The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1858-12-09
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BAD FOR THE TEETH-At a recent eonven-
ton of dentists in Boston, it was stated that a
great cause of defective teeth was the use of
salaratus and cream of tartar in the manufacture
of bread One dentist had soaked sound teeth
in solution of saleratus, and they were de-
stroyed in fourteen days.
THOU canst not joke an enemy into friend,
but thou mayest friend into an enemy
AN Irishman was about to marry Southern
girl for her property. "Will you take this
woman to be your welded wife +" said the min
lister. eyes, your reverence, and the magers,
too," said Pat.
A LARGE NEsr.-In Philadelphia there is
a widow lady who has twenty-five children, all
living at home and none married.
AN emigrant to Oregon, writing home to one
of his friends says: eve are getting ON finely
here, and have already laid the foundation of
larger jail"
LOVE OF FLOWERS. = If you find that your
child loves flowers, cultivate that love encour-
age it. It will be found refining and elevating,
and the child will grow thoughtful, docile and
beautiful, under such influence Let him Cor
herr learn the history or character of one flower,
before another is added to the list.
IT is a Chinese maxim, that for every man
who does not work. and for every woman that
is idle, somebody must suffer cold or hunger.
MCMAHON who is condemned to be hung at
Newark, on the 18th of January, has been sup
piled with a Catholic Bible, prayer book, &C.,
and is engaged in preparing for the final end of
his earthly career.
REV j. S. Joraemon and his wife, mission
aries to China, from Newark, in this State, re-
turned on Wednesday, having reached New
York after tedious passage of nearly six
months.
SENATOR Douglas during the electioneering
campaign addressed his constituents in 81 coun-
ties, met Mr. Lincoln in debate once in each
congressional district; made So set speeches of
from two to three hours in length 81 speeches
of from twenty minutes to forty live minutes in
length. Of these 100 speeches all but two were
made in the open air and seven were made or
continued during heavy rains. He travelled by
land 1921 miles, by boat the entire western
side of the State, and all the navigable portion
Of the Illinois River,
IT is always safe to learn, even from our enc
miles, seldom safe to venture to instruct even
our friends.
HIGH and low church difficulties among the
Episcopalians are well hit off by the following
anecdote " One of the argumentative hair
spltters lately called on the clergymen of the
floating Episcopal Church in New York, and
asked him seriously whether his Church was
to be considered High or Low Church. The
answer received from his reverence was, 1t de-
ponds entirely upon the tide ,"
AN Alabama paper says that some Of the
sugar-planterS of Louisiana are turning their
attention to that part of Florida from which the
Indians have lately been removed 1t is now
thought that in a few years not only will sugar
become one of its principal productions, but
that COTE will be successfully cultivated.
JAMES B. CLAY has sold Ashland, his fathers
homestead, for 200, 900 acres of Texas land.
A Texas paper says that an epidemic pre-
that great quantities of every kind have been
thrown ashore on the beach
UPWARD of ten millions of dollars have been
lost at sea by steamers since 1910, besides nearly
three thousand lives.
POTATOES PLENTY IN THE WEST During
the last two weeks 10000 barrels equal to
$4,000 bushels, of potatoes were received at
Cincinnati. The entire receipts during the year
ending September, 1885, comprised only II, 900
bushels
NATIONAL DEBTs.-The debt of Russia is
said to amount to $685., 800, 0O0 that of France,
1,248, 900, while that of England is $780,.
900, OOO
A DUEL was fought in Mississippi last month
by S. Mott and A. W. Shot. The result was
Knott was shot and Shot was not. Under
those circumstances we should rather have been
Shot than Knott.
DANGEROUS SpEED.-The express train from
Buffalo, N Y, ran to Rochester, a distance OF
seventy miles, in one hour and twenty-five and
one half minutes, including three stops on the
way, on Friday morning last. This was at the
rate Of one minute and thirteen seconds per
mile MIL ou dodI for stnnnnneS