Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-08-28
The Turkish Ladies.

The Turkish Ladies.
The frmans have been issued, in
which Turkish ladies are earnestly be-
sought TO abstain from all such indecen-
cies as the exposure of their noses and
lips to the wanton gaze of passengers.
They are required TO leave only sufli-
cient aperture in their wells, to see that
they do not defle themselves by COM
ing in contact with any male infdels.
But worse-the last issued frman has
this passage:
at being matter of public notoriety.
that the infdel traders of Pera have in
creased in number, and have stored
their shops with divers tempting arti>
cles, the offspring Of Satan's inventions,
whereby the wives and handInaids Of
the faithful are excited TO acts of most
objectionable extravaganza, thereby
injuring their domestic felicity, and en-
failing great pecuniary infections upon
their husbands and lords; it also being
observed, that not content with filling
their shops with these Turing creations
Of Eblis, the aforesaid breeders Of mis-
chief place behind their counters youths
Of comely appearance, hoping strongly
to further captivate and intoxicate the
senses of true believing women, and
thence endangering their souls as well
as their purses, it is, consequently, or
dained, in the name Of the Avenger Of
all lncongruities, that caution and dis
cretion be inculca,ed by husbands and
male relatives, and that the pernicious
practice of frequenting these infdel
traps of destruction be put an end to.
Let this serve as warning, or all par.
ties will eat considerable dirt ln this
world and in the next"
Some years ago noted warrior Of
the Pottowattomie tribe presented him.
self to the Indian agent at Chicago, as
one of the chief men of his village, OBJ.
serving, with the customary simplicity
of the Indians, that he was a very good
man and good American, and conclu-
ding with request for dram of whis-
key. The agent replied that il was not
his practice to give whiskey to good
men--that good men never asked for
whiskey, and never drank it when vol
unfairly oiiered-that itAvas bad Indl-
ans only who demanded whiskey.
Then" replied the Indian quickly, in
broken English, "me id rascal"
A VoaAcrous ISsErr.-W We witnessed ycstcrd,y
the most extraordinary case of gluttony in an in.
sect which has ever come under our observation.
A dagon fy, it is commonly called '"mus.
quito Hawk" three and a quarter inches long, was
caught and being held by the wings, flies wers
presented to il, which it swallowed with the groa-
est greediness. In order to ascertain what amount
of food would be required to satisfy its appetite,
large number of the common house flies caught
and placed near its mouth one by one, and in tho
course of ten minutes il devoured thirty-sx, with.
out apparently imparns its appetite in the least.
II is impossible 10 say what number it would have
swallowed, ftbey had been offered to it.--Hot.sto
MAN.
The following is from the New Olieans 'ctin,
but do not know who the generous would I've
donor is
If possessed the most valuable things in the
world, and were about to will them sway, the fol-
lowing would be my plan OF distribution
would will to the whole world truth and fend-
ship, which src very scarce.
1would give an additional portion of truth TO
editors and lawyers, traders and merchants.
lwouh give to physicians, skill and learnins.
To clcrgymen. zeal aud dlslnterested piety.
To lawyers, me chants, brokers', pubic officers,
&c honesty.
To old women. shor tongues aud legs
To young women, common sense, large waists.
and natural feet.
To servants, obedience and honesty.
! To masters, humanity.
To farmers, punctuahiy and sobriety
To old men. Preparations ioI dealh.
To young sprouts dandles, good seilse, LEES
cash and hand work.
TO old maiis, good temper, hte talk and s,fit-
! able husbands.
/ 10 old l,aohelors love for virtue, children anil
! pINos