Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-09-04
A STRING OF ITEMS.


WHY is good advice Ikea sickle Because
it goes against the grain.
No one can tell how much he can accom-
plsh till he tries.
THE mosquitoes have commenced present.
ing their bills.
Vows made in storms, are forgotten in
calms. t
MEN are never placed in such extremes
but there is a light 10 guide them.
GENUS is plant whose growth you can
not stop without destroying ii.
WI rarely regret having spoken TOO little,
but often of saying too much.
UMBRELLAS are made in the shape OF
mushrooms, because they always come up in
shower.
THERE is great difference between poe
try and rhymetry; the former grows, the
latter is made.
THE Benton House, at Cincinnati, was illu-
minated on receiving the news of the election
OF Col. Benton TO Congress.
EGGS from China, put upin pickle, in large
sized jars, are now reialed in San Francisco,
at one dollar per dozen.
True hope is swift, and flies with swallows wings.
Kings it makes gods and creatures kings,
LIGHTNING Conductors were much opposed
when first introduced into Paris. A gentle
man having placed one on his house, was
compelled by the Sheriff to pull it down.
Mr.. A. Fulton, of Brown county, Ohio,
passed through Cincinnati, few days ago,
with % head of Durham cattle, on route for
Vera Cruz and the city Of Mexico,
A friend of ours who onght TO have known
better, though he is still a young man, said
he supposed the enthusiasm at camp meet
ing would no doubt be intense lin tens.)-
Unhappy boy!
A Western editor, in putting a village ho-
Eel, says that new tooth brush has been
supplied for the wash-room, attached to a
strong iron chain. so that the public will al
ways be accommodated in that respect.
THE Geneva Courier says there is man
at Sodus Bay, who comes to Geneva-So
mies-every night, with fifteen bushels OF
black berries, which he sells for 10 cents a
quart.
CuRRAN's ruling passion was his joke. In
his last illness; his physician observing in the
morning that he seemed 1io, cough with more
difficulty, he nswered-"That's rather sur.
prisiug, as pve been practising all night
IT is stated by Professor Graham of Eng,
land, that tutpentine, al the temperature o
10 degrees, make the air explosive. Tc
this cause is attributed the loss Of the steam
ship Amazon.
TIMoN says that when the men marry now
a.days, they get more whalebone than wo
man, and more coffee bags than ''tin."-
About these days Tmon should avoid broom
handles.
THERE is a man out West so forgetful O
faces that his wife is compelled 10 keep wa
fer stuck or the end Of her nose, that he may
distinguish her from the other ladies'; bu
this does not prevent him from making occa
sional mistakes.
The Unitarians of San Francisco have
agreed 10 invite Rev. Mr. Harrington, of Mas
sschusetts, to preach for them one year fo
$4,000, and have raised $1,000 TO pay his ex
penses ut,with an agreement to pay his " ay
back, if he does not like ii.
A woman, a stranger, was landed from one
of the boats at Detroit, in the last stages o.
cholera, which disease she had contracted al
Buffalo. After coming ashore, she wandered
off up Town, and finally laid down in stone
ward, and died frendless and alone.
D., M ct1I