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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

The excitement of the week has been the coal
famine. The remote cause of this semi-annual
trouble is the desperate effort to keep mines and
railroads of productive and carrying capacity
of twenty millions fully employed on a market
incapable Of consuming more than fifteen mil
lions of TONS This, and this alone, is the radi-
cal cause of the trouble. To ascertain with
whom lies the blame for the immediate cause of
each suspension is a thankless task. The re.
sponsibilty of all suspensions alike finally rests
with those who, having misguidedly invested too
large n capital in a certain business, think they
can interfere with the laws Of nature and pre-
vent competition from deciding who shall be
Obliged to withdraw his capital, and who shall
be allowed to remain. If the railroad compa-
MES and mine-owners even get the better of the
workingmen on this OCCASION and force them to
submit to terms, the question will be no nearer
settlement, for then the fight between the dit.
ferent carrying companies will commence, and
where that will end do one can tell. In the
meantime, no one can refuse his tribute of re-
spect TO the 10000 workingmen on strike, who,
during suspension Of sixty days, have not
given the least cause of complaint and have
made the mining regions as orderly, quiet and
peaceable as any portion Of the United States.
Nation.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

AN Ice ROMANCE "A romantic Story comes
from Plattsburg. A young lady and gentleman
on a recent evening Joined the skaters on the
beautiful lake Champlain, but, preferring each
others society alone, wandered off to an unfre-
quented part, some two miles from shore, where
the ice was Of the smoothest While enjoying
the splendid skating, the gentleman was sud
denly plunged into the water by the frail ice
giving way. The young lady's screams were
unavailing, but she would not desert her COM
panion, and taking off her dress and jacket she
tied them together and attempted to reach him
with them, but in vain. Her stock ngs were
added, but still the rope was too brief, and the
young man was rapidly becoming exhausted.
Her ingenuity did not fail her. Dropping off
her hoop skirt, it was quickly severed into half
dozen pieces, added to the jacket, dress and
stockings, and, to her great delight this made
the line long enough to reach him. In few
minutes, by hard pulling, she landed him on the
firm ice, and together they made their way
home. Few were the words spoken on the
journey, but they were sufficient, and their we'd
ding garments are ordered, for use before the
ice breaks up.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

A REVEREND GAMBLER.-A Methodist min
lister tried gambling in an extensive way for an
amateur, on a Missouri railway train, lately.
He told his history thus plteously to the Kansas
chief of police, with many tears: ooh, sir, |
glieve to confess it, l am a sinful mani have
committed great errori l am ruined man
have lost all by gambling devicel | am ut
terly ruined! | am minister of the gospel; |
belong to the Illinois conference; my name is
Perkins. have been out to Colorado for my
health's sake, and am now returning home. l
arrived at Kansas City on Friday, and started
east again on the North Missouri train that left
the union depot at 4.50 last evening. has Just
taken my seat in the cal when two well-dressed
gentlemen took a seat close to mine. / observed
them making themselves sociable with the other
passengers, and soon afterward noticed them
amusing themselves with tn zee little picture
cards. l became interested, and stepped
over TO see what it was. There was
one they called the woman, and they called
the pretty boy and one had a star uponit 1
watched the men and their cards and saw PEG.
pie bet money upon the cards and win; also
observed small dirty speck upon the card they
called the pretty boy They asked me whether
| could tell them which was the card with the
boy upon it, and at the same time mixed them
together, wrong side up. could tell the card
bet on the card with the speck on It's back. |
laid down ten one hundred dollar bills The men
produced a handful of money; was too ex-
cited TO notice how much. They turned up the
card | pointed out, and it was the womanl l
had lost all my hard-earned money. | went
down the road a little way, and by the advice of
a friend returned here to seek relief Can you
aid me to recover my money? l am a ruined
man if cannot recover it, 1t is my little ALL -
OF course the professional fishers for fools were
not caught nor the reverend fool repossessed OF
his money.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

The CAPTURE, THE Prison Pen AND THE
ESCAPE, by Captain Willard Worcester Glazier.
New York h. H Ferguson & Co. The author
of this book enlisted in August, 1861, as a pr.
waite sold er in the Harris Light cavalry of New
York, and after gallant and faithful service in
the field, during which he rose 10 the rank OF
captain, was captured at auckland Mills, Vir-
GINA, in October, 1868, and confined in rebel
prisons in Richmond and Danyille, Virginia,
Savannah, Charleston, Columbia and else
where in Georgia and South Carolina for year
or more, when he made his escape, and, after
many adventures and hardships, a recapture and
another escape, succeeded at last in reaching
General Sherman's lines near Savannah, The
story is told in straightforward and unpretend-
ing way, with much miuuteness Of detail and
much picturesque description. All soldiers who
have suffered in rebel prisons will be interested
in this account. The book is for sale by sub
scripton only. Mr.. j. J. Reyes is the general
agent of the publishers. He adyertises for local
agents TO canvass for the work.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

HARD ON DR.. BUsHNELL.-A correspondent
of the Congregatonalst tells the following
story:
A few DAYS ago two young men came down
from Massachusetts to Hartford to make visit.
They were excellent in every way, and carried
little religious cards in their pockets with suita-
bic notices, in order to sow seed by the way
side. They were very anxious to see DIR. Bush
nell, and yet did not feel bold enough to call on
the great man. The relative whom they were
visiting was engaged in one of the banks, and
told them that the doctor was in the habit of
droppin in there pretty often; and that in fact
he must come in soon, as there was some money
awaiting him. One morning while the two were
in the bank, thinking that perhaps the doctor
might happen in, an elderly man with felt hat
put on rather slouchily, grayish black suit, a
big oak walking stick, and the air of wel-to-
do and bluff, outspoken farmer, came in as
though he belonged there, and received thick
roll of greenbacks from the cashier They had
that vile smell which money much handled gets
and the old gentleman lit was DR.. Bushnell, J
began in his sharp way to jerk out something
about this filthy currency" and to stigmatize
it with terms a good deal more forcible than Gle
giant. The young men looked at the elderly one
with good deal of commseration, and over
hauling their religious cards, picked out one
and approaching him, put it into his hand. 1t
contained the words, "Are goltr thOughtSpure9 2"
What the doctor thought can hardly be
imagined, but we can conjecture what the
young men thought when their friend came out
tIOm behind the counter, unconscious of what
had passed, and introduced them TO the Rev.
DIR Bushnell, of whose piety they had heard so
much, and whom they so greatly desired TO see .
History drops the veil on the scene at Just this
point.
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A New YORK Dogberrr.


The sufferings ofthe crew Of the ship Neptune,
as recounted by themselves in their statements
on landing, and the testimony in a suit just
tried in New York, made one of the most pain
full narratives possible. These men were negroes,
and had been treated pretty roughly throughout
the voyage by the captain and his mates. As
the ship approached the coast the weather be-
came severe, and several of the men were badly
frost bitten, While their hands and feet were
swollen and liberated with the frost, they were
compelled to handle the rigging and the
wheel, to remain on deck needlessly
in the intense cold and storm, were
knocked down and otherwise brutally
handled by the officers, and when the ship
arrived in port were left helpless in their hunks,
where they would have persisted had not one of
them, somewhat less injured than the rest, man
aged, with the greatest difficulty and suffering,
to hobble on shore and find some one who took
care that he and his shipmates were conveyed
to hospital. The description of these mems
condition when they arrived at the hospital, as
given by the physicians, is too painful to be re-
produced. Their hands and feet presented a
horrid appearance, they were swollen to more
than twice their natural size; modification had
set in and the flesh began to slough away, and
amputatiO in some cases seemed to offer the
only hope of preserving life.
These poor negro seamen brought actions in
the marine court of New York against Peabody,
the captain, to recover damages for this ll-trea-
ment. The evidence, as we have said, showed
that the men had been injured by needless ex-
posure, that they were forced to work when not
ft for 1t, and their infiamed and lacerated feet
and hands wantonly trampled upon and bruised.
The decision of the court was remarkable for its
strange, almost brutal indifference to the real
merits of the case. Captain Peabody, the judge
SAID, could not be held liable for the freezing of
the mems fingers, as that happened in the ordi-
nary course of their employment. He could
not believe that the captain refused their appli-
cation for recommendation to hospital
''that would be too inhuman," but whatever
his moral duty, their was no legal obligation 10
give it. Rut as a matter of fact, wholly undis-
puted, he did not give any such recommended
non nor take any steps to relieve them, but left
them, Notwithstanding their entreates, helpless
in their hunks, and this was entirely in keeping
with bis previous conduct, as testified by the
plaintiff S Witnesses. There remained, said the
judge, the showing about and the kicking, for
these the plaintiff might recover damages, but
as he saw no matters of aggravation, these
would be slight; he would fix the amount at
twenty-five dollars. This judges name is Gross.
This decision proves that it is not only Barnard
and Cardozo among New York judges who are
respecters of persons and that the supremc
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EXTRAORDINARY PRACTICAL JOKE. - The
Saturday Review says: We once saw the Strand
thrown into terror, confusion and distress by
the unaided wit Of two boys. 1t was one of
those ioggy, damp December evenings, when
the lamps look like blurred moons, and objects
twenty yards off are all but undistinguishable,
and the pavement is as slippery as if all the
clowns OF all the theatres had been practcing
the making of butter for the coming panto-
mines. These playful youths had got suit of
old clothes and some straw, out of which they
had made up an image sufficiently like man
to pass muster in that uncertain light. With
this, couuterleiting the actions of affectionate
sons taking home a beloved but intoxicated
father, they would suddenly appear in front Of
some passing omnibus, and then, affecting to
lose all presence of mind, allow their helpless
parent to fall almost nnder the feet OF the
horses. The scene may be imagined. Terror
Of the passengers, horror Of the driver, horses
down through having been turned sharply aside
or pulled up on the greasy pavement, and the
general agitation, which eliminated when at
length an omnibus with more way on than
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

AGRATFPUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Charlock,
printer the office of the Ohio Weekly Clarion. writes
to the propetor of the PLANTATION BITTERs folows
Three months ago the shadow of man, and
so debilitated that my limbs shook while at
work. The compositor at the said to me one
day, Andrew you need tonc that's what's the mat
ter and there no tonic that ever got up equal TO
PLANTATION BITTERs. Try em. l hare tried EN-
and you at liberty to state referring me for CON
nrmation) that they have restored my health, and,
believe, saved my e." deop&wl mh2
SEA Moss FARINE from pure Irish MOSS, for Banc
Mango, Puddings. Custards, Creams, &C., DC. The
cheapest healthiest, and delicious food in the
world. deOp&wlw mhg
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Consulting Physician to the MORRILL, MEDICAL INsTI
TUTE, No. SBulhnch street. the Revere House, Bos
ton, may be confidently relied upon all cases requiring
skill and experience. His unrvaed and wOrld-renowned
preparations for all orns OF Spermatorhea Impotency
and nervous debility &c. in and for the of all
Female Complaints, only be had of himself at his
Office, where he may be cOnfdentially conulted at all
hours. Ladies' suffering under any of the complaints
Peculiar to their confdentiay consult with the
doctor with every of safety and prompt relief
See his MEDICAL ADVISER AND GUIDE To HEALTH, price
10 cents. All letters promptly by return of
mail dM, rh&S&wtf ia3l
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

By a ridiculous misappllcatOn of LANGUAGE, inYalids
are sometimes sal to enjoy very poor health" but IL
Is not on record that any human being ever spoken
ofas enjoyins chs fever And yet there are thou
sands, at his moment, in the her OF the two
stages of the disorder who might just as well have
aVo led ii as not II there is anything demonstrable in
therapeutics, l. Is that Hosteters Stomach Bitters is
an antidote to intermittent fevers No instance can be
cited in VIII ch it has been tax H. either as safeguard
against this class of diseases, remedy for them
and failed to produce the desired effect. The season
when malarous levers rife has com nenced and no
inhabian of any district subject their vlsitations
should be without this great preventive and remedy
Indeed it is most potent protection against all the
ailments which prevail in the pring months From
marsh an pool and from all moist coils rising
the mephitic elements which give birth 10 fever nd-
gestion. bousness, colcs and whole no of epdt mic
and other maladies. Aid the system to rest them.
Energze and regulate all the animal functions with this
reinforcing agent This precaution is necessary
cities as in settlements for malarous fevers are
now almost as common the great of popua
as on the borders of the southern bayons and marshes
an the rich agricultural regions OF the west. The
preventive and remedy is accessible to ALL Who will be
unwse enough brave recklessy the danger it would
avert? d&ww mil
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Gbe qalp spp dameser, fOap 1Hurning, Martb g. 1871

no question of politics or "iobbing" 1t is a
sole.i question of great immediate duty.
Will the eastern press sustain us in the advoca-
cy Of the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness for that class of hardy pioneers of the
western country, reproduced in the fearless set
tiers and (rontiersmen Of Arizona, who day by
day hold their lives in their hands while pur-
snng their legitimate pursuits ?-Aha CdtJor-
liu
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

STORY FROM CANADA.-The most exciting
rat chase that we have heard of for some time
has been going on in Park street for sone days
past. MIR. Offord was terribly annoyed by the
destructive little brutes, and had lost great
deal OF his stock by them, and seeing receipt
lor panishing the pests, he tried it. The plan
was simply TO spread some kind of a drug on
tpe moor near their runs, where they could ret il
on their ieet. The drug burns like caustic. and
t Uy Ick 1t OIL and get it in their mouths. Mr.
Onoia was astonshed to find that in a short
Iime nc hadn't rat about his premises Dr
Brown, across the road, however. found that his
STOCK had increased to an alarming extent M
Oxford gave him bis receipt for banjshing them
and drove the hungry little brutes into Mr. hi
| fred Browns house. Mr.. Brown saw with ne.
tonishment tue terrible plague that had come On
him, and sat up at night 10 kill the brutes. An
idea OF Their numbers may be formed from the
fact that he killed sixteen one night in his room
/ Alter he was tormented for a couple of DAYS,
Mr.. Oxford gave him the receipt, and he soo1
/ got nd Of them, and they retired on Mr.. Nc.
| Cormick's flour store. He has got rid of then
also, and Mr. Champness has now got the whole
of them. 1t is the intention of the parties who
know the receipt to drive the rats into Love-
| Town. A couple of weeks Will be sufficient, ant
they will cross the canal some fine night anc
walk into the Metropolitan, and their entry viii
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OFFICE, NO. 8s MAIN STREET, WORCESTER
This Bank opene business day, from nine O'Clock
In the morning to FIVE O'Clock in the afternoon.
DEPosITs from FIVE CENTS to ONE THOUSAND DOL.
LARS received, ana put upon interest on the first Of every
month.
DIVIDENDS OF INTEREST made In January and
july and If not withdrawn added to the principal
on the first of the following month.
smallest sum entitled to receive interest Three Dol
lars. CLARENDON uApprS
jy9 DIFF N N rr,aos,rar
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new YORK, March 2.-Cotton heavy and nc lower;
sales 29l9 bales; middling upands l5c. Flour-saes
1850 bbs; Sale and western more steady state $3.50
$3.50 So Wheat &c better; sales 1871 900 bush No
spring Sl5l in stort Ao2, S56, in store; winter red
go bush; mixed western IS q SEC. Oats dull;
Ohio ami western sc @ 694c Pork lower and more
active; new mess Sl2 22,l2i old s2l5o; prime sls
Lard inactive at ia a l3&c Butter steady; Ohio Is "a
25c; state 20 &c. Whiskey shade irmer; western
free 92c. Rice firm; Carolina a SIC Sugar dull:
MuscOvadO 81 @1 lie. Coffee in moderate requests Rio
1875 90 lie. Moasses in fair demand New Orleans S. IA
CSC Spirits urpentne steady $50 a SAC; rosn quiet
and steady at $3.50 for strained Petroleum firm; crude
l47s q l5ci refined "a q Axe. Talow quiet at 81 use
=, !, HIgAGH March z Flour quiet. whea! steady at
SIPS "a l,25S for No 2. Corn higher at SIN "a sac
oats firm at 49Ac for No g. Rye dull at 89c Tor no q
Barley quiet at 79c. High wines s6kc Provisions dull
Mess pork ST. Lard Use. Dressed hogs quit at $685.
Cattle dull and unchanged Receipts 1000 bbls Hour
2OOO bush wheat 5000 bush corn 1900 bush oats 1000
bush rye 1000 bush barley, 1000 hogs ShipmentsOO0
oats 5000 bush barley.
,IscISNAl. March 2.-SIess pork dull at S},75 Bulk
meats In fair demand, at lower rates shoulders 1Ac;
clear ribs l0Ac clear sides 10 a l0ac Bacon dull and
In limited demandi shoulders &c. sides III a lilac.
Whisky ull o5c.
4Ac
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

Attention is called to the advertisement of the
New Jersey Midland railroad bonds. Rice g.
Whiting, brokers, and the banks have them for
sale
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usual actually passed over the body, the wretch
ed driver, of course, suffering the mental ago
MES of homicide until relieved by seeing the
straw intestines of his victim.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
NEW YORK, March 2-Gold continued dull and steady
all day, closing at l0A a ll0K. the ceafances having
been little ess than thirtyhree millions. Cash gold
abundant, and large amounts were offered fiat for sixty
ninety days Governments quiet ana firm, considera-
BILE quantities OF per ceot Il n-ortes having been con
yerted to day into six per cent fivetwenes OF 1867,
both bonds being at nearly the price. New five
per not yet issued sold to-oaY 98 a. 49, seller
sixty DAYS both parties In the transaction Iepresentlng
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-03

Messrs. Kimball and Plummer 1.-THE present
directors) were declared elected, and the conyen-
ton then dissolved. Among the Scattering
votes were two ballots for Julia Ward Howe.
In the orders Of the day in the house, the bill
10 regulate freight charges on railroads was re-
committed to the committee on railways The
consideration OF the report of the committee on
elections in relation to the election in wand five
in Boston, was postponed until tomorrow
There was an animated debate, which was cut
short by adjournment, Oh petition for leave 10
build wharf at Nahant 1t appears that the
people of Nahant are opposed to the petitioners
that the persons who want the wharf are not
men of high character-One rum-seller and the
other graduate Of the state prison; and that
the quiet and law-obserying people of Nahant
believe that this wharf is only wanted for ten
ceGt Sunday boat from Boston to launch thou
sandS OF excursioniSts upon them on that da,
The bills to incorporate the Marblehead savings
bank, and the Boston and PrOvincetown steam
boat company, and relating TO the capital stock
OF cooperative associations, were ordered to be
engrosscd.
The following reports of committees were
made 10 the senate: Bills for the better prutec-
tlon OF Dlack bass, to extend the prohibition OF
| taki3g from june to July; to authorize the
| Wellesley Congregational society TO sell real
estate; 10 revive the charter of the City bank of
| Lynn, for certain purposes; to INCORPORATE the
| Everett and Chelsea street railway company
| relating to the jurisdiction of magistrates and
| trlal Justices; that the Dill to establish board
of harbor and land commissioners ought not tC
| pass
Leave to withdraw on the petition of Samue
| Hillman and ROoert Hillman, for aid on account
Of injuries received by an explosion at thu
Hoosac tunnel
The bill to incorporate the Boston base bal
association was debated and refused to a thirc
| reading by vote of II.
] The bills to increase the capital stock of th
/ Lowell gas light company, and to incorporate
the Westtield water works, were ordered to b.
engrnssed.
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For all countries that grant them. obtained and any
business with the
COMMISSI oNERS OF PATENTS,
and assignments Transfers of Rights attended
Rejected Applications examined. and Patents Secured
when the invention merite it, Reissues, Extensions and
Interlerences conducted by
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OYsTERs-For fresh and salt fish and good fresh
oysters, call at OGrady's, 295 Main street.
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Wreaths, Crosses. Bouquets, and Cut Flowers. pre-
served Orders be LETT at Mr. Geo Sessions corner
Front and TTumbull sts. L. H. Blgelows book and sta
ttonery store 25y Main st., and with W. w. Cook, at
Tainters Greenhouse. diff la2