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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11
\ Pleasant witness,

Patrick Scott, Step Father of Eugene Suli.
van, Zone Of the apprentices of the Somcrs)
was examined as a witness on an application
for the discharge ofthe boy. The following was
part Of his cross examination.
What was the name Of your wife before YOU
married A. cant tell. Was che widow!
A. She said So e. What was the name Of
her first husband A. believe il was Eugene
Sullivan, because my wife passed by the nams
of Catharinc Sullivan before married her. Q.
How many children had your wife before she
was married A. How can tell. @. How
many did you know of, A. There were two
boys before married her. @. Were they her
children! A. That's more than can tell. Q.
Was Eugene Sullivan one Of them! A. Ye,,
Q. Do you recolcct that he left your house AMI
went to sea A. No. @. Then you mus, re-
collect his leaving it! A. did not say that
did not recollet his leaving the house, but
don't recollect his going to sea, for | recollect
nothing about it. can't tell where he went to,
for | did not see him going to sea. O. Is it
possible that if one of the inmates of your
house, your son or wife, for example, left your
house and went 10 sea, that you would not
know it 7 A. How could tell that my wife
| went to sea, unless she told me so when she
came back, and she never told me any such
thing. Q. But you would miss her out of the
house, A. Ofcourse would-but could not
tell by missing her ont Of the house that she
was at sea @ Did she ever tell you Eugene
| your wife now! A. How can tel. Q. When
did you see her last, A. This morning. Q.
Where A. In my own house. Q. And yet
you say you could not tell where she nas A.
| No, said no such thinc--T said could not tell
where she is, for although she was in my house
this morning, she may not be there now.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

CASTLE BuILDISG.--The habit of what in
common parlance is called "buildng castles in
the air" has most perncious influence on the
health fthe mind There is a legitimate exer-
else of the imaginative faculty which isadvan-
tageous TO the understanding, and to this no
reasonable objection can be urged but when
the fancy is allowed "to body forth the form of
things unknown" without being under proper
discipline, much evil will result Individuals
endowed with an unhealthy expansion of the
imagination create world within themselves,
in which the mind revels until all consciousness
of the reality which surrounds them is lost
The disposition to reverc is very pernicious to
intellectual health. Many habituate themselves
TO dream with their eyes open, without their
senses being literally shut they appear to be
insensible to the impression Of objects external
in themselves. This condition of mind borders
closely upon the confines of insanity. If the
Imagination be thus permitted to obtain so pre-.
dominant an influence over the other faculties
Of the mind, some particular notion will afix
itself upon the fancy all other intellectual
qualifications will be rejected +; the mind, in wea-
riness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favour
te conception, and feasts on the luscious false
hood whenever she is offended by the bitterness
of truth. BY degrees the reign OF fancy is con-
hrmed +; she grows first imperious, and in time
despotic; the fiction begin to operate as reali-
ties, false opinions fasten upon the mind, and
life passes IN dreams ofrapture or anguish.
On, heaving !" cried nice Old lady, the o.
,her day, "if the world does come TO an end
nex, year, what shall do for snuff"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

FoUL MuRpER.-The following is a copy of
letter to the St. Louis Republican, dated Au-
burn, Missouri February 18th:
"On the evening of the 18th inst, rencon-
ter took place in the neighborhood OF New
Hope, Lincoln county, Missouri, between Reu-
ben jackson and Jotdon NJ. Gibson, which was
about as follows:
"a difficulty had arisen between them, res
pecting pre-emption claim and, on the even
ing mentioned, Gibson and wife were return.
ing home from neighbor's house and met
Jackson ; some warm words passed, and Jack
son drew pistol, upon which Gibson ran to a
tree Jackson pursued him mp to the tree, and
after passing round the tree twice or three
times, suddenly stopped, and met G bison on he
other side, and Immediately fired, the ball pas.
sing through his heart. Jackson stood looking
upon his victim, until Gbson's wife came up,
and turned him over, and found him lteless
He then broke for the woods and has not yet
been taken"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11
Pseimody VS., Labor.

Snooks had occasion to call on the reverend
Domino Thomas Scratchard, while he was ct
Glasgow.
is the Domino in he inquired Of portly
dame, who opened the door.
Hes at hame, but he's no in replied the Ia.
dy, 'He's in the yaird, sooperindendin' Sauners,
the carpenter. 'Ye can see him the moo, gf
your business is vera precise
Snooks assentcd, and walked through the
door pointed to him into the yard, where he
beheld acarpenter briskly planning joist to the
air of'Macgie Lauder and the worthy Domino
standing by. Unwilling to ntrude on their con.
versation, Snooks stepped, unseen, behind wa.
ter cask aud head
'Sauners =
No answer from the carpenter.
'Sauners, l say Can ye no hear me =
yes, minister, hear ye! What's your
Wull
Can ye no whistle some mair solemn and god.
ly tune while ye're at your wark p
Aweel, minister, if it be your wull, I'll cen
dee it,
Upon which he changed the air to the dead
march in SAUL greatly to the hindrancc ofwhat
was now really painful planning, The Domino
looked on some minutes in silence, and then
began:
'Sauners. I had anither word to say till ye.
Did the guide wife hire ye by the days darg, or
by the job!'
The days darg was our 'greeing, MASTER
Then, on the whole, Sauners, think ys
maun just as weel gae back to whistling bonnie
Lauder
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

AWFUL LEAF In New York, on Saturday,
James Gordon, who had been several days labor
ing under scarlalna, and slight delirium, jun
ped out of a four story window upon the side
walk few doors south of st, Marks Place,
Third Avenue DR.. Miller, who had been in
attendance, was Immediately sent for, but could
discover no marks ofany injury except slight
bruise on the outside Of the right lcg. lie sur
vived until 10 p. NJ, and ifthere was any ser-
Que injury, II mus, have been internal
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

Letall men avoid rash speaking,-They that
speak without care, often remember their own
words afterward with sorrow those that ex-
Pect peace and safety, are to restrain their
tongues with bride.
1t is good in fever. much better in anger,
to have the tongue kept clean and smooth.
Anger may glance into the breast of wise
man, but it rests only in the bosom of fools.
What men want Of reason for their opinions
they usually supply and make IN rage.
BY taking revenge, man is but even with
his enemy bu, in passing il over, he is snperi-
oT
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11
Health and Animal Heat.

IL is highly important for every person to
understand the necessity of supplying the body
with proper proportion of oxygen and carbon
for the preservation of health and animal heat.
Oxygen is indispensable in every breath we
draw. An adult man takes into his system,
says Lavozer, 736 pounds of oxygen annually.
All animals, whose existence depend on the
absorption of oxygen, have source of Eeat
within them, Independent of external objects.
That heat is the result of combination of oxy-
gen and carbon, which produce combustion, and
gives just as much heat in the body, as it would
If burnt in the air or in oxygen gas.
The temperature of,he human body is the
same in all climates, and depend on the quanti-
ty of oxygen taken into the system. Animals
which breath frequently, as infants, Consume
more oxygen, and have therefore higher tenn
perature Of heat than those which respite less
frequently. Infants are therefore warmer than
adults, and birds warmer than quadrupeds.
Man requires more oxygen in cold than
warm weather, 20 supply the dimin uton of
heat caused by coId.-As food furnishes carbon
or fuel in the body, and oxygen is the fire,
when the amount of oxygen is increased in win
ter, the amount of food containing carbon and
hydrogen, must also be increased in proportion.
starving man will soon freeze to death in
winter. Hence we know that animals of prev
are much more yarocious in cold climates than
warm.
Our clothing is an equivalent for certain
quantity of food The savages in northern lat
itudes, who go naked, can consume without diff
ticulty, ten or twelve pounds of flesh, and per.
haps dozen Of tallow candles, or a gallon OF
fish oil into the bargain, because the quantity OF
carbon and hydrogen contained in them would
be required by the quantity of oxygen consu.
med to keep up the equilibrium between the
temperature of their bodies and the external at
mosphere.
The northern man who goes into southern
climates, from the increased heat, does not in.
hale as much oxygen RS the colder climate
required, and therefore does not need as much
food or carbon; and finding his appetite fail re.
sorts to stimulants to increase il, and thus in
troduces more carbon into his system than
there is oxygen to consume, disease therefore
folows.-M ebig'S Chemistry
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11
ADVICE TO BACHELORS.


Dr MRS. EDWARD THOMAS.
WorLp'sT thou divine the maiden's love.
That ne'er has been contest,
Strive not by questioninQs to move
The silence Of her breast;
For Love has manv untaught ways
To make iis secret known
side-'ong glance. o word Of praise,
Bc,tow'd on thee alone.
ii ,he. thee for another names,
Then sees the fond mistake;
While o'cI her check thousand shamos
In con cious bushes break.
She hurries tn some idle theme
With wel!assumrd concern,
b. cure tht thou art in her dream,
And seek no more 10 learn
For pretily thy sense she'll cheat,
To hide the truth from thee
Whi'e, luck'ess youth there's no retreat
From the sweet witchery.
Bewild'rng thee in fond amnze,
A captive 10 the spell
Ths, dwrlls in the enchanting eazo,
But oxcrcis'd too well.
If she could start-,hen check surprise
Or laugh, vet lacking mirth---
Then dart the liehtnings Of her eyes
Whenever thou spproachest nigh,
BE sure hat thou art dear
And in her bosom turks sigh
Meant not for thee 10 hear.
Compel her not, then. to disclose
What shame would hide within,
'Tis rudely ravishing the rose
A renrler hand should win.
TIE fsirest flow'r that ever grew
Soon los"s i's perfume
When gsther'd-while expires each hue
Fond sunbeams kiss d to bloom;
81 love, an exotic most rare.
Thrives in the virgins breast
IN native beauty leave il there,
Its genial place Of rest.
Let the soft veil Of my>t'ry still
Envelope the coy thought,
The fist uure spa'kl from the rill
Ofp,s IONS fonn'nin caught,
Where Hoae'- bright iris tnts appear.
r, nerted in the raw
Off s Young morn, s'rcnrly clear,
Swiftly to pass awv
Then he content to LEI her evps
Her h"arts sweet srcre' tell.
For h ! hey never can DISGUISE
WI =, knowu there hu, 100 well
M force her lips re'ucantly
To syllable the und
That in the elirces of her eve
More truthful may be found.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

BACHELORS IN DANGER.-T Boston Mer-
camille Journal gives an account ofa new rem
edy which damsels ola particular age have of
procuring, If not husband generous equiva-
lent in money for that defciency.-It appears
that fair damsel lately brought an action a.
gainst faithless swain in a neighboring state,
TO recover in the shape dollars and cents, con-
ISOLATION for breach of promise of marriage.
The evidence of promise having been given,
was not clearly proved, but the court very pro-
pery decided, that if he did not promise, he
ought TO hare done IT, And the jury agreed
with the Judge and the unfortunate man was
compelled to open his purse strings, and pay for
his ungallant omission.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

THE Toad AND THE MoNKEy.-In Madrid,
n newspaper is published under the title OF
"The Toad and the Monkey" and self.descri.
bed to be "A Journal offensive, revolutionary,
and disgusting,-edited by brutal society, and
addressed to brutes."
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

NIMRoD AHD THE MooN-Nimrod looking
at the moon the other morning remarked, that
it must be nearly out of change. "Why so !"
asked we.-Because see it has got to its last
q,trier," replied the urchin. We treated to
4 glass OF root beer
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11
From the KnickerIochtsr.
WOMEN OR WINE.

WOMEN OR WINE.
An epist'e to the President Of the New Englant
Society, who recommended the introduction o
Women in place Of Wine, a, Entertainments.
'One ofthe two, according to your choice,
Women or wine you'll have TO undergo;
Both malades fatal to our JOYS;
But which to choose l really hardly know.
have tried both so those who would part take
May choose between the head ache and the heart
sche'-BrnuS.
Oh weak and fool-harly refnrmer,
To substitute women for wine;
The glow OF whose presence is warmer
Than the niest juice of the vine.
B,lieve me, less fatal are iulcps
Than women in wtchery killed;
For there oozps more venom from two lips
Than ever from grain was distilled.
Who barters for beauty his whiskey,
The change will he certain to rue;
For her eyes shed a spirit more frisky
Than Turks in the best 'mounrain.dew.'
All those eyes at each meeting so merry
You'll find to out,splrke champagne
And ringlrls more golden than sherry
WAL fuddle as well the poor brain.
More tdpcrlDg DCCkS tD1n tne DOttle
With mouths more bewil,Iering crowned
VIII pour from their rayish'ng throttles,
A stream that q sage would confound.
If wine makes us hrutes, love is able
To turn us to fools with like ease
Ifthe one LAYS us under the table,
TothCr brings US at least 10 our knees.
After dinner when warmed with good eating,
A.
'Peh"ct Loves a chase cafe mere heating
Than ever abused 'eau de vie
81 Il Mt table some mischief she's brewing
or feet srrape acquaintance below;
All no heel-taps so pregnant with ruin
AS those hidden taps of the toe.
And hands. between courses at leisure,
Nike friends VIII, n there's no one to mark
All less poison yield grapes under pressure,
Than fingers thus squeezed in the dark
As hor c reels the topper Of beauty.
How crimson his ,isvrc, poor ELF!
How ftverel he sleeps! how his duty
Is left 10 take care of itself!
When thwnred. how palsied his powers.
Til he sinks in despair at deaths door;
Oh if wOm1n her vici m thus lowers.
What, ask, can the bottle do more
No spirit so ardent wnmsn's-
So sure to iutnNicaic man
Her touch is 'delirum temens,'
That maddens him more than the can.
The glance of her eye is blue ruiu,'
HeI tlu,h is the blood of the vine,
Her pout is a punch, IN whose brewing
Tart, sugar, and sPiri, Combine.
So sparkling, SO heating, so heady,
No hope for her victim appears:
Should her smiles only rendr him giddy,
He'll be surely made drunk by her tears.
Not the grape juice of Eden made Adam
So stupidity forfeit his all;
But The lure of hi, volatile Madam
Led him tip,ily on to his fall.
Not he wines Of fair Cyprus the rover
So sure as its womrn beguIle
Better rest where he is, half-seas over
Than steer ior so fatal an s'e.
o! then shun such n 'emptcr as this is,
Nor commence so hazardous court
Who smharks on the waves of her tresses
VII erieve ths. he veLtured from Port.
FIACCUs,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

An rshman thus describes wheebarrow--
at is a little carriHge with one wheel and the
horse is a man, who goes behind"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

No slur upon tinkers; they are found in eve-
ry honorable profession. Your politicians a
tinker-in mendng the State kettle, when he
patches up one hole he makes two your poets
tinker: he hammered out new works from
other mems old wit f; the lawyers tinker he
deals IN brass, and opens more flaws than he
stops and what's your physician Why, a
tinker too; brazier of old battered constitu.
tions' and if he cures you of gou,, will take
care to leave rheumatism behind for a new
Job
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

a gentleman, the other day, on asking mar.
ketman the price ofeegs, was answered, Eggs
are eggs now" ~ am glad to hear il, with
all my heart for the last bought ofyou were
half chickens"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

Is it not truth that people who reside in
houses with bnt few windows seldom live long'
A house short Of lights should certainly be
short of lirers.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

Some men have all the abilities necessary
TO form great characters, but never distinguish
themselves for want of dctermlnation-thcy
are like good clock never wound up.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

a gentleman, who was importuned by stur-
dy beggar, answered him--"My good man, am
nearly as poor as yourself, with only the dlf.
ference that what | have work for"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

The N Y. Aurora thinks that coal merchants
would make excellent soldiers-they nre so
fond of obeying ''orders." The word fire, too,
always gives them pleasant sensations.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

There are three things which should never
be done in hurry ;-threadinga needle, shoot
ing Wild fowl, and getting married.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

An editor, lately married, inquiries of the Pi.
cayune the price oftution charged by the Sheet
Iron Band. He thinks it meat that his lady
should learn the music OF the frying pan!
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

The greatest rcpose which man can ENJOY,
ls that which he feels in desiring nothing,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

The Crescent City says woman's tongue
has been found capable, on actual experiment,
lately, to move 1920 times in minute. Think
of that and weep.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

"Maya man marry hiswlie's sister, !" is a
question which can only be properly answered
by the sister herself, when the widower pops
the question.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

Love is the shadow of the morning which
decreases as the day advances. Friendship is
the shadow of the evening, which strengthens
with the setting sun Of life.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

1T hNeco is an Indian weed,
The wi twas sow,d the sesl.
II robe yoar pockets. spoils youI clothes,
And makes a chimney Of your noss."
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

1t is said, there are only three ways to get
out Of quarrel; fight out, write out, or back
uut; but the safer mode is to keep our.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11
FOR THE AMERICAN.
TIE RIDDLER.
IurensIe nanars,n, ,nt

|
am composed of Is letters.
My 9, 8, IL and 7, was the favorte of Burns.
My ii, 5, 9, has ruined thousands
My 9, IA, Is, is the nobest work of the Dele.
| ty.
Ny l, ~, 3, is the wages of Death.
My a, 5, 3, is delicious cake.
My ], 2 l, 9, Is, is lndy's name.
My l3, II, 4, is vehicle,
My !, 5, 8, rules the day.
My l3, IL, Z, is to weep
My a, 10, IA, IL, is an animal
My IA, 4, l, 10, Is, l3, 10, is what all
| lovers dread.
My l, and7, (inclusive,) is much admired
village the Susquehanna.
My 8, and IA, (inclusive) is a name dear to
| every youth of our happy country, and,
My whole is a neat, useful, well conducted,
Democratic news paper.
A solution is requested.
CHARADE.
My first, is what Printers hate,
In sand my second is found,
My third is an exclamation
That has a hollow sound,
My fourth is where soldiers dwell,
Then add the final e.
My whole is what the ladies love,
When they amused would be-
Mr.. EDITOR PLEASE tell me sir, what re.
ation is that child to its own father, that is not
its fathers Oun SOM
man having fox, goose, and basket of
corn to take across the Susquehanns, his boat
being too small TO take more than one at time,
how then can he take them across, in order to
prevent the fox from eating the goose, or the
goose from eating the corn!
FROM THE SATURDAY MUSEUM.
Answers to the Charades of last week.
l. EVER LASTING.
. WATCH-MAN
Answer 10 Enigma.
The animal sent was an antelope (Apnt el-
0pc)
The fruit returned was cantelope (Cant
elope)
Answer to Conundrums.
l. 1t is sin-on.a a.mouse-(synonymouS)
=. Because they are too long and two loose
(Toulon and TolouSe)
3. R-n-shy-(are you shy y
4. He often runs for plate or a cup.
5. He's bit Of buck.
6. On the other side.
CHARADES.
l.
My first we oft lend to each other in turn,
To borrow it would he excessively droll
My next, near my FIRST you may often dis
cer1
In my first, too, alas you'll perhaps find
my whole.
Drink deep of my first admit me to your
second and let me play upon my whole
CONUNDRUMS.
l. Why Is madman like two men
2. What is man like, that is in the midst
OF a river and can't swim
3. Why is a lady curling her hair like a
housebreaker
4. Why is a man in a fever like burning
candle!
5. Why is your hat, when il is on your head
like a giblet pie
6. Why is good story like a school-bell,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

A fellow in Arkansas is so short that he has
been onen mistaken for pie crust.
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PRICES OF ADVERTISING.

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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

One seldom finds that for which he seeks,
when he searches for il with impatience.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

The fall that is most likely to injure a per
sons brain is,-to fall in love with a prett,
girl.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

"Matrimony" may be anagrama,ized into
20 Try man." ard "lIusband" into "Ah !;
snub'd :" Good Jokes FOR bachelors, bu, no fun
10 married men.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-03-11

~ come to Steel" as the rat observed to the
trap
"And sPing to embrace you," as the steel
trap replied 10 the rat