Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-01-15
A STRING OF ITEMS.
DREAMS are novels read in sleep.

madman than a drunkard.
THERE is in the heart of woman such a
deep well of love that no age can fieeze ii.
FINE TOOTH comb. are now made of India
rubber.
THErrs of statuary have recently occurred
in Greenwood cemetry
The Atlantic is nearly four miles deep off
Cape Hatteras, say the U. S. Coast Surveyors.
The value Of land in the centre OF the city
OF London is f4oo,ooO per acse
GIRLS are like jelles-as moulded, so
they turn out.
BETWEEN lie aud death there is frequent
ly but the ,hinness of shoe.
The first law of gravity is never TO laugh
al your own jokes,
FooLrsHSEss-Trying TO drown grief in
whiskey.
AMONG the officers of the British Army is
Lieut.. Gen. Arnold, K II K. c.
PooR SrocK-Sleigh bells, buffalo robes
and skates.
CHRIST CHURCH in Anthony street, near
Broadway, New Yok has been sold for $50
900.
DR.. S. HvMEs, Of Lancaster, Pa, who died
lately, bequeathed $4,000 towards erecting an
asylum for the reformation Of drunkards.
FIFTY miles in ffty-bree minutes, making
SIX stops on the way, has been run on the
Connecticut River Railroad
doctor in North Carolina paper boasts
that he has discovered system by which he
can make out of an old man an entire yonng
man, and have enough left 10 make small
dog.
MosT women had rather have any of their
good qualities sighted, than their beauty
Yet that is The most inconsiderable accom-
plshment of woman of real merit.
The statue Of Thomas Jefferson-ihe Sec
ond in Crawford's Washington monumental
group-has just been cast in the Royal Foun-
dry in Munich,
AN Elderly Lady asked Tompkins what
sort Of tree the tree of liberty was. "A
poplar tree, ma'am,n was the immediate re-
ply of our sagacious friend.
THE Maine Law in Massachusetts has been
sustained by the late election. The Legisla-
ture chosen will not, i, is supposed, repeal
or amend it.
Miss TULIP, in speaking OF old bachelors
says--They are frozen out gardens in the
hower-beds of love. AS they are as useles,
as weeds, they should be served in the same
manner choked y
JAMES GILLESPIE has been sentenced tt
forty years imprisonment in the Penitentiary
for the murder of VIM. Smith, in Cass Coun
ty, Mo.
SILVER change has become so scarce a
Lafayette, Ia. that the merchants of tha
place are issuing shnplasters for sums from
five up TO fifty cents.
SusquEHANNA SALMoN.-Large quan,tie
of these delicious fish have been brought t
Harrisburg within the last few days. The
sell for l2t cents per pound.
Hon. JOHN DAVIS has written letter t
the Boston atlas declining TO be a candidat
for reelection 10 The Senate He expresse
his determination to withdraw from publ
life.
PoLITIcAL LIFE.-Demoshenos as PIT
tarch relates, once said, that if, at The CON
mencement Of his public career, he ha
known what he afterwards learned Of tn
miseries of public life, and had been show
two roads, one of them leading 10 an ear.
grave, and the other 10 political power, h
would have chosen the former.
UNcoNsTITuTIoNAL.-T Prohbiiory L
quor Law, on the plan Of the Maine enac
ment, passed by the Rhode Island Legislature
has beer declared unconstitutional by Jude
Curtis, in the U. S. Circuit Court at Prov
dence. This, with Minnesota aud Ne
Hampshire, makes three States, in which 'h
Law has been similarly decided.
THE Salary OF the President Of the In
ted States as well as the salaries of tn
Cabinet Ministers and of a portion of OF
Foreign Ministers and Charges, will proba
bly, be increased, perhaps at the preser
session OF Congress. We hope this will b
done for it is discreditable TO the conntr
that we should fail 10 provide for the hig
officers of State, adequate means of suppor
while in its service. By the present saIare
no President, member of the Cabinet, {
Minister abroad, can go out of office wlhol
having impaired his private fortune.
THE SOAP PLANT.
The soap plant, so called, grown all ov'
California, on high hills as well as in the va
leys. The leaves make their appearan'
ahnnt Tho tpiIlIa of Nnvarber or ahout :