East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1865-11-15
ALL SORTS.

TO learn that Mr.. Shears, the inventor
ond patentee Of "Shears' Patent Life
Boat" has been very successful in dis
posing of his patent. The matter was
placed In the hands of a competent
and faithful gentlman, who has just
completed the organization of COM
pany for the manufacture Of the beats
and introducing them TO the public.
Mr.. Shears receives for his interest al
ready sold to the company, (which
does not include the right of selling
10 the government,) the sum of $780,
900 in cash beside a large salary as
ovcrsoer of the construction of the
boats for the company. z
ESfING GRAssHoppERs Two Cali
fornia gentlemen recently took trip
far enough among the foothills to find
Indians industriously employed in
reaping rich harvest of Grasshop-
pers. The male, aborigines drove the
insects into large holes, or pits pre-
pared to receive them, while the fe-
males guarded the holes and pouded
the grasshopper down. They contin-
ued until they had gathered about
two bushels, and then they went to
work and cooked them, This done,
one of tho gentlemen joined the in
dams in the feast, and AYERS upon his
honor that they were quite Gas good
as parched corn, and much better
than plate of schrimps he ate lately
at a fashionable saloon on Montgom-
cry street." = b e's.~ 2
JAPANESE FAMILIEs.-Every house in
Japan seemed to be overrun with chill
dren, in some of which / counted ten
or dozen, and all of about the same SiEei
The birds in a nest, the chickens in a
coop, the frogs in pond, are not more
compact and crowded than these hui
man bee hives seem to be, and / may
add, or more happy. The average
number of the inmate of each house
is estimated at between thirty and
forty! They eat but little meat except
fish, which abound in their waters,
both in the bays and in the sea, and
are easily procured, as well as fine.
A gentleman told me that he believed
from his most careful observation, not
one an fifty of the people ever eat any
other animal food Mason.
The remains of Capt. Erwin Bel
cher, late Quartermaster of the 10th
Infantry, ARRIVED at Flint on the 2nd,
and were inferred at Elmwood Gene
terry, at that place, on the 3rd. Capt.
Belcher enlisted as private at the
beginning of the war, and by his mer-
it and soldierly qualifications had ris-
en- to the rank of Quartermaster. He
was the son of the brave Maj. Bel
cher, who lost his life in the service
while on duty in the field. The de-
ceased was universally beloved.
CAR BRAKES OPERATED BY Electric
ITr.-The French papers give an &C
count of lew brake tried at the Eas-
tern Railway by the Minister of pub
lie works, which is operated by cleo
tricity. These brakes are so construct
ed that they can be instantly applied
to all the wheels of train, by touch
a small lever, which has the effect to
break an electrical circuit, and thereby
release the brakes which are then
forced against the wheels by springs.
If the locomotive breaks from the
train, or any coupling brakes, the cleo
trical wire will also break and the de-
tached car will be stopped. The con-
ductor, engineer, or any other atten-
dant can instantly release the brakes
in case of danger, and stop the cars.
CHILDREN--Hard be his fate who
makes not childhood happy; it is so
easy. 1t does not require wealth, or
position, or fame; only little kind
ness, and the tact which it inspires. :
GiAe child a chance to love, to play,
TO exercise his imagination and his af-
fections, and he will be happy. Give
him the conditions of health simple
food, air. exercise and little variety
in his occupations-and he will be
happy and expand in happiness.
GALsrRous.-A little nine year old
was going to little party the other
evening, and his mother was taking a
last look to see that all was right when
she said: "Don't be rude, Charlie,
don't be boisterous." He stood in the
doorway, and saying "No, I'll be
galstrous," shut the door and ran off
TO his party.
A subscriber writes to Mr.. Greeley,
of the n. Y. Tribune, 81 have taken
your paper fifteen OF twenty years, and
have never disagreed with it till now"
To which Mr.. Greeley replies, eve
are sorry to hear it for, in the course
of so many years, we must have been
many times wrong, and you ought to
have detected some of those errors"
ET An Irish newspaper announc-
es the departure for America of a
young woman, a native of the county
Meath, who is six feet four inches
high, althouh her age is only seven
teen years. She is described as hav-
ing grace and elacticity in her gait
unusual in one of her great altitude,
and her friends believe that she will
grow still taller.
EE Garibaldi lately caused two Of
his horses TO be sold in Genoa, on the
public market place King Victor
Emanuel having learned what was
going to occur, caused the purchase of
the two animals, which brought 3, 000f
and then offered them as present to
the General The latter, however,
positively refused to receive them.
A Frenchman, who had nothing
better to do, put three thousand flies,
into a room, with loaf of sugar
pounded up, and at the end of four
days he found that they had eaten it
all but tablespoonful. lie therefore