Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-12-08

Where in Roglsnd do they get The most
mnki From Cowes
A goose seventy eight years old siill patches
in Salem
"A woman Ia Monteres. Mas. haa produced
during her married life twenty twins
Punch says vulgar error ia that more at
,ention can be paid 20 r ser mon with the eyes
shut
A Roman Catholic Bishop in Canada he's
inserdcsed the wesring Of jewelry bv the gentler
sex.
AT the great donkeY show IL London the
prizes, consisting Of nineteen cups. we're al Ia
ken by one man. Not that be vas the gfestest
donkey, but he stole them
-whs, We want in natural ability mar ceaer-
ally be made up in industry: as L. art nav keep
pace with giant Is he will but move his legs q
little faster.
Secretary stanton has coDtrived a plan BY
which the drafted victim will be unable to escape,
and tha, when his name ia drawn like Captain
Sco;t'- coon. = he nigh; as we'll come down"
"A London paper saws the Mormon delusion
is steathily making inrosds in the great towns
of England. and dnusing itself through the az
ricultursl districts. wherever ignorance and ere
duity arc TO be found
An old lady. who imagined that the sea must
be very dirty because so many people bsthed in
il. was consoled upon being informed that il WAS
washed and dried upon the beach every morning
The silk dresses OF the Southern ladies.
new at the beginning of the rebellion. have now
been 40 often turned and returned. and altered
and mysterously manipulated, a. 70 make il i'm
possible to repair them again
-~The Providence Journal notices in detail the
Improvement in manufacturing property in that
State. within the past year. the whole amount
ing TO about $4,000. 600
--Gov. Vance, OF North Carolina. declares
boldly against separate State action in the inter
est of peace, and Gov. Watts. of Alabama, il no
less decided ia opposition 20 State agencies or
conventions. as "a means of negotiating peace.
The Californian saws, very ungallantly:
" Miss Hsrdinge lectured on The Coming Man
at Platt's Hall. to a large audience. Mrs Hsr
dinge speaks with the fervor that usually dis
tngushes ladies on that subject"
Two hundred and ffty-seven acres Of land
in certain portion of West Virginia were worth
two years ago two hundred and fifty seven dol
lars. Two weeks ago a million and quarter of
dollars paid for the same land Struck
oil -
George ID Prentices object in visiting Rich
mond Is said TO he 10 intercede with JEFF DAVIS
for the pardon of his son. who is IN Hoods army
under sentence of death for murder. Young
! Prentice alleges that he acted in self defence
and was shot at twice before he defended himself
by killing his sssailsnt.
An itinersnt phrenologist stopped at rustic
farm house. the proprietor of which was busily
engaged in threshing. "Sir, | a phrenolo-
| gst. Would you like me TO examine the heads
! of your chdrenf will DO il cheap" wall
said the farmer. pausing between the stroke, Il
rather guess they don't need is The old woman
combs them with fine tooth comb
week"
Major General Patrick r. Cle5urne, killed
| in the battle OF Franklin. Tennessee. wac born in
Queenstown. Ireland in 1928. and was conse-
quently nearly 81 years of age at the time OF his
death. In 1850 he came 20 this country and set
/ tied in Arkspsas where he studied law which
| profession he practiced AT The time the broke
out He enlisted in the rebel army as a piivsi,
soldier
Pick over and wash pint Of wheat. boil il
four hours. put in salt the came for rice: refi
with boiling water, if more is needed stir otter
the last halt hour being careful no. to let IL burn
cook it dry. Sometimes it looks stsrchy wher
frs, disbed, but that soon disappears. Serve ho
| or cold, with sweetened sweet cream This is az
excellent dessert, and very fine for invalids
The Boston Traveller publishes a list of one
hundred and three persons in that city whose an.
nual incomes are over SOS 900, as returned under
the special income tax Ten tax payers in the
4th district are assessed upon incomes OF more
than 500 900 each. after the deductions allowed
| by law made. One gentleman, Mr.. Ma
thaniel Thayer, has the comfortable income OF
$500. $50 There are about thirty persons in the
same district who Ia led incomes of So. :
600 and under 500 900
A Washington dispatch says that the Agri-
cultural Department has just received q letter
| from parties in New York. who propose, if the
! government will give them some protection and
encouragement, to produce sugar from the sugar
beet, and which shall be equal in quality South
ern production, and not more expensive. They
propose TO purchase large tract of land In
Southern Illinois. and to secure experienced AZ
ricultursts from Belgium, where this expert
ment has been successfully tried. and to invest
$4,000 in it,