Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-10-11

PgorIrs OF GR,PEs.-lu the Le ghborhOod
OF Cincinnati there''are more than two thon-
sand acres in grapes. The profits per acre
average taking one year with another, about
$500 per acre. The cost Of planting ranges
from SlOO to 900 per acre. The expense.
with ordinary land, need not exceed Sl1o
per acre.
TIE BrcxwrRlT CRor.-'Tho Lancaster
Pa.) Examiner says that in that end some
Of the adjoining counties, the buckwheat crop
vas never moro promising.
Tsr Cos7 OF ruS WAR TO EyGLASp.--Thc
cost of the late war to England is now ascot
tanned to have been, in round numbers, $50,
100000. No permanent addition MAS, how
ever, made to tho national debt.
IscESp1,Ry PumICArloss.-- The grand jury
Of Shnnston, Virginia, recently found true
bill against the Postmaster of that village,
for circulating and delivering to subscribers
copies Of the New York Tribune.
COMMERCE. or BosroT.--The value Of eX-
ports, including snecie. the last week, was as
| follows: American $220SS9 IS; foreign, $50,
283 81 Total, S214,l13.
SINGULAR PnrEouENos--Late French pa
an immense cloud Of small white moths burst
over the town Of Rouen, and completely
covered the ground in few seconds.
Solp-E. l.. Anderson, ESQ, has cffec
ted n sale of bis valuable property, known
as the Bedford Springs. The purchasers re
side mainly in Philadelphia, and the prize is
the round sum Of $4,000.
MARSHAL. PrLssIER, Duke Of MalakoT
has an income Of 100000 francs only hOm
the French Government.
THE difficulty Of refuting very silly and
weak arCments reminds one Of the well known
difficult feat Of cutting through cushion with
q sword.
"Among othcrhlessngs said Or Franklin.
"a man should thank God for his vanity,
because it makes him happy"
The St. Louis Democrat SAYS it is Hsti.pa-
ted that the wheat c.np Of Wisconsin, the
present year will not fall short OF fourteen
millions OF bushels.
1t tappcars by notice from the Comms-
.ioner Of Indian affairs, that thu sale OF the
Delaware Trust lands has been postponed
from the Goth of October until the l,th oil
November next at Fort i.caVenwurth.
Cries Sylvia to reverend dean,
'W hat reason can be given,
Since marriage is holy thing,
That there are none III heaven Z
'ThcrS are no women, he replied.
She quick returned the jest:
Women there are, but l,m afraid,
They cannot lind priest"
ThecGo-S Hack once said to man at whose
table publisher go,v ry drunk, 'Whyyou up
pear to have empted yourwtne net'ar Into your
BOOKSELLER
If YOU 10 what yon should not, you must
hear what you would not
Mss Tulin. in speaking fold bachelors, says
that they are iruzeu out old gardeners IN tho
flowerbed of love. \ they are useless as
weeds, they should be served in the same
manner-choked
"Why," said country Clergyman 20 one
of his flock do you always sleep in your
lew when am in the pulpit, while you are
oil attention to every stranger invite.
because, sir, when you preach. I'm sure all 5
right but can't trust stranger without
keeping good !, okout."
Rurick, Il noted Kentucky race horse, ohIy
three years old, has been sold for $4,000.
MaiorTurnbull is about 10 leave Nickshurg
with 800 volunteers for Walker in Nicara-
eul.
They raise six hundred bushels of sweet
potatoes to the aero on the Gaudalonpe river,
IA 'reIas.
A printer out West. whose FIRST son happen
d to be !. very short. ia. Ettio lr.loN. La.4eA
h,m brewer fdli--,.srI JSs,s.