The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-06-23
LOCAL AND EDITORIAL ITEMS.


dozen.
n8Col John W. Forney will be candidate
for re election TO the Clerkship of the House of
Representatives.
nA-A gentleman praisng the generosity Of
his friend. observed, .sHe spends his money ike
water "Then of course he hquidates his
debts" rejoined wag. |
HSP Blankets were first made at Bristol, in
England, during the reign of Henry Ill, and so
called after three brothers, named Banquet. by
whom loom at which they were woven was in
vented.
sRThere are three things a woman cannot
do-to pass q bonnet shop without looking in
to see baby without kissing it-and to admire
a piece of lace without iuquiring how much it is
per yard
r~The European Times says:-"Let the
Russians occupy the Dardaneles if they dare.
( If they do, they must be prepered to stand the
shock of the united strength of Great Britain
and France and such violation of the rights of
nations must involve al Europe in general
war"
! e%Great preparations making at Olea-
ma, Oi- Bulls Norwegian colony, in Potter coun-
ty, Pa, to celebrate the coming Fourth OF July
on magnificent scale. On that occasion he ex-
poets q large number of his musical brethren to
| assist in the ceremony. He is fitting up grand
concert room, 100 feet in length and 80 feet
wide.
n~"Ah!' said old Mrs. Doosenbury, ''learn-
ing is great thing; I've often felt the need of
| it. Why, would you believe it, am now sixty
years old, and only know the names of three
months in the year and them is spring, fall and
autumn. / larnt the name of them when was
leetle bit of a gall" Mrs Doosenbury knows
enough to be an alderman"
! A small matter to dispute about-the differ
ence in the morality of Hollidaysburg and Hun
tingdon.
! n6rHon. John Slidell, q. 8. Senator from
Louisiana, passed over the Portage Rail Road,
on Wednesday, on his way to Washington city
| ES-Partridges are so very plentiful and tame
near Buenos Ayres, that boys occasionally a
muse themselves by catching them with horse
hair on the end of a cane reed. The urchns
ride round the birds in circle, which gradually
becomes less and less, until sufficiently close to
reach their prey-the birds being bewildered by
the continued circular motion, on which they
steadily fix their gaze.
H4.Among the curiosities which will be ex-
hibited 81 the worlds fair is o leather watch the
production of our friend Jacobs. The main
spring is India rubber while the works ere COM
posed of gutts percha. The whole is wound up
by two boys and q bed wrench Sim is evident
ly genius.
Bg.In summer, people should never sleep
after sunrise. The most beautiful portion OF
June is tiat part sacred 10 dev-drogs and eorly
robins. A man of true poetic feeling IS always
stirring with the lark, he tolerates no bed after
daybreak. bed of roses.
R9~The report that the people of Buffalo
} were about sending Niagara Falls to the Worlds
Fair, needs confirmation. The mason who pro-
poses to take them down left for the lakes yes
erday evening.
PLEASANT SURGICAL ADvIcE.-For the incon-
venience of a fractured thigh, Tippocrates pre-
scribes this :-'In fractured thigh, the exten-
sion ought to be particularly great. the muscles
being great that, notwithstanding the effect OF
the bandages, the contraction is apt to shorten
the limb This is deformity depiorabe
that, where there is a reason to apprehend il,
would advise the patient to suffer the other thigh
to be broken also, in order to have them both of
one length"
Fl BS~A Washington despatch to the ". Y. Her
: aid, says THE rumor that the government
has received advices from Havana, showing that
Santa Anna is about to be seconded by Spain
and England in his hostility to this country is
unfounded in fact. No such advices have been
received by the government. nor is there evil
dence of reliable character to show that Spain
intends to strengthen Santa Anna in hny way.
Communications from private individuals resi-
ding IN Mexico, have been received spscuiatiay
on the dictators movements, but nothing au-
thentic.
nS- Austrian papers state that merchant of
Vienna has lately presented to the Industrial
Union of that capital the details of series of
experiments made by him to manufacture spi-
ders thread into woven tissues The thread is
wound on a reel, and two dozen spiders produce
in siz minutes a beautiful and delicate thread
wo thousand feet in length. The stuffs manu-
lfactured aae spoken of as being far superior to
those of silk in beauty and delicacy of fabric.
s3-M Mount Vernon, where the ashes of Gen.
Washington repose, has been sold by Mr. John
A. Washington. to company, for $500, ,OOO
One of the conditions of the sale is that the re-
mains of Gen. Washington are never, under any
circumstances, to be removed from their pres
ent resting-place. The purchasers offered a
largely increased price to have the sale made
absolute ; but, the National Intelligencer, says,
Mr.. Washington replied that he would not for
any sum that could be named, place it out of
OF the power of Congress to make Mount Yer
non the property of the nation.