Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-11-16
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and the habits ofthe society They go for
the same privileges enjoyed by the males
- among which privileges we fear Miss Da-
s=vis forgot such delicious pastimes as saving
Awood-brInglng in coal-standing up in
.church-riding in the raln--and being last
,fo the dinner. Before the women embrace
s,ouraprivileges, they had better try them on
s some. Asa beginning let them carry hod
all day for six shilngs, or when the ther-
mometer is 12 degrees below zero, shoulder
an axe, wade to the woods through the
snow, and taste the luxury of chopping
...wood for so cents cord. This is what
the ssbrute'' has to do, who pays the rent for
ssher Again we say, try it on girls.
.ef GREAT AGE.-We have been informed
by the Assistant Marshal OF Overton coun-
,tty, that in hls tour to take the census, he
ssfound an old lady named Stevans, whose
age was one hundred aud twenty years
She was reported to him as married wo-
man at the time of Braddock's defeat. Her
Youngest son, a smart lad of seventy, who
gave our informant the story.-.NaShritle
= t7enn.) Banner, Oct. 81.
..n The MAYOR OF PITTTBURG.- Mayor Bar
s'ker was applied to on Monday last, by
Captain Troville, of the night watch, for
the KEYS of the cells, which he refused TO
surrender, at the same time alluding, in no
fiattering terms, to the members of the
Councils, whom, in his characteristic Ian
guage, he denounced as being a set of id
scoundrels. He also made some illusions
to one Of the Justices ofthe Supreme Court,
whom he declared to be better Judge of
wbiskey than of points OF law.
a.4 ATTEMPT TO BREAK OUT OF THE PENITEN-
TIARy.-A few days since an attempt was
made by one Of the prisoners to break out
of the Maryland Pententlary, but the effort
'1was unsuccessful, owing TO the vigilance
ofthe officers. Daniel Hunt, who was sent
there about four weeks ago, for seven years,
from Howard District Court, convicted of
horse stealing, was the party.
The Free use of bowie-knives down
; South, among the legal profession, has been
defined as ''SHARP PRAcTIcE"-to knock a
man down with chair, while he is address
sing an audience, is called CHEERING the
speaker.
A WESTERN paper publishes the follow
ing notice :-"Dry stove wood wanted at
this office in exchange for papers. N. B..
Don't bring logs that the devil can't
split"
=. A FRUIT cULTIvAToR of Clermount Coun-
ty, Ohio, is said to have realized profit of
more than $4,000 during the late season
-'. from the sale of peaches.
Fools ard obstinate people make lawyers
rich.
INDUSTRY is the law OF being it is the
demand of nature, of reason and of God.
WHAT's the use Of putting tubs out OF
doors to catch soft water when it is raining
hard
THE glass house for the Worlds Exhibi-
ton, next year, goes on nicely. 1t will
contain 400 tons of glass.
The distance from Cincinnati to Chicago
by the stage route, is 32l miles.
SEVEN dollars is the price of passage be-
tween Cincinnati and ST. Louis. Cheap
enough.
He is happy whose circumstances suit
his temper; but he is more excellent who
can suit his temper to any circumstances.
s'IT is curious fact says some entomolo-
gists, ''that it is only the female musquito
that torments u.s."
Cur Eot colt Oh or h ny, fNr
breakfast, and for twenty-four hours after
wards, the commonest kind OF water will
taste like champagne.
A COUNTRY girl writing home about the
Polka, says, the doncIng is not much, but
the hugging is heavenly.
Cart. TAGGART's FLYiNG MACHINE de-
scended at Huntington, l.. l. A son of MIR.
Gildersleeve went to get the balloon, but a
lady approaching to near with lighted
candle, the gas from the ballon exploded
and tore it to pieces. and injured two per-
sons. a..
THE great railway from St Petersburg tc
Moscow will be opened in the spring.
THE receipts of contribution for the cree.
ton of the Washington National Monument
during the month of October, from all sour.
ces, amounted to S2700. They have ave.
ragged, since the lst of January, 1850, $685.
90 per month
INA LOG school house in Wisconsin, placed
conspicuously upon the wall, may be seer
the following poetic version of The eight
commandment:
sit is sin to steal pin,
1t a greater steal tater"
Hon. VIM. APPLETON of Boston has dona
ted the sum of $4,000 TO the Mclean Asy
lum for the Insane in that city.
a CHEMICAL FRIEND having Analysed III,
sulphur water of Virginia, resolves them inl
decocton of leather breeches.