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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
A cow DOCTOR.

We commend to the attention OF Dan Mar
bic report in the Boston Daily Adrcrtiser
of NJ. Maynard vs.. Lilchteld, to recover da-
IMAGES for the loss OF valuable COW
"Thc testimony of one witness Or. Stod-
dard,l was as follows. live in Scituate, and
am sixty years of age am COW Doctor
I have followed the business these forty
years doctor sheep, hogs, and horned
critters. set broken bones, jinis, &c. I
never read no books on critters. took the
business up kind of nat'ral. doctor in Scitu-
ate, Hanover, Hanson, and all about. Mr.
Maynard and Mr.. Litchfield came to me
about this COW. told them TO give her a
pint and a half of caster lie and if they hadn't
got that, to give her pint of lamp lie, or a
pound of hogs lard. l went to see her the
day afore she died. gave her dose Of
thorough-stalk tea, strong. went to see her
again on Saturday, and dosed her again |
thought if could start her dees up little,
and kind of Jog mater, she might get along
She revived up a little, and | left her.
went down again Sunday morning, got
there about half past ten and found her as
dead as a herrin. | was nightly struck up.
We skinned her, and snaked her out upon
the snow. then cut her open and examined
her. She had what called the overflow of
the gall. found bushel basket full of fox
grass hay, and nothin else in her entrils. |
found peck more in the manifold, all mat
ted down and dried on. My neighbors, use
this kind of hay. 1t will do for young crit
ters tina, browse, but never see any living
cri,tcr touch it growing. Even grasshoppers
will run from it for life took some spirits
down with me, Sunday morning. The cow
having no further use for any, took dose
mYSpf.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
OLD SERIES VOL. 8, no. ~.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING,

large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Democratic citizens of Lewisburg and its vi
cnity was held in the Town Hall on Monday
evening, May 2sth, to endorse the nominal
tions made by the Democratic National Con-
vention for President and Vice President.
On motion, WILLIAM CAMERON, Esq,
was called TO the chair; ALEXANDER M'CLuRr,
Esq, and Dr. J. F. GRrER, elected Vice
Presidents and Maj HIN. B. Shriner and
'Hm Frick, appointed Secretaries.
On notion Ger. A. G. cen, Charles II. Shri.
ner, Joseph Glass, Henry w. Fries. John
Miller, William Adams, Mai r. B. Green,
Henry Ncuer, Sen, and H. C. Hickok, were
appointed q committee TO report preamble
and resolutions expressive of the sense of tho
meeting.
The meeting was ably and eloquontly ad-
dressed by II. c IIickok and c. II. Skinner,
Esqs.
Resolutions complementary to President
Polk and James Buchanan, were passed, az
well as the following
Resolved that we warmly congratulate the
Democratic party; and the whole country,
upon the nomination of the Hon. Lelris Cass,
as the Democratic candidate for President of
the United States. His plendid talents, long
and brilliant public services, and spotless pu-
rity Of character, constitute claims TO public
favor, that will unquestionably secure for him
the united, enthusiastic, and successful sup
port Of the entire Democratic party through
out the whole Union.
Resolved that we highly approve Of the
nomination of Kentucky's favorite Demo:
cratic son, Gen. IFillium o. Butler, to the
office of Vice President, and we hereby
pledge ourselves to give him full and honest
support.
Resolved tha, the Hon. Simon Cameron of
the United States Senate. is entitled 10 great
credit for the remarkable tact talent and
efficiency he has displayed in the discharge
of his arduous official duties. and for his uni
form and answering fidelity 10 the interests
OF his constituents, and the prosperity and
honor Of our common country His course
in the Senate has been such as to merit and
receive the warmcsi approbltou Of the De-
name we confidently bespeak for him the
steady confluence OF that appreciation and
support Of wl.ich he has proved himself to be
so cminen'ly worthy.
Resolved that we regard the Hon Daniel
Sturgeon, also a Senator from Pennsylvania,
gentleman of strict integrity, and a faith
full and worthy Representative
Resolved that we consider the war with
Mexico just and righteous war, and hope
it will be prosecuted with the same vigor and
energy as heretofore, and that our troops may
not be withdrawn till we have conquered an
honorable peace
Resolved that these proceedings be signed
by the officers, and published in the Lewis
burg Chronicle, Union Times, Sunbury ANTI
rican, Democratic Union, The Pennsylvania,
Washington Union, and in the Democratic pa
pers generally.
ISiunad by the officers.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
REM EDIES.

For a fit Of Passion. out in the open
air; you may speak your mind to the winds
without hurting any one, or proclaiming yonr-
self to be silnpleton.
For a fit Of Mleness. s.-Count the ,ickings of
a clock Do this for one hour, and you will
be glad 10 pull off your coat the next, and
work like a negro.
For a fit Of Ertrarcgance and Folly.-Go
to the workhouse, or speak with the ragged
and wretched inmates of Jail, and you will
be convinced
Who makes his bed of briar and thorn,
Must be content TO be lorlorn.
For u ft Of Ambition.--Go into the church
yard and read the grave stones; they will
tell you the end of ambition. The grave
will soon be your bed chamber, the earth
your pillow, corruption your father, and the
worm your mother and your sister.
For a .n Of Repining g.--Look about for the
halt and the blind, and visit the bed-ridden
and afflicted, and derangcd; and they will
make you ashamed OF complaining of your
lighter Affections.
For a fit Of Dcspondeney.-Look on the
good things which God has given you in this
world, and at those which he has promised
to his followers in the next. He who goes
into his garden to look for cob-webs and spi-
ders, no doubt will find them, while he who
looks for flower, may return to his house
with one blooming in his bosom.
For a fit Of Doubt, Perplerity and Fear
Whether they respec, the body or the mind,
whether they are load to the shoulders, the
head or the heart, the following is a radical
cure which may be relied on, for had it
from the Great Physician. Cast thy bnrden
on the Lord, for he will sustain thee
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
HOW TO MAKE GOOD BREAD.

During the ''sinall loaf excitement, some
body, in communication sent us, remarked
that every housekeeper did not know how to
make bread. We copy, for the benefit of
those persons as welt as the rest of the COM
munty, the following recipe, which the Tren-
ton News says has been successfully tested
for making LOAF bread, hot breakfast cakes,
&c, superior to any thing of the kind before
produced
''Mix, dry and well rubbed together two
teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, with one
quart of flour-then dissolve three-fourths of
teaspoonful of super carbonate of soda in
sufficient quantity of sweet milk ; mix the
whole together and bake Immediately. If
water be used instead of sweet milk, add a
little shortening. If the above directions be
strictly followed, bread will be produced of
superior lghtness and whiteness-and no
person having once tasted of it made in this
way would willingly resort to the common
method of producieg the staff of life"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

WESTERN ELoouENcr.--The following are
extracts from the speech of the Rev Mr.. Ma
goone. of Cincinnati, rlade at the anniversa-
ry of the New York Baptis, Society on Fri.
day last:
1T seems strange 10 me that we scrape
every cent we can reach 10 send the Gospel
TO our very antipodes, and forget those who
come TO our own land 10 make their homes.
Do the Catholics build schools and COLLEGES
We may do the same. Let Us meet them in
Kindness, in philanthropy, in discussion, and
win them Should Catholic build on one
corner of my house, al lnfdel on another,
and jew in front, when came forth from
my morning devoiions would SAY, Good
day, TO each, and pray that God would bless
them all. When another speaker told of the
Persecution of Baptists by the French King,
he might have gone farther, he might have Told
how man rose in Paris and battled nobly
and successfully for their cause, and that man
was foreigner every where--it was Crem-
ieux, the Jew-subsequently called in the
Providence of God, TO be Minister of Justice.
It is our privilege to give all men freedom to
worship God. If they are in error we may
pity them, but should never abuse But the
greatest obstacle 10 be removed is defunct
testantism-Evangelisn concealed. Some
sanctity, who had perhaps been active class
leaders on this side of the mountains, but
they had left all the Christian heat they ever
had behind them-they were volcanoes burnt
out. They would stop in some devoted place
and settle down, the select wheat of Gods
harvest, pIedestinated from all eternity TO
sit in their Internal laziness while the world
was perishing around them. They are the
sessed of a ris inertia almost sufficient 10 stop
the wheels of the Almighty's chario, of mer-
cy, and Danish every ray of His glory from
man."
In reference to the kind of preachers re-
ccived at the west, he says:
'The education soaked in from the outside,
like Thompsonian bath, is useless there
There is no field for such preachers Black
board knowledge and Latin roots, emptiness
in the head, green glasses over the eyes, dys-
pepsia in the stomach, and diploma in his
hand, do not suit the people-they want wha,
the Scotch call 'gumption'-lhey want men
like Ringgold's flying artillery, who know
how TO load and fire in the hottest of the
fight. There is no need to wait for church
to call pastor in the west he can call his
church himself. With log cabin for ves-
try, he can have around him cathedral
whose arches were wrought and wreathed,
whose roof was adorned in the way the tenn
Piles Of Greece never knew-ihe blue sky is
visible through its dome, the setting sun
streams in between its pillars, and there, in a
garb as simple as the sublime truths he tells,
he can preach the Word of Life ; there is no
need of fine linen in double quantity-linen
under and linen over his garment--he will
not want two shirts.o
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
WIDOW BEDOr's rABLE.rALK.

The following humorous sketch is from
the London Punch, who respectfully re-
commends its perusal to a certain class of
writer's and speakers:
"He was wonderful hand to moralize,
my husband was, (said the widow,) Special
ly after he began to enjoy poor health. He
made an observation once, when he was in
one of his poor turns, that / shall never
forget the longest day live. He says to
me one evenin', as he was sittin' by the
fire. was knitten, Il was always won-
deriul knitter,) and he was smokin', (he
was master hand to smoke, though the
doctors used to tell him he'd be be better
otto let tobacco alone when he wos well
he used to take his pipe and smoke awhile
after he'd got the chores done up, and ifhe
want we'll he used to smoke the biggest
part of the time)-well, he took his pipe
out o. his mouth, and turned towards me
/ know'd somethin' was comm, for he had
a peculiar way o. looking round when he
was gwine to say anythin' uncommon
well, says he to me, says he, Silly (my
name was Prssilly naturally, but he gener-
ally called me Silly, cause twas handy,
yon know,) well, says he to me, says he,
'Silly'-and he looked pretty solemn, tell
you-he mad solemn countenance natu-
rally-after he'd got to be deacon twas
more so, but since he'd lost his health he
appeared solemner than ever-and certain
ly you wouldn't wonder at it if you know'd
how much he underwent. He was troubled
with a wonderful pain in the chest, and a.
mazin' weakness in the spine of his back,
besides the pleurisy in his side, and having
the ager considerable part of the time, and
bein' broke o. his rest o. nights, cause he
was so put to it for breath when he laid
down. Why, it's an onaccountable fact
when the man died he hadn't seen well
day in fifteen years, though when he was
married, and for five or six years after, !
shouldn't desire to see ruggeder man than
he was. But the time ] am speakin' OF he
had been out o. health night upon ten
years, and, oh dear sakes, how he had al
tered since the first time see him. That
was at quiltin' at Squire Smiths, spell
afore Sally was married. I'd no idea OF
that Sal Pendegrass.
Well, that was the first time ever saw
my husband, and if any body'd told me
that should marry him, ] should have
said-but law sakes! l most forgot, was
gwyne to tell you what he said that even
i'm, and when body begins TO tell thing,
believe in finishin' ont some time or 9TH
er. Some folks has strange way of talk
ln' round for ever, and never comm to the
pint, and taking twenty words what might
be said in five. Now, there's Miss Jenkins
she that was Polly Bingham, after she was
marrled-she is just the teejustest individu-
al to tell story that ever see in all my
born days; but | was gwyn to tell what
my husband said. He says to me, says he
Silly says !, 'whatp I didn't saw ;what
Hesekiah,' for ! didn't like the name. Tn.
first tims beard it / nearly killed my,el
lsi6n. sHezekier Bedott,' ays ], swell
I'd give up If Ihad Mth hsms, but theu
J ! he'd no more ides o nsryis' the feller
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

I120T YRX10U19 PlA10 x'o2T83s
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OF tone. and elegance Of workmanship, are not
surpassed by any IN the Us'ted States
These instruments are highly approved of by
the most eminent Professors aud Composers of
Music in this and other cities.
For qualities Of tone, touch and keeping in
tone upon Concert pitch, they cannot be sucpas-
sed by either American or European Pianos.
Suffice u to say that Madame CASTELAR,, w.
Wallace, Vieux Temps and his sister, the cele-
brated Pianist. and many others of the most dis.
tlpquished performers, have given these instru-
ments preference over all others
They have also received the first notice of the
three last Exhibitions, aud the last Silver Medal
by the Franklin Institute in ls43, was awarded
10 them, which, with other premiums from the
same source, may be seen at the Ware,Ioom No
SO south Fourth st.
~Another Silver Medal was awarded to C.
Meyer, by the franklin Institute, Oct, lsi5 for
the best Piano in the exhibition.
Against the exhibition of the Franklin lnsti'
tute, Oct. 1886, the first premium and medal was
awarded to q. Meyer for his Pianos, although IL
had been awarded at the exhibition of the yeai
before on the ground that he had made still great
er improvements in his Instruments within the
past ~ months.
Against the last exhibition Of the Franklin
Institute, ls47, another Premium was awarded
G. Meyer, for the best Piano IN the exhibition
At Boston, At their last exhibition, Sept. ls+7
c, Meyer received the first silver Medal and Di
ploma. for The best square Piano in the exhibition
These Pissos will b sold st The Msnnfsetu
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lower. psrsoss sss ssqssstsd TO call and exam
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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
GEMS OF POESY.
THE BOAT HORN.

AhE nOAA HONNs
BY GEN. WILLIAM o. BUTLER.
O, boatman wind that horn again,
For never did the list'ning air
Upon its lambent bosom bear
So wild, so soft, so sweet strain
What though thy notes are sad and few,
By every simple boatman blown,
Yet is each pulse 10 nature true,
And melody in every tone.
How oft, in boyhood's joyous day,
Unmindful of the lapsing hours,
Pve loitered on my homeward way
By wild Ohio's brink of flowers,
While some lone boatman from the deck
Poured his soft numbers to the tide,
As if to charm from storm and wreck
The boat where all his fortunes ride
Delighted Nature drank the sound,
Enchanted Echo bore it round
And whispers soft and softer still,
From hill to plain and plain to hill,
Till cen the thoughtless frolic boy,
Elated with hope, and wild with Joy.
Who gambolled by the rivers side,
And sported with the fretting tide,
Feels something new pervade his breast,
Change his light step, repress his jest,
Bends DER the food his eager ear
To catch the sounds far of, yet dear
Drinks the sweet draught, but knows not
why
The tear of rapture fills his eye,
And can he now, to manhood grown,
Tell why those notes, simple and lone
As on the ravished ear they fell,
Bind every sense in magic spell
There is Tide of feeling given
To all on earth, its fountain Heaven,
Beginning with the dewy flower,
Just ope'd in Flora's vernal power
Rising creations orders through
With louder murlnur, brighter hue
That tide is sympathy! its ebb and flow
Gives life its hues, its Joy and wo.
Music, the master-spirt that can move
Its waves TO war to lull them into love
Can cheer the sinking sailor mid the wave,
And bid the sailor on ! nor fear the grave
Inspire the fainting pilgrim on his road,
And elevate his soul to claim his God.
Then, boatman! wind that horn again!
Though much of sorrow mark its strain,
Yet are its notes to sorrow dear;
What though they wake fond memory's
tear!
Tears are sad memory's sacred feast,
And rapture oft her chosen guest.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

SINGULAR COINCIDENCE "A contempoTa-
~, who evidently is shrewd observer, re-
marks that no person who took newspaper
regularly and paid for it like man, was ever
convicted OF capital offence. No such per-
son was ever sent to the penitentiary, or any
other prison ever committed suicide, or went
to the lunaiic asylum; and with few OK
oeptions, longevity has been the consequence
Of 30 upright practice.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

Nothing is more easy than to magnify a
trifing Circumstance into serious misfor.
tune, by suffering the mind TO dwell upoh
and place it in every possible point of view,
each assuming darker shade than the for
mer. 1t is the common fault Of vivid I'M
ssns'ion to exsggsrate either good or evh
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

Whoevor undertakes to put on the "Razor
Strop Man." is sure 10 get hoored in the
long run. Last Monday, while selling his
strops in Plymouth, and expotiating the while
on the evils of rum drinking, tipsy fellow
cried out 'If rum made me lie as fast as
You do in selling your st S, I'd quit it to-
day"
'Very good;J' replied Smith; ''ihe only
difference between your lying and mine, is
this;-My strops enable me to lie in good
warm bed while rum makes you lie in the
gutter" The tipsy man sloped, evidently
Iyag under very great mistake, in suppo-
sing that he could get the upper hand of the
"Razor Strop MANI Baton Rouge Gozstts.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
100000

Salome Muller, the German woman, whose
suit for freedom, on the ground OF not beng
of African blood, excited so much interest
some time since, has al last es'aoilshed her
freedom in the New Orleans courts, and is
now suing John F. Miller for the freedom CT
her children.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
THE CHEAP BOOK STORE.

TuE ChkAP bUUk STVkE.
DANIELS & SMITHS
CnrAP NEw & SECOND hand BOOK SIoRs,
North Wea corner of Fourth and Arch Streets,
PMi0dslpht0.
Law Books, Theological and Classical Books,
MEDICAL BOOKS,
BIOCRAPHICAL& HISTORICAL BOOKS,
SCHOOL BOOKS.
SCIENTIFIC AND MATHEMATICAL Books
Juvenile Books, in great variety.
Hymn Book. and Prayer Books, Bibles, all sizes
and prices.
Blank Books, Writing Paper. and Stationary,
Who'll, sale and Rrfdf
~ OuR priccs are much lower than the REGrLA prices
r- IbIaries and small parcels OF books purchased.
r7- Books imported to order from London.
Phiiadeiphia April I, 1SiS-y
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

The PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
now sitting at Baltimore, on "Wednesday sus-
tanned the appeal of Dr., Skinner, restoring
him TO his ministerial functions.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

The DITFEaEScE.-Ten years ago the
trade between New York and Texas was con-
fined to single schooner; now thsre is a
line Of ships constantly employed.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

Cucumbers, which will soon be in season,
though generally eaten, are considered un-
wholesome food. An analysis shows them
to be scarcely food at all. In every one hun
dred parts more than ninety seven are mere
water. The fact of the cucumber containing
substance analogous to fungi, the constitu-
ent which imparts poisonous quality to some
of the mushroom tribe, is sufficient ex-
planaiion why this vegetable is so offensive
to the stomachs of many people.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
WEALTH OF THE uNIoN.

The annual report Of the Commissioner Of
Patents furnishes much valuable information.
The estimated population of the United
States is 20, ,756, 900, and the aggregate of
personal real property is estimated a, So, ,29i,- :
100000 New York is the richest Sta,e her
property being ST, lla,oOo,ooo Pennsylya-
MIA next, Ss5O,OOO,OOO, then Ohio s74o,OOO,-
600 then Virginia, s5o3, 100000. The re-
mainder Of the States rank as follows:
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10

Some wag took drunken fellow, placed
him in coffin with the lid left SO that he
could raise it, placed him iu grave yard,
and waited to see the effect. After short
time the fumes of the liquor left him, and
his position being rather confined, hs sat up.
right and afier looking around exclaimed
"Weh, Pm the first that's riz, or else Pm
confoundedly belatedi"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-06-10
A&BAJE5
Wright's Indian Vegetable K'ills

ToR
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills.
Henry Masser. Sunbury.
E g. J. Kaufman, Augusta township.
John II. Vine mt, Chillisquaque.
Kase Il Bergsiresser. Ely-burg.
Samuel Herb. Little Mshonay,
William Depprn. Jackson.
Ire md and Haynes, McEwcnsville.
William Heincn & Brother, Milton.
Forsythe, Wilson & Co., Northumberland
James Reed. Pntisgrove.
G. w. Scott. Nashville.
w. & r Fcgely, Shamokintown.
Rhodes & Farow. Snyderstown.
Amos +. Beisell, Tu.''utsville.
Bonneville Holshue, Uppor Mahonoy.
J.hn G. Rem. do do.
E. l.. Piper, Wstsontown.
Wholesale, at the Office and general depot, 1863
Race ST., Philadelphia. Dc. l8, lS47.-ly