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Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-18
Boat stores.

TIME Subscribers are prepared to furnish all
kinds of Boat Stores at the lowest rates. at
the same stand they occupied last sesson. Pat
ronage is solicited. e. ID. RAND q GO.
march 2, 1874, s.
p. S. All citizens or travellers wishing for pas
sage up or down the by steam boat. BY ieav
ing their names with the subscribers will De not'-
fed at their lodgings on the arrival OF the boat
they require. T.. d. X. q CO.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-18
Dentsfl)fr Ar,t.
DR.. A. r. Brllning,

ESPEETFuLLY tenders his proie ssioual SER
- vices to the citizens ct Burlington aud vcini-
". N the practice Of Medicine and Surgery.
~ OFFICE on WASHINGTON street. between
Water and .Rain streets.
p. s. HE will also pay particular attention to
Dental Surgery. such as cleansing, inserting. and
piugg'rg TEETH, either with gold. silver, or
piatina paste.
Burlington. March %, 1a4A,
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-18

John S. DAVID. General Forwarding and
y Commission Merchant, Dealer in Groceries
Dry Goods. Produce. SC. &C., on Water. between
Washington and Columbia Streets. Burlington.
Iowa. Thlarch 10. 1912.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-18

rHANcis "Rin6HAN JOSEPH BRlDGMAN
BRIDGsIAN BROTHERS,
Commission and Produce Merchants. and Dealer.
IN Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Groce.
ceries. Hardware am Qneem.ware.
sep. 81. Darlington, Iowa.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-18

"a. D. RAND. =. J. c. PEASI.EY.
f.. ID. RAND g. co.
Dealers in Groce ries. Provisions Boat Store g.. +.
&c. One door above the sto,e of F. J. G.. Peasley.
Water Street. Burlington Iowa Territory.
Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-18

WV. II. fosTiEwAlr JAS. CREEGAN
Postlewait & Creegan,
Wholesale and Retail dealers in DRY Goods Gro
-eries, Hardware, Shoes, Boots, Hats, Bon.
nets, Stationery, Iron, Nails. Castings,
&c. &c. &c.
;orner Main and Jefferson SITS. .Asuriingtos. 1T
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27
From Norh's Weety Messenger.
Finished.--A sketch.


\ word in general use, and OF very signf-
Can, import.
A young girl who had passed three years in a
boarding school, gathered superficial know-
edge Of her own language and the French; &C.
quired 2 profound knowledge of the art of dan
eng, with fashionable knowledge of music,
il said to be fnished-that is, ready for a
husband.
student who has passed four years in a col
lege, learned TO robhenrocsts, drink rum, smoke
cigars, play at games o! chance and spend the
liberal allowance of kind parent in every
species of unworthy eXcess-makes common
place speech, receives his diploma, and is Il.
nished. That is, ready for the devil.
The Prodigal, who wastes at the gaming la
bic and in the haunts of debauchery, splendid
rltrmony, and then blows out his brains in a
fit OF despair, is said by those wlro tempted him
to his ruin, to be finished
1t is finished, exclnims the man of fashion,
as he surveys the completion of all es-
-entlals of splendid entertainment, which
he is about to give to five hundred men and
women, who, far from ndulgIng friendly feel
ng for their host, will laugh at him in their
sleeves, as they slip his costly wines, and impu-
IDENTIFY criticse his person and air, while they
are wasting and devouring his substance.
1t is finished, as the poor widow whispers,
her ,unken eyes dilate, and light up with
mouuful joy, as she folds the garment, the ma
king of which will give to herself and father
less ones, the coarse and scanty loaf for another
days subsistence.
1t is finished the needy, pale and emaciated
author murmurs, as with trembling fingers he
gathers page after page of his work which he
hopes will give food, fame he looks not for, to
the young wife a. his side, and the little ba-
bies that cluster at his knee.
II is finished, with despairng whence, shouts
the homeless wanderer, as the sleet descends
on his unprotected head, and the icy blast con.
geals the current of life, and he lays him down,
uncared for by his brother man.
1t is finished. gasps out the man OF blood and
violence, as he lays his head on the scatlold,
and pays the society he has warred upon, the
forfeit Of his crimes.
Finished is the life journey; what Joys are
expressed IN this one word, what doubts made
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27
From the PubHc Ledger.
SALT MINES.

The salt mines of Veiezka cover an under
ground area of $4,000 square fdthoms. The
length of all the passages and alleys is u Ger.
man GA English) miles. They are worked
by ten perpendicular shafts. There are FIVE
strata of rock salt-the deepest is nearly 800
feet from the surface, and 800 feet below the
level of the sea. These mines have been work
ed 600 years. The arched roof is sustained by
columns of suit, left standing at regular inter
walls.
Tho Government has established strict
military system, by which the works are con-
Quoted on the most economical scale; and the
price is maintained by nicely restricting the
yield to the wants of the market.
There are several chapels and churches in
this suherranean city, in which divine service
is performed for the miners. In the chapels
| alters, crucifixes, chandeliers, statues of the
saints, &c. Immense chandeliers, of the same
mrlerial, are suspended in many parts of the
mine. The largest, hung up in the "Great
The Barquetting Hall, where fetcs are oc-
casionally given to the nobility, is surrounded
by statrary; the Austrian eagle, accompanied
| hy all the implements used in mines, adorns one
end Of the saloon, A hundred years has Pro-
duced scarcely any defacng effect upon thess
statues, SO dry is the air.
When this salocn is lighted up, il surpasses
/ a Splendor the most magnificent ball rooms.
The stables, stalls and troughs Of the horses
are also Of salt These ANIMALS, when once ia
ken INTO the p,ine never return. Their employ
| mcnt agrees with them, for they are always ia'
and they live to great age.
Nearly twenty ponds and lakes occur here
and there in the mines, on which boats are kept
Some OF these are some hundreds OF feet long
and 20 feet deep, and they are often connected
by canals
The ventilation of the mines is especially at
tended to, and though the fire damp common tC
all mines is sometimes thrown in jet from thu
roof, It does not generate in sufficient quaint
ties to be dangerous. A violent explosion
however, took place in 17ij, from the fallin!
in of one of the large chambers, which produces
so sudden condensation of the air, that it sho
like whirlwind through all the passages Q
the mine, driving every thing before it, an
blowing away all the buildings that covere
the shafts OF the mne.-By Anfhrar.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

EXTENSIVE DoMINIoNs This is great
country and no mistake. Its area is now about
two millions fsqUare miles. If Texas is an
neXed, with az area Of about 100000 square
miles, and Oregon with an scea of G0000O
square miles, our potato patch will then be a.
bout three millions Of square miles surface
Well, this is not 3 much larger toothold than
Great Britain has got already on this continent;
she has got above our northern boundary $780,
coo square miles. If we look at the world at
large, John Bull has got the biggest slice of
territory of any nation the whole British en-
pirc measures some eight millions of square
miles It's population two hundred millions
Boston Post.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27
TIE INFANT IN HEAVEN,

Dr. Chalmers furnishes The following ,nurh-
ing expression of his opinion on the subject Of
infant Salvation. 1t is expressed in strong and
besutiful language -
"Ths affords, we think, something more unan
dubious glimpse into the question, that is oI(cn
put by distracted mother when her BABE is
taken away from her, when all The converse it
ever had with the world, amounted 20 the gazo
upon it few months, or a few opening smiles,
which marked the dawn of ielt enjoyment; and
ere it had reached perhaps the lisp of infancy,
it all unconscious of death, had to wrest,e
through period Of sickness with its power, and
at length to be overcome by it. oh, it little
knew what an interest it had created in thai
home where It was so passing vistant; nor
when carried TO its early grave what tide Of
emotions it would raise among the few acquant-
ances it left behind il On it, too, baptism was
impressed as seal, and as sign it was never
! talsfied. There was no positive unbeef in
its bosom--no love at all for the darkness ra-
ther than light--nor had it yet fallen into that
great condemnation which will attach itself to
all that perish because of unbehef that ,heie
deeds are evil And WREN we couple with this
the known disposition of our great foreWnncr-
the love that he manifested TO chiidres on earth,
how he suffered them to appro1ch his person,
and lavishirg endearments aud kindness upon
! them in Jerusalem, told his disciples that the
presence and the ccmpany of such as these in
| heaven formed one ingredient of the Joy that
was set before him-teli US if Christianity does
not throw pleasing radiance around an infants
tomb and should any parent who hears us feel
sottened by the touching remembrance of a
| light that twinkled few short months under
his roof and at the end It's liitle period expired /;
we cannot think we venture too far when we
say that be has only TO persevere in the faith
and in the following OF the gospel, and that We
ry light will again shine upon him in heaven.
The blossom which withered here upon tS
stalk. has been transplanted there to place of
endurance and it will then gladden. the eye
which now weeps out the agony OF an atcc-
ton that has been sorely wounded; and in the
name Of Him who if on earth would have wept
along with them, do we bid all believers pre-
sent, 10 sorrow not as do others which have no
hope, but take comfort in the thought of that
country where there is no sorrow and no Sc
paraiion.
On, when the mother meets on high,
The babe she lost in infancy,
Hath she not then, for pains and fear
The day of Woe the watchful night
For all her sorrows all her tear
| An repayment OF delight;
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

Oh, Ellen said the Teetotsller, you know
what you have taken.
Corrosive salts anG uarcotcs,' answered the
doctor.
arsenic and corrosive sublimatc,' said the
Teetotaier.
Oxalic acid and tncture of opium added the
doctor.
Fly water and laurel water, said Mr. Bur
rage.
'Vi'riol, prussic acid, and aquafortis,' 'continu-
ed the druggist
I've took no such thjog' said the refractory
patient.
'Oh Ellen, you know what you said
well, what >
why, ,hat your drinking should never trou.
bic me any more
And no more 1t shall " screamed the wilful
woman, falling, as she spoke, into paroxysm Of
the widest laughter.
No more it shall, for I've took
What, ma am, pray what =
In the name of Heaven what y
why hen-l'vo took the PLEDGE =
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

a bar of iron, placed across the bed on which
person sleeps, under the matrass, about as high
from the feet as the calf of the leg, is said to be
an effective preventive of the cramp The bar
may be an inch square. In defect of a bar, a
poker or any other iron may answer teup,rarily
Ifthere be two mattresses it may be placed be.
tween them.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27
From the Philadelphia Sun,
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rue DE,rH OF SUMNER LINCOLN FAIRFIELD
And is it so--in wo and gloom
Hath his sad spirit fed
Thus drcarily hath closed the tomb
Ger his dishonorcd head
Oh would 'twoze PHYS power TO hide
His errors as his clay,
That silently they side by side
Might with his bones decay
Oh that the world, which spurned his song
AID urged him to despair,
In memory of that hapcss wrong,
His fame from taint might spare,
When the proud heart is racked and torn
BY disappointment dire,
Who. then, may Judge that heart forlorn,
All guenchcd its wonted fire,
The flame which glowcd in youth SO bright
TO light the bard to fame
Cheering hi1w onward by the might
Ofa promised honorcd name
Too soon. alas he w'acssed fade,
IN shadows pale and dim;
Till, prisoner, the mournul shade
AT length cncompasscd him,
Oh, then, when all his visions bright
OF future glory burst
The bcaming hopes all sunk in night,
Ambition f,ndlv hurst;
What then. oh too ccnsorious world
That maddcncd by neglect,
The defying holt ofhate he hurled,
Though imporent and wrecked
Sad, sad the 1ale---a stricken ono
He wandered ocr the earth;
Palsicd his gcnius-lovcd by nome
Worths pity-Folly's mirth
Yet vet mock not his memory
Oh, say not, better far
Have how'd to the worlds cold decree,
Then vainly with it war"
Thus may the soul too dull to rise
Beyond the sphere of earth
But oh not his that meath the skies
or iIclicon had birth.
lie lives the tide of song to pour,
That swels his rapured breast,
And scorned his notes-all, all is DER,
That gave 10 life its zest,
Then spare the haplrss bard in death,
In life too sensitive;
And Irvine, tho lo,c, the laurel wreath,
In death that he may 1--we,
Then, whilst he from his spirit sphere,
His genius honored views,
The happiness denied him here,
May there console his muse,
April ., iSii, T.. B,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

MARBLEs-1hese toys are made chiefly in
SaIzburg, Austria, and at some Of the marble
quarries of Saxony. The broken fragments OF
the marble are collected and broken into cubi.
cal form. They are then thrown into a MILL
where, between cyenGers Of stone and wood
they are in moment rubbed into round form
They are sold on the spot at thirty TOR kreu.
ger, which is coin less than cent These
marbles find their way into all parts OF the
World, even in India.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

An ODD MIsrAKE.-An apothecary's boy
was lately sent to leave at one house box of
pills and at another six live fowls. Confused
on the way, he LETT the pills where the fowls
should haze gone, and the fowls at the pill place.
The folks who received the fowls were aston
lshGd at reading the accompanying direction,
statiotp one crery ipO hours.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

PRAIRIE RosE poR HEDGEs.-l lloyey's llor-
ticultural Magazine proposes to use the prai-
rie Rvse for making live fences. 1t is the
common running wild Rose of the West,
known in different localities as the Michigan,
Detroit and Tennessee Rose. 1t is widely dis
,rbued throughout the whole Western Coun.
try. 1t is of rapid growth, great climber
and flowers in immense clusters, where the
soil is rich. The color of the Rose changes
after the first days bloom. 1t is filled will
strong thorns.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

A SNUFF Box OF PorATo SKINS. a re-
cent meeting oE the Brooklyn Institute, Mr..
Partridge presented to the Society snuff box
made from the skins of potatoes by hydraulic
pressure. The box was highly polished and
neatly finished. The cutest Yankee might eX.
anime it, and guess for week, and then be un-
able 10 tell the material from which il was ma
nuiactured 1t is of German make.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

certain, what hopes realized, what forbodings
confirmed.
Finished. say the fond parents, as the reali-
zation of all their prayers sleeps sweetly in tho
cradle they are bending over.
Finished eJaculstes the weeping woman
dropping over the tomb.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

llINDoo FApLE.-There is a fable among the
iinduos, that the' having been detected and
condemned 10 die, thought upon an eXpedIent
by wach he might be rescued from death. lie
sent for the lailor, aad told HIM he bad an nm.
portaut secret to disclose To the King, acd when
he had done 50 he would be ready Ia die, Ttc
kng sent for him 10 know what this secret was
lie told hlm that he knew the ar, Of producing
trees that should bca' gold, The King, accom-
panied by his prime minister, courters, and
priests came VITA the thief To certain spot,
where they Jegan their ncantarlons. The
'hIeI Then Produced a piece of gold, declaring
'hat II sown 1t would produce tree, every
branch OF which should bear gold "but, add
cd he, "thls must be put into the ground by a
person perfectly honest | am not so, and there
fore pass it to your Majesty" The King re-
piled, "When was boy | remember taking
something from my father, which, although a
triae, prevents my being the proper person. |
pass IT, therefore, 10 my prime minister" The
latter said, "i receive the taxes from the peo-
/ pie, aud, as am exposed to many temptations,
how can be perfectly honest | therefore
give il To the priest" The priest pleaded the
same as to his conduct in receiving the sacri-
/ tces AT length the thief exclaimed, al know
not why we should not all four be hanged,
/ since not one OF us is honest" The King
was so pleased at the ingenuity Of the tibet
! that he granted him a pardon.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27
AN EXTRAORDINARY MIsER.

Perhaps there never was more perfect mi
in London, who died some few years since.
Though possessing wealth to the amount cf an
hundred thousand pounds sterllug, he freqrent-
ly abstained trem food for number of days to-
ge,her, saying that hunger was the very best
sauce. Sometimes he indulged kNnset in the
luxury Of spoiled meat purchased at the sham
bles, giving as reason for choosing such, that
meat was good for nothing except it had a
lived wholly upon scraps OF crackers, salt fish
aud candle ends,-which he collected al various
places in his wanderings about town, frequent
ly passing himself OF as 5cggar. Ofhis at
being 50 patched and darned that it would p',z-
zle taicr to decide whether any Of the origi-
nal fabric remained. lie used 10 boast that his
raiment lasted as long as that of the children OF
Israel in the wilderness, having purch lsed it
more than forty years ago et an old clothes
dealer. The nearest spproach to any sort of
charity ever observed in him vas, when once
-" .,..
he had once done business IN stocks, but always
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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

RAINING LoBsTERs. s.-Shortly after a great
hailstorm at Utica, last week, multitudes of
tresh-water Holsters were discovered on the
ground They were mostly about finger s
length in size, and lay in piles two or three in
ches deep. Three pals full were picked up in
a single garden.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

DUEILrNe.-Two mosquitoes, one morning,
met on leaf in garden. Both were filled
with the blood drawn from their last n0ctur nal
depredations. They were silent, and "dumpy"
cross and savage. One of them ran out his
sting, and wiped it on his foreleg. The other
thrust out his sting, and pointed il towards the
first musqui,o This was considered an insult
And SO the offended musquto steps up to the O.
ther and says
"Dld you turn up your sting at mel"
The answer was--'l ran out my sting you
can apply it as you choose"
Answer-"SIr, your remark sayors OF rascal.
ity."
"llah!" exclaimed the other, "a downright
insult! NogeHtiemaniy musquito will submit
to such treatment without Gemanding suiiStac.
tion Draw, william, and defend yoursclf!"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27

'ln the name Of llearen what!
why then-l'vo took the PLEDGE =
Oi,cratI Ions In the Flower Garden, for the
Month of April.
This month opens TO us busy season for gar
dening operations. In the month of April wc
have frequently very delightful summer-lke
days, which cause the buds to expand, as it were
by magic, aud every fine summer day accele.
rates the progress of vegetation, and is apt TO
remind us of the beauties Of Flora. Now as
beautiful flowers, implanted in the breast of
us, so is there in others also love OF cGliiya-
rinG them, and "traning them Wp III the way
they should grow." The beginning of this
the garden, Let every border and hower.bed
in the garden be properly dug, and neatly rakcd.
II there is an cdging of box (as there should bc)
1t should b. neatly trimmed, and box cdging
attended to last month, which is the proper
time The month of april in our climate is pc
cullary' stated for propagating by cuttings.
| This months also is considered the best for psH-
ting our eucrgreenS and roses, but shrubs of all
kinds and herbGceoHS plants may be transplant
ted in all this month Prune tree and shrubs,
taking care 10 cut all dead wood and unsiehtlv
branches remove all suckers, in order to pro.
mote the health and vigor of the shrub, and i'm
Prove the appearance of the garden and shrub
berry. Give DdhHGS gentle heat in the hot
beds, or bring them forward in pots or ooXcs in
the house, to induce the Jrcaking and shooting
of the buds, each of which, cat off with pOr-
| ton oCthc roots, will become possible, Flow
er-beds may be sown, the tender kinds not IN.
| Ill the last ofthis month. All dead aud sick
/ " plants should be removed or dug ont as soon
as they appear Plants in greenhouses or par.
/ Tors must now have canstaut air. Want Of tree
/ circulation of air will cause the plants 10 spin
/ die up, and flower weakly. Such plants as
require more room may be shifted into pots,
/ and kept SHADED for few days, until they
| have taken fresh root. All other shrubs or
| plants in pots should have fresh mould added
| to the surface. Remove dead twigs and leaves,
and give moderate watering occasionally. Graf
ting may srll be performed. Repair the com
! post, or clay, OF former gratis if it he cracked
or injured. Destroy insects of every dcscrip.
ton. Search for, and eXtermlnate caterplllars 5
nests. Spare all such birds as are neither used
as food, nor accused of committing dePredationS
| in the garden. They often nip off the buds OF
| trees, but in mos, instances they thereby cut of,
in each bud a whole colony of caterpilIars.
Ncr York Sun.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-04-27
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