Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-11-26
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body; lightning cannot pass through dry
silk handkerchief 20 decidedly anon .conduc-
tor isit. Hence, il worn next the skin, the
air cannot absorb the electricity Of the hu.
man body. Damp air is . conductor Of
electr'city-dry air is 4 non-conluctor !;
hence dry place is the safest retreat.
JoHN e. Fremont has subscribed $500 to
the proposed monument to the late Senator
Brodcrick.
MEMBERS of Congress are arriving at
Washington daily. Some 20 are already
there.
SOME Of tho Iowa papers find fault with
the Governors proclamation for Thanks.
giving, because in 1t is the assertion that the
State has been blessed with plentiful harvest
this year, whereas, they say, every one knows
that there was but hoy crop.
THIS trial Of Cook, Coppie, COPELAND, and
Green, the tlarpers Ferry insurgents, closed
Ut Charlestown, Va, on the 10Th. The jury
rendered verdict Of guilty Of murder and
insurrection. They were sentenced to be
executed on Friday the 18th of December.
Tbs terms Of the contemplated pugilis.
tic encounter between Heeaan, the "Bcnica
Boy, "snd Sayers, the champion of Englend,
have At length been arranged, and the fight
is to take place in England in juno next
for $1,000 side.
A couple Of kentuckians lately visited
Boston, and sat down to dine at the REVERE
House. Goldfish balls were scvred At the
table, and one ofthe Kentuckians taken them
for ''corndodgors,', proceeded t. break ore in
two. Getting the scent OF it, he turned to
his partner, remarking in the most solemn
manner, Something dead in that Tom!''
The character Of the political oreaniza.
lions IN the city Of Baltimore could be sur.
missed from the following names Of some Of
the Clubs without the necessity ofsuch u prac
tical exhibition Of their nature, as was given
in the late election. Here they are: The
Blood Tubs, Red Necks, Spartans, Regula
tors, Black Snakes, Tigers, Enbolts, Gladi
ators, Rip Raps, Little Fellows, Plug UgIies
and Awl Assassins. A Bright galaxy.
ONE evening last week very large owl lit
upon the engine Of one Of the Hudson River
Railroad trains, and was caught BY the fire.
man. The engineer, recognizing it IS bird
W wa WIN So S"sA ~ (IulC SVIuctIl1S
was about to hapen with him. True enough
that night he lost his pocket book, contain
ing thirty dollars So far so good, or rather
,'sc fur 50 bad. Tho next morning, the fire.
man who caught it gave it to the fireman Of
~ engine Putnam, and it was duly install
lsd in conspicuous place. That same night
the engineer Of the Putnam lost his pocket
book. We are not posted as to what was
dei'e with his owlship, after this second evil
dence Of the bad results Of its company.
A Freight Train on the New York Cen.
trail Railroad, the other day loaded with
Hour, ran off the track at Albany, Just where
a large number Of poor people reside, and,
a. the barrels we're al smashed, it gave an
opportunity for many to lay in = winters
supply Of flour, although not possessed Of q
pound an hour before the accident occurred
WAsH1seroS, Nov. 10. The W.r Depart.
ment has received a dispatch from Twiygs.
dated San An ohio 18th inst, that an express
had just arrived from Rio Grandc city sta.
ting that Cortinas had Brownsville in ashes.
killing some 100 citizens, and that Cortinas
with 8.0oO men was marching towards the
Neuces river. Full crcdence is not givin the
report.
All mail communication west of the
Neuces are said to be cut off:
Corpus Christi is however, not threaten.
cd.
A cslony Of "free lovers" twenty men
and women, have emigrsted from San Fran
CISCO to San Salvatore, in Central America
where they have purchased $1,000 acres oil
land, at shilling IN acre. A Mr.. Femel.
ling, one ofthe company, put all his means,
$4,000, into the common stock. Califor,aI
would seem to be free enoug for such folks,
but they thought they would lie more at
home under tropical sun.
Mosr animals can be cowed by steadily
looking them in the eye. II attacked by =
dog, bear, or any beast Of prey, seize him by
the roots of tho tongue; if an alligator, gouee
out his eyes. A mad bull may be held by
one horn aud grasping with the thumb and
finger the middle gristle Of his nostril. Be
shure and hold fast.
AMONG tho letter. advertised as remaining
in tho Milwaukee Post Office, is one with
the following address; ITO Pat OBrien, Of
Serar--Crada Mill.-vocky-Wsst-C ensin
State Of llon-1 lie America"
; THERE are two distincss sorts Of what VIC
call bashfnlness ; this, the awkerdness Of o.
BOBBY. which few steps into the world
will convert into the pertness Of . coxoombe
that, . consciousness, which the most deli
cate feeling produce, and the most Offensive
knowledge cannot always remove.
LOVE, that has nothing but beauty to keep
il in good health, il short-lived, and apt to
have sgue fits. l
SOCRATES called beauty short lived ty-
ranny Plato, privilege Of nature .Theo-
phratus, = silent cheat Theocritus, . de-
iigbtful prejudice Carneades, solitary
kingdom Domitian said, that nothing was
more grateful Aristotle affirmed, tina,
beauty was better than al the letters Of rec
ommcndation in the world; Homer. that
twas . glorious gift Of nature; and Ovid, al.
luding 70 him, calls it frvor bestowed by
the gods. 51
Bosrox, Nov. II. George T. Barnhum,
late liquor agent, was arraigned this morning
before the Supreme Court on the charge Of
advocating the sale Of liquor. He pleaded
not guilty and was held ~ bail S., COO for
trial. st . r..
A Scotch parson prayiny attera aowery