Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-09-22
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TIM Man VINO NEVER LAUGHs-In a SER
mon deliver by Rev. Dr. Bellows, Of New
York before the Western Unitarian Confer
cncc, is the following For my own part,
| say it in all solemnity, / have lived long
enongh to become sincerely suspicious OF the
piety of those who do not love pleasure IN
any form. l cannot trust the man that never
laughs; that is always sedate; that has no
apparent outlet for those natural springs oil
Sportiveness and gaiety that are perennial in
the human soul. / know that nature takes
her revenge on such violence. / expect to
find secret vices, malignant sins or horrld
crimes, springing up in this hot-bed OF conhn-
cd air and imprisoned space and therefore
it gives me O sincere moral qualification any
where, and in any community, to see innocent
pleasures land popular amusements re-
sisting the religious bigotry that frowns upon
them. Anything is better than that dark,
dead, unhappy social lire-a prey TO ennui
and morbid excitement which results from
unmitigated puritanism, whose second crop
is usually unbrided license and infamous foI-
ly."
Moral CuARACTER.--There is nothing
which adds so much to the beauty and power
of man as good character 1t dignfes
him in every station, eXalts him in every
period of life Such a character is more to
be desired than anything else on earth. No
servile foot, no crouching sycophant, no
treacherous honor-seeker, ever bore such
character the pure joys Of righteousness
never spring il such person. Ii youngmen
but knew how much a good character would
dignity ard exalt them, how glorious it would
make their prospects even in this life, never
should we find them yielding to the grovcling
and base-born purposes of human nature.
4 DcrL BErwEES BR6rHERs.-T'wo broth
ers. named Klaertz, peasants of Olderkirch
in Bavaria who had long entertained mortal
hatred of each other, agreed lately to fight
duel and instead Of arms to make use OF
scythos. They accordingly met, each atten-
! ded by two seconds, and after mannuverlng
for while, one hamed Matthias, with blow
from his scythe, cut off the scalp Of the other.
At this moment some police officers arrived
and arrested the two brothers and their
seconds The wounded man, whose name is
Theodore, was, however found to be so in
.iured that he had to be conveyed to the hos
pital, and his life is despaired Of
SUDDEN nEATu FROM GRIPF.--Mr Lewis
! Browns death, which took place from choi-
era. at Chicago, Illinois. was communicated
! to his mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, ut
Rochester, y. Y, on the 30th ult., when the
old lady became much affected, and remark
/ ed, Poor Lewis, | shall soon be with you %
/ y few moments after, she arose to go up
stairs, n tremulous motion was observed,
when she fell backwards and was caught in
! the arms of her daughter and died almost
instantly without a struggle.
Az ELEPHANT KILLING HIS KEEpER.-The
! Columbia Is. g. Tiwes of Monday says:
An elephant attached to Baily Il Co.'S Cir
Gus, while crossing bridge between this
city and Camden yesterday. became unruly
in consequence of the breakage of plank,
and killed one of the horses belonging to the
company. The keeper of the elephant, in
attempting to punish him, emitting to take
the precaution TO secure him, was instantly
killed by the enraged animal,
ATTEMPTED INrANrIoIbE.-Person in the
neighborhood of the railroad depot at Lasalle.
, H., on Tuesday night last, beard a noise on
/ the track like the moving of cat. Pro-
ceediGg toward it, the sound became that OF
an infatit crying, and when the bundle was
picked up, an infant, wrapped ia two blan-
kets, was found. 1t lay directly on the track,
and in a few minutes it would have been
crushed by an approaching train.
A PROPER REBuKR-A Reverend gentle
man in New York, a few Sundays since,
seeing poor woman tottering up one of the
aiSleS of his church, waiting in vain for some
one of the congregation to offer her seat,
paused in his sermon, descended from the
pulpit, showed her into his own pew, and
! quietly returned to lis desk again.
! LOVE AND TEMPERATURE.-In one of his
letters Sydney Smith says: Very high and
very low temperatures eXtinguish all human
sympathy and relations. 1t is impossible to
feel affection beyond 7s deg or below 20 deg.
Fahrenheit human nature is too solid or too
liquid beyond these limits"
To KEEP FISH FRrsH.-Draw the fish and
remove the gills then insert piece of char
coal in their mouths, and two or three pieces
in their bellies. If they are TO be conveyed
any distance, wrap each fish separately in
paper, and place them in box Fish thus
preserved will keep fresh for several days.
SYDNE7 SMITH ON RALRoAps.-Sydpey
Smith said of railroads :-"Before this in
vention, man, richly endowed with Gifts OF
mind and body, was deficient in locomotive
powers. He could only walk four miles ar
hour, while Wild goose could fly eighty in
the same time"
LOOKING Ancab,-A vcryhcudsome voung
bride was observed to be in deep reflection
on her wedding day. One Of her bridesmaid,
asked her the subject of her meditationy
Il was thinking" she replied. (which of nv
old beaus ! should marry, in case I should
become widow"
The widow Of the Inflated Professor Web
ster has two Of her daughters married intr
the Dabney family. Mr. Dabney is ar
American of prineely fortune and manners
and OF great influence at Fayal.
The Profsssorshlp Of Ancient I.ansrs-e,
tendered to the Rev. r. A. Fink, rasto. 8
the Lutheran church Of Magtinsb arg. Va. b.
tho Sialc University oi Illinois, Aas beea q;
h'ssc'd sd PluAs;Ne The iollowir
+ toaa' "as rece4I.y g.ysH )! a 'sir.,Aea' y.un