Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-10-24
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! Contributions from ulculbtIo pi luV ltSdl lld-
ternity are solicited to aid in the formation OF
law library mt Chicago.
A duel recently took place in Columbus, Mo-,
In which four young men were engage !. luTcc
OF them were MORALLY wounded.
A. l. Stewart has written 10 John V. tarWelb
of Chicago, requesting that tine $4,000 sub
scrihcd by him for the relief of the sufferers by
the late fire may he mainly devoted to tue aid
of women dependent upon their GWn eScrtions
for support, and also widows and children With
out means or protectors to ,royide for them.
Justin Mccarthy tells good story Of Thack-
cray and Hepworth Dixon, which neatly illus
trdtes the lordly and patronizing manner OF tho
latter. Thackeray, having mentioned to a
friend that he recently met Dixon, was asked
some questions about what happened at the in
tcrvlew. DWELL" replied Thackcray with his
tone and force of infinite expression and inim-
table humOr che was kind TO me-"
According to Il report made by the Italian
minister OF Justice five thousand youiig chill
dren are annually stolen from their parents and
sold to persons in the United States. His as
Sert0n has made an impression on the legiSla-
ture, since Il section has been adopted in the
criminal code Of Italy Furnishing the stealing
and transporting OF children with hycyears inn
priSOnmcnt.
A little iyc-year old boy was being instructed
in morals by his grandmother. The old lady
told him that all such terms as "by gOlly," "by
imgO, "by thunder" etc, were only little
oaths, and but liItle better than other prolani-
tics. In fact, she said, he could tell a prOfanc
oath by the prefix "by" All such were oaths.
"Well, then, grandmother" said the little hope.
ful, is "by telegraph, which see in the newspa.
pers, sweaIing% "No," said the Old lady,
chats only lying"
A man who had fought "mir' Sherman was
caught in one Of the late Wisconsin prairie
fires, with no means of building a back fire, so
he initiated the gophers, Cutting huge sod
with his huntingskuile, he tbrew the dry dirt
put u lplp eufn ,;p b,, Ia,
when he cruwled in and rolled the turf over
him lie lay there until the fire passed over
him and was speeding lurOusly on its way
miles distant, then slowly he craw,Cd out of his
living grave, heated tearluly, but injured in no
way whatever"
The produce dealers and bankers of Milwaukee
are agitating the question of a submarine cable
across Lake Michigan TO open new route to
Michigan, Canada and the east. The Engemann
transportation company offer to lay the cable
Tree OF expense. The object Of the enterprise is
to have two lines of communication with the
east; so that if one fails, as was the case during
the Chicago fire. there will be aROtherroutc open
Tor business. A committee has been appointed
TO confer with the telegraph companies
Several Canadians are here urging the project.
The Paris "Patric' calls attention to an anti
communist association of wOrkmgmen in favor
OF order, the Curriers' C0nlpdgROHS This So
cicty, has a committee sitting in Paris. Its pro-
gramme is short, but decisive. each member,
TO whatever trade he may belong pledges him
self not to Join any section of the nternationale"
None of its members are 10 Join in any strike.
They bind themselves, moreover, that in all the
towns Of France they will assist the government
in bringing about the pacific resumption of
labor and in maintaining order
The fire IN Chicago had the curious effect of
spelling the "outsides" Of nearly two hundred
weekly newspapers which are published hun
dredS of miles from that city in Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Minnesota of no IpoIiutr
printers at Chicago did a large business in print
ing these "outsides' in duplicate and sending
them to different places, where the local pub
fishers printed the news on the other side. The
farmers who depended upon these sheets for
their weekly supply of news, must have been
puzzled TO know how the Chicago fire could
have deprived them Of their village newspaper
while the home office remained intact.
The following is the salutatory of an Oregon
edtreSs; 1--WE have served Il regular apprentice
ship at working-waShing, scrubbing, patching,
darnlng, ironing, plain sewing, raising babies,
milking, chuming, and poultry raising. We
have kept boarders taught school, taught nut
sic, written for the newspaper, made speeches,
and carried on an extensive millinery and dress
making business. We can prove by the public
that this work has been well done. Now, hay
ing reached the age of thirty-six, and having
brought up family Of boys to set type and a
daughter TO run the millinery store, we propose
to edit and publish newspaper, and we intend
to establish it as one of the permanent institu-
tons of the country"
Once upon Il time there was a Yankee top-sail
schooner on its way to Leghorn, which cnCoun-
tered an English nohleman'S yacht on a pleasure
cruise in the Mediterranean. John Bull ban
tered the Yankee for trial of speed aud the
Yankee sailed John Bull almoStout of "slght"
Milor was greatly astouiShed at this result, and
invited the victorious skipper to come on board
and join him in bottle of wine. The invita-
ton was accepted, and as they sat opposite to
each other, the Englishman generously proposed
Brother Jonathan's health, adding: 81 say, cap
tain, this is the first time my yacht was ever
beaten, you knoww "WaIr said the Yankee
captain, chats kinder sngIer, for VOW this is
the first time my craft ever beat anything" 1t
may perhaps seem ungracious to recall this
story in connection with the yacht race of yes
terday; but might 1t not be well for our English
commodore to Stipulate that III future races
the New York boats should not ret out OF sight
Of him You cant well race with boat if you
can't see il, you know.-N Y. Post,