New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-12-28
Something for Every Body.

), Marriage--two mods and q five dollar prayer.
An Indian Toiiet--A cents worth of red
/ paint snd ! tcmahawk. IL
Mrs. Partington snys that her minister
preached about the parody Of the probable SOM
fla police officer is after you the best thing
you can dois to lock the door and then bolt yourself
Mrs Darlington says the best &c anecdote'' for
"pizen' Is not to take the darned stuff
One half the town of Danville, Indiana, was
destroyed BY fire few days since.
The Rev. j. W. Sutphen, an American mis-
sionary, died in Turkey on the 9th Of October.
The disease of the Hon. W. R. King, is an af-
lection of the lungs.
Every State in the Union has now sent a
block of Stone marble for the memory Of Washington
It is estimated that the losses by fire in Cali
orna during the last three years. have been $3.50
man in love is man who wishes to be more
sabe and agreeable than he can and this is the
why almost all menin love are ridiculous.
No less than seven wretches-one for each
the weekare now awaiting the awful penalty Of
strangulaticn in New York for murder.
We wish, says the Savannah News, the Post
Master General would appoint few females IN Georgia
They never tolerate irregularity in the males.
The steamboat Magnet exploded at Matamo.
ras Ohio the 18th inst killing the pilot and one deck
hand, and ipjuring several others.
The Emperor of Austria has conferred on the
ohevaer Hulseman lately Charge dAaires at Washing
;. A Cranberry Meadow Of twenty two acres, in
yielded this season upwards Of 1000 bushels Of
cranberries valued at $4,000.
A late Paris paper acknowledges the recep-
ton by Mr. yattemare Of live wild cat sent him by Gov
Means, Of South Carolina
Mr. Morgan, of Camden county, New Jersey,
has bushels Of which At the marte
price would yield S655o0 Cotton plantations can now
come in. perhaps second best.
Senator Pratt, of Maryland, was seriously
Injured on the 18th inst in the United States Senate
chamber adys psrasol having fallen from the gallery
and struck him on the head.
:. An Irishman, the other day, bid an extraor-
binary price for alarm clock and gave as a reason
as be loved to rise early he now had nothing to do
out to pull the string, and he could wake himself
a new umbrella, entitled the &c Mushroom
mas just made its appearance In Paris 1t has no handle
ard sustans itself the head of the earer An adjust
Ing apparatus fastens it to the hat and when NOT en-
ployed upon duty it ma5 be rolled up and carried in the
pocket
The Rev. DR.. Craig's new Telescope. at
Wandsworth Common England, is the largest in the
world the tube is S. feet in length 1t magnifes the
moon 4ooeo times and the lenses so perfectly achro
matte that the planet Of Saturn appears Of milky
wilderness
An old topper bet that he could, when blind
folded tell each of several kinds fquors When brandy
WHISKY GIN and other drinks were presented to him. he
pronounced correctly what they At length glass
OF pure water given him be tasted it. paused tasted
It again and again considered ard shook his head At
i.se aeta me- dentieInen,I give not used to
that sort of liquor"
One Mr.. LIE FuskJ, Partisan perfumer, has
discovered beautiful rouge which has the singular
quality of being ndelibe but at the same time natural
Once put cannot be eaced except by the process
OF nature and ladies using it should be cautious how
they apply It, The ladies Paris it is said are so afraid
them. f"'A'As w
The young Marquis of Townshend when en-
gagged in battle saw drummer killed By cannon ball
which scattered his brains in every direction superior
oncer observing bis fixed the CHASTITY object tried
70 cheer him "oh," said he with calm severity NJ am
not frightened was only puzzled to make out how any
man with such quantity Of brains ever came TO be
here.'i ~ ~
Elizabeth job aged 90 years, died in Cecil
county, Md a few days ago Her brother Andrew Job
for the last so years lived the life OF hermit In an
OLD snany IN ths woods the borders of MARYLAND and
Pennaylyanfa She at time lived with him but It
appears he drove her awsy. declaring that no woman
should live where he was He is about so years of age
with long beard, of apparently half a centurT,s
growth His dress consists of an old blanket thrown
over the shoulders and tied round the body with puu
Der of old rags tied over his feet.
HenryJ. Aston, a native of Lancaster county.
Ha and formerly school teacher in Loudoun COUNTY
last week made his appearance at the house Of MI
to eat stating that had eaten nothipr hut
apples and acorns since the second day of September
Upon being questioned he related that he had lived Ia
the woods in sort of sink since the time mentioned
above and had aubssted upon acorns and apples and
had not tasted drop of water during the whole time
He was discharged from the Insane asylum at steuuton
in August.