Smyrna times., 1856-12-24
WHOLE NO., 300.
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. w n tuan met daughter OF Edmund DRrr
IN one OF the streets of Albany on Saturday
evening, and attempted to place his hand over
II er mouth, but she turned her head and scream-
ed and the villain fled, leaving a plaster on
her cheek of such strength that its removal
brought the skin with it.
OF young farmer in Devonshire. Enc.
land, was recently sentenced to one months
lmprlsonmont at hard labor, for attempting to
catch hare on land rented by his father!
o. Nine more of Bona parties victims have
escaped from Cyenne, and are on board the bark
Amazon, which sailed from Demarara previous
to Nov. Goth, for Baltimore.
o. A German with whom Bayard Taylor
formed a friendship has conveyed to him, as a
free gift, an estate near the Thuringian forest.
1t contains beautiful residence built in 1850
by one of the ministers Of Earnest IL. Lucky
traveller.
V1- Great are the mysteries of Ocean Past
age IL costs more now TO send an ounce of
! paper to Europe than it does to send a barrel
OF flour. mar may have state-room, eat,
drink, sleep and lounge all over the ship, and
| yet quiet mail bag, that has stood all the time
| IN dark corner, Is charged seven times as
much passage money as he is!
OF A correspondent of the Richmond Wbig
says that the Western Mining and Manufac.
turing Company "a Philadelphia concern), To-
Gated in Boone county, Va, will send to the
Cincinnati market, via Coal river, 5OO.6OO
bushels OF coal during the coming year. The
kanawha region is full of coal, but it takes
Pennsylvania enterprise TO get it out and to
market. = .
RICE.-There are 551 rice plantations in
Georgia, North and South Carolina each rais-
ing $4,000 pounds and over. There are 10.
745 tobacco estates of 5000 pounds each. and
over, in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
There are l726 in Maryland.
A MODERN CUPID.-The Boston Medical and
Surgical Journal chronicles case in Shrewd.
bury, Mass, where child was born without
eyes. 1t was healthy boy, we'll DEVELOPED IN
every other respect. There were eyelils. but
no eyeballs. ..t.,,..l
SINGULAR MARRIAGE LAw-The new. mar.
raige laws which have just been published in
Austria, recognizes the marriage of boy of
fourteen with girl of twelve. as valid" but
the parties are to be separated until they are
ofage" .... ... -
| GF Woman is less independent than man in
many respects, and requires to exercise more
deliberation and caution. Moreover, she has
not the initiative. 1t is easy for man TO de-
eide and offer, when he loves; but woman
may IOFS NlIHOuL uOpe vi al OHeT. When
chooses, he proposes; when woman chooses.
she waits. .....i =
0F A youth of our acquaintance thus ex."
perimented on his mamma who was making
bread, few days since:
"Mother, 1t strikes me you are very lazy Just
now." 'N''
"How dare you say so! Why don't YOU
see am making bread !" Indignantly returned
the lady,. -..t ... - t- a
"True but that's neither more nor less than
loafing."
The wit got no more hot cakes for several
days. He makes no such puns since.
"Doctor, kin you tell what's the matter with,
my ehllds nose! She keeps pickin' of it,"
"fes, marin; its probably an rritatios OF
the gastric mucus membrane communica ting a
sympathetic Utilization to the epthallum of the
a echGrian."
"There, now, that's just what told Becky );
: she lowed it was worrums:'' '" ~ u
u 0r The power of horse is understood ta
|. be that which will elevate weight of 81 OOO
o pounds the height of one foot in a minute Of
If time, equal TO about 80 pounds at the rate Of
j. four miles an hour, :. ..,i q .,.-s,
t 0EFThe RIiah of PatteaIa, whose territorial
o possessions are likely to be annexed by, the
English East India Company, has literary
l. Sikh in his pay who is now translating into
n Odoo "Brande's Dictionary of the Arts and
IL Sciences" one of the heaviest books in size
el and matter, in the English language 80 s'''
l. ~ 1t is estimated that the number of smo.
Or kers in Paris is 425,O00 and that they consrme
Or annually l57,50O,0OO Oeigars. ad' ~" 4.oa-'',l
A OErA A ladies' seamless skirt is advertised -
y Good. Anything which will make them seem
Us less is welcome. .s bar .a.. ..al 8 II. a;s
Oh or A mason tried the other day purchase
re hen that would lay brick. 49, 1ssssr
4. Gtr At Fair down Esst, q reporter give,
V the following in the list of premiums: '.sBes
bed-comiurter7,Mi Thompson" 81 za-7s ssl
0tr"I say, Jake, what do you suppose the,
he does with the dead copses on shore lp Bias
me, if know" "Yy, blow me, if they does
er nail EN- up in boxes aud direct en-"
Ie. GA little girl hearing it said that she wa
born on the Kings birthday, took no noilc,
Le- of it ut the time but in day Or two eafter
=. asked her father if she and the King wef
nd twins. aasSa la
ha An Irish gentleman at cards having, ON in
~ spectlon, found the pool deficient, excti,ned-
ali "Here's'a shilling short, who put il ihas79s .
T" a 0.7- What is that from which. wbesnr, bsr, N
wholeis taken, some will still remain t-Tb
- word wholesomea .. .s 84oaw sai jrd ,ggiz4l
be Or TGreference to hides dresses il is
.he longer customary to says" The height,"2 bu
'd' "the breadth Of fashioDsis - l2uoua huild d
TO o. Sailors, who -havezallewed the sen E.
mas years say that they can tell when. ReylareG
See the vicinity Of Long Island the soond q,
Rg .u.0E- nthe tomb of Purcell, insusiciau.a
srss Westminster Abbey, n.is set forth thai s.pu
;n cell is gone to that blessed place, where onl
Ga .blsd gno
He 0J- The loss of Life, from snake bites
ent Scnde, East Indes,Ihas become so serious, rh,
,ge government has taken measures for tLe "a,
tI structlon Of these reptiles 'H' eSissAV asa if'
ts ibi hHsi19 has ,hons6f hns nsinesi a9swa8d
.bpualisa 9gr 4slsq sii 40 .lsa1o1 s'L1nl