Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-06-05
OLD SERIES VOL. re. NO. ~

ANECDOTES OF FAT MEN.-Dr Beddoes
the English antiquarian, was so enormously
corpnent that lady of Clifton used to call
him the travelling haystackn He was
once requested by butcher 10 give it ont
that he bought his meat of h,m, as it would
rebound 10 the credit of any shop to have the
ieeding of such Fals,af At Cambridge
resided a huge professor, and the paivours
were wont 10 eXclaim :-"God bless you
SIR" when he chauced 10 walk over their
work. In the Court Of Louis XIV. lived two
lusty nobemen, who were related TO each
other. The King said to one of them when
raIlyIng him on his corpulency, "I suppose
you take little or no exerxise,u "Your maies-
ty will parden me-" replied the bulky duke,
''bu' generally walk round my cousin two
or three times every morning.
COULDN'T help laughing the other day, at
an anecdote Of a man accustomed 10 make
long prayers, who had over-persuaded a
guest greatly against his inclination 10 STAY
TO breakfast. He prayed and prayed, till
his impatient guest began to think of edginr
away quietly, and walking oG-but in at
tempting ii he walked up the old mans son,
who was asleep in his chair.
GLOW soon will your father be through 2"
whispered the guest.
Has ne got 10 the Jcws?' asked the boy
in reply.
"No," said the other.
Wal, then he an't half through" whis-
pered the boy, and composed himself again
TO his nap, whereupon the CUES, bolted at
once.
A MAIDEN LADY suspecting her female SER
want was regaIing her beau upon the cold
mutton of the larder, called Betty, and inqui-
red whether she did not hear some one
speaking with her down stairs ''Oh no,
ma'am," replied the girl 'it was only me
singing psalm?" ''You may amuse your
self, Betty" replied The maiden, "with
psalms, but let's have no hims, Betty, | have
great objection to hims" Betty courlseyed,
withdrew, and took the hint.
i SAY, landord,' said a man in country
village to a tavern keeper, how many IL
quors can get for two long bits q
Five said mine host.
'Well, fork 'em over. Come up, my boys
and drink
The liquoting completed, he pulls out two
old worn ou, bride bits, which were long
enough ia all conscience. 1t is needless to
| say how savage the landlord looked when
his customer walked coolly out amidst the
shouts OF the crowd.
loDINE.--This substance, which 4 few
years since was thought TO be confined 10 a
few marine plants, has been gradually
traced through the mineral, vegetable and
animal kingdoms, and its general diffusion
throughout nature is rendered exceedingly
probable. AT the Paris Academy OF Science
NJ. CHATIN recently read paper in contin-
ualion of his researches on the presence of
iodine in the air, the water, the soils, and
products of the Alps Of France.
Coal MINE has been discovered in Ken
lucky, which appears TO be inexhaustible
The coal burns like gas, impartng great heat.
1t will as readily ignite as candle, and the
steamboat men use ii for torches, instead of
/ pine knots. lis quality is supposed to be far
superior 10 the undiscovered coal mines of
japan, in search of which the Administration
has sent large naval force.
ADVICE TO MARRIED LADIES A writer
at the South gives the following advice TO
wives:
"Should you find it necessary, as you un-
doubtedly will many of you, 10 chasliso your
husbands, you shall perform This aiTectionale
duty with the soft end OF the broom, and not
with The handle"
1T is remarkably pleasan: to return from
California with fifty thousand dollars i'll
experience and just fifty cents in your pock-
ct The moment one touches the wharf,
with his well worn portmanteau, he becomes
a landed proprietor, that's Il consolation
however.
The longest known current of modern
lava on the earth is in Iceland, extending 90
miles while from the foot Of the largest
volcanic cone on the southern limb of the
moon, diverging streams Of lava flew 10
the distance OF coo miles.
''WnAT did Nr. - die of !7 asked a
simple neighbor. "Of a complication of
disorders" replied his friend. GLOW do
you describe complication, my good sir 2"
''lie died." reloined the other, "of two
physicians, an apothecary aud a surgeop,n
A Yankee pedler, recommending scylhe,
said that one Of the same kind of scylhes
was SO sharp that they hung it on Tree,
in kentucky, and its shadow cut mans
leg oil
Dr. w. A. ALcorT, the Vegetarian, lately
reported dead, has written to the Boston
Journal, saying that he is rot dead bat has