Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-04-22
A STRING OF ITEMS.

Moving for new trial--Coui,ins for a Sc
cond wfe.os,s 4 r-m
Punch says thai the surest way 10 e"'"
full CROPS, is 10 feed The poultry we'll
The report that schoolmas'er chas''seo
hov with a rsilroad switch, Is douo'eu'
Dr. G. w. GAY, of Quincy, Mass, II Is s''-
TED. is TO enter the Russian service IN MAY
Al ST. Louis, lately, fifty thousand ous'-
els of good red whea, were sold at si ~ Pc
bushel.
T;mo,bv Kearney, aged 10 years, was ac-
c;den,allv killed near Danville, Pa on Inc
27lh ult.
Tin ian proverbs often possess mucn POM
Tote The following as an example -he
smiles of beauty are the tears oI The purse
Tho New York Tribune has raised the
,rice Of advertising in It's weekly, 10 hi'y
aoo,s per line for every insertion.
,,mber of beautiful Swans have been
,,,s,y shot on the Bay Of Toledo and are
h,oo nm as ornaments in tho mea, market
The Empire Of the Ocean Nicholas rules
the serf; Britannia rules the waves; ou'
Columbia the ocean.
u,uLEr,s ADVICE TO LADrEs.--"Put your
bonnet TO the right use; Ills for the head, ana
not for the neck"
They have go, very benevolent old gen.
,eman in TROY. On Christmas he boiled
dishcloih, and gave the broth to The poor
A FACT FOR LEGIsLAToRs.-Ol about 21,-
mo arrests before Mayor Gpin since Octo'
ber, 1850, the number of $4,000 were aliri-
bu,able 10 the use of intoxicating drinks.
A QUEER MrNoLISG A San Francisco
paper closes an account of firemen's cele-
bra,ion as follows :-"Afier three cheers had
been given for Mrs. Sinclair late Mrs. For
res) Bishop Kip pronounced the benediclion'
THERE is only one paper ir Egypt-a small
monthly sheet in Arabic language, at iouF
dollars year. 1t is mainly devoted TO "ihe
powers that be,n and every one in the en-
ploy of the Pacha is obliged 10 subscribe
TO 1t.
The Know Nothing have been very busy
in all the township elections in the vicinity
of Newark, N. j., and they have made 'e'
strike in every direction. they certainly
promise TO become a power in New Jersey
WE once saw a young man bravely turning
up his glass he was a true-hear'ed glorious
fellow. and was, he said, sowing his wil'
oats. We afterwards saw policeman haul
ING miserable drunkard from the gutter II
the watch. house. The wild oats were bein:
harvested.
IT is astonishing how ''loddy" promotes in
dependence. An old 'brick," who was ly
ing day or two since, in very sPri'ua
manner, was advised in friendly way {:
economise as ''flour was going up" "Let
90 up,p said old bot,le-nose. II kin get a
shish' as flour kiu-any day"
MIR. Choate is said 10 have once descrbe
the boundary line between Rhode Island an
Massachusetts,, in this language: "Why,
said he, 'tit is like starting at bssh, iror
thence to a blue jay, from thence 10 hive
bees in swarming time, from thence 10 lhre
hundred foxes with fire brands al their tails
THE ladies of Steuben, Me-, incensed q
the backwardness and stupidity of their lords
lately got up ball on their own account
Three female managers hired the hall, fu
nished refreshments, sent cards of invilaiio
TO about forty gentlemen, had regular shave
down, or dance, with them, waited upon the
male partners to supper, and paid the bills
They were unable 10 procure female viz
linist, but got over the difficulty by dressin
up man in peticoats.
A New GOLD Com. Senator Gwinn,
California, has introduced a rather novel b'
national idea relative TO a larger denomln
ton of gold coin He proposes, by bill il
troduced in the United States Senate BY hin
10 authorize the coinage OF Sl00, $50 and S.
pieces, the first to be called the Union, Il
second a Half Union, and the third a Qua
ter Union His object is TO furnish a circ
lalion medium which will supply the wan
of the people in California. where they ha'
no banks for paper currency.
A GREAr MINE,-The Cld mine, on Lal
superior, is said 10 be the nches: copp
mine in the world. No less Than 1881 toi
Of copper were shipped trom the mine la
year, and the Lake Superior Journal stat
''Iha, the mine has produced, oIfan aveCag
one hundred tons pes month during the pa
year, and it is as rich in mass copper as
any tine heretofore. A hundred per cen
we presume, will be returned yearly, as
dividend on the amount OF original inyei
meni, fof many years 10 Gomez
coPS BNEGD.-A Nsv Rssip,.-Eyeryt
dy Who has been at tho Mansion House,
Buffalo, New York, has lealned the luxury
the corn bread there provided, Tho elerk
often taxed To write directions fos home uil
uiaelure, and thus procured receipt
domestic use, which | copy lor you 80 h
those who wish may uy a piece Of BE-,
from the Mansion. II is AZ folloNs:-C
quart VI tuu milk, two table spoonful.
tioaf, three eggs, and cora meal sufficient
make a slih batter
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