Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-10-14
OLD SERIES VOL. 0; No. 2.
THE FIVE PEACHES.

| 'H"i 0'oS winch uc Couiu Inu. IL was the
first time that his children had ever seen this
fruit. Therefore they admired them and
were delighted with their red cheeks and
delicate down. The father then divided
them among his four children, reserving one
for their mother.
1t evening, before the children went into
their sleeping room, their father asked them
"Well, how have the peaches tasted?"
"Delicicusly, dear father" said the eldes,
"They are fine fruit, so juicy and sweet.
have carefully kept the stone, and will plant
it and rear a tree"
"Good," replied the father; "hat is acting
prudently, and caring for the future as be-
comes farmer"
81 ate mine up al once, and threw away
the stone,".said the youngest, sand mother
gave me half Of hers"
"Well," said the father, "you have not ac.
ted very wisely, but still natural and like a
child. Wisdom will come hy-and-by"
The second son then sad--"l picked up
the stone which little brother threw away
and cracked il. There was kernel in it just
like nut. But sold my peach. and receiv-
ed for ii money enough to buy twelve when
| go TO The city,
The father shook his head, and said--:It
was wisely done, indeed, but i, was not ma.
tural nor chd-like. think you are destined
to he merchant" a
"And you, Edmund 7''-asked the father.
Edmund answered frankly ard careessly-
~ carried my 'ach to our neighbours son,
the sick George, who is i'll OF fever. lie re-
fused to take it. Then | laid it upon his
bed, and came home"
"Well," said the father, "and who has
made the best use Of his peach? ?''
Then all three cried out-"Brother Ed
mund !"
But Edmund was silent and his mother
embraced him with tears in her eyes.
FIGnr WITH REvoLvrRs---On Tuesday
last the following incident occurred iii Louis"
vile, Ky. .ra.r,
yesterday evening, Wills, the public
by great number OF the boarders, young
man by the name Of Wagner entered, and
approaching Mr. E. p. King, merchant, at
the corner of Main and Second streets, who
was seated at the back of the room, presen-.
ted revolver close to his (King's) head, aud
discharged three balls. MIR. King, throwing
up his hand at the instant, saved his head,
bu, los, two of his fingers. Wagner relrea-
ted precpilately to the street, followed by
King, who, in turn, drew revolver, and
madd two or three Intellectual shots at Wag-
ner. Wagner pursued his way up Main TO
Second street, and when opposite the Gate
House, turned upon his pursuer, and here
several shots were fred by sach, without ia
king effect on either side. Wagner finally
sought the protection afforded him by the
open door of Mr.. Kessler, and as he passed
in Mr.. King fired-he ball passing within
few inches of Mr. Kessler, who was attrac-
ted TO his door by the report OF firearms IN
the street. It is truly surprising how so many
shots could have Been exchanged without et-
feet"
FORMATION OF HAIL.-Professor Stevelley,
a, meeting of the British Association, read
q paper on meteorological phenomena, IN
which he attempted TO account for the f1rma.
tion of hail, by supposing that il must be
formed when after the fall of some rain.
sudden aud extensive vacuum being caused,
the quantity Of caloric abstracted was so
large as to cause the rest of the drops TO freeze
into ice balls as they formed. This princi-
pie, he said, had been strangely overlooked
| although, since the days Of Sir John Leslie,
every person was familiar with experiments
| on small scale illustrative of il. He also
said that the Interesting mine Of Chemnltz,
! Hugary, afforded an experimental exhibition
/ of the formation of hail on magnificent scale
| IN that mine the drainage of water is raised
by an engine, in which common air Is Vio-
/ lently compressed in large cast iron Vessei;
/ While the air is in state OF high compres.
sion, a workman desires Il visI'er 10 mold ms
hat before a cock which he turns the COM
PRESSED air, as il rushes out over the surface
Of the water within, brings ont some with it
which is frozen into ice bolts by the cold
generated by the airas it expands and these
shoot through the hat to the no small annoy
ance of one party, but TO the infinite amuse-
men, of the other.
HouRs OF LABoR.--As decided upon by the
French National Assembly OH the Sth ult,
days labor is limited to i2 hours in the man.
ufactories. A former law, for 10 hours, gave
general dissatisfaction, and was reiec,ed by
6l6to 67, Four workmen took part in the
debate. hef rf uaf nii
Mp, WILLIS is writing campaign songs in
favor of Taylor and Fillmore,
FRIonrFuL.-A little boy, named King, re-
Gently fell down precipice, distanne of
! s;x,,, (,ya faot near The railroad station, n,