Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-05-01

what might have been expected from them, or
what they were ever known to exhibit or ex.
ert under ordinary circumstances. So it was
with potensconced minister Of c.. Pres.
sed BY the urgency Of hs ds,resses. he fortu.
naie'y recollected that there was smiths shop
at the distance ofabout mile across the fields,
where II he could reach Il befwe the period of
sudocation. he might possibly find relief De.
pfived Of his eye sight he could only ss man
OF feeling, 90 on a. cautiously 90 he could,
with his hat in his hand. Half crawling, half
sliding, over ridge and furrow, ditch and hedge,
somewhat like Satan Aoundering over chaos,
the unhappy minister travelled. with al posi-.
BILE speed, Is nearly o. he could guess, in the d.
rection Of the place Of refuge. lesve il to the
resder to conceive the surprise. The mir,h. the
infinite amusement Of the smith and all the
hangers on of the smiddy. when at length, torn
and worn. faint and exhausted, blind and breath.
lese, the unfortunate man arrived at tho place,
and let them know, (rather BY signs than by
words) the circumstances of the case. In the
words Of an old Scottish song. .afr
"Out came the gudeman, and high he shouted;
Out came the guide wife. and low she loutpd;
And a the Town neighbors were gathered about
il;
And there was he, trow "
The merrment Of the company, however soon
gave way TO considerations OF humanity. Ludi
crous as was the minister, with such an object
where his head should have been, and with the
feet Of the pot pointing upwards like the horns
Of the great Enemy, it was nevertheless, neces.
sary that he should speedily be restored to his
ordinary condition. ift were for no other reason
than that he might continue to live. He was
accordingly. at his own request, led into the
smi'hy, mul,,uds hockine around to tender him
their kindcst Offices. or to witness the process
Of his release: and having laid down his hesd
upon the anvil, the smith lost no time in seizing
and posing his goodly forc.hammer. will
come sair on, minister exclaimed the consi.
derate man Of iron in al the brink of the pot
'As sair ss ye like was the ministers snswer i;
'be,ters chap i the chats than dying for wan,
Of breath. Thus permitted, the man let fall q
hard blow, which fortunately broke the po,
in pieces. without hurting the head which il
enclosed, ss the cook.maid breaks the shell of
lobster, without bruising the delicate food with.
in. A few minutes Of the clear air, and q glass
from the guide wife's bottle. restored the unfor.
tunate man Of prayer, but assuredly the incident
is one which will long live in the memory Of
the parishioners Of c..
Tns DEAD LKrrxa OrFrck The dead
letter department Of the general oost.sffice at
Washington, 10 one of much Importance; there
al the letters end packages which ere misdi
rected. refused, or miscsIried. are sent sher be.
ing advertised for certain time in the places
to which they are addressed: and, strange ~ il
may seem, between ono and two millions annu.
ally fail to reach their destination; /; say, some
5000 daily. These ere received, ct stated
times, from the various branches. all over The
Union; and are placed on the long tables OF the
office. where four clerks are exclusively EN-.
ployed in opening them; If they contain no.
thing. they are thrown down unread, snd pack.
cd 10 large paper bags, and every three months
taken TO the common. and burned by cart.losds.
Should the letters couisih money or other
valuables, they are laid on side table, and Q
recording clerk ranges them alphabetically, in
the boxes prepared for that purpose, and writes
to the writer of the letter stating that il has
been received. 1t no answer is returned sNer
three years. the contents if money, is placed in
the treasury, still subject TO the owner, il he
brings the requisite proofs Every article re-.
ceived is kept and labelled, and in this way they
collect gloves, rings. gsrters, books, locks Of
hair, pictures, likenesses, law papers and 60 on,
and in money some three hundred dollars week.
ly. Title deeds, and other valuable papers, sup.
posed 10 be lost. are o1en recovered there
Out Of the mass ,hroueh which we waded. but
few would bear selection for the public eye, 30
many were common place. or only useful to the
owner. So many were notices Of protests, cir.
cu!srs, &c, and 20 many 10 persons travelling,
merely relsting. in an indifferent wsy, the do.
ings at home for iew previous days, sbout Ma.
ry having cold. or Fanny the measles, the ca,
dead. or the gersnium dyinei that, ss isso ofen
the case. what beesn in hope ended somewhat
in disappointment; snd BY the time th- Office
wss closed. we were glad to leave il, utterly ii.
red and weary. .. aHf sa raa.r slaa
THr DELioHrs on SoLpiERtNo.--A volun.
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