Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-09-24
OLD SERIES, vol. IA, NO. 1
"A STRING OF ITEMS.

A LAZY fellow up North spells Tennessee,
10ac.
THE melancholy days have come, the sad.
tes Of the year.
lHE situation OF fugitive slaves in Canada.
is said 10 be the reverse Of desirable.
THE Expense of the Howard Association
at New Orleans, is reported at $500 per day.
THERE is man in New York, alive and
well, who has slept five years without wa.
king.
Pear his been discovered in Iowa. near
Iowa city. Il burns well and makes hot
fire with little waste.
GEN. CAss has been chosen pro. TEN. Pres.
ident Of the Oakland and Ottowa Railroad
Company in Michigan.
TIE Lehgh Company have rigged ma
chine for the purpose of washing the coal
dirt usually thrown over the dam. Quite
! quantity Of clear pea coal is thus obtained.
To Cure NOSE BLEEprNc.-Roll up a piece
of paper and press ii under the upper lip
We have tried this plan in great number
OF cases and have only seen it fail on one oc-
casion.
Mr.. HENRY PIERCE, formerly of New
Bedford, finished fre-proof brick store in
San Francisco, 1877 by 80 feet, in t,relrc
days from the time the foundation was laid
Quick work
lHE Barber Pole pan'alconed youth, re-
Gently wen, on a visit to his grandmother in
tie country, and astonished her very much
by wearing such "patched trowsers away
from homen
f. A. Hannegan, Ex-United States Senator,
recently joined the Temple of Honor at CO.
vington Indiana 1t will be recollecled that
he killed his bro,her-in-law, about year
ago, in fit of drunkenness.
Californian writes that they have fire.
lilies so large in that interesting State, that
they use them to cook by. They set the
kettles on their hinder legs, which are bent
Tor the purpose like pot hooks. Great coun-,
try that
COURTEOUS GENTLEMAN.--"l do nor
/ wish 10 say anything against the individual
l IN question:" said quie, man, "but would
merely remark, in the language of the poet,
that, 10 him; truth is strange, stranger than
| liciion.W
ANOTHER AGED LADY GoNE.-Mary Sim
ondson, familiary known as "Aunl Polly,''
who had arrived at the extreme age of one
hundred and twen,y-six years, and who long
had her residence in neat little cottage near
shippensburg, Pa, died suddenly last week.
= ANOTHER Sad Tragedy came of bv pIav-
ing with firearms near Goshen, Indiana, last
week A lad, named Price, 10 years of age,
aimed gun al young lady, Miss Esther
Faulkner, 10 terrify her for his own amuse-
ment and supposing it would not 60 off,
pulled the trigger and shot her through the
heart
rIEcE OF outrageous cruelty was lately
committed upon tVp noble horses in Oramel,
Allegheny county, ". Y. They were raced
eighty miles for stake of S4oO, the winning
horse making the distance IN eigh, hours and
eight minutes, including stoppages, and the
other dying in less than an hour after the
race
: lMpRoMPTU, ADDRESSED BY PRIEsT TO
THE LEGISLATURE OF CoNNEcTIcUr.
"For cUr-tng all CONNECT ions famed,
CoSSEcT-I-cur is fairly named
, twain CONNECT in one, but you
Cur those whom CONNECT in two,
Each Legislator say.
What you CONNECT CUT away"
As a "lieTary curiosity" the Editors OF
the Boston Transcript relates that the long
est senienses he has ever met with occurs in
Mr.: Choaie's Eulogy on Mr.. Webster. From
the 4lst to the 45ih page of the pamphlet
T edition, there is no, full stop. This pas
sage, or single sentence, contains about thir-
? teen hundred words aud occupies four pages
4 and half
, "TnE Box WHO WouLD RATHER Die THAN
SrEAL."-The Chicago Press contains call
signed BY large number of citizens, addres.
sed to those who wish TO perrenate the re-
membrance of a noble deed by contributing
, 10 the proposed monument to KNun IvERsoY,
The Norwegian boy, who was lately drowned
by some other boys lor refusing 10 steal fruit.
+ They want $1,000.
MAcAuLAY's HIsroRy.-The third yoIp,oe
:, of "Macaulay's History" taccording to re.
q cent London letter in the Tribunel is 10 an.
n pear in few weeks, the celebrated autho,
g having at last delivered his MS. 10 his ppb
!, Usher. His friends never believed ina, n,
\ would be able 10 finish it, as he excessiy,
use OF opinm 10 which he is aLLiclea. has de
s,s0yed his health.
lNDIkS MEAL WAFFLEs.-Boil two enr
oil hominy very soft, add an equal quan,i,
ot siited Indian meal, a table spoonful of sa
'' haH tea-cuP of butter, and three eers, wit
'e milk safiicient TO make thin batter. Bea
'e all well togeniAer, and bake in Waite iron,
e. When eggs cannot be procured, least is