Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-21
Gb aaiIp sppE amesr sanoap Hurne, aembn q. 1872.

and was eager to set them forth by what /
thought fine words. People used TO call me
good writer then; now they say [ can't write at
all; because, for instance, if think anybody's
house is on fire, only say, Sir, your house is
on 6re;' whereas, formerly used 10 say, Sir,
the abode where you probably passed the de
lightful days of youth is in a state of infiamma-
tlnn' and everybody used to like the effect of
the two p's in probably passed. and of the two
DIS in delightful days."
The connection between poetry and railroad
time tables is notapDarent, but the Chicago and
Alton railroad guides are published on fine,
toned paper, and have at the back sixteen pages
OF Brownn9s poems. The guide is ISSUED
monthly, and when the poets complete works
have thus appeared, the supplements NAV be
detached and bound together in two or three
neat volumes.
A man has just been arrested at Oil City, Pa,
on the curious charge of stealing 126 pounds of
nitrO-glyceriue. A search Of his premises re-
suited in the discovery of the dangerous COM
pound in the cellar, with his seven little chill
dren playing close hy, liable at any moment to
explode it. The explosive force of the amount
found was sufficient to have blown the whole
nelghbOrhood to atoms. The man seems to
have had mania for this kind of larceny, as a
number of articles from other magazines were
found on the premises. An uncomfortable
neighbor, surely.
London paper has the following; "Mr
SERGEANT Bates, who bears the stars aud stripes
across England, is Of distinguished kin. A
brother of the late Hon. Edward Bates, the at
tornev general under the administration of
Abraham Lincoln, and connected with the late
JOSHUA o"e g.eat ne nist gu gu
tnenisbed pusiites annearina as a'toIney in
the now lannon's case of the United States vs.
nGsg rn % me ~ t M rose 10
of the American bar. His fondness for British
institutions led HIM TO adopt the title of Serieant
'"0' ''s5e".l o",N9'
NoT1cE.-Charity Lodge. l. O. OF IT. will hold
a Festival on Christmas Eve. at Temperapoe hall
roster street mere VIII De christmas tree, re,
freshnehts' ete tickets 70 cents TO be mad at the
fIANo foRTEs' % H. Leland " 20. are receY-
Boxes. FoIios. Piano Stools. new and beautiful
styles Piano Cloths, elegant bound Music Books,
selected for andjust the goods wanted for the holt
days Can and see them
,,,, c.,5,.- ~ r1-a----- 90,
cents per pound.
rro.,a,, 9. pa,,i.t,. ii, -, - -,-,-,-.
front of their salesrooms, 1874 Front street, this
afternoon at l O'Clock; furniture at O'Clock.
DOLLS! DOLLS! Inc hanusomest ana cheapest
lot offered in Worcester. Dressed and undressed.
Call and see them, at 70 Front street.
Lllhson, Ula@ier 'o' VIII sen ne" ana seeoha-
uauu seisns At auction IN front Oh tnei saleSfoons
'o-aay at Ia O'CLOCK hohsehoia tah'ture at
Han g ~ iii .ou Lo,,-oho,s s,,u.;.,,.,
fancy GOODS and f,r, at anction this aornoo,, o.
| N| 49, ~ ~ ~ ' $3.50 ''''N'Ai'N az
O'CLOCK Evening SAFE at O'CLOCK.
| Tbere will ba a musical and drarnati, entortoin
ment al Iaylor's nall front street. Monday eve
| hhg, Dec zod.
Examine our MONDAY goods before You buy
| +. A DickEY q Co.. druggists.
american saOie nuns from $40 TO eoV at Eldred
h'scohlos'
Stereoscopic views of the Boston ruins for sale at
| 511 Main street, five doors south of Park street
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