, and have paid you up
promptly, have I not -
"Oh, yes," said the merchant, II make
no complaint" r........
SWELL" said the customer, ~ always in.
sist that honesty is the best policy, and the
best rule to live and die BY" -,
"Thet's so," returned the merchant, and
the customer turned to depart.
"Hold on, my irend," cried the merchant,
+" speaking OF honesty, have bit Of advice
to give you. Whenever you come to trade
again, you had better wear q longer coat OF
steal q shorter Goldfish"
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The Legend Of william Tell.

Nj. Dlsent, in his book recently publish.
ed. popular Tales from the Norse,' cites
many instances to show the affinity which
exists in the traditions OF various nations Of
Europe and ASH. The story OF VIM. Tell
is laid in the year 1907 and it is poss Bile
he did what is ascribed to him, but the apple
story is common to msny naions. Mr.. Da-
sent says:
1t appears in the Morse Saga of Saint
Olof, king and marty; the king, who died
in 1890, eager for the conversion of one Of
his heather chiefs, Eindridi, comoates with
him in various athletic exercises, first in
swimming, then in archery. After several
famous shots on either side, the king chal.
lenges Eindridi to shoot tablet off his sons
head wjthou: hurting the child. Endridi IL
ready, but declares he will revenge himself
if the child is hurt. The king has the first
shot, aud his arrow strikes close to the tabs
lei. Then Endrid is to shoot, but at the
prayers of his mother and sister, refuses the
shot, and has to yield and be converted--
50, also, King Harold Sigurdarso1. who
died in 1866, backed himself against ia.
mou5 marksman, Hemngs, and ordered him
to shoot hazal nut off ths head Of his bro.
ther Bjorn, and II Jennings performed the feat.
In the middle of the fourteenth century, the
Malleus M4Ie6corum refers it to Punchsr, q
magician of the Upper Rhine. Here in
England we have it in the old English bal.
lad OF Adam Bell, Gym of the Clough. and
William OF Clou Isle, where William ptr.,
forms the pest. 1t is not told at all of Tell
in Switzerland before the 1899, and thu ear.
lier Swiss chroniclers omit it altogether. Ie
is common to the Turks and Mongolians;
and legend of the wild Smoyeds, who nee
yer heard of Tell or saw a book in their
lives, relates ii, chapter and verse, Of one Of
their famous mlrksmen. Itappears in Saxo
Grsmmatcus who fourished in the twelfth
centusy, where it is told Of Palnatoki. In
the thirteenth century the Wild King Saga
relates it Of Egll, Voluuda's young brother;
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af(islellAueous.
Never Despair.

Thpre Ia no trait of human character go
noten,jaD for veal or woe, as hFmnets' 10
the merchant it is all important. Before t7
irresistible energy the most formidable 90
.,.ol.. hecome as cobWeb barriers in its
us,h. Difficulties, the terror OF which chuS'
60 the psmpered son OF lvxnry to shrink max
wi,h DISNEY, provoke from the man OF 'oty
determination only smile. The whole MS
tory Of cur race--ali nature, !ndeec-teem ems
with rxsnples to show what wonders may
be accomplished by resolute perseverance,
and patient toll.
II ia related Of Tsmer!ane, the celebrated
warrior, the terror Of whose arms spread
through all the eastern nations, and whom
victory attended at almost every STEP that
he once learned from an insect lesson OF
perseyeronce, vi hich had a striking effect on
his future character and success.
When closely pursued by his enemes=-as
q con,em porary tells the anecdote-he took
refuge in scme old ruinF, where lett to his
sol,.ry musiDge, he espied an ant tugslrg
and striving to carry single grain OF corn
His unavailng efforts were repeated sixty
nine times, and at each separate tlme' so
soon as reaching certain point ofProjectlon'
he fell back with his burden. unable to sur
mount il but the eeveniieth time he bore
away his spoil in triumph, and left the won
dering hero terminated and exu'tIns in the
hope Of future victory.
How pregnant the lesson this incident
conveys! How many thousand instances
there are in which nglorious defeat ends the
career of the timid and responding, when the
same senaci,y Of purpose would crown 1t
with triumphant success.
Resolution is almost omnipotent. Sheri'
dan was st first ,imid, and obliged to sit down
in the midst of o speech. Convinced Of, and
mortified at, the cause of his failure, he said
cne day to friend, alt is in me, and shall
come OUT" From that moment he rose' and
shone, and triumphed in consummate elo.
cuence here was true end moral courage.
And It was we'll observed by heather NOR
alist, that it is not because things are difficult
that we dare not undertake them. Be, them
bold in spirit. Indulge not in doubt-they
are traitors. In the practical pursuits of ou'
high aim, let US never lose sight of it in the
slightest instance for it is more by disre'
gard Of small things, than by open and fla
grant offences, that men come short OF ex'
cellence. There is always right and
wrong; and il you ever doubt be sure thai
you take not the wrong. Observe this rule
and every experience will be oyou meun'
of advancement.
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The House of John Hancock.

The Editor Of the E'yria Democrat. in his
"New England Sketches" gives bis visit to
the Hancock House in Boston, thus:
On Beacon street, occupying the most
commanding position OF any house 10 the
city, stands the old two story stone house, in
which John Hancock lived and died. We
visited this house, which is ownedand occl-
pied by a grand nephew of the Revolution
ary hero, and were received by the proprie-
tor, with marked courtesy. The parlor walls
are covered with portraits Of the Hancock
family, carefully preserved in their ancient
but costly frames, and on the table lay the
old Family Bible, with the name John Han.
cock, written upon the fly leaf. in his bold,
dashing hand, as it tappears on the Declara!
ton Of Independence. HI
From the parlor, we passed through the
spacious hall. and up fight Of elegant
stairs to the chamber where he died. The
furniture Of these rooms has never been re-
moved since his death, and is Of ancient, but
costly kind. The material of which the
house 10 bnilt, except the stone, was import.
ed from England, even to the old.fashoned
hinges upon the doors. and the ponderous
brass locks which fasten them. The house
is the same in oil respects, as when occupied
by Han cock, and we learn that the State ef
Massachusetts il negotiating for its purchase
with a view to ito preservation ip IL prssahE
form. ao
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A RnFOM'S Joke.

Baron Yelver.on, when Chief Baron Of
the Exchequer in Ireland. wanted Lent
Circuit, and one of the assze towns happen.
ed to be q place Of which one OF his college
contemporaries held the living; and at his
own request, the Chief Bdron'a reverend
friend preached the assize sermon. The
time being the month OF March, the weather
was cold. the judge chilled, ard unhappily
the sermon was long aud the preacher iedi
ous. Alter the discourse was over, the
preacher descended from the pulpit and aP'
preached the judge, locking fully satisfied
with his own exertioRs, and expecting to re-
ceive the compliments and congratulations
Of his quondam chum. swell, my Lord"
he asked, "and how did you like the SER
mon!" "Oh, most wonderfully" replied
Yelvsrton. "it was like the peace OF God
il pssseth all understanding; and, like his
mercy, thought it would have endured for
ever"
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The Triumph of Quackcry.


In these days OF prObank controversies
and rows among the regular and irreguisr
doctors in the Academy of Medicine, the
following story, illustrative Of some of the
reasons for the triumph of quackery or New.
Schoolism, may not come aniss.
Two young men left the same school at
the same time. One studied hard for phy-
sician, and became famous as one Of the
most promising young doctors of the day.
The other did not study, but he likewise EN-.
bruced medicine. He invented his own
school of practice, bu> never undertook TO
acquaint himself with any Of the elementary
branches necessary for regular practition.
er. In word he was quuck.
The educated practitioner opened an of.
fee, but alas although he had much pa.
.ience he had but few patients, and was poor
and oct at the elbows, while the uneducated
qIack, on the other hand, liSed in grand
house, rode in his carriage, and revelled in
luxury. lie was rich. This was puzzle
to the regular practitioner, and although he
had vowed not to hold professional converse
with the wealthy quack Bogus. yet he could
not help accosting him in the street one day.
"Bogus,"' said the old physician, whose
. sands Of life had nearly run out, chow is it
e that You are wealthy, while you are ignorant
a Of your duties, and poor, whose ability in
e medicine is the theme of remark in the col.
J.. leges. Surely the people must have found
J. out your ignorance of medicine"
IS "Stand aside," says Bogus, "with me, and
e you shall soon learn the reason why you are
poor and ! an wealthy. Count the first
j. hundred persons who pass US, examine theiu
!. features, and tell me how many of those
e Iineaments you judge have good sound com.
=, mon SENSE"
o. Ia few minutes the old practitioner said
n. "Pve done, and there are but FIVE in a hun
lg dred who have passed US whom Judge hay,
o. common sense"
Us "Then, my friend" says Bogus, "you ge
Sc the patronage of the five, and that o! tn,
it ninety-fve. That accounts for your poverty
ct and my wealth. So, good moraing."
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RAvENNA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 70, 1852

soft gray eye, almost the accustomed silvery
cleurness came back to the thrilling voice
as she said, slowly but distinctly, "No, no.
it is all good and right. was failing sure
ly before, and now it is sweet to think am
saved SO much pain and WEAKNESS. My
death will be a blessing, for you will prom.
ise me now, Harry, never, never to touch
the winec.up again. Dear, kind friend, it is
all sweet and right, shall rest so sweetly
with my mother"
That ineffable, holy smile, irradiating
the dying face with such unesrthly glory
how it hushed our selfish grief. And then
came again the terrible struggle, and the
gushing lie stream oCzing from the pallid
lips. The short time it lasted seemed inter-
minabe, and we deemed it hopeless to dream
Of another revival; but once again we
caught the words, "Harry, promise, prom
i ise."
. My brother dropped upon his knees, pres
sing his quvering lips to the cold hand up.
:, on the coverlid. 81 promise, angel Alice,
!. promise!'
T. Once more that smile. All her remain
q iny strength seemed TO gather up to answer
10 ,riumphantly, shall register thst vow in
heuven," and then suddenly and forever tht
=, spark of life went out. Forevermore OF
b earth, but who that saw her die, could nc
i. know how surely it kindIed in purcr aam
h above
n Many, many years has she slep now, be
,s meath the churcbyard sod, by her mother
h. size but her memory is green and fresh il
-, all cur hearts. Often and o'ten, in the ga
80 scenes of festvity that occurred in aite
u lie, have seen some jovaI friend pass ga
e Iy to my brothers. hand the sparkling wine
nd cup-never yet, but Harry has turned shi'
no cringIy away with palid cheek and qui'
,n ering lip, as If Aice's Fragile form and al
- gel lace bent over him from above, to wi
ness the taithfol redemption Of his word.-
q. He leeps row, alas ! beneath the far G
T. wutcrs o. the Indian seas, but there we
,,u many years Of trial and tenptstion fait
-, fully sucmounted, I'd he was never violate
r., thank Heaven Tor th.t but rightrousIy OF
- houorably kept that solemn TEMPERANt
49,, Vow.
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,9Odital.
The Beauttfut.
ny RDwrx n. BURLINGTON.


Walk with the Beautiful and with the Grand,
L., nothing ON the earth thy feet deter;
sorrow NAV lead the weeping by the hand,
IN, elyO not all thy om.thOughts to her;
Walk with the Beautiful.
I hear thee say, "The Beautiful what ls III"
O. thou art darkIy ignorant! Be sure
,Tis NO long weary road its form 10 visit,
For thou cau.t mako it smile beside thy door:
Then love the Beautiful
Az, love 1t; 'Lis a sister shat will bless,
And teach thee patience when the heart Is lonely;
And An gels love 1t, for they wear the dress,
And thou art made = little lower only:
Then love the Beautiful!
Sigh for It clasp It when 'tis in thy way!
Be its idolator, as Of maiden!
Thy parents bent to It, and more than they;
Re thou Its worshipper. Another Eden
Comes with the Beautiful
ROM. boa.t It's presence in Grecian face;
aoI,. nm q favorite warbler OF the skies:
Rn, he not fool'd where'er thine eye might trace,
Seeking tho Beautiful, 1t will arise:
Then seek it everywhere.
Thv bosom 10 It's mint, the workmen arc
Tby thoughts, and they must coin for thee: believing
Tho Beautiful exists in every staI,
Thou makest Il so ; and art thyself deceivins
a. If otherNise thy faith.
Thou seest Beauty in the violets cup;
IN ,sach the miraclesl Walk on this heatn,
And say to the neglected hnwer' "Look up
And bo thou Beautiful" If thou hast faith
1t will obey thy word.
Ono thing warn thee bow no knee to gold'
le., innocept it makes the guileless tongue
II turns the feelings prcmaturely old;
And they who keep their bast affections youns'
Best love the Beautiful!
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Buried Roman City.

Excavations at WroxeteT, in Shropshire,
have resulted in the discovery OF
the old Roman city Of Triconium. The first I
object exposed was on extensive public
building, at the corner Of two of the princi.
pal streets. 1t was first discovered by acci.
dent, and as soon as the tenants Of the spot
became aware of their prize, they restored
the earth, and sowed crop Of turnips over
it. A months silent negotiation placed
them in possession of as much extent o.
area as they could obtain, and they then re-
sumed the work OF excavation. The court
of large public building has been exposed.
1t is forty feet square, and paved with brick
herring. bone fashion. Various entrances to
| the building, through doors and down stone
stairs, have been uncovered, and side rooms
around the court, some Of which appear as
If they had been used for storage. Traces
of charcoal, and also OF mineral coal are
found, and quantities Of bones of animals,
| and weights made of metal and stone, mark
ed with Roman numerals. Excavations in
another direction revealed another court, on
a lower level, paved with large Aagstones,
and forty-fve feet across. Large Roman
fiat tiles, twelve by eighteen inches in size,
make the floor of another apartment meas.
G uring ten feet By thirty. Excavations were
continued another one hundred feet to a
P strong boundary wall, supposed to be the
y eastern extremity Of the building. ,Exten'
3 sive passages and suites of rooms were open
!. ed in other directions. The London Time!
" concludes very interesting article on these
s. discoveries as follows:
f. "StIl proceeding westward, we came up
s. on o series of rather wide passages, with an
ID other hypocsust in which when opened, We
N found the remains Of the skeletons of wha
lie appeared to be two young women. The wo
es men of Triconium seem to have sought con
ly cealment from those who were massacrin
a. the inhsbtants by creeping into the hypo
IL caust, which would be somewhat nnalogou
lg to getting up the chimney of modern hous
he "a very unsatisfactory place of refuge, i
es must be confessed, when the house was Sc
tn on fire, and they all seem to have been sui
focate1, or perhaps baked. In another ny
st pocaust, further west in the same line, til
I'D skeletons of on old man, with his moneJ
fe and apparently two women. were fouud.-
Is, Beyond this is another square room, with
C. herring bone pavement, resembling that t
nd the eastern end of the building, and sti
ut more westwardly are the large rooms wit
an hypocausts, which were the side of the fir:
lie excavations 10 the south Of the old WALL"
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nA1-"Prav. INV lord" said a gentleman

GSr"Pray. my lord" said gentleman, TO
rather whimsicaI Judge, "what is the dis.
tinction between law and equity courts ?"
"Very little in the end," replied bic lordship;
s'they only differ 20 far os time is concerned.
Al common law you are done for once in
equity you are not so easily disposed Of
The one is prussic acid, the other is lauda.
num-" --L
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asaAepeMdcnce, the Chief Value of
Money.

The Criterion" 10 review Of our Lives
OF Americas M;rchocts," quotes the mSxim
Df Peter G. B oUks, one OF the subjects oil
rhet work, w: The whole value of wealth
consists 10 the personal independence it Sc
cures, "a maxim, says the "Crtterton," "
thut observes TO be placed on every book
in which mercantile transactions are rec rd.
Cd" We find in one Of our exchanges, an
amusing and singular illustration of the
merchants m kim tco good TO be lost. 1t
is this
A mon named Porter says be once had a
clerical friend betW cen whom ond himself
there existed great intimacy.
Every Saturday night, as Porter was sit
ting balancing his cash, a aote would come,
requesting "the loan of five dollar bill"
The money was aiwuys returned punctuaIly
at eight O'Clock on tine following Monday
morning. But whet P, zzItd the !e' der was
the prison always returned the very identical
note he borrowed. Since he had discovered d
this feet he made private marks on the note
still the same was handed back on Monday
morning. One Saturday evening Porter
sent FIVE. dollar gold piece, instead OF a
note, and marked it. Still the very same
coin was returned on Monday. Porter got
nervous and bilious about il; he would awake
his wife in the middle of the night. and ask
her what she thought of such strange or
currence. Hs was fast boiling over with
curiosity, when a note clme from the rever,
end borrower, one Christmas eve nsklng for
the loan of ten dollars. A brilliant though,
struck our friend. He put on his greet coat
resolving to call and dem and an explanation
Of The mystery.
When he was shown into his friends stu
dy, he found him plunged in the profoundes'
melancholy.
"Mr. -" said our friend, "if you will
answer me one question | will let you have
ten dollars. How does it happen that yot
always repay me the money you borrow OF
the Saturday night in the very same coin o
note on Monday -
The parson raised his head, and after
violent struggle, as tn ugh he were abou
to unvel the boarded mystery Of his soul
said, in faltering tones:
"Porter, you are gentleman, scholar
| Christian, and New Yorker-l know
can rely on your inyiolabe secreFy. Liste
to The secret OF my elcqhence. You know
tha, | sm poor, and wheh have bought m
Sunday dinner, have seldom red cent lei
IN nv pocket Now maintain that no mai
can preach Me gosp,1 and biO'O up his co"gr'
CATION properly without he has something
inspire him wtM confidence. l have there
ore borrowed five dollars OF you every Sal
urday, that might IeeI it occasionally as
preached on Sunday. You know how inde
pendeutly do presch-hoW make the ric
sbuke in their shoes. Well it is all OWN
y 10 my kDowng that | have five dollar b
in INV pocket. o. course never having |
use it for any other purpose, it is not chang
ed, but invariably returned to you the "eA
; morning. Now, as Mr.. George Law 10 CON
ing to hear me preach Tomorrow, thoust
I would try the effect OF ten'doliar'O Ol
sermon ON hiri.-Merchant Magazine.
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(tT"Come here, Master Tommy, do you
know your A B C's - "Yis, zir, / know q
bee sees"
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GArWhy are young ladies' at the breaking
10 OF party like arroOs? Because they
cent 20 off without beau, and are IN qu'u'
sr till they get one. .s
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Gran indiscreet person 10 like an unseal.
I'd letter, which everybody can psruss.