Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-08-07

'Vaa oicdh ohku1ot ~ tllh Urchbii foiutcu |
10 ask for mercy because Americans can't
take spanish "quartcrs" now
pdS- rhorc are six hundred and forty
seyon prisoners in the Ohio penitentiary,
the greatest number ever known 10 be con-
fined within the wallis ut any ono time.
DAY. The present Fire Department o.
New York CITY consists Of 1873 Engine,
Hose and Hooks ind Ladder Companies,
with force Of $500 men.
EsS- A man in Friedrich county Mary
land, attempted TO hive u swarm Of bees
last week whom they warmed upon his head
aud stung him TO death.
ne of some thirty persons who left Nor
ris Chapel, Cincinnati on account Of the In
PRODUCTION OF promiscnous or family sitt
tings, all have returned but one.
psay- A writer upon the genius Of Metas
taslo, remarks that the generality Of men
have little regard for Rraccfulnesr, NJ they
only esteem what they fear
gaS- The thunder of great words docs
not always bctoken a great thought, for
many grand salute IA fire. with blank
cartridge
p1S-ll Is singular fact that In the good i,
old times when they did everything "by
hand, they did almost everything "by
hear"
DDr MIR Douglass, proprietor Of the new
Rolling NH, closed purchase Of tho Rob.
ison, property, on PENNSYLVANIA street yea
tcrday, for $4,000
pS- The pony which Victoria gave 10
Tom Thumb, the smallest pony In the
world, died at New Bedford. on Thursday,
but his skin il 10 be stuffed
Ias~ There Is much demand for laborers
in the upper poninsular Of Michigan One
Of the railroad companies offers ~ 90 day
aud board
R@~ People who take cart loads OF mcdi.
cine every time they imagine they are going
TO be sick, are the fools upon whom the
quacks feed and fatten
Da5- Thirty six yards Of silk Ia full
dress patron for lady--so that crinolinc
must be increasing In spite Of tho predlc
tions Of lis speedy down fall.
Day- Over four hundred students have
already made engagements for the nexi
session at tho University of Virginia, and
tho number, II Is supposed, will reach 500
BAY A young man named Spencer, II
Broome county, n Y, loved fair damse
to distraction and because her parents no
moved back TO Connecticut he stole horse
and buggy for hepurpose Of following them
bat alas for his mistaken love, no was arrcs
ted and has been sentenced 10 the state,
prison for two years
D4 The Speakership OF the next Hous,
of Representatives appears, by general cor
sent, TO be awarded 10 Hon. James l.. Orr
Of South Carolina, who Is now In this city
on his return from protracted tour through
the North Western territories.
bsy- Mrs Helen NJ Dodge has commenced
a civil suit against dry goods merchant
doing business on Broadway, Albany, fol
kissing her against her will Tho damage,
are nj 5000
fE5- II Is difficult 10 conceive anything
more beautiful than the reply Of one aiilct
cd, TO another asking the secret Of his resig
nation, 'It lightcns tho stroke" said ne
ITO draw near 10 Him who handles the rod
BfD- Governor Wright will carry with
him 10 Berlin large number United States
Patent Office reports for distribution II
Europe. lie proposes opening an extensive
correspondence with foreign agriculture
societies, with view TO the improvement
of our planting interest.
Bs1- Balls, hoops, marbles, ect, have gone
out of style among the boys, and "stilts
have usurpcd their place. A few broker
limbs will probably have the effect of dri
wing them out of USE The boys who TAXI
fancy TO "stilts' are taking n dangcroul
rise in tho world,
Ba,- An Irish woman called at the gro
GERS the ether day, and asked for u quar-
Of vinegar II was measured out and she
put II in u gallon jug. She then asked fol
another quart TO be put In the same vessel
"And why not ask for half gallon, and
have done with itY impatiently asked the
grocer "Ochl bless your soul, isn't Il fol
two that want IL p
TmE DEGREES OF CRlNR--The six dc
grees OF crime are thus defined;
He who steals million Is only imam
cier Who steals half million is only
swindler Who steals u hundred Thousand
is rogue Who steals fifty thousand Is
knaye But he who steals pair Of boot
or loaf Of bread is scoundrel Of th'
; deepest dye, and deserves to be lynched.
p6y- Vermont is a peculiar State. On
OF its papers says there is but one city il
the State, not soldier, no police, and no
murder has been committed within tn
last ten years "wehayo no museums, no
crystal palaces but we have homes, genuine
homes, that are the center Of the world b
inmates, for which the father works, votes
and talks-whcre the mother controls, edu
Gates, labors and loyes-where she rear
men, scholars and patriots"