Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-24
Miscellaneous ue,ns.

i-dhs Huo luiNdIutu OIucI lDT llU copies vi
lIarper's Magazines for one year. These maya
zines are taken by that number of conYicts, in
place Of the tobacco ratiOns.
Kansas papers COW obituary saws: "There
is not a farm wagon in the country that she has
not stolen something ont of; not a gate in town
that she has not opened; and the stones that
have been thrown at her would make five miles
OF turnpike"
A young lady in Rochester, n Y, has sued a
photographer for $1,000 damages, because he
displayed one of her photographs before his
gallery with the following inscription: Zone
half-dozcn photographs ordered by this very
stylish young lady and payment therefor insult
ingly refused"
The following notice was served upon north.
ern school teacher in Texas recently, signed by
some eight or ten of the larger BOYS, three of
them between sevcnteen-and twenty years of
age: I'VE, the undersigned, require you TO
treat TO bushe of pecans, five pounds of rails
ms and three of candy. II you refuse we will
put YOU in the deepest hole of water within one
mile of the school house"
Upon the representation of parties in Charles
town that the navy yard employees were politi-
cally controlled IN local matters, Secretary
Robson, in a circular, desires it TO be under
st, cd THAT every man employed by the
government must IN all cases be permitted to
form his own opinions and act as his own
interest and judgment shall direct, and that
any assumption or exercise of power IN vio-
lation of the spirit of this circular by any
person in authority under this department. will
be punished by the removal OF the persons Of
Tending
That the pen is mightier than the sword is a
tcdiously familiar truth, but we do not remem-
Der to have heard similar dignity claimed for
the lead pencil. That humber instrument of
literature, however, has vindicated its right to
he associated with destructive weapons by
causing the death of a Kentuckian the other
day, who in Il scuffe fell upon one, the sharp
point of which, entering his eye, penetrated to
the brain.
The worst accounts of the ravages of the Per-
sian famine are confirmed by the following state
ment Which the London relief committee recently
received from Mr. Bruce at Ispahaif: Thanks for
one thousand pounds. The famine is worse
than ever. Ten thousand persons are dependent
upon us. The daily deaths from starvation are
three thousand. The Fcridan Christians arc
starving in addition. The lspahan poor are
thrown upon us. The Jews are starving. What
can we eXpect2 Three thousand pounds month
~ will not feed all.
A Columbus, Ohio, correspondent writes
"JOhn Sherman's first appearance before the
public land have it from good authority was
at the Philadelphia convention that nominated
Gen, taylor for president. 1t happened in this
wise: He was delegate TO that convention.
When in the organization il came to the election
of a secretary, Judge --, also an Ohio dele
gate, arose in the convention and said that the
Ohio delegation had young man in it whom
if elected it would probably be the only official
position he would ever hold, as he said he hailed
from hopelessly democratic district He was
unanimously chosen A delegate from Indiana
nominated young man from that delegation
as assistant secretary and made similar speech
concerning him. and he was chosen. Schuyler
CollaX and John Sherman met each other and
shook hands for the first time at the Secretary's
desk"
The schooner Vigilant, now plying as pack
CT be ween St. Thomas and St. CroiX. w. l., has
had somewhat remarkable career. She was
built at Baltimore in 1900, for the purpose of
piracy, and was used in that business until 1910,
when she was converted into an African slave
tradei After being used in this busres5 for
several years, she again served as an ocean free
booter until 1927, when she was boarded by a
Danish man-Of-war, and the entire crew, with
single exception, it was found had died Of yell
low fever. She was then fitted cut as prva-
teer, and so used until 1910, since when she has
piled as merchant vessel between the different
islands OF the West Indies,
RUsKlN on STREET CLEANING.-Mr. Ruskin
sends the following curious letter to the Pail
Mall Gazette,
If have been every day on the point of writ
ing 10 you since your notice on the 18th of the
dirty state OF the London streets, to ask whether
any of YOUR readers would care to know how
such matters are managed in my neghborhood
] was obliged, a few years ago, for the benefit of
my health, to take small house in one OF the
country towns of Utopia, and though was at
first disappointed in the climate-which, indeed,
is no better than our own Except that there is
no iOI marsh air)-l found my Chceriulness
and ability for work greatly increased by the
mere power of getting exercise pleasantly close
to my own door, even in the worst of the Win
ter when, though have a little garden at the
back of my house, dislike going into il, be-
cause the things look all SO dead; and find my
walk, on the whole, pleaSanter in the streets,
these being always perfectly clean, and the
wood carving of the houses prctter than much
of our indoor furniture.
But it was about the streets wanted to tell
you. The Utopians have the oldest way of
carrying out things, when once they begn, as
far as they can 60; and it occurred to them one
dirty December long since, when they, like us,
had only crossing sweepers, that they might just
as well sweep the whole of the street as the
crossings of it, so that they might cross any
where. Of course, that meant more work for
the sweepers, but the UtopianS have always
hands enough for whatever work is to be done
in the open air; they appointed due number
OF broomsmen to every quarter of the town;
and since then, at any time Of the year, it is in
our little town as in great Rotterdam when DR..
Brown saw it on his journey from Nor
witch to Coen, in 1868, the women go about in
white slippers, which is pretty to see. Now,
sir, it would of course be more difficult
" utAh''-N duJ thiil7 Inv tuio III LOuuOut
because, for one thing, in our town we
have a rvulet running down every street that
slopes to the river; and, besides, because you
have coal-Clust and smoke and what not to deal
with; and the habit of splitting, which is worst
of all. In Utopia man would as soon vOmit as
spit in the street Tor anywhere else indeed if he
could help it,
But still it is certain we can at least anywhere
do as much for the whole street as we have done
for the crossing; and to show that we can, l
mean, on the first ofJanuary next, to take three
street-sweepers into constant service; they will
be the first workpeople | employ with the inter
est of the st. Georges fund.- of which shall get
my first dividend this January; and wherever |
can get leave from the police and inhabitants
will keep my three sweepcrs steadily at work for
eight hours a day; and hope soon to show you
bit of our London streets kept as clean as the
deck of a ship Of the line