The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-12-08
PEN AND SCISSORS.

NS- The people of Louisiana have contrib
uted $4,000 to the Mt. Vernon Fund.
N8- Louis Napoleon completed the seventh
year Of bis reign on Sunday last. Cd
GS-Tbe shock of an earthquake was dis.
tinctly felt at Rockingham, N. c., on the oath
ult.
GDr The Grand Jury Of Lancaster, Penn,
has presented horae-racing for money, as o
nuisance. NYrYr,sa ~ ..7..., .,
Er Mrs. Lydia Maria Child Is said to
life of John Brown.
l0- The most economical time TO buy
cider Is when 1t Is not very clear; for then It
will settle for itself. ....
1e1-seaborn Williams Of Tuskagse, Ala,
was thrown from bis buggy on Sunday last
and killed. .-,..- '.-'.....
&B-"I don't think, Miss, that your inland
manners would suit me-" "Probably not, SIR
foryour's are very outlandlsh.'"
G8 Theodore Bennett, brskesmau on the
Virginia and Tennessee Railroad was acci-
dentally killed last week. ss f
Gs- In France, love Is a comedy; in Eng
land tragedy In Italy an opera in Ger
many melodrsma, and, we may add, in
America farce. ...,
&1- A vile slanderer asserts that paper
makers are the greatest magcians of the age,
inasmuch as they transfer beggar'r rags into
sheets for editors to lie on. Z. +. .s1.aH.I ,
Rss- Four things never agree-two cats
over one mouse, two wives In one house, two
girls after one lover, and two rival editors
about each others articles.
9-Thsre arc large droves OF hogs in the
North Carolina mountains. A drove Of i've
hundred were offered at Yanceyvjlle, North
Carolina, OF So so, but did not sell.
&S- II may seem paradox, but II ia never.
theless truth, that, hit man upon whatover
part Of tho body you will, tho blow is sure to
60 against his stomach.
:r@-A prominent advocate Of the revival
Of tho slave trade talks about "grsat ory and
little wool" We suppose be slludes to negro
babies, tFi.kI,. s...t .os.
@B Bob Forbes, notorious rowdy, wss
shot and fatally wounded the other day ia
Now Orleans by John Henry, cab driver,
whom no had been pursuing for week.
SS- The ladies OF the French Court are In
open rebellion against the Empress Eugenie.
It is said they do not at all like the "detbrone-
mont Of CrinOline" or short delaine dresses.
SB- The new Christ Church Cathedral In
Montreal, built to replace the Cathedral of the
same name destroyed by Are nearly three years
ago, was opened for public worship Sunday
before last,
&a- By the will Of the late Lewis Y. Christ.
mas, Of Warren lCounty, N. G., ten favorite
slaves have been liberated, and . sun Of $1O,-
600 left to be divided among them whom they
leave tho State.
@$-A person having occasion to notify A
doctor to visit his wife, said to him ss ho was
stepping into his chaise: "Now doctor, you II
drive to kill, won't you?" "Yes, certainly" !"
replied the doctor.
&B- Many persons when they fnd themse
In danger Of shipwreok in the voyage of life,
throw their darling vices overheard, as other
mariners their treasures, only to nsh them up
again when tho storm I, over.
y- A very clever conundrum was that
which took prize at Philadelphia some
years since: In what manner did Captain
May cheat the Mexicans? he charged them
with Q troop OF horses which they never got.
nS- A sensible writer advises those who
would eDjoy good eating to keep good-natured;
for, says he, Gan angry man capt tell whether
he is eating boiled cabbage or stewed umbrel-
las. .
&B- The proceeds OF tho Schiller centenary
celebration in New York city amounted to
81, ,l62 rs. The expenses were $8,Ol7 81,
leaving surplus Of 81, l,145 ~ In the hands Of
the Society. .s .... ....... .,..... .
b8-A man named Josiah Hemenway, Of
Shrewsbury, Mass., was instantly killed,
while walking on the track Of tho Boston and
Wersestcr Railroad recently. The engine
passed over him, and completely severed his
body. s7. .r... .a,... ... .,....'
anS- Among the passengers Of the ship TonG.
paada, which arrived at the port Of Philadel-
phia recently, from Liverpool, was Mrs. Anna
Mex jenna, native Of Ireland, aged % years,
with good teeth, sight and hearing.
@s-The Boston Pos; says that disap-
pointed candidate for office, speaking Of men
who would sell their votes, remarked: "They
are as base as Esop Of old, who sold his birth
right for mess Of potash!' " 'aA w #
ms-At the recent State Fait at Atlanta,
Georgia, there was on exhibition printing
press invented by Mr.. Reynolds, OF Augusta,
which 10 described as "equal II not superior to
Hoes best" It is the hrst printing press ever
invented or,built in the South. Z r.
aS- Rufus Dawes, Erq., the well-known
poet, died in Washington, D. G., last week, In
the fifty sixth year Of his age. Tho deceased,
son of the late Judge Thomas Dawes, OF
Boston, was born in Boston, and was grad
uate Of Harvard College.
aaS-The frst mail from tie West Of Europe,
BY the way.of tho Grand Trunk line through
Canada, reached Portland on Saturday, 26th
November, and was recsived on board the
steamship Hurgdran, which sailed that day
for Liverpool.
ID &arThe sum Of five hundred dollars (ten
/, Afty dollar, bills Of tho Troy Oity Bank were
! received BY that institution lately, from the
Union Bank, which had been paid out about
ten years since, and wore for tho first time
returned to the institution from which they
were issued.
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