Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-08-03

CIVILIZATION already begins 10 enerVate
the people of the Far West. Last month
piano made its appearance even in Hard
ScIabble; while the landlord of the "Fight-
ing Bearsn who nobly resisted the innovation
of table cloths, has be compelled to strike his
color 10 "cussed Yankee" who advertises
''clean plates at every meal"
A BEAUTIFUL REpLy.-A young girl about
seven years of age, was asked by an atheist
how large she supposed her God to be; to
which she with admirable readiness replied
"He is SO great that the heavens cannot con-
tain him, and yet so kindly condescending,
as TO dwell in my little heart"
A Gem of the thirteenth century -
Der all the world four things we find
Which leave no mark or trace behind:
The eagle soaring bold and free,
Tho ship which stems the foaming sea,
The snake, when DER the rock he slips,
A kiss of love DER maiden lips
INA FRENCH MEDICAL JOURNAL, M. Bor-
Diet reports case in which two deep eschars
were made on a patient without the least
pain, the places having been previously
drenched with chorolorm for ten minutes.
The application of caustic did not cause even
so much pain as the slight burning sensation
produced by the chloroform itself. 1t is sug-
gested that assesses may be opened, or bo-
dies near the surface extracted without pain,
by the same means.
Why is a newly opened dry goods store
like a house on FIRE! Because it starts all
the bellies Of the city.
DRowNED.-Mr. Hayes from Lancaster,
Pa, was drowned in Trinidad Bay, California,
in May last.
Why is sermon like a kiss % tBecause
it only requires two heads and an applica-
,ionin
A PRINTER down east set seventeen thou
sand ems of long primer, in less than IL
hours the other day. Very few printers can
do that.
The Celebrated DR.. Buckland, the eminent
geologist, Dean of Westminster, and private
friend Of Sir Robert Peel, is, it is reported,
berell of his reason, and in close confinement
i'll Lunatic Asylum, near Oxford.
JENNY LIND is 10 sing at Liverpool on Fri
day, the 10Th, and Monday, the 10Th Of Au-
gust; and on the following Wednesday she
is to leave that town for America.
The largest piece of plate glass was silver
ed at the Ravenhead Plate Glass Works, a
few days since, that ever was silyered in
Europe, the size being Ia feet inches by 5
feet inches.
"Ma' said little girl 10 her mother, "do
the men want 10 &c, married as much as the
women do?n
"Pshaw! what are you talking aboutW
"Why, ma, the women who come here are
always talking about getting married, the
men don't do So"
SUCH has been the extraordinary demand
of late, in England, for cod-liver oil, for
ihOuiS'i puipNSSS1 wv p'iSo iide tlocU
from about eco TO ESQ ton.
TALL RoLLING.-Mr. Eli Elmer, OF
Jacksonville, Ia, on Thursday last, while
rolling soft and on" made nine successive
ten-strikes on one of the alleys in Wal.
ker'S City Exchange Bowling Saloon.
A CART LOAD of Holsters, alive and kick
ing, were seen on Superior street th
morning. -Ciepeland Her.
We would rather see one on plate ant
cooked.-Cin. Com.
II would please US better TO see il cook
ed and on plate. Do you see any differ
ance!-Daily Sun.
SOMEBODY tells story of disconsolats
widower, who on seeing the remains 0
his wife lowered into the grave, exclaimed
with tears in his eyes. "Well, I've los
cows, but never had anything to eat me VI
like thls,n