Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-04-28
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Bill Brown says that his Shanghai rooster;
is so tall, that he has to get down on his knees
to crow.
A Yankee in Iowa has taught ducks to
swim in hot water and with such success that
they lay boiled eggs,
An editor ont in Iowa, says they don't brag
OF the size of their babies, but they arc u
most uncommon sure crop.
One Of our Western editors, in giving an
account of tornado, heads it as follows -
"Disgraceiul Thunder Storm
Dobbs says he would have died of cholera;
in August, if it had not been for one thing
the doctor gave him up"
A lot Of fellows went on dear hunt the
other day, in Arkansas. and in less than three
hours, captured five girls and a woman.
A rascnlly old bachelor asks-"what is the
most difficult operation o SURG con can per-
form To take the ja,o out of woman"
Louis Napoleon, it is sad has been invests
ing large sums in California, in the names o.
other persons.
Money and time are the heaviest burdens
Of life, and the unhappiest of all mortak are
those who have. more Of either than they
know how to use.
An Ex-GovERNoR TURNED MAYoR.-The
Hon. Alexander Ramsey, Ex-Governor of
Minnesota, has been elected Mayor OF the
city OF st. Paul, in that Territory.
Physicians rarely take medicine, Iawyers
seldom 60 to law, and ministers steer clear Of
other parsons churches. Editors. however,
read all the papers they can get hold Of.
70 60 to sleep easy, read some ofthe Phil.
adelphia weekly papers."-Nsc York Sunday
Alas.
To Which the Philadelphia Post reioins
"To go to the devil easy, read some Of the
New York Sunday papers"
WHEAT CRoP N TtE WEsr.-We continue
to have the best accounts of the coming wheat
crop. From Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, m
diana and Michigan, all reports are cheering
the wheat crops never looked better.
Coon rRrcEs.-At sale in Doylestowu.'
Pa on Thursday last, oats SOLD at ~ cents
per bushel, cows about $50 each, and other
things in proportion. And on Saturday at
the same place, theprice ofhorses ranged from
SCI TO S205.
SrR,SGER Why do you kill my dog
HrN because he was going TO bite me.
STRANaER-Why didn't You use the little.
end of your stick You could have frightened
him and not killed him.
HuNr.--Why didn't your dog como at me
tail first then
Scene 10 al apothecary shop after the pas
sage Of the Maine Liquor Law.-Two nice
voang men enter. "Come, jim, what will you
take ?" We'll, guess, III take prussie acid
smash" Clerk, 10 secoud gent-"What's
yours 2" "l'li take burning fluid cocktail"
Coz. Benton has written q letter, dated
the 18th instant, in which he states that there.
is no Indian war on the Upper Missouri aud
North Platte--that he has received ample
proof to sustain this assertion, and that tho
new regiments Mere raised for another pur.
pose, which, he thinks, lies in the direction Of
Cuba
SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM PowpEa.-On
Saturday night, Mrs. Henry, wife Of a grocer
at Richmond, Va while M the store snufed
a candle, and throwing down the snuff, it fell
into three pound cask Of gunpowdcr, which
instantly ignited. She and her husband were
seriously wounded.
A BorASrcM GARpES.-The most promi-
sing attempt yet made in the United States
towards the establishment OF botanical
garden ls now in progress IN Brooklyn
Messrs Hunt, Longley and Kent have made
donation, in fee, Of Sufficient land for ths
purpose, the value OF which is stated at
S25,000, and various citizens of BROOKLYN AMI
New York have subscribed magnificent sums
towards the great object. Thus, Win. Hunt
isset down at $4,000, wm. G. Langley.
$4,000, Henry A. Kent, $4,000, and sthefs
fol smaller sums.