Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-15

several months, but were to be started the
present week. During the stoppage consid-
cradle money had been expended about the
premises in preparations for business. How
the fire originated is unknown, although thera
were two men in the building when the flames
broke out. The works were for the mann
tacture of plate glass.
MAINE.
The house and barn belonging TO John
Matthews in Warren, was struck by lightning
on the 9TH, and both house and barn were
burnt to the ground. The furniture was saved.
The Baptist church in Warren was also struck
at the same time, the steeple demolished. and
the fluid, entering by the chimney, knocked
over a stove, tearing up the floor near.
VERMONT.
The Burlington Press saws 1.-THE limited
states marshal at Rouse Point is stopping
nowadays from twenty to thirty men a day
who are endeavOring to escape military dutv
by fleeing to Canada. We understand that =
bond is required of each, holding him to re-
turn to his town and stand his chance of being
drafted, in default of which the fugitiyes are
marched to the United States barracks. and
VIII be mustered into service in due season.
Yesterday an able-bodied young man by the
name of Horace Edgerton, from Pawlet. in
this state, was detected in an attempt to slip
across the line IN womGn'S clothes"
CONNECTICUT.
In East Haddam, recently, a very clever
burlesque was enacted, to the great amuse-
ment OF those who have not lost their senses.
A company ofabOut thirty, clothedin all kinds
OF suits except the regulation. marched
through the principal streets to the music of a
crippled drum, with a banner inscribed ssCrip-
pie Guard" All the crutches and canes were
brought into requisition, and each man kept
step with himself. Each had huge placard
on his back, telling the story of his ills. The
latest man was labelled Consumption :" the
leanest ''Gout;" the youngest ''Forty-six
years old. &c. Some Of the certificate hold
ers looked with evident disgust upon the pa
geant.
member of the New Haven common
council has Joined the sneakS en- route for
Canada.
c. E. Kellogg of Hartford has invented
field piece which he claims will discharge from
90 to 100 shots per minute with deadly accu-
racy distance of one mile. The difficulty of
the barrels heating Is claimed to be avoided,
and the cost reduced One-half Or one-tlird
from that of the old howitz 1r 6-pounder.
Diptheria has made its appearance in Toll
land, and a number of cases have proved fatal.
lett, Esq, of that city, has donated to Yale
College the sum of $4,000, to promote the
study of sacred music in that institution.
The Norwalk Gazette says that the town of
Weston is earning for herself most unenvi-
able notoriety. 1t is evident that there are
traitors there of the deepest dye, and we re-
greet to be assured that even the postmaster
and first selectman are among the number.
These officials should at once be deposed.
In Morrow, every able bodied man but two
has gone to the war.
The Norwich Bulletin tells the story of
''clrpple, who visited the examining surgeon
IN that city, representing himself as the for
tunate possessor of a stiff leg. After an ex-
animation, DIR. Fansworth informed him that
the only stiffness of his limb was the result of
voluntary muscular action, and that he was
not a subject for a certificate. The individ
ual informed the doctor that he lied The
doctor very promptly and properly seized a
horsewhip and applied it to the back of the
applicant so vigorously that he Immediately
effected a change of base to the street. and
used cobble stones as weapons of defence, and
finally beat hasty retreat in which his stiff
leg did him good service.