The Massachusetts Spy, Or, Thomas's Boston Journal

HARTFORD, January 25. Friday morning last, about three o'clock, a person called at a private house in Weathersfield, went to a bed where two young men lay, and putting a male child, four months old, into the bed, desired they would take care of it till he went for Dr. Porter, who he wanted to set his wife's bones, which he pretended were broke by a fall from his horse. They received the child, and took care of it till the morning, when being apprehensive they had been imposed upon, and made enquiry of Dr. Porter, found that no such person had applied to him. They were immediately convinced of the cheat, and made application to the select men of Weathersfield, who gave orders that suitable care be taken of the child. It is the general thought that the person who left the young child with the young men, was the disguised, unnatural mother of it.