Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-06-30
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In some PORTIONS Ol A0kuIlSuS Iue COTu is |
said to be five and q half feet in height, and
still growing at rapid rate.
1t is said that nearly 100000 of bushels |
of oats have arrived at Buffalo and Oswego,
n. Y, since the navigation opened.
A kind neghbor is not one who does half
a dozen great favors in as many years, but
the doer Of little every day kind actions.
To GIRrs.-"The secret you dare not tell
your mother is dangerous secret, one that
will be likely to bring you sorrow.
SECRET sorrow is like those destructive in
grp2ients which we are forced to con6ne and
seal up, but which corrode in the vessels in
which they are contained.
If you are backbitten and annoyed, take
example by your boots--which, though black
ened every day, shine the more brightly, and
which endure every rub without murmur.
The ship Great Republic, on her late voy-
age from London to Marseilles, run 342 miles
on the third day out with royal studding-sails
sst.
LARGE SALEs.-The land sales of the Hi
nois Central Railroad last month"; amounted
to $5s0,0O0, and for five days of this month
to $125,000.
The Hadley, (Mass,,) Manufacturing Com
pany, it is said, have just succeeded in making
nice article of paper from broom corn stalks,
which has been patented.
HYDRopHoBIA.-Mr. Youatt the celebra-
ted cattle dealer, has cured more tnan 400
cases of persons bitten by dogs, with muriate
of silver, which, in every instance, prevented
any symptoms of hydrophobia.
THE OLDEST PAPER IN AMER1oA.-The
Newport (R. I.) Mercury closed it ninety
seventh year of publication on the 18th inst.
1t is said to be the oldest paper in the United
States, and one of the Oldest in the world.
LAND WARRAHTs.-Among the claims al
lowed is large number for so acres, the
plate for which is not yet engraved, neither
will the Pension Office receive it until about
the I'd of Jnly next, so that claimants of that
class will have to be patient.
1t is harder to avoid censure than to gain
applause; for this may be done by one great
or wise action in an age; but to escape cen
sure, man must pass his whole life without
saying or doing one ill or foolish thing.
INTERESTING DEBATE-The following sub
ject is proposed for debate, at meeting OF
society at Rochester, n. Y. :-"Who have
the most to fear, the uninsured from fire, or
the insured from the bursting of insurance
companies 2"
Much NEEDED.--A new paper mill, it is
said, is about to be started near Dayton,
Ohio, where an establishment of the kind is
much needed. The printers Of that city pay
from $4,000 to $4,000 per week for paper at
the present time.
APPRoPRIATE LocATIoNs.-A New Haven
(Ct.) paper remarks that, in that city, the
Medical College is on the road to the ceme-
terry. the Divinity College on the road to the
poor-house, and the Law School on the road
to the Jail.
DELAWARE AND MARYLAND RAILROAD Con-.
PANY.-The amount of stock required to
authorize the formation of this company, the
Easton Star informs us, has been subscribed
and the subscribers are to assemble at Eas
ton on the l4th July. to effect the organiza.
tion as required by the charter.
Ashes both dry and leached, are good
manure for dry and sandy loams-also, fol
dry peaty meadows. But they are not suita,
BILE for heavy and clayey loans Secause theil
mechanical operation is to render all soils
more compact and more capable OF retaining
moisture.-lIaSs. PlOughman.
Gov. Clark, of New York, has pardoned 8
man named Higgins from the penitentiary o
Rochester on condition that he shall ''whollN
abstain from using Intoxicating liquors excep
in case Of sickness, when prescribed by reg
ular practising physician"
REMARKABLE RESTORATION OF SIGHT,
About forty years ago, (says Chester, Eng
land, paper,) Owen Williams, of Bodederr
Isle of Anglesey, became perfectly blind. an,
remained so until last Easter, when his sigh
was suddenly and unexpectedlyrestored. IL
is now in his 92 year.
BEATING JOIN BULL.-Capt. Rodman, tn,
commandant of the Ordinance Department
at Baton Rouge, La, has invented machin,
by which sixty Minnie rifle balls per minut,
can be cast. The English machine cast
only forty per minute. The Ordinance De
partment at this place is also manufacturin.
Minnie rifles. This is done by effectng Ger
tain changes in the common rifle.
ELECTIONS Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa
Kentucky, Missouri and Texas hold the elec
tions on the first Monday in August, Tennes
see on the first Thursday, and North Carroll
ma on the second Thursday of the same month
On the second Monday in September the
election in Maine occurs and that Of Yer
mont on the first Tuesday of the same month
AN OLD BIRD-As some masons we're eff
.eeting repairs in house in the Rue Merci
ere, in Lyons, they surprised, in its nest
where it was apparently expiring from ole
age, swallow, having round its neck a chain
bearing little silver plate, with the following
w4ds engraved on il (: "Ludovicus Margari
a'fdels, l749."
Mint SAUcE-Many Of our country friend.
do not know what luxury they deprive
themselves of when they eat lamb, either boil
ed or baked, without mint sauce Set a few
roots OF spear mints in one corner of the gar
den, and they will soon furnish an abundan
supply, Strip of the leaves and chop then
nne, add an equal amount Of sugar, and coy
sr the whole with vinegar. A small teacup
iuii Of the mixture is sufficient for large fam
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