Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-05-27

y EAENER at bridgeport, COnnectlcut, Is
about to set a mile and.a-half of living fence
Of white willow. He claims that it will
within two years, keep out swine, sheep,
and poultry.
WM. WARMER, q tavern keeper at Clark's
Ferry, died on Saturday Of toothachc.
lie came to Harrisburg on Friday to have
very painful tooth extracted but the gums
being much swollen, he was informed by
the dentist that it was impossible to extract
! it while in that condition. lie returned
home, and suffered very severely Friday night
the pain increasing until it crazcd his brain.
! Death relieved him Of lis sulleringa Satur-
, day morning at O'Clock.
| Toss and tons Of horse chestnuts go to
waste in this country every year, and yet on
the Rhine horse chestnuts are used for fat
| tening cattle and for feeding mich cows
and 100 pounds Of dricd nuts are estimated
to he equal in nutritye value to 1j0 pounds
/ Of average hay. Another authority makes
them equal, weight tor weight, with oat
/ meal.
TnE prospect for large yield Of every de-
scription of fruit is much better than usual
. in Somerset county, n j., this spring.
| Peaches, Notwithstanding the immense crop
/ last year, promise we'll. The cherry and
/ pear trees give evidence Of an average yield.
/ The small fruits are unusually promising.
! TuHRE can be no doubt. says the New
/ York Heycd, that an immigration will set
/ in, now that the war is over, and the country
Is ready to resume its old habits of commerce
and manufacture. Already we observe by
the Irish papers that the peusantry of that
country are preparing for great spring
exodus.
THE French are in the habit Of asserting
.hcir infantry to be unsurpassed. But as
morksmen c0nftsscdly, no troops are worse
One Of the Paris journals states that, ct
Solfctino, il tool. not less than fifteen mil
lions of cartridges to "knock over" ten thou
sand Auatrians.
THE Toronto Ledger is mourning for
Booth. the assassin. 1t says 'thc shooting
of Booth was a cold-booded MURDER" and
adds that he died like rne who loved his
country dearlyn The Canadians seem to be
in need of little discipline
THE Apostlc,' said the Elder, twas
moved by many kinds Of doctrine" "Yes," "
replied Mrs. Fartingtou, looking over her
spcctaclrs at the Elder there's where he
was wrong, What cid he want to try SO
many kinds of doctrine for when Pinkerton's 5
WahoO and Calisaya Btters would have
kept him perfectly regular The Elder con
iessed the thing had never struck him in
that light before, and the old lady was go
ing on to cIucldate further, when her attch-
ton was attracted 10y Ike, WHO was trying
to pour some Bitters down tho cats throat
with tunnel.
1t Is said that the council for the prison.
ers in the assassination trail are to be paid
if at all, by money raised in Baltimore for
: the purpose.
Isaac \. Arnold, member of Congress fioul
Illinois, is said to be preparing an account
of President Lincons life and administra
. tion.
, NATroNAt MONUMENT TO Mr. LTNCoLN.-
While it is very proper that a monument
, should be erected over the remains of Mr.
+ Lincoln in Illinois, we trust that the nation
, will erect one, n noble one, in Washington
! the scene of four years of his great labors
5 An donations fer the purpose of erecting tC
; Mr.. Lincoln creditabe monument, should
: tend in this direction,
FORTUNATE COMBINATION.--Me are op
posed to proprietary medicines, and it il
G with some compuuction that we see adycr
: tisements of them il our columns. Still w
} must confess that Browns Troches are con
= venient and useful, in certain conditions o
c the throat and larynx, before speaking
A n. y. Christian tdeocate.
: An APPLE PUDpNG.-Mak pie crus
5 (but not short, or it will break,) roll it out
not too thin pat some apples either gree,
;, or dried, and turn over like turnover pic
!, wrap cloth around it and put in boiling
\ water; let it boil an hour and half; re
I move the cloth, and serve hot. To be eater
with sugar and cream, or molasses.- Ger
c Tel.
! I They have a Chinese theatre in San Fran
= |, cisco at which they have been playing {
!. piece called Ii-Fun--Ming,n for week
:. and had not got to the end Of it the last &C
# counts
y Produce OF AN AoRE.-The following
!, product in single acre of ground, tn
t. truth of which is vouched for, will give a
idea of the capacity of land in the hands G
d one who understands how TO bring it forth
Il The acre here referred to, is situate on Lon
& Island, where the soil is by no means ms
tnrally sfhuent.