Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-08-08
MistcIIaneous.

YE MArDE SERVANT IS a Damse of plea.
sante dispositions Us q verie great helpe TO We
goode Hovse.svvfe Ye chearful Mayder
yvyl ssynge righte meriiely abovt We Hovse
She lyketh better a msrrie songe than ye
Psalmes of Sterneholde &c lIoppkyns. She
lykevvyse lonoth not to abode in ye Hovse OF
ye Lorde vpon pleasant Sabbathe; but VI
soc be that she might, vvolde reodyiie wake
nyc Fields & Woodes vvyth herr svvete.
hearte, & slit vvyth bym ju some shade
playcc, vutyl ye goinge dovvno of ye suu.---
Now tayke ye heed, listc & hearkin vntoe
me- oil ye Hysbandes ;--yt it is mott vvyske
FOR ye Goodman Of ye Hvse to have much
tolke vvyth ye Damsel. moro especiallie Vt
she be comelie & fair to look vpon,-leaste;
peradventure, ye Good-vvfe sbovyli be trov.
belled vvyth jealousie thereatt-the vvhych
Us mott goode yn maytainyiug ye peace Of ye
Hovse-holde.
COMING ALoNG.-V. Yernet has calculated
the orbit of the comet recently discovered by
Berlin astronomer. lie appears to be ap-
preaching the earth so rapidly that it will
soon present fine object to the naked eye
at present it is believed that it is not
Charles the Fifth's comet, Of which there has
been SO much talk, and destined to come into
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month. Its position is in the constellation
Perseus. The comet wouderers can now
start fresh excitement.
| The GREAT RAILROAD BRIDGE across the
Ohio at Steubenville, and of the road thence
across the panhandle" at Putsburg. is
about to be completed, the Cincinnati papers
say, by the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Company, who have come forward with the
means to enable it to be finished By the lst
OF February next.
1T is related OF certain stenographer, fond
OF his nips, that he is an excellent reporter,
| and in proofit was shown that If man were
| to talk brundy for two hours and half, he
could take 1t all down.-Boston Gazette.
Cu'tirating Railroad.-Th Auburn N
" American says that "milcs md scores Of
miles within the fenced track of the Central
Railroad are planted with potatoes by the
employees of that great road" These rail.
road farms. are attended TO mostly by the
wives of the employees.
glass.bottle and cork establishment is
under way in California, for the purpose Of
furnishing the means Of bottling up the ma
tive wine which promises to amount to some
thing. Cork trees grow in Los Anngelos
county, the grapes ripen on the hills, and in
few years we shall hear OF the 'vintage-time"
in California, as most important yearly
epoch.
Healthy STATE or MoRALs.-"Wha hat is
the state OF morals in your district 2" said
long facedd relormer to a farmer who had
recently visited town.
Pretty good" replied the farmer, "every-
body seems disposed to mind their own bust
ness in our parts"
bachelor correspondent sends the Bos.
ton Post the following :-"Tell me, We winged
winds that round my pathway roar, do ye not
know some spot where women fret ne more
Some lone and pleasant dell some 'holler in
in the ground, where babies never yell, and
cradles are not found?. The loud wind blew
the snow into face, nnd snickered as it ALI
swered, nary place"
A Gentleman of Alabama, was lying in bed
one morning, when friend, stepping in, said:
-"P--, breakfast is coming on !" Let
it come" exclaimed P, with look Of
defiance, 81 am not afraid Of it,"
Madame De Genlis, says somebody, repro
we'd her Librarian for putting books written by
male ard female authors upon the same shelf.
Never do it" said she, "without putting a
prayer book between them"
The waterfalls which surround the Valley
of 10 lIamite in California, are believed to be
the loftiest in the world. One Of them is es.
timated at 1000 feet high.
\ divine informed sailor tha, the devil
was chained up.
"llow long is the rope?"
oh" was the dignifed reply. "it extends
over the whCle world"
docs it," rrjonded Jack, iii SO the lubber
might as wei! be loose"
A cubic mile of ocean contains two pounds
aud three quarters weight OF silver.
Such is the velocity and force Of common
rocket that the stick of one on the 4th in Bos-
ton penetrated through solid gutter Of wood,
three inches thick
A little daughter of Jacob Barton of Hum
melston, near Harrisburg, Pa, was killed last
Sunday by the breaking of u swing rope
Her father was swinging her at the time.
An AcoMMoDArISG tAspLuKD.-A board
ing house keeper in Baltimore, Nd, advertises
to furnish gentlemen with pleasant and ctm.
Portable rooms. Also, one or two gentlemen
with wives.
The poppy, which produces opium, is culi'
waited in India, where more than loo, 900 acres
are occupied for this purpose.
DR.. Reese, of the New York State Lunstic
Asylum, who was bnrued at the late fire there
| died yesterday afternoon, from the effects Of
bis injuries.
A lady of rank, complaining that her hus-
band was dead to fashionable amusements he
replied, But then NY dear, you make me
alive to the expense"
A GREAT SAvISG.-The Tehuantepet tran
sit is said to lessen the distance from New
York to San Francisco California, 2,200
miles.
Who is the strongest man? lie that can
lift his notes every day without borrowing.
The lowest place in the region OF eternal
despair is reserved for hypocrites.
The Terre Haute Express reports the death
of Mrs. IIannegan, wife ofex-Senstor llanne-
gan, at Covington, la.
One of the boys tells Of a scarecrow made
by Uncle Ben. 1t not only scared of every
| crow that saw it, but one crow was so freight