The weekly ledger., 1857-08-08

itVhSh anu Cdteie stealing Is as rllc as ever
in the lower country. A number of the
hieves have lately been apprehended, and
fhc passes Of tho varions roads were hlocka-
ded. The mountains of San Bernardino are
the rendezvous .pr large band of robbers
and assassns
Tax on TEA wag in New York, Sec
ing man driving a tack into card. through
the letter T in the word Boston, printed on
Vt, seized the card and exclaimed
why, what are you about? Don't yon
know that tax on tea in Boston" once rails
ed laundering muss there?p
In the county Of Norfolk, Mass. a lady
has six sons, each Of whom is six feet four
inches high. She says the way she drew
them out so was by feeding them ON legs of
Shanghai chickens A hint for our short
friends.
WHAT difference is there between a prince
and peasant? No more than between two
bricks made of the same clay; only one is
placed upon turret, and the other at the
bottom OF a well.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has granted
divorce in a case where the contracting mar
ties, after mutual banter, went from a par
ty to clergyman and got married. thinking
it an excellent joke.
THE paved streets in London are more
than five thousand in number, and exceed two
thousand miles in length. About three bun-
dred Of them are duplicated in names an evil
which is about to be remedied.
In one of the western States it has been
judicially decided that a clergyman may mar
ry hmself-that is, not marry himself TO
himself but to the lady of his choice.
A rare man-one who is acquainted with
that other man.
Light seems the natural enemy of evil
deeds.
Why does a blacksmith seem the most dis
satisfied of all mechanics? Because he is al.
ways striking for wages
Zeno, of all virtues, made his choice Of 81.
ence; " For by it,n said he, al hear other
mems .mperfections and conceal nv own
THERE is a man in Cincinnati in possession
OF powerful memory He is employed by
the Humane Society to remember the Door
The reason why women's teeth decay ear
er than mems is not because of the friction
OF the tongue on them. 1t is the sweetness
of their lips.
SPEAKING of the merits of n watch, Abel
says he had one once that gained enough in
three weeks to pay for itself
IT is calculated that the clergy cost the
United States twelve millions of dollars an
nualiy; the criminals forty millions; the law
yers seventy millions; rum, two hundred mill
ions
A Wiltshire dame, the mother of largo
family, was once asked the number of her
children, LA me y she replied, rocking her
self to and fro, '1ye got fourteen, mostly
boys and girls.
THERE is 4 good reason why little man
should never marry bouncing widow. He
might be called 'the widows mite"
Hog thieves now administer chloroform to
their victims, in the sty, and then quietly cut
their throats. Happy grunters-they suffer
no pain and consequently don't squeal
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Drovcs Of Oregon cattle arc coming into
California.
1t is said that the Nicaragua steamship
line will soon be re-opened. Glad to hear it
glad to hear Of anything tending to put
down the extortion Of the P. NJ. S. Co.
The Know Nothings of Shasta wont nom
mate a county ticket.
The S. F. U. S. Branch Mint viii be open-
cd on the 10th inst
Those who are monding the road to Hea-
ven, have no time to pursue it, as the man
who carries the lantern stumbles oftener than
he who follows after him.
The health Of Gen Cass is said TO be de.
clining