Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-01-19
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EPIGEAM.--
As my wife and I, at the window one day,
Stood watching q man with monkey,
A cart came by. with "broth Of boy"
Who was driving a stout little donkey.
To my wife then spoke, by way of joke,
Theresa relation of yours in that carriage
To whichsh replied, as the donkey she spied,
'Ah, yes, a relation-by mGrriGgeP , .
GuAN5.-The Fredericksburg (Va.) Herald
SAYS that 100000 worth Of guano is con.
sumed in the district which furnishes wheat
and corn to that market The wheat sales
it SAYS amounted to S60S,000, from which it
az pears that the cost of guano the present
season has been nearly one-halr Of the wheat
sales.
CASHMERE KDs.-Dr. J. B. Davis, Of
South, Carolina, has recently sold fifteen
three-quarter bred Cashmere Kids, seven
months old and one pure bred two years old
Cashmere buck, to a gentleman in Tennessee
for S4,000-the ewes at $500 each, and the
buck at $1,000.
A Batesvile (Ark.) paper has the'folow-
ing advertisement: Wife IVanted.-Any
ral wots got u bed, coffee pot and askillet,
knows how to cut out britches, can make o
huntin' shirt, and knows how to take caro- Of
children, can. have my sa:vices until death
parts both of u.s.
The Contractors Of the Union Canal,
Messrs. Kupp & Rockefellow, are carrying
on the work Of enlargement with energy, and
have put large force OF men at work along
! the entire line.
CoMvosTABiE.-Thereie is village in Mich
! igan where the church bell is rung every day
at twelve o'clock, for the people to take their
quinine, as they have the chlls and fever all
around.
A Clergyman was censuring young lady
for tight.lacing. why" replied the Miss
You would not surely recommend loose ha-
bits to your parshioners." The clergyman
smiled.
A,HIYr.-An exchange says: How young
men can consent 10 loaf about the corners
and taverns as they do, when a good dose
of arsenic can be purchased for six.pence,
is really surprising.
Tue ScHooLNAsrER-The Salem Gdsette
SAYS the following notice may be seen at G
blacksmith's shop in Essex: No hosses shed
on Sunday 'cept Sickness or Deth."
Italy has often been compared to boot
and it is boot, We should say, that would
almost give its sole, il il could only SEQ the
! last of Austria.
: ~ say, Pat are you aslape?"
"Divil the slape." .....f...
\ "Then be aither lendin' me quarter"
=. "lm aslape, be jabers"
, "snigIefritz, will you have some Of the
D butter?" Thank you marm; belong to the
temperance society, and can't take anything
strong"
] The Chicago papers state that emigration
5 from the Eastern and Middle States 10 the
West, was never more active than at present
A house at Terre Haute, Ind, has an en-
Q gagement to put up 5000 tierces OF beef fol
the English market
= The Howard Association Of Norfolk hav,
rented u eommodious building on Church st.
for he orphans.
There are now laid up in winter quarter
/. at Chicago two hundred and eighteen steam
ers and sail craft.
NEw CARs.--The Cattawissa & Williams
n port Railroad Company have recently place
| set OF new ears on their Road.
lhe aSseSssu Saluaton OF property IN Ne
!, Orleans this year, is ss46.0oo less tksa lai
. . year.
L A short time since. about two tons
poultry were shipped by one dealer. in or
day, from Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Il
New York market.
b. Ninety Inferior slaves we're sold In Pil
ie county, Alabama, on the 18th. for s65 900.
n Gov. Shannon. of Kanaas. will, ii ia saI
If soon resign. a. >
4; The small.pey has broken 90, IN tie Pe,
:! horss at Pittsburgh