The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-04-29

adeIphia or Pennsylvania. He says that he has
forgotten which of these States she belongs to.
nsa-A man advertises for competent per-
son to u,,dertaker the sale of a new medicine, "
and adds: That it Will be profitable to the
undertaker." No doubt Of il.
ggg~Vermonters live to great age, as is well
known. There are two men up there so old,
that they have forgotten who they are, and no
neighbors are living who can remember.
nen- 1t is stated that Hon. Geo. w Woodward
was rendered the vacant seat on the Supreme
Bench, but declined; twas then offered to Hon
Thomas S. Bell, who will likely accept.
sSg=A gentleman being asked whether he was
seriously injured when a steam boiler exploded
is said to have replied that he used to
being blown up by his wife, that mere steam had
no effect on him.
Quoth Smith to Jones, it really is a sin
You do not get your pretty house fenced in;
Quoth Jones, you're wrong the place is fenced
confound it
My wife is all the time railing ronud II.
sea..A country editor describing a dance at
village ball, says: The gorgeous strings of
glass beads glistened on The heaying bosoms Of
the village bellies, like polished rubies resting
ON the delicate surface of warm apple-dump-
Ings."
HI%THE GREAT NORTHwEsT-It has been
computed that the Northwest Territory belong
ing to the United States, and now without white
inhabitants, if as densely populated as Belgium
would support over one hundred and ninety
seven millions Of souls Here IS food for
thought.
E9ynA lawyer IN Ireland, who pleading
the cause of an infant, tookthe child in his arms,
and held him up to the jury, sutfusedin tears
This had great effect, until the opposite lawyer
asked the child, ''What makes you cry p
..He's pinching me- was the answer. The
Court roared with laughter
g3E~"PUYCm says: "a great change has ia
ken place in the romantic literature ofFrance.
The productions of such writer's Eugene Sue
have given place to an entirely new class OF
compositions The only works of fiction, in the
French language, that are now published, are
the Government newspapers"
RSg-In 1925, Lafayette, while in Cincinnati,
was asked as to affairs in France. He said Lou
is Philippe would be king-and so it came to
pass five years afterwards, and principally
through Lafayette Louis Philippe was then q
schoolmaster near Pittsburg. One of our citi-
zens now living was present when the Mar
quis'' made the prediction.
BGEWAsuSGToN, April 22.-The Committee
on Elections in the House, this morning, in the
case Of Col. Hendricll b. Wright, contesting the
seat of Henry NJ. Fuller, Representative in
Congress from the Luzerne District Pennsylvan-
il, reported resolution declaring Mr.. FuIler's
seat yacant, on the ground that the election was
illegal, and asking new election. The matter
was passed by informally, but viii be called up
in day or two for final disposition.
psA, AMERICA AND ENGLAND.-A challenge
has been received from Mr.. MARE, of the Brit
ish Yacht Club, by Commodore Stevens, of the
New York Yatch Club, to try the Yankee speed
and bottom once again, in the British seas
The Commodore Of the Young America, like a
modest man, cannot think of beating John Bull
twice in his own waters-but politely invites Mr..
Mare to visit the New York seas, where Old
England will be received with every degree OF
hospitality, and be done for III first rate style
BSy@Nrs. Bloomer, at the recent Woman 5
Temperance Convention at Rochester, appeared
in the costume which bears her own name. Her
dress and trowsers were of ''silvcr grey silk,
the prevailing color relieved by lighter figure
she wore a short turban. In the street. she
wears white beaver hat in flat style and heT
appearance is very unique. Mrs. Stanton, was
also clad in the new costume. Her dress was
of black satin. Her hair, which is slightly sill
vered was cut short, and ''shingled," which, to-
gether with the close fitting dress, gave her ra-
ther masculine appearance.
gSy@One of the Wing members of the Rhode
Island Legislature, from Providence, is Christie
pher Columbus Potter. Amcricus Vespucius
Potter, his twin brother, was an unsuccessful
candidate on the Democratic ticket, but there
being no choice of sixth representative, Amer
icus was re-nominated by the Democrats, for
the vacancy, and elected. To the other coinci-
dents may be added, that these brothers, resem-
bic each other closely, that none but their
most intimate acquaintances can distinguish
them.