Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-06-12
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LARGE FIELD OF PINEArPLEs.-l Ii Liberia,
q few miles northward from Monroyia, TO.
wards Cape Mount is q tract Of land about
n mile from the beach, OF more than ten miles
in extent, entirely covered with piueapples.
The fruit buds out in April and May, and
ripens in August and September. 1t is Of
delicious favor. The apples are taken to
MonIovia in considerable quantities, as low
as TWO for cent. ltseems n pity that some
means is not known to keep them FROM decay
during a voyage TO this country. Could they
not be put up there in jars and preserved.
DR.. Luquebeel, in his sketches of the geo.
praphy, climate and productions Of Liberia,
saws pinoappIes grow wild 10 the woods; and
he has seen thousands Of them in bali an
honrs walk.
Mr.. Bowen IA missonary) was in Liberia
and in mis- book Central Africa, 1857 says
the pineopples Aourishes very well in the
woods Of Liberia, and is superior to any we
procure in this country.-Jouraal OF Com
msrce.
Coal BUeNING LocoaoTGrEs.--E Eight coal
Burning locomotives are now in use on the
Hudson River Railrod, six between this city
and Poughkeepsie, aad TWO between Pough-
keepsie aud Albany. 1t appears that the
cost Of fuel for motive power, where coal is
used, is very little more than one-fourth what
it is when using wood. To make round trip
from New York TO Poughkeepsie aud back,
l44 miles, with freight train. averaging y
cars. it requires G. cords of the best Virginia
pine wood which cut and put on the tender
costs ST 06 per cord, or so 10 for trip /;
while it requires 1913 pounds of coal at }
cent per pound, or $40 4S to perform the
same work. And the Express passenger
train makes the round trip, from this city to
Poughkeepsie and back with 3 Col pounds Of
coal, being an expense only of 50 Oh for fuel.
A "VIcrIM" OF SPIEIru ALIsM.-A young
lady residing in Lowell, who it appears has
had the misfortune to be made half mad by
spiritualism, was moved by the spirits the
other day, to visit Boston and to sojourn at
the Quincy House. After remaining there
three or four days she was instigated by her
friends the ghosts, to remove to the Fountain
House, and there she remained until the
keepers of that place began TO doubt her san-
ity. Her friends in Lowell we're notified of
Ler condition and whereabouts, and she was
taken home 1t may be noteworthy that the
spirits were so ungaliant MS to fall TO provide
the young lady with tho funds necessary to
support hotel l.fe.-BOs{oi. Post, 2oth.
THE ADVANTAGES 4 or STEAM--In Schuylkill
county, Pennsylvania, there are 420 steam en-
f;nls employed in raising coal, draining mines
Ear featuring, and other purposes the pow
eG Of which is equal 70 the exertion OF 1000
ALE bodied men calculation seven men per
horse power. When the prepared coal OF
this county was broken by hand, it then ro-
quired three men for every ten tons Of coal
broken aud cleaned, exclusive CT the mining
and raising, now an eighty horse engine will
break, clean aud ship from 800 to 1000 tons
OF coal per day. a single first class locomo-
tive will do as much work in twelve hours on
good railroad Rs 24U0 stout horses and 1000
teamsters on 40 ordinary turn-pike-road.
TIE Misunderstanding Of prevailing
Nor.h East wind, the Wilmington Journal
says;
OF editorial, or il our editorials lack that bril-.
lisncy and proFoundityN9 so generally char
atterstic OF our remarkable effusious l) we
trust that cur readers will charge il all to the
weather; aud there is this about il The
weather don't care how much you charge it,
nor who is Sheriff.
We don't see why the Journal should hint
about the Sheriff, for certainly the weather
never showed more direct disposition TO
Nqudate
REPoRIERs AND Bowie KNIvEs-Tho Uni.
ted States Senate was little start led, the
other day, ont of its dulpess aud dignity, by
al accident. a reporter very reless' y
threw his overcoaL over the rear railing which
shuts of the Reporters from the Senate be-
low. 1t CHANGED that in the pocket OF the
said oyereoat there was a stout bowie knife,
which was, by the impetus given to the coat,
thrown IN some violence below, striking the
blade iuto Senator HammOnd's seat, which
was at that moment unCecppi d. For a
roment the Senators were startled out ol
their Irofr.ety, aud the S,rgeant-at Arms
went up 10 the gallery, and arrested the pro-
pretor OF the coat, but when explanations
were made he was released.
What was the difference between Noah's
Ark and Joan Of Arc? One was made Of
vood-tho other was maid Of Orleans.