The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-06-01

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nelghborhood, who holds forth al CEN, MI
minute. '"'
CoWerJetts.--A brace ofscoundrels b,,I
been taken in the Northern Iibertie, pI;
adelphla, having in their possesson un
engraved counterfeit five dollar notes ~ ~
Commercial Bank of BaI6nore. oed W
Pennsylvania Bank Of that city. The sio
natures are well executed.
The public curiosity of London has boau
gratlfied with singular exhibition c.llote
the " Eccaleobian." 1t is a machine hoo,
ed by steam, and divided into varions oea
partments Tor the Matching OF birds BY ar
hclal heat There is also another macbir,k
In which eggs of every date from the tis'.
OF their being laid until 2l days old, are 40
placed that strong light renders ,b.rO
transparent, and the spectator can ohserro
the whole process of Matching.
ProEfc,-Joseph Kremer, of WasbiDc
ton township, few days since, had a Fysa
that brought forth five living lambs-,breo
OF them are doing well.
A lady in the same township was blo.,
with riblets. This Washington townsbin
must certainly be a productive one-we rg,
commend some of our Mulicaulus fools ,o
set out few thousand cuttings in that onay,
ter.
THE family cf Smiths is incycasinp
The wife of Mr.. Smith, residing at Deer.
ing, in New Hampshire, lately gave birth
to. four children
A dwelling house was consumed by frs
on the morning of the 5th ult., in the vii
lage OF CASTLE, tennessee county, N. Y in
which 3 children perished in the flames. The
mother Of the children had barely time ia
escape with an infant in her arms, while
the father made his way towards the cham
ber where the children slept, but was pre-
vented from entering by the falling Of .hs
roof. The cause OF this distressing event
was leaving ashes in a wooden vessel.
fl Long Line.-On the llth ult., there
was lying between Little Falls and Herki-
mer, N. Y. awaiting the repair Of breach
in the Erie Canal, line of canal boats ten
miles in length. 1t is supposed it would
require fortnight to get them through the
locks.
" What are you jumping after there !"
said schoolmaster to an urchin who stood
up to his eyes in shirt collar. 81 want
to spit, sir, and | was jumping up to try TO
spit over my dicky."
Two buildings in st. Louis, which a
short time since cost $4,000, now rent for
$4,000 per anHum.
A youth Of Is years of age, has been
found guilty of robbing the mail at st. Louis.
A fellow was lately robbed in PhladeI-
Phia' while in the act of picking his neigh-
boris pocket.
A new power is coming into operation al
the West which promises to outrival that Of
steam. 1t is The power Of ague. One
man with good fit upon him, it is said,
can run a saw mill. Two of course could
run steamboat.
More than $4,000 enigrants have arrived
in Iowa Territory, this spring, from tho
older states.
My ancestors fought in the revolution
said a federal whig.
Oe 'ohtch S1de did they hght!' asked
bystander.
The whiggy cut dirt for home.
The interest of the farmer, the mechanic
and the day laborer should be consulted.-
They are the staple of the nation.
The case of Il. w. Dyott was not deci-
ped at the last accounts.
The very last case of absent mindedness
was manifested by gentleman who placed
his spectacles on one Of his ears, and walk
ed sideways two miles in a violent RAIN
storm.
Mr.. Hassinger has been bound under
bond of 100000 for his appearance at
further examination.
II man Of Many TradeS.--Maior Noah
says that man by the name of Stafford
was convicted, in 1894, for passing coun-
terleit notes. 1t was shown on the trial that
his regular trade was carpenter; that when
he had no employment in that business, he
hawked about patent rights for washing ma
at other times he taught fddlinO.
and sometimes dancing. At other times he
secured old clothes, and had commanded a
coasting vessel Finally he took TO pas-
sing counterfeit notes, and that closed his