Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-04-29
-35, 100000 pounds of coffee are an
nuallv used in England.

for forth of July celebration.
WHY ought housemaid to have
more lives than cat Because every
morning she returns to dust.
Many people have Just enough consci.
encc to keep them tolerably miserable all
their lives.
-Ifhusband and wife are fast, there is
danger in their case, as in that of q fast
team, that the coupling will break.
1t is funny to here how the whole
household and its visitors talk ia the baby.
a king in former times kept one fool !;
every baby has dozen.
/ The Prince of Wales aspires to be-
come an arhiter of fashions. He proposes
to do away with the modern style OF
swallow tailed dress coat substituting {"
velvet garment in its place.
USIurcHING. At the recent opening
of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk,
Mass, one hundred and fifty libcls for
divorce were on the docket. Several are
set down for trial by jury, others for hear
ing by Court.
A Scotch traveller in Africa drank
bottle of brandy and then laid down in
the Jungle to sleep off the effects. A swa nm
of driycrs-a kind of ant-fell in with him
and twenty four hours left nothing but
clean picked skeleton and a few boot nails
They devoured even his boots and cloth
ing.
The business of the st. Andrews
Railway is steadily increasing. Mr.. Os-
burn reports that for four weeks ending
March 90, 1861, the receipts for passcng-
ers and freight was Sl725 o. for the cor
responding period in 1863 the receipts
were S3Ol1 60, showing an increase Of
Sl7I3 81.
CouGHs. BRONCHITIS. The entire free
dom from all deleterious ingredients render
"Bro,cn's Bronchial Troches." or Cough
and Voice Lozengcs, safe remedy for the
most delicate female, or Youngest child,
and has caused them to be held in the
highest esteem by Clergymen. Singers and
Public Speakers generally.
In lowering the soil around Notrc
Dame. at Paris. remains Of Roman houscs
were found. and the outline Of the foundN-
tons of an old church which centuries ago
stood there, dedicated at ST. Christopher,
as well as the plan of another church near
by. dedicated at St. stephen. Several
marble columns, with fine Corinthian capt.
tails, have also been unearthed.
THE cditer of the La Crosse Wis.,
Democrat SAYS that he recently saw two
little girls sitting in a secluded spot, near
the roadside, OH their way from Sabbath
School. The Juveniles were playing
game Of - seven up" to determine " beth
er or not they should attend the evening
church service. The lambs /.
--Speaking Of the Winthrop House
fire the Boston Trdr>iier says The safe
of the Grand Lodge fell from the top to
the bottom Of the building and was sub
jectcd to an intense heat. but we under
stand that its contents were not damaged
in the least. 1t is stated that since the
fire piano has been taken from one Of tho
front rooms uniniurcd. A number Of Jew
els belonging to different Masonic societies
have been found, and probably many more
will be discovered when the ruins are
thoroughly overhaued."
In 1850 Illinois raised one hundred
and fifteen million bushcl. Of corn. II this
were placed IN cars. three hundred bush
els in u car il WoHid make Il train Of two
thousand three hundred and ninety five
miles loug-and allowing twenty ye cars
TO a loromotiyc, it would take fourteen
thousand, three hundred and seventy
locomotives to draw it. The New York
Pcs gives these facts but neglcc,s to state
how many families it weuId take to cat the
corn.
SoLip SMoKE.-A working man writing
to an exchange says "Snce | gave up
smoking have put into a box the amount
that formerly spent every week in tobac-
CO. At the end Of the year, on opening
the box, | have eonnted cat a SUN Of mon
ey sufficient to provide myself NTH priodi-
Gals and newspapers for the year. which
sum call solid smoke ~ A friend one
day called and asked me, Have you found
the philosophers stone J" No" l re-
piled; Il don't turn the smoke into gold,
but | prevent the gid from turning int
BUTTER. OR Run AND TonAcCo--We
know Of several Young men who have
banlshcd butter from their houses, telling
their wives and children they must So
without, because It is fifty per cent higher
than it was last year. Now rum and
tobacco are four hundred per cent higher
tiaH tHtN were. Dut We UOn I know 6f ono
man who ahstains from their use on that
account. There is nothing worse in .
family than quarrel on domestic affairs,
but we suggest to the f.males that they
allow of no re,renchment in the necessaries
of life so long as the lords Of the house
hold have money enough for tsbaceo and
rum at their present price.-Nepbwyporf
Herald.
-Whilc' congratulating those who
have the good fortune to be born beautiful,
We on on the other hand, pity the house.
hold who ha. not had the good fortune to
Obtain paper Of lIerrick Aliens Gold
Medal Sa!eratns. Go Immediately to your
Hrocer and get paper, and, our word for
H. you VIII never use any other. 1t has
been analysed by one Of the most distinr.
uished chemists in the country, and pro-
nouneed perfectly harmless, and to pro-
duce one eighth more Bread or Biscuit
from tie same barrel If -four than can be
procured with any other besides it only
takes about one-half the quantity. De.
pot liz Liberty Street.
-FIRr, A Obstructive fire occurred a.
Midtown, \. b. at O'Clock this morning.
I've or SIX buildings We're DESTROYED, among
mem Pnngton & Sroutss sash and blind
factory with all their implements, re
w hithey Il McDonald's machine sbon.