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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25
RosToE & ALBANY RAILROAD


n M ~ ARRANGEMENT commencing on MON
PASSENGER TRAINS leave Worcester;
Go5 Boston, a. 42O exp L 925 exp. and 945 nj, ana
l'5g; 80 exp, 800 exp, eco and 955 exp M, ' N
The 20 m, and 1925, 355 and g5j D n froirs ,.
Ifo4 washington So alton; all Others from Fnser y
For Grafton, Westboro', Southyille Coraayilio. i,
Ashland at 100 and 945 M I4O and 500 m anu
EOr SouSh fraIatlghem 42G, 100, SIS ana q 4, . ~,
Lay, $40, S52' $50 aud 9.55 m. ~ '''' d II
@ 2tuIoni' az Lgl and g ~ l40, 325and $50 M
EoI NStlGh, az IOg and % m, Lao ana 500 n M "
FOR wellesley; Granville West Ncvt0n N.,,y,,,
sna B1ghton at 400 and as M and SO . m pss
ram 20 Nstck, and there change 10 fbe av0ri IL
wards. '-4 .-,ls,>-e . ~ minutes Ilu Sler
Lae ~ m train runs every day except Nor dav. all
others every day except Sunday az
Sunday express from Albany leaves washington sor,ro
stat'oi at S.35 m, for Boston " 4'i'''''
n sunday Man leaves Washington square Station at
I'D =: lMon fayl, for Il, SION. ~ ~
TRAINS leave Boston as rOi!ows. --i.' --'
For worcester at 500, 100. S30eXp eXp a m I % Q
express $50 express to Birmingham $50 express SO0
For New York, via Springfield, % 100 exp. H. aooexo.
300 exp ~ Jaw A''
Eew Tork, via NORWICH, 5.3C exp. pm.
Grafton. 7.g0 m, l.S0, 4.3O p m.
Hestboro 100 m. l30, $50 s. so exp n ~.
soutAville, 100 m, l3O, 40 D nj.
CordaYllle 100 n, $50, 4.30 m
so1 ntsnq Fr agS 5 m LS no. 5So exp pm
n Leo, z.i5 exp 800 exp 90 90 avn r. NY g p
exp, 400 exp. 1000 p N. +, F' s''VV' Gov
Sstek 7OO lOa m, lSO, 2.l5 400, 500 $50 600 1000
AIillbury, 100 q NJ 43Opm
saxonvle, 1860 m, 6002r -'' '''
hslIIorI ,VO SSO exp 9exp. am, Is exp 30 exp nm
Al outward trains runs daily except Sundsv P %"
ounday Man leaves Boston at $50 m storr,,, Mt 70
aeWt9n, south birmingham, Worcester Wcst9 49,
5s0a M i al" SPrtng l arrive IN New York 50
'''V " Ii Y. ~ ~ SsELL, Sup't, Springfield
a. III,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

- FOR SALE-On jackson st., Cottace
Eii House, rooms; 1000 II. OF land.
Etii Price $500 ABBOTT & RICE.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

o. FOR SALE-At the ''South End
t1s.; very desirable French Roof House tenements:
GU 10000 fl. land. Price 50 600.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

A Connecticut paper says-"One year ago the
boys in the state reform school were planting
potatoes" Perhaps they were.
post Office has been established at New Say
brook, aud L. Kellogg has been appointed post
master.
i nam ~ Jones, for long time one of the
Cry Jaard drum corps, died very suddenly on
the 2Otb, Of heart disease.
MAJ river and Long lake, Winsted. were never
IN p Oldest inhabitant. ' "''"ioi9 Vi
TIE Lowell Courier unwisely mixes rs y. and
es' VII. eb makes it talk about 'The plopm ap ~
dream Of Bnnga1,
The wife au,, @Aild Of Lent. Morris Il. San.
ford, ID Z. V. A., ~ 'Aer'y, o. Woeolyille were
dcuee Iowa by 4 lterosene explosion
The trout BLOCKS in the yicini,Y OF Aeg payen
are frozen down 50 deep that thelH = no waite
left, and many Of that delicious u.s. are frozen
" death. ~ say the fishermen,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25
VERMONT.


In some parts Of Vermont there have already
been 100 days Of good sleighing, aud the pros
pect still good.
LADY in Barnet says she means TO have a
"pattun of a husband" but vows she'll leave
him if he zines any selrit 'siely." She says
she "goes agin all kinds Of sekrts and SIGH"
Two large wOodsheds and the freight depot
Of the Vermont Central railroad, at Swanton
Falls, were destroyed by fire on Thursday, TO-
gether with a small amount Of freight
Mrs. Rebecca Bogue, wife of DR.. Michael
Hatch of EnOsburg, being somewhat deranged
refused to take food, and starved to death. She
had been married less than year
On February Dist Mrs. Charles Ames Of Lunen-
b,1rg, IN closing a window iammed the flesh off
fro,1 her little iiager and caught cold in it.
Medic.1l advice was taken, and it was decided
~ amnn tate the finger, but too late TO save her
IN Sbe led on the 4th inst.
setb n He, Wit Of Pittsiord, aged sixty-one
fell under HE saw Of power machine on
Thursday. while slwin2 WOOD, ana was IN
SANITY Killed, his head being sawed apart
During Thursday night the store and posi-
Office II VIM. Pierce Of Da2by, with the mail
matter and goods, were entirely destroyed by
Ere. Loss over $4,000; insured for $4,000.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

- FOR SALE-In Spencer, about 8 1-2
A,i miles from Worcester Farm of 50 acres of goOt
& and "a acres OF which Is wood land; cuts Is or 20
tons OF English hay; summer cows. winter I ;
apples pears cherries and grapes. Frstrae Two-story
House, wei painted and papered.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

- FARM FOR SALF--Of 1870 Acres.
hsiii in Shrewsbury, 81 miles from the city; good
.Stih buildings; cuts IS tons hay; keep winter and
summer 20 head; good wood lot. Terms easy
AIsRlH,n 4 u
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

FT.l VIt 5AIE-IU IIOIden Uentre, a
w,i very desirable Residence in very pleasant loca-
III llon minutes walk Of railroad depot churches
= stores &c. a 1.-Two Tenement House, u rooms in
the best repair with l6,O0Ott. OF excellent land
Price Sl600. AEROTJ & DICE
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

g. FOR SALE-In Auburn, very desir-
i able Farm OF about IS acres 20 acres of which is
sH WOOD land, said to be worth $500; cuts about IA
tons OF hay good pear orchard and Il plenty oil
apples summer 10 head Of cattle winter more Good
house OF rooms barn IS 3d. in ffrst-rae condition
I.s.a . Ian
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25
WORCESTER AID sPRTNeFrELD D,,,,s,ox

modation) at 6.35 a m. ~ -. oiis 'accom
pm. ~ " 'iii' ana 44H
For Albany icxpress, 955 for New York and ALBANY
@Apl lO25 o m ana 4.d and 1885 p m. New Yori
Sunday mail leaves at 1906 p. NJ Sleeping cars VII Mi
i.30 p m train WIN
Leave Springfield for Worcester ct 2.OO IL nOam
LBS exp, 2O5 exp, 400 $40 exp nj. 5iBafr STniav
express 65J M Sunday mail l2.25 M n oniav)
RAILROAD CoENEoTIoNs.--At Albany W o. Now
YORK central, Troy and Grcenbnsb, IJusson River
kailroads AT Chatham with the Harlem and IIulson
sa B9s5on ana Lebanon Springs Railroads At State
le WIN the l0usStonic Railroad. Pittsneld with
the Pttsfeld an- North darn ssn5 Hon roos
AZ Westfeld with the New Haven and NORTHAMPTON RR
AZ Springfield with the Hartford, New Haven and Spring.
neld and Connecticut River Railroads. At Palmer Win
the New London Northern RR. At Worcester Jmction
with the Providence and Worcester Worcester ana
sashuS and Norwich and Worcester Railroads. Al
bury, aud Milford Railroads. ~ anu + ''op
q o RIISSEII. snn-. o..-....-n -.
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Worcester March /, ls7s = b. SAddGi az suP,gti

EKMI S AND MASSACHUSETTS,
- AND Troy AND GREENFIELD r An % ~
SGfs leave Worcester, FosterSt Depot for Hoosa m
Me'i; N9EIn Aaams Saratoga and Troy n y mt & 70
me AIS aa@ sTattiehoro, at $50 and lli5 M For
't T q " o5V and ILLS A. NJ. and 420 p NJ
pm. ~ i'O9'Oh at ''OV a IN, and 10
a. "reenne9 tor Worcestera 6 80 and 9S5a n, and
q, m. and 200 Q T. IVA 0''oi Ut f.zs and S4l
90 M q{d , IN - 4.,s.,.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-25

- FOR SALE = About II miles from
%ii worcester, Farm of about So acres; considera-
eSl.l pie WOOD and timber; keep about 4 COWS and
horsei good buildings; very centrally located
near churches, schools, stores &c about mile from
Two dep9ts very pleasant place and will be sold low
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19

from so small commencement, have
reared the pile; but with the structure
started, and its proportions all blocked
out, he could help on the work. He
could not see how it was done-and not
only that. but the de,nonstr .tion was be-
fore him that the thing could be done.
One year has elapsed since Albert
Moore received the lesson from his wife,
and by joining hands with her, and bend
ing his own energies in the same direction,
he has accomplished, during the twelve
month, what would have seemed to him
a marvel in the earlier time. He had laid
by more than fifty cents day; and the
cigars. and the beer, and the other con-
diments of life which he had surren-
dered t. the work, are not missed-rather,
he holds them as so many enemies CON
quered. And Albert can improve his
home with cheerful heart, and he can set
ont new trees and vines in his garden
with bright promises, because he sees,
day by day, the pretty cottage growing
more ard more his own. The end ap-
proaches little at time-little by little
but it approaches surely, nevertheless; /;
and there is a great and satisfying JOY
even in the labor and in the anticipation
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19

THE MATTER OF SIzE-If a greyhound
were as large as an elephant. and had the
power and stride that would correspond
with his size, he would kill himself in run
ming mile. The material of his frame
would not stand the strain The draught
horse is never a race horse. Beyond a
certain weight, the loss of the power of
heetness begins. Nature puts her ma
terials into the best forms for securing
her objects. The swallow is switter than
the swan. Ship-builders have found. to
their sorrowful and disastrous cost, that
above certain size a ship is protitless
Taking into consideration the materia! OF
which ships ATE made, the modes OF
handling them, and the needs of com
merce, two ships, possessing the aggre-
late capacity of the Great Eastern, are
worth twice as much as she. The state
ment will doubtless be good for all time.
There is limit. fixed by nature, in this
matter of size, on all the instrumentali-
ties of human commerce of every sort,
beyond which results are unsatisfactory.
There will never be a railroad with
twenty-five feet gauge; there will never
be another Great Eastern.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
'''@
The Use of Rattlesnakes.

Under the name Of" crotalus horridus,"
the poison Of the rattlesnake is utilized in
Homeopathic pharmacy. Messrs. Thomp-
son & Capper Of Liverpool, having recently
imported a number of rattlesnakes, ab-
stracted the venom from the live animals
in the following ingenious manner: The
reptiles were in separate compartments OF
a case, fitted with double lid for extra
security. A long staff, fitted with thick
India rubber moose at one end, which
could be loosened or frightened by the
hand at pleasure. was inserted through
the partially opened led, and the oppor-
tunity quickly seized of slipping the loop
over the snakes head, the loop being
Immediately drawn tight by means of the
cord attached thereto. With similar
contrvance the tail was next fastened
and the snake being thus securely held,
was lifted out of the box to the floor
OF the room. A pickle bottle containing
chloroform was then thrust over the
snakes head, and carefully held in Its
place by keeping time with the animals
efforts to extricate itself. As tie reptile
became stupefed, the moose was gradually
relaxed, to enable the lungs to have full
play, and when it appeared powerless, the
snake was laid in long, narrow box
made for the purpose with an aperture at
one end, out of which its head projected,
while the after operation was performed.
Its jaws were then opened and fixed, and
the poison glands were then pressed with
forceps, then with the gloved finger and
thumb, while q small blown graduated
phisl was held to receive the drops as
they oozed slowly out through the poison
fangs. Twenty drops was the average
quantity yielded from each snake. The
venom is of straw color, thick and
gummy in consistency and decidedly acid
in its reaction on litmus paper. 1t is
readily soluble in glycerine or water, but
precipitated by strong alcohol, the pre-
ciptate being redissolved with the
addition of little water. Its toxicologi-
cal properties were fully tried on variety
of animals. Half drop produced death
on a linnet within three minutes after
being injected under the wings. The
symptoms produced in all cases were very
similar.-COwt Journal.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19

A STRANGE CAsE.-The Harrodsburg
(Ky.) People submits the following case
upon the authority OF a trustworthy
gentleman of Mercer county: During
the war Mr.. NJ. was so badly wounded in
the arm that amputation above the elbow
was found necessary. After the opera
ton the patient complained of much pain
and discomfort in the hand. He said
that it was 'crumpled up and uncomfort-
able and gave him no rest. One Of the
attendants told him he would go and
straighten the hand. The attendant ac-
cordingly went and took the severed
member from where it was buried, placed
it in natural position upon board and
rehuried it. As soon as the operation
was finished the without having
been informed what was done-declared
that his hand felt much better, and soon
ceased to experience any trouble from 1t.
Now, what sympathy could the nerves OF
the arm have with that part which had
been taken awayi The existence OF
nerve memory accounts satisfactorily for
the fact that patient may feel a pain in
the hand or foot after it has heen cut off,
but how account for the perception by
the nerves of the altered condition of the
amputated member?"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
Brevitles.

It takes 1864 sergeants de vile to kee
Paris in safety.
New York is fond of fruit, and has paid
50, 100000 for it this summer.
Tine viii by and by hang up his scythe;
that is, he will when he shall be no
mower.
The cheapest meat is deer in British
Columbia. You can buy whole carcass
for two dollars.
Cider APPLES sell for ten cents bushel
in Connecticut The barrels will prob
ablv cost more than the cider.
Two newspaper editors in Montana
Territory have bet their offices, good will
and, alb on; the Congressional election IN
certain district.
A domestic servant in a Michigan town
has turned out to be Pennsy lvania
heiress who was abducted from home IN
her orphaned infancy at the instigatlon
Of her designing next OF kin.
A sharp old gentleman travelling out
West got d seat beside his wife in
crowded railway car by requesting the
young man who sat by her to please
watch that, Woman while he went into
another car, as she had fits.
A terrible disaster has occurred at
Oporto. The steamship Perseverance,
went ashore there in a fog at tie en-
trance to the harbor, and was totally
lost. Thirty persons on board perlshed
before assistance could reach them.
In consequence of the disappearance
Of child abducted by gypsies and not
vet discovered, the German Government
proposes to lay bill before the next
Parliament seriously restricting the
liberty of wandering gypsies and vag-
abond troops.
in a recent debate, member OF the
California Legislature exclaimed: .'The
honorable gentleman( from Calaveras
County is undoubtedly person OF great
abilities, a m n of talent-a natural born
genius; but there is one thing defy him
TO do. and that is, to bite the bottom out
OF frying pan without shutting his
nose" - y L
| The Emperor OIL Onlleu Nein nia"J ioeo
his stick the other day, and advertised Tor
it in the daily newspaper, as any old
hurgher might have done; atrihlng fact'
which indicates the, fine trait OF the CIR
man character perfect simplicity. The
old sovereign had attached himself to that
stick, which was given him ny an Alsatlan
peasant on his return from the war.
|
Two marines, named Welsh and Doll
nelley, were taken from the United
States frigate Worcester, sent to the
State Prison at Weathersfeld, Conn.
They were tried at sea for using disrepu-
table language to an officer. They were
sentenced to seven years imprisonment
each. but the sentence was commuted
at Washington to four years each.
Of forty-two Att ,ntic steamers lost at
sea between the years 1S4l and 1872,
thirty-eight were of iron and four of
wood. OF the line ofiron ships running
into the st. Lawrence and Portland
Rivers, nine were lost between 1857 and
1864, and five iron sailing vessels, all
built in Great Britain and sent to sea
in 1865 and 1863, have never been heard
| from. II 1i
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
Making Lead-Pencils.

The wood most commonly used in the
manufacture OF lead-peacils is the Flor
ida cedar, except an inferior grade,
chiefly for the use of carpenters, which
is made from white pine. The lead IS
the well-known plumbago," or graph
tie, of the best quality of which there is
now only one available mine, that being
in Asiatic Siberia. Hence the limited
supply and high price. Many pencils
are now made by grinding and cleaning
what was formerly regarded as refuse in
working the plumbago, and making a
paste by mixing it with clay. In mix
ing the clay AMI graphite great care must
be taken in selecting and cleaning the
clay and getting the proper proper
tions. The mixture, after being we'll
kneaded, is placed in large receiver,
and forced out through small groove
at the bottom in the shape Of thread OF
the thickness and style required--either
square, octagonal, or round. This
thread, or lead wire, is cut in bars of the
proper length, then Strengthened, dried
at moderate heat, and packed in air.
tight crucibles and placed in the furnaces
The grade of the lead depends upon the
amount of heat it is exposed to, the
amount of clay used in mixing, and the
quality of the plumbago. The lead is
colored by various pigments. The wood,
after being thoroughly seasoned, is cut
in thin strips and dried again, then cut
into strips of pencil length. These
strips are grooved by machinery, then
carried on a belt to the gluing-room,
where the lead is glued in the groove.
and the other half of the pencil glued Oh.
After being dried under pressure, they
are sent to the turning-room, and round
ed, squared, or made octagonal by very
ingenious little machine, which passes
them through three sets OF Gu 'tefs, ana
drops them ready for polishing or color
ing the former is done on lathes by boys,
and the latter by machine which holds
the brush and turns the pencils fed to it
through hopper. After the pencil is
polished, tits cut into an exact length by
a circular saw: and the end is cut smooth
by drop knife. the pencil resting on an
iron bed. The stamping is done thus
a hollow die is heated, the gold or silver
foil is laid on the pencil, which rests on
an iron bed, and the die is then pressed
on it by screw lever. The pencils are
then ready to be packed for the market.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19

STRANGE POISONING CAsE.-Mrs Char
lotte Lamb has been arrested in Trum-
bull, P cree county, Wis, accused Of
poisoning five persons. In September,
1871, her hu~blnd died very suddenly,
showing symptoms of poisoning. In
May last her son, aged ten years, be-
came suddenly sick, was afflicted like his
father. and died within an hour. In
June her daughter. aged eight years,
died equally suddenly. Last month
Mrs. Lamb went to Mrs. Jane Ollman's
house to assist in taking care of her
while sick, mixing a powder for her
patient, which Mrs. Gilman drank, com
planned almost Immediately of violent
pains in The stomach, and in few min
utes was dead. Royal Garland, another
neighbor of Mrs. Lamb is her last vic
tim. Mrs. Lamb was cooking for him
during the harvest, and after drinking
cup of tea prepared by her, he was seized
with violent pains and died in short
time. The stomach of Mr.. Garland has
been sent to DR.. Hay of Hudson to be
aualyzed, and it is said poison was found.
The bodies of the other victims have
been disinterred, and the stomachs are
now with the doctor for analysis. Mrs.
Lambs house was searched. and stry-
chnine and arsenic were found. Her
examination will begin on Sept. ..
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19

LIGHT. The lamplights of Edinburgh
recently struck work, and that the streets
might not be left dark at night the au-
thorities ordered that the lamps should
be left burning all day. But John Mus
grave and William Robinson did not
like to see the public money wasted IN
this way, 80 they extinguished some OF
the lamps. When taken before Ballle
Miller they pleaded guilty, bat added
that they thought they had done
meritorious and by no means criminal
deed-why burn lamps when the sun is
shining The Baillie asked them if they
were willing to become lamplights; they
said that they were not, but one OF them
avowed his readiness to light the lamps
he had put ont. This would not do, and
so both were fined s5 for practising their
private thrift on public works.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-09-19
A Sad Incident.

Among the sad stories told of the Metis
disaster, is the following: In the saloon
of the Narragansett, sat young woman,
poorly but neatly dressed, weeping silent
ly near the spot where the dead body of
her husband lay. She was asleep when
the collision occurred but was awakened
by the shock, and told her husband to
get up and see what was the matter. He
did so, and soon returned saying that
the Captain had told him there was no
danger. He got into bed again, but his
wife could not sleep, and was soon again
alarmed by the sound of many feet run
to and fro. A moment later the steward,
brave man of whom all spoke well,
rushed into the state-rOom and told them
to put on life-preservers as the ship was
sinking. This was terrible shock, but
they hastened to obey the order. The
two children of the young couple lay
asleep, one a baby six weeks old, the
other a boy of three. The father took
the biggest child in his arms, the mother
clung to her infant, and the two struggled
to the deck. The saloon was knee deer
in water by this time, and in less than
FIVE minutes-possibly the poor woman
has no very exact idea of the lapse OF
time-man and wife were in the water
The waves ran high, and soon the hus'
band and wife were swept asunder. The
former lost strength, relaxed his hold OF
the child, and both were drowned. The
mother held her babe above the hungry
waters until her strength, too, was ex'
hausted, and then a wave larger than the
rest dashed it from her arms, and she saw
it sink slowly to the depths below. Just
as she was exhausted, and after the life
preserver had slipped from beneath hel
arms. the Moccasin came up and she was
recalled to life which, for the present at
least. is bitter indeed. II have my hus
band here" she SAID, "but they can never
find my babes in so large sea-"