Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-09-01

blackberry bushes, some milo Ut WV o"'
cf town, saw a cloud rising and heard a
soupd ike thunder Onc,who was little
,imid. said to the other, Come, Fred, let $
90 home-it thundcrs The other, not
wishing to return so soon, denied that 1t
thundcred at all Directly the rumbling
noise was again borne on the frcshcning
breeze. What's that, then +? inquired the
other. Why Fred, don't you know what
that isy fycu don't, I'll tell you. .Ion
know it has been dry weather now for a
long time; what clouds there are floating
about are as dry as old shcep-skius, and if
the wind blows it rattlcs them. Have t
you often heard the sails of vessels snap
and crack when they were shivcring in
the wind? Well, just So dry clouds do,
only they make great deal louder noise
because they're 50 much bigger. The cloud
happening to sheer Off in another dircc-
ton, Bills dry cloud story went down very
wcll.-B.f'do RepaJiic.
"Your old Kentucky home. you poor
soul you," said Mrs. partington, thrusting
her uight-cap out of the window, away al
most into the midnight, to catch the notes
an individual WAS singing i'll dismal voice
near her house, 81 wish to my heart you
was there, where your friends could take
kecr of you and do for you. 1t : terri
Die thing to be in distress away off among
stranscrs-particularly whore you aint
acquainted with any Of 'cm; but | don't
think it looks well for 4 man to wakcn
whole neighborhood at midnight with bis
sorrows.' She saw him disappear a mo-
ment after, in shop with red curtain,
opposite, when with the remark that she
guessed the poor crcatur had zone in to get
something ito invarigate his cistcrn with,
she shut down the window, and in five
minutes by the wooden man;cl clock ihai
licked slccIily in her chamber, she hal
forgotten all about the Kentucky home.
CONVICTION UNDER TIE NEW LIQUoR
LAw-Thc first conviction in Ihiladel-
phia, under the new Law prohibiting sales
Of liquor to minors, drunkards and insane
persons, took place before judy Kelly in
the Quarter Sessions on Thursday. Peter
Plum, German taycrn-kccpcr, was ar
raigncd on complaint of Mary IIannohcr,
for selling liquor to her husband, au in
temperate person, after repeated notice to I
desist. He had also sold liquor to one of
her little boys, and made him, as she dcs-
cribed it, 'beastly drunk" Plum was
convicted on Mrs. lIannohcr's testimony,
and sentenced TO fine of so and costs,
and ndimprisonment for 60 days. The court
also ordered him to pay the prosecutor
$40 in addition, under a provision Of the
law, for her trouble in bringing him to
justice.
EXTRAORDINARY BUCK.-Thc Onci-
da Chief tells good story Of a man in
Vermont, who thought to improve his
sheep by the introduction of an expensive
buck. He went to Canada, as he himself !
reported, but only TO Syracuse, us others
assert, where he found the animal "his
fancy painted" and bough. him at cost /
of twenty-five or thirty dollars. Having
got him home, he Dragged rroligiously;
and indeed the sheep wa noble-looking
animal Last Spring, when he anticipated !
large increase in his flock, not lamb |
appeared, and his astcnishmcnt was but
cqualled by his cbagrin. When shearing
time came, however, the cause Of the sad
disappointment was asccrtaincd-the far
fetched and car-bought buck was no buck
at all, but very fine wether.
A Touch MEAL.-A freshly imported
Patlander, who had engaged himself ns a
waiter at one of the hotels, was ordered
by one of the guests to bring him a nap
kin Now this was an article that Pat
had never heard Of in bis life and to save
his soul from purgatory he could not tell
what the gentleman meant. His Irish
blood forbade him Displaying isignorance,
so he went off as if to comply with the Or
der Presently thought struck him,
and he returned to the gentleman saying
-"Fai1, strand will yc be plascd to take
something clsc-thc napkins be all ate
up"
AWFUL PUN.-A young gent Of our
acquaintance pcrpctrated the following pun
he other day
"Tvc discovered new city"
"What ?" cried We.
"Scar-city. ~
"What State is it in p was the next
intcrrogatory.
estate of want"
\ lover once wrote TO a lady who reject !
Cd him, saying that he intended to "rctirc
to some secluded spot and breathe away
his life in sighs." To which the lady re-
piled by inquiring whether they were to
be medium or hlye size ? The man has
not since been heard from.
Mrs. Squcczcr writes to ask if "shc,t