Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1842-05-17
A FEMALE VuLAGE.-The village Of

which is about ii German miles go Eng
lish }t'rom Rustschak, in Wailac hia ,offers at
the present moment curious ethnographi-
cal singularity, having been inhabited by
women only for the last thirty years. AT
one period this feminine popu alton amour
ted o 1000. The ladies cid not live as
warriors, like the Amazons Of old, but
they avoided all contact with men, and
drove away from them territories all who
approached with matrimonial intentions.
The anti-social settlement is now sup
posed to de on the decline; at least no more
recruits are made from the disappointed
or the love crossed, and the members Of
the population are rapidly decreasing.
These women are nearly all Mahometans.
Snow ON THE Rocky MOUNTAINS =
Eight hunters arrived at ST. Louis, Mo-,
on the 25th ult. for provisions. They
stated that there was IA feet of S now on
the Mountains, and that the hunters were
out Of provisions, and likely to perish.
The SHOWS had been tremendous, during
the whole winter. The Missouri, when
the SHOWS melt, will pour down a flood never
before witnessed.
WoNDERFUL!-An old lady in the west
Of England for twenty successive years
had darned stockings with the same nee
die; in fact, so used was the needle to its
work, that frequently on the old lady's lea
wing the room, it would continue TO darn
without her. When the old lady died. the
needle was found by her relatives, and for
a long time no one could thread it, nor
could they discover what Distracted the
threads, when by microscopic observation,
they discovered tear in the eye Of it.
A pretty little brunette Of IA was pass
ing along the street few days since, when
she was accosted by strange man rather
the worse for liquor, who inquired if her
mother was as black as she was. 81 be-
lieve not" was the reply; "but pray tell
me if your father was as blue as you are"
The last accounts from Bermuda state
that the English arc strongly fortifying the
Islands.
Ninety thousand pounds Of the best ba-
con was offered in Cincinnati, lately, at
one cent and half a pound.
The New York Herald says:-A vessel
in this port is at present, we understand on
good authority, taking in Il cargo of raw
cotton for Canton. 1t is q low priced cot
ton, laid in at and cents per pound.
Hawkins, the celebrated temperance lee
turer, is about TO be settled as pastor Of
the Protestant Methodist Episcopal Church
in Maiden, Massachusetts.
The Temperance Societies Of Pottsvillc
and vicinity number $500 members.
Mar Yohannan, the HISTORIAN Bishop,
was to hold religious meeting in the Me-
thodist Episcopal church in Alexandria.
The Society Of Shakers at Lebanon
Springs have given notice that visitors will
no, in future be admitted to their .'meei
ings" on the Sabbath. This will take away
one of the great attractions at those Springs.
There are seven thousand five hundred
persons in ST. Louis, pledged to total alb
s,incnce from distilled or malt liquors, wine
or cider.
William Miller, who insists that the
world will be destroyed in 1913, is lec,u-
ms every evening at the Apollo, in New
York.
At the end Of the present year. accor-
ding to an official statement published in
Vienna, Austria will have at her command
81 steam vessels. Some are built for in
land nav CATION.
Strange VislrER.-The Charleston Mercury
thus describes strange bird brought to that city
by vessel, upon which it taken when six
miles from land:
1t belongs to a class of waders. 1t is in body
little larger than a woodcock with long and very
slender legs and toes, short tail and wings reach
ing nearly to its extremity, strong and rather
heavy bill and feathers close and smooth. It's
markabe for its colors, which are very rich-the
neck and breast of varying blue and purple, and
the back and wings of a glossy, subdued green
The bill is also curious in colcr-rom the point,
near half the length 1t Is light green-thence the
head the color is that of that of dead blood and the
naked skin at the root extends to the middle of the
skull in the form af an arch, giving it singular APP
pearonce. 1t Is now quite reconciled to its place
and feeds cheerfully. 1t meal, rice &c, SEEM
ing to have a natural relish for human diet.
LovE.-It is said that love seizes on us suddenly
without giving time to reflect. 1t lit upon
once like hawk upon June bug; for the moment
we couldn't reflect any more than piece of rusty
tin by moonlight; afterwards we did nothing but
reflect; and since that time, have reflected up
on it frequently.
a recent village debate, IN vermont, upon the
question ought young man to foller gal, after
she gives him the miten?' duly argued pro
and con-and then the President decided that he
hadnt onghter.'
'What is the cause of that bell ring-ingl"
quired Peter
alt is my deliberate conviction that somebody is
pulling the rope! replied John.
"What will you take2" asked the Sheriff of a
Gu prit who about to be hung.
"Not DROP was the quaint reply.
"Bobby, what is steam?" % Boiling water"
''Thats right, compare it, ''Positive boil; COM
parative, boiler, superlative, bus. "
MARRIED:
In Mount Pleasant, by Rev. d. Macpherson,
Mr. Derrick West and Miss Mary Shumway.