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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

If yon bright stars which gem the night,
Be each blisslul dwelling sphere,
Where kindred spirits reunlte
Whom death has loln asunder here,
How sweet it were al once To die,
And leave this blessed orb aiar-
Mix soul with soul, to cleave the sky
And soar away from star to star
But oh how dalk how drear, how lone
Would seem The brightest world OF bliss,
If wandering through each radiant one,
We failed to find the love of this
If there no more the lies should twine,
Which deaths cold hand alone can sever,
All then these stars in mockery shine,
More hateful as they shine for ever
Ii cannot be each hope and fear
That blights the eye or clouds the brow,
Proclams there is a happier sphere
Than this bleak world that holds Us now
There is a voice which sorrow bears,
When heaviest weighs Liie's calling
chain,
IT'S heaven that whispers dry thy tears
The pure in heart shall meet again"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26
OLD SERIES VOL. r3. NO. 80.
THE SHANGHAI BREED OF FOWLS.

The Gennesse Farmer makes the following
statement respecting the Shaneha fowls, and
we publish it, in order that The opinion of
Taper of SO much respec,abilily, on a SUBJ
Iect just now in its zenith, may be known.
We give it for just what it is worth, neither
subscribing 10 it fully nor objecllng to it
fully
The Cochin China and Shanghai are much
larger than our common fowls, probably av-
era9ing three times their weight. OF about
hily we raised last year, the smallest hen
weighed six pounds and the largest cock ten
pounds, at one year old They produce more
eggs than any fowls we have ever kept The
hens soiien commence laying in less than
three weeks after hatching brood, and contin-
ue laying every day regularly at the same
time taking care of her chickens until they
are able to take care of themselves We
made present of pair Of Shanghai fowls
TO gentleman well known TO all agricultural
and horticultural readers. After few weeks
happening 10 be at his place we inquired
how his fowls prospered, and were told that
the hen had not layed. Thinking this
strange, we asked to see what eggs they had,
when we found between two and thee doz-
en- eggs laid by our pullet, which we easily
recognized. On pointing out her eggs to
our Trend, he remarked: "My wife has
several times observed that the hen that laid
the yellow eggs laid more than all the 9TH
ers." He has some half dozen in all.
They are good mothers but lay a larger
number of eggs before wanting to sit-gen-
orally from forty 10 sixty. The young chick
ems are very hardy-much more so than any
others we know of. In several cases when
raising very late or very early chickens, we
have broods part Shanghai or Cochin China,
and part common chickens, and lost nearly
all the common without loosng one of the
| others.
"The eggs of pullels the first year are
small. Indeed these fowls do no, arrive at
full maturity in less than eighteen months.
For this reason we think it wonld be better
10 raise crosses TO kill in the fall. We kill
ed a dozen last year, at about six months
old, the smallest of which weighed six
pounds dressed. They were from common
hen and Shanghai cock. We also killed
several Shanghai or Cochin China chickens
at about the same age, taking little pains
10 test the quality Of the flesh, and disre-
garding the scripture injunction 10 call in
the halt, the lame, and the blind" invited 4
few of our friends who were good judges of
what fowl should be and they were unan-
imously pronounced first rate, and no differ
ence could be detected between the flesh Of
the crosses and pure bIoods, as 10 the fine
ness and favor. There is some satisfaction
in carving from chicken weighing from
six 10 seven pounds.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26
SELECT POETRY.
BACHELORS HALL.

Bachelors Hall! what queer looking place
il is
kape me from sich all the days Of my life;
Sure, but think 'what queer burnin' dis
grace il is,
Never at all TO be getting wife.
See the old Bachelor, gloomy and sad
enough,
Placing his taykittle over the fire,
Soon it tips over-St. Patrick He's mad
enough,
Qf he were presently TO fight with the
squire.
Now like hog in mortar bed walowing,
awkward enough) see him kneeding his
dough
Troih if the bread he could ate without
swallowing
How ii would favor his palate you know.
His dishclo,h is missing, the pigs are de-
vourng it,
In the pursuit he has battered his shin,
A plate wanted washing, grimakin is scour-
ing it
Thunder and Turf what pickle he's in
Pots, dishes and pans, such greasy commo-
diiies,
Ashes aud pratta skins kiver the floor;
His cupboard's a store house OF comcai od-
dties,
Things that had never been neighbors be.
fore.
His meal being over, the table left sitting so,
Dishes take care of yourselves if you can,
But hunear returns, then he's fuming and
tretling so
Och let him alone for baste Of a man !
Late in the night he goes 10 bed shivering-
Never a bit is the he'd made at all
He creeps like terrapn under the kiverin,
Bad luck to the picture Of Bachelors
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

A prime minister was asked how he could
perform such vast amonnt of business, and
yet have so much leisure? He replied, do
every thing al the time.
THE words of wisdom are as chance pearls
flung among the rocks, which Diligence loves
to gather, aud hang around the neck of Me.
mory.
cold age is coming upon me rapidly" as
the urchin said when he was stealing apples
from an old mans garden, and saw the own
er coming furiously with cowhide in hand.
Stephen o. Soulhall, Wing, has been elect.
ed to the Virginia House of Delegates, from
Prince Edward. 10 Gil the vacancy occasioned
by resigna ion of William C. Tourney, Esq.
The Rev. John c. Clemson has resigned
the ras'orship of The Episcopal Church of
West Chester. The vacancy has not YET been
! filed MIR. Clemson goes 10 Marcus Hook.
MEDARY, the Clerk in the Ohio House of
| Representatives, who assaulted member ON
the floor, has been expelled from his office,
| by vote of 81 to II.
WHAT DIFFERENCE is there between forms
and ceremonies! You sit upon one, and stand
on the other
WISCONSIN will get no Maine Law this win.
Ter majority Iepor has been made against
ii in the Senate.
POTTER County paid no less than $685. dur.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

"But was | very drunk r'

| Dut was Nely uTuHk :.
eyes, you aUaS."
"Was 1 remarkably drunk when got
home, Mrs. Young ?"
eyes Judge, drunk as a fool, and forty
times as stupid"
81 thought so," said the Judge, dropping
into chair in extreme dependency 81
knew it would come to that at last, l have
always thought that something bad would
happen to me-that should do something
very wrong-kill somebody in moment
of passion perhaps but never imagined
that could be mean enough to be guilty Of
deliberate larceny"
'But there may be some mistake, Judge p
mo mistake, Polly. | know very well
how it all came about. That fellow, Ster-
ritt, keeps the meanest sort ofliquor, and al
ways did-liquor mean enough to make
man do any sort of mean thing. have
always said it was mean enough to make a
man steal and now have practical Illus
tration of the fact ?-and the OLD man burst
into tears
Don't be a child,' said his wife, wiping
away the tears; 'go, like a man, over to Ster-
ritt-tell him it was little bit ola frolic-
pass it of as a joke--go and open court, and
nobody will ever think OF it again.
A little ofthe soothing system operated
upon the Judge as such things usually do:
his extreme modification was fully subdued,
and over to Sterritt's he went with a toler-
able face. Ofcourse, he had but little diff
Guilty 10 settling with him-lor, aside from
the fact that the Judges integrity was un-
questionable, he had an inklng OF the joke
that had been played. The Judge took his
seat in court but it was observed that he
was sad and melancholy, and that his mind
irequentl y wandered from the business be-
fore him. There was lack of the sense and
intelligence that usually characterised his
proceedings.
Several days passed away, and the busi-
ness OF the court was drawing to close,
when, one morning, rouge-lookiEg sort
OF customer was arraigned on a charge of
stealing. After the clerk had read the in
dictment 10 him, he put the usual question:
Guilty or not guiItyp
Guilty, bit drunk,' answered the prisoner.
whats that plea @ exclaimed the Judge,
who was half doing on the bench.
'He pleads guilty, but says he was drunk, },
replied the clerk.
whats the charge against the man p
'He is indicted for grand laIcency.'
whats the case p
'May it please your honor said the pro-
scouting attorney, 'the man is sregularly in
dicted for stealing a large sum from the Co.
lumbus Hotel.'
'He is hey and he pleads
He pleads guilty, bah dyWnk.'
'The Judge was now fully aroused.
'Guily, but drunk ! that is most extraor-
dinary plea. Young man. you are certain
you were drunk @
yes, sir.'
'Where did you gel your liquorp
'At Sterritt's.'
did ye get none no where else
sNot drop, SIR
'You got drunk on his liquor, and after
wards stole his money?'
'Yes, sir
'Mr. Prosecutor said the Judge do me
the favor TO enter moHeproseqm in that
mans case. That liquor OF Sterrtt's is
mean enough to make a man do anything
dirty. Igot drunk on it the other dag my
SELF, and stole all Heritts spoons. Re-
lease the prisoner, Mr. Sheriff. adjourn
the court"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

DAVID CRocKETT.-An anecdo,e is related
OF this remarkable man. which does him in
tinI'ely more honor than any office he ever
held. Before he was a candidate for Con-
gress, or expected TO be, there was season
of scarcity in the Western District, where he
lived. He went up the Mississippi, and
bought flat-boat load of corn, and took it
to what he called 'his old stamping ground.'
When man came to him 10 buy corn the
first question he asked was Have you got
the money to pay for ii If the answer was
in the affirmative, Davy's reply was, Then
you can't have kernel, i brought it here
TO sell 10 people that have no money! It
was the foundation of his popularity.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26
A YOUNG COMPnSITOR.

On one OF the ferry boats yesterday two
gentlemen were talking about the trial trip
of the Ericsson, when little fellow who had
been listening a,lentiveIy, remarked that she
had already been on two trial tips and he
supposed she had now gone on voyage
There was something engaging in the man
ners Of the child tha, one of the gentlemen
drew him ont on the subject of the caloric
engine and found not only 10 be familiar
with lis general construction, bnt capable Of
conveying to another clear idea of its plan.
His remarkable intelligence and diminutive
stature led the gentlemen TO question him
closely, and ii appeared iha, he was exactly
eight years old, and supported himself by
setting type. His task was 1000 ems dav,
and he said lha, when he choose he could
complete it by O'Clock in the afternoon
He showed himself TO be perfectly familiar
with the techuicalites Of his trade and take
him altogether he is one Of the most extraor.
dnary lilIipulian typos we have ever SEEM
N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26
AND COUNTY. PA. SATURDAY. MARCH os ,s1e
SINGULAR MARRIAGE OF TIE EMpEa.
OR'S PHYSICIAN

me marriage OF the physician of Louis
Napoleon, DR.. Conneau, is announced We
'eafn from the Courier des Elats Unis thai
ne has in imitation of his royal master.
esponsed lady 80 years younger than him
SELL DR.. Conneau, who is said 10 be a most
excellent man, had been the tutor of this
young lady from her infancy, having be.
slowed upon her all the tender cares and 50.
llcitude OF father. Some time ago, finding
MS charge OF an age and in position to be
married, he offered his services in making
Tor her an advantageous selection. Bu, |
nave already made my choice, replied the
young lady, and am ready to be marie d
al any Time. How rejoned the astonished
"oc'or, nave you indeed selected your hus.
oahd ; and who is the happy man 1t is
yourself, responded the damsel, | love you
with all my heart, and am now ready 10
become your wife. Too much surprised at
lhiS declaration 10 believe his pupil in earn
est, the doctor turned it off as a pleasantly.
ohe insisted that she was serious, he al
length made formal and distinct refusal of
The hand she had offered him. The young
lady, however. as it seems, had well con-
sldered The subject, and her purpose was
not to be changed. She reproached her tu-
Tor with unkindness, and with a willingness
to make her miserable. The doctor yielded
so lar as TO take the subject again into con-
slderaion, and after consulting with his
master and friend, the Emperor, a; length
decided TO accept the lady's offer and be-
come the happy husband of his now happy
pupil.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

THE Form CT CRAvATs for gentlemen has
undergone change in Paris; the stiff high
cravat is no longer worn. Those worn are
not more than an inch and half wide
some of the very young gentlemen turn
down the shirt collier over the cravat, thus
leaving the throat exposed,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

has said that there is hardly an instance of a
mason regularly employed in hewiug stones
in Edinburg living free from phthisical SYM
toms to the age of fifty. By way of pre-
venion, it is recommended to work The
stone damp, and ven,late the work sheds
DR.. Allison recommends the Edinburg hew-
ers seriously TO wear mustaches and boards,
which are said to have been found in prac-
tice abroad 10 act as respiraors.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26
Elysburg, 1853.

LARGE FORTUNE TO CoNvIcT.-A man
named Robert Sutton, confined in the Auburn
State Prison, New York, for robbiug Judge
Harris, of Albany, has just received in,eli-
gence that he is heir TO SOC, 900, by the death
of relative in England. He has ye, some
five years 10 remain in prison,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

A CAUTION TO CoMPosIToRs.-H. II. Brad.
en-, printer, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, died on
the 22d ult., from fever contracted by habit
of putting type in his mouth while "spacng
oulo lines.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

" THE WORLD OWES Me LIVING G.n-No
such thing, Mr.. Fold-up- -your-hands the
world owes you not single cent You have
done nothing these twenty years but consume
the products earned by the sweat of other
mems brows.
'You have cat, and drank, and slept ," what then
Why eat and drank, and slept agam"
And this is the sum total of your life And
the world "owes you living 2" For what
How comes it indebted TO you for that lri-
fling amountl What have you done for il !
Wha, family in distress have you befrienced
What products have you created What mis-
cry have you alleviated What acts have per-
fecled The world owes yon living idle
man Never was there a more absurd idea
You have been a taxa spunge upon the
world ever since you came into il. 1t is your
creditor TO a vast amount. Your liabilities
are immense, your assets are nothing, and
yet you say the world is owing you. Go TO
| The amount ia which you stand indebted tc
the world is greater than you will ever have
the power to liqudate You owe the world
the labor OF your two strong arms, and all the
skill in the work they might have gained
you owe the world the labor of that brain o
yours, the sympathies of that heart, the en-
ergies of your being; you owe the world thu
whole moral and intellectual capabilities of
man Awake, then, from that dreaming, do
nothing stale of slolhiulness in which yo
live, and let us no longer hear that false as
sertion that the world is owing you, until 80
have done something.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

ALTHOUGH JENKINS only eats once day, still
he says he has three meals-rye meal, Indian
meal, and mealy potatoes. Jenkins is be-
coming philosopher.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

PUNCH SAYS that the heirs of Robinson
Crusoe have Instituted snit for the recovery
of the Island of Juan Fernandez, on the
ground that their great ancestor was m aarch
of all he surveyed.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

THE projected new County of "Redstone''
is to be composed of parts OF Fayete and
Washington, with Brownsville for the county
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

MAPLE SuCAR.-At late meeting of the
Farmers Club of New York, an article was
read on the subject Of maple sugar and of i,s
great Importance as one OF the products Of
our country. By the late census, il appears
that the production of maple sugar in this
country, in 1850, was within small fraction
of lhr,y-four millions of pounds. An Or
chard of maple trees has been found almost
equal, ecre for acre, with the sugar cane in
producing sugar and molasses.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

A Cincinnati editor, being asked "what is
the newss" replied, "Sir, | sell my news at
ten cents week don't bother me-"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-03-26

or Singing Schools. He is also opening at
this time, q large assortment of Books, in every
branch of Literature, consisting of
Poetry, History, Novels, Romanccs, Scientific
Works, Law, Medicine, School and Children 5
Books, Bibles School, Pocket and Family, both
with aad without Engavngs,- every of vari-
ETY. of Binding. Prayer Books. of all kinds.
Also Just received and for sale, Purdons Di-
gcst of the laws of Pennsylvania, edition of 1851,
price only 5000.
Judge Reads edition of Blackstones Common
tares, in vols. 70. formerly sold at $1,000,
and now offered Gin fresh bindng) at the low
price of 5000.
A Treatise on the laws of Pennsylvania re-
specting the estates of Dcccdents, by Thomas F,
Gordon, price only $500.
Travels, Voyages and Adventures,-all OF
which will be sold low, either for cash, or coun-
try produce.
February, 2l, lS52.-tt
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"Thc husbands grief may he short and brief,
lie may WOO and win another
But the daughter clmgs with unchangng grief,
TO the image Of her mOiher.n
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