Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-11

in Florida. The following is one Of the mum.
her Daring the war with the Semnoes, the
army was frequently supplied with corn which
had become damaged by exposure to damp air.
Gen. Taylor had a horse which was called
'Clay bank very good animal, but he did not
particularly fancy Uacle Sans musty ratons
The General used to pariake of the same fare
as the soldiers under him. and so did Clay bank,
so far as the corn was concerned but he w.s
little dainty. The General was very fon! Of
homihy, and mnsty corn made anything but
pleasant diet. lie would not Icy himself liable
To the suspicion of picking to the prejudice Of
the S-,c.,a'ors. so old 'Ciay.bank' would be let
oose among the sacks of corn, anu aitt7 -.'r"'.
ling very carefully, the sagaciou. animal would
commence gnawing hole into one which
pleased him. The General would watch the
rnanpuvre until he saw Clay bank had made y
chocr, then, calling his servant would direct
thin to have Clay bank stabbed Immediately
for fear he might do mischief +; but, he would
say, 'as the animal has gnawed o hole in the
bng, take out a quart or so Of the corn md
make dish of hominy.' The trick was played
several times but by and by 1t became know,
that whenever Clay-bank' gnawcd into sack,
sweet corn was to be found, and the incident be-
came standing Joke, during the war-Lan-
caster Union.
LOS0EvIry -Doct. Casper, Of Berlin, says.
that the longevity Of females liz greater than
that of mules. He shows that the med um or
average duration OF life, has increased consider
nblv in most European aud American cities of
late years. No doubt the Temperance cause
haa had it's influence.
Another important agent or influence on the
probable duration of life, is Marriage. 1t is
proved by Casper that the married state is ia
vorable to longevity, and especially in reference
20 the male sex. lie adds -
Tho socolled climacteric periods of life, do
not seem TO have any influence on the longevity
Of either sex.
The medium duration OF life, at the present
time, is, in Russia, about 81 years; in Prussia,
Belgium, &c; and in England and the United
States, 30 years.
In reference TO the influence of professions
or occupations on life, il seems That ccciesias,ics
men the shortest. ivers. Military men are
nearly between the two extremes /; but yet
proportionaly, they, more frequently than 9TH
ers, reach very advanced years.
The mortality is very generally greater in
manufacturing than agricultural districts.
The mortality among the poor s always grea-
ter than among the weathier classes.
A Coon REpLY.-A Sabbath School tea cher,
instructing his class on that portion of the
Lords prayer, THY will be done on earth as it
Is in heaven, said to them, You have told me,
ray dear children, phat is TO be done-fhc uW
Of God; and ,ohere it is to be done-on Garth
and ho,0 it is to be done-ds ii is done in hea-
ren. How do you think the angels and happy
spirits TO the will of God in heaven. as they are
To be our pattern p The first child replied
They do it Immediately the second They
do it diHgentiy;' the third, They do it al.
rays ) the fourth, They do il pih all their
hearts the fifth, They do it altogether.
Here pause ensued, and no child appeared tc
have an answer but after some time, little
girl arose and said why, sir, they do it with.
out asking any questions.'
DID You Ever We selec. the following
paragraph. from the Boston Mail
Did you ever know a lady with very white
teeth to pu, her hand over her mouth when she
laughed
Did you ever know boy to keepa piece o.
plum cake till it was mouldy!
Did you ever know money dealer that dd'n,
expect panic and great distress in the money
MARKET
Did you ever know person to believe yo,,
when you explained how you got black eye
Did you ever know young lady that did moi
have some very curious pieces Of sewing, !ha
she couldn't let the young gentlemdn see
Did you ever know young lady who was too
weak to stand up during prayer in church, whc
could not dance all night without being tired a
all
Did you ever know young man TO hold
skein of yarn for his fuyorie without getting
strangely tangled
\ WoMAN's ADyASTAGEs--A woman mo
ray what she likes to yru withoet the risk G
getting knocked down for II.
She car take snooze after dinner, Will