Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-10-20

TtslulDp III lub CltN VI llle lultu VI tuOSt Nho
built it. 1t is believed that not a single
| Quaker now resides in Boston Digent in
qury of the Friends and of others has fuiied
TO bring to light a living Quaker US rei
dent OF Boston for several years"
VurrUREs-A letter from the Crimea tells
the following tale: "Vultures are very nu-
merous IN the Crimea. They smell the pow
der and await the coming Of the fight, to
throw themselves on their victims. After
one Of the recent combats, an English officer
was found on the battle field, who had just
expired. pressing in both his arms one Of
these birds of prey, dead, like himself, and
which he had crushed in last effort OF
agony"
4 GEq FROM AN OLD BooK--It has been
cloqucntly and truly said, that il Christianity
were compelled to flee from the mansions OF
the great, the academies Of philosophers, tho
halls Of legislators, or the throng OF busy men
we should fnd her last retreat with women,
at the fire-side. Her last audience would be
the children gathering around the knee OF
mother the last sacrifice, the secret prayer
escaping in silence from her lips, and heard
perhaps, only at the throne Of God.
THE CHOCOLATE TRApE.-The Boston
(Mass.) Traveller says Few are aware of
the extent Of the chocolate business, or tho
supremacy which Boston has obtained in its
manufacture OF the hundreds OF thousands
Of dollars worth of chocolate, in its different
forms, sold in America during the year, near
ly all is manufactured by firms in this city.
Scarcelya vessel leaves for a foreign port but
has it on board. The business is not Of sud-
den growth by fifty years Of labor only has
! it been established.
THE ELECTIONS STILL TO COME IN 1855 -
Louisiana Monday November 5, State Off
GERS and five Representatives to Congress.
Mississippi Monday, November 5, State
| officers aud five Representatives to Congress.
| New York, Tuesday, November 6, State
officers, but no Governor or Lieutenant
Governor. Wisconsin, Tuesday, November
6, State officers. Maryland, Wednesday,
November 7, six Representatives to Con-
gress. Massachusetts, Monday, November
-, State officers. In Tennessee, Alabama,
California, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, the
Legislatures in each State elect one United
States Senator.
POPULAR DEFINITIONS. What is fashion,
Dinners at midnight and headaches in tho
! morning.
What is wit THAT peculiar kind Of talk
| that leads to pulled noses and broken heads.
What is dleness Wv orkng yellow moun-
tains on pink sub soil, or a blue-tailed dog
in sky-colored convulsions.
What is Joy ITO count your money and
| find it overrun hundred dollars.
What is conscience ?-Something that Il
guilty man feels every time il thunders.
What is contentment ITO sit in the house
and see other people stuck in the mud. Ir
other words, 10 be better of than our neigh.
bOrs.
Heroic SrsrGGrE WITH \ BEAR-A large
black bear was killed by an Indian on the
l4th inst, near the source Of the Castor
| River. The animal weighed upwards Of 700
lbs. y desperate struggle, not unusual, how.
ever, in such cases took place between this
enormous animal and the Indian who killed
him. Being but wounded by the shot, he
closed upon the Indian, who, in the desperate
struggle, managed to plunge his knife into
the bears heart, although the brave Indian
had one arm broken at the time. At the
Anticost where bears are perhaps more nu-
merous than in any part Of America, single
| Indian or hunter will never shoot at q bear.
as he is rarely killed by the first shot, and
! almost invariably attacks his pursuer if he is
wounded. The escape Of the Indian in tho
| present instance will be regarded as matter
/ OF surprise by his race, who looked upon
| struggle with wounded bear az utterly hope
| less.-loron.0 Co!9uiH.
! SrIRIrU UArIsN.-The Philadelphia Argus
! says The last, and one Of the boldest ioles
we have heard, occurred last week in the
| upper part OF the city The spirit of mur-
dered man has been for months in trbulation.
but finally, few days since succeeded IA
communicating the fact that having been
murdered some ten years since his body was
! placed in dry well in sitting posture. and
the well having since been filed, the position
was found inconvenent, especially as the
/ place had been built upon, and the spirit
wants the body taken up and decenty in-
| tered. The precise location was Indicated
! directly beneath the steps Of 4 certain house
| IN llutchiSon street, between Poplar aud
! Girard avenue and since then the most la
| bolious excavations have been going on II
! ina tie Jody, while the story has afforded
abundant food for gossip.
| Cool IMFUpESCE-"Wil You oblige me
! with light, sirY' "Certanly with the great
est pleasure" says Stranger. knocking off the
| ashes with his little finger and presenting tbs
! red end OF the cigar IN graceful bow
! Smith commences fumbling in his coat pock-
! ct, takes out his handkerchief, shakes it. feels
in his vest with "A desperate energy. looks
! blank. "Well declare, | havu't got one.
! true as the world. Have You another yOu
| coulu spare = certainly, says Stranger.
with smile, "and beg you will accept it,"
! There is pul-puiling till the fresh cigar
| ignites-when they separate with a suave
bow and wave of the hand. Smith chucks
his friend, who was near splitting with laugh
ter, under the ribs, with--"There, didn't
tell you would get it? That's the way to get
along in the world. Nothing Ike cool polite
himpudeuce!" We thought 80 !oo,-ChieGgo
Iiib.
How THE DEBT oEIawArEp.--England
spent 30 millions Of pounds in the Rerolu-
| tionary war, when William Of Ofange ascen-
ded the throne--20 millions thereof had been
borrowed
62 millions we're spent in the Spanish war
from the 4th Of May. 1902, to the 18th Of
March 1913 30! millions borrowed.
"a millions in the Spanish war from the
23d of October, 1889, to S0th Of April, lI4S
20 millions borrowed,
lis millions in the war of seven years--60
millions borrowed.
1876 millions in the American Revolutions.
w war from l774 TO the peace made in Paris
the sOth of November lIa2--l0a millieaa
borrowed.