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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
OLD SERIES, VOL. %, NO. 10.

A lady in Rhinebeck was recently reading
to her child-a boy of seven years of age-a
story of little fellow whose father was taken
ill and died whereupon the youngster set
himself diligently to work to assist in sup
porting his mother. When she had finished
the story, the following dialogue ensued:
Mother-Now, my little man, if pa was to
die wouldn't you work to help your motbcr9
Boy-(Not relishing the idea of work y
Why ma, what for Amt we got q good
house to live in?
Nother-O, yes, my child but we can't
eat the house you know.
Boy-Well, amt we got -four, and sugar,
and other things, in the store room2
.Nother-Certainly we have, my dear, but
they will not last long, and what then
Boy-Well, ma, amt there enough to last
until you can get another husband
An old bachelor remarks that, though the
scripture says "thc glory Of a woman is in
her hair" it nowhere says that the glory OF
any woman is in any other woman's hair.
Weston having reached his destination, an
amateur pedestrian makes the following offer
in Western paper:
III will walk with any cood-looking girl,
who has fortune in her own right, upon
'J o. - '"oohhSbt hiShl, DOtu pdItltS VI
go as slow as they please, and neither to
hurry back to the starting point. / will
then, on the word, walk into her affections,
and walk off with her fortunes"
TALE OF PURp.
Oh the pup, the beautiful pup.
Drinking his milk from his china cup,
Gamboling around so frisky and free,
First gnawing bone, then biting flea,
Jumping,
Running
After the pony,
Beautiful pup, you'll soon be Bologna.
Oh, the pup, the beautiful pup!
With his tail in the air, and his nose turned
up,
Was thrown ono day into the dogman cart
And almost broke the narrator's heart,
AS it howled,
Crowded,
Scratched with its feet,
Beautiful pup, you are now mincemeat.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2l, 1867.
A Ride I'm the sewer. Of Paris.

But few of the Americans who visit
Paris, know CT the opportunity which may
be afforded them to visit the very extensive
sewerage of Paris, and examine it's system
Receiving cards of invitation, we stationed
ourselves near the tower of st. jacques, at
an iron trap door, anti the party were soon
called upon to descend. Not knowing of
the modus 9perandi of getting into these
dark regions below, we all felt as if were
going to take leap in the dark" but what
was our surprise to find elegantly fited up
carriages or cars, lighted by four large globe
lamps at each corner These cars contained
twelve persons each, and there were five of
them, making sixty persons, which is the
limit of the number invited at one time.
or course our ride was limited to the large
tunnel or main sewer, which was about
twenty feet high and fifteen wide. The cars
run on a six foot gauge track, and are push.
on a down grade by two men to each car.
The water sewerage or drain is below,
and is from six to eight feet deep, so that
small boats can he towed all the way, and
has down grade enough to make quite a
current. We rode by this train of cars
across the Boulevard Sebastopo, to the head
of the Rue RivOli, alongside the palace and
| Tuileries' gardens to the Place Concord, a
distance of more than three miles, where we
disembarked into boats, and sailed under
the whole length Of Rue Royale, coming out
by the side of the Church of the Madeline.
All along this main channel are openings of
trap doors covered with gratings at the head
of each cross street, which are marked by
! the names of the streets on the side of the
tunnel. BY this means complete ventilation
/ is secured. On the top of the tunnel ore
two large iron pipes in which passes through
the fresh water supply for the city-one
from the aqueducts and artesian wells the
other from the water pumped up from the
! river Seine.
| There are also three lines of telegraph
wires incloseG in lead pipes. 1t is well
known that these great sewers are built for
a double purpose, and one is for the under
ground transportation of troops in the time
of an insurrection or war. BY this means
Napoleon can transport, secretly, troops
from one part of the city to the other, sud.
denly appearing upon the ground ut almost
any point The telegraph would also be
servceabe on such occasions. Besides this
navigable sewer which is fitted up especially
for pleasure trips, there are smaller sewers
running under twenty-five of the principal
Streets and the whole length of the sewer.
age OF Paris, large and small, including that
under construction, was informed, is over
three hundred miles in length, and by these
means the drainage of Paris is effected on
II magnificent scale, and far SURPRISES the
subterranean wonders of ancient Rome
Paris Correspondence.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
TERMS OF ADvERTlssNG.

! ed) doing an immense amount OF work
One press, the "Bullock,n is the wonder ut
the age 1t is capable of working off fifty
thousand copies in eight hours, and does IT,,
too, every Gay. When you consider the
exactness with which book work must be
done, to make good IMPRESSION" per
feet Justification" and the delays necessary
to steam power, it will be allowed that its
power is truly wonderful. This prese is diff
ferent in it's feeding from any yet manufac.
tured. 1t is done by one continuous roll OF
paper, cut to suit the size of the form 10y ma
chinery as it passes through the press, and at
the same time is "wet down" Ivy sprinkler
placed over the paper, at n point before i:
reaches the knives.
Washington has been gay thus far in the
season. The play, balls, concerts and
ladies' fairs give the good people plenty of
| opportunities to spend their money. For
so short a period, four weeks, as have been
in this city, have never known 80 many
stars to he in one place rs there is in this
city of magnificent distances" We have
Murdoch, Lady Don. Mrs. Lander, Maggie
Mitchell, Hackett, the celebrated Faistab,
| and mex. week Forrest, the world renowned
| and Phladeipha's favorite, is to trod tho
boards of the National. Of balls, had the
pleasure Uhrough the kindness of my par
ticulr friend of the Treasury Department.
of doing the light fantastic toe" to my full
satisfaction, at a soiree given by the .. rs,
an association of young gentlemen we'll de-
serving of their name, Union Trumps. Some
| who are not of their kind, jcalously call them
Upper Tens.
With respects to all acquaintanccs and
regards for yourself. remain,
Yours, fraternally.
If y. W.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
Brazil anticipates this year the larges

Brazil anticipates this year the largest
harvest of coffee ever gathered.
Nitro. glycerine was discovered in ls47 by
an Italian chemist named Sombrero.
The stock of -four now in New York is es-
timated at half a million Of barrels.
Who is wise He that is teachable Who
is mighty He that couquers himself. Who
is rich lie that is coutented. Who is hon
ored lie that honoreth others.
Love cannot exist in the heart of q wo,
man unless modesty is its companion, nor IN
that of man unless honor is its associate.
There was Fenian ball at Norwich
Conn, recently, at which generals and
colonies appeared in full uniform of the
Il. II. A."
A bellows" fish was caught at New Lon
don, Conn, the other day, six feet long, ant
weighing four hundred and fifty pounds
His mouth was eighteen inches wide, ant
full of sharp teeth.
Large beams of decayed wood, like cedar
with numerous sea shells, have been foun'
forty feet below the surface of the grounC
in Connesville, Ind, while digging to lay
railway track.
There is an old gentleman living in Glare
mont county, ILL.,, VINO beiie'es tnat III
earth is fat, and that the democratic part!
is the only hope of the country.
A farmer in Wisconsin raised seven acre
; of hops this season, and made clear prof
of seven thousand dollars.
The sheriff of one district In South Care
lima has sixteen hundred executions for mol
payment of taxes in his hands.
Japan has shipped 600, 900 pounds mol
tea to New York this year than last, a
coming thither direct except 100000 pouno
by way of San Francisco.
Josh Billings, in his advice to a your
lady a. to how she should receive proposs
, says: "You ought tew take it kind. lool
ing down hill with an expreshun about hs
tickled and half scarf. After the pop is oyt
a if yure luvycr wants tew kiss you doi
/ think would say yes or no, but let the THU
kind Of take its own course"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21

lSuABITASTs OF AN OYsTER.-Observa-
tions with microscope have shown that
the shell of an oyster is Il world occupied by
an innumerable quantity of small animals,
compared to which the oyster is o colossus.
The liquid enclosed between the shells of an
oyster contains multitude of embryos GOV.
cred with transparent scales, which swim
with ease; a hundred and twenty of these
embryos, placed side by side, would moi
make an inch ID breadth. This liquor con
taus also great variety of animacul@, five
hundred times less in size, which give out {
phosphoric light. Yet besides these inhabi
tants of this dwelling, there are also thre,
distinct species of worms.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21

Books IN A FAMILY.-Give US house
furnished with books rather than furniture
Both if you can, but books at any rate. 70
spend several days in friends house aud
hunger for something to read, while you are
treading on costly carpets, and sitting down
on luxurious chairs, and sleeping upon down,
is as if one were bribing your body for the
sake of cheating your mind. Books are the
windows through which the soul looks out.
A house without books is like q room with
out windows. A book is good company it
is full of conversation without loquacity. 1t
talks to you, not through the ear, but ano-
tber way.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21

Immense deposits of valuable phosphates
have been discovered on the plantations
hitherto considered of little value, stretch
ing along the banks of Ashley river, few
miles above Charleston, S. c. The Charles,
ton Ne,os gives the following additional
particulars:
The deposits referred to extend along the
banks of the Ashley river for miles, and con-
sist of decomposcd bones and other animal
matter, solidified until they have attained
the consistency of soft stone. Some samples
have been found to contain from 60 to rs
per cent. of pure phosphates, and there is
every indication that the whole bed is form
ed of manure which is more valuable than
the Peruvian guano, which sells at 800 pei
ton. The deposits cover many square miles
and may produce tens of millions of dollars
Charleston, through her manure beds, may
became larger and more wealthy than New
York or New Orleans. Specimens uf thi'
mari or deposit were taken to Philadelphia
and shown to the presidents and officers o
the large fertilizing works in that city
| They Immediately attracted attention, as oi
| being subjected to close analysis the.
showed very large percentage of phosphat
of lime, and mining and manufacturing
company was at once organized, all tn
stock being taken and paid in.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21

THE ELASTIC EGo.-Take a good and
sound egg, place it in strong vinegar, and
allow it to remain twelve hours ; it will then
become soft and elastic. In this state the
egg can be squeezed into a tolerably wide
mouthed bottle : when in it should be COW
cred with water having some soda in it. In
a few hours this preparation will restore the
egg nearly to its original solidity, after which
the liquid should be poured off. and the
bottle dried. Keep it as a curiosity, to puz
zle your friends for an explanation how the
egg was laid in the bottle.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21

THE CUsToM.-During a severe storm
raft of choice lumber was broken up by
wind and sea, and driven up harbor,
where portion was stranded on the shores
belonging to a citizen who was new to the
location and perhaps unacquainted with the
laws and customs relating to estrays of the
kind. Strsightway he applied his beasts of
burden to the prize, and having hauled it
into his field betook himself to his MONDAY
refreshment Meantime the proprietor of
the lumber appeared with his men, and In
a short time had the material in the form of
raft, which they were propelling through
the water, when the owner of the land APP
peared upon the bank. Surprised at the
turn affairs had taken, he paced the strand
for while, and then raised his voice.
"Mr. P" said he, "what is the Gus
tom here regarding lumber that comes to O
mans shorei"
"Well," said P, applying himself
vigorously to his setting pole, "the custom
appears to be to steal it."
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
Toys and s'ancy Goods!

j y II Y II y = y
No. Jp2 Market Street. Philadelphia, Importer OF
German aud French TOYS AND FANCY AKIi,
Giles ju-t received a very large assortment OF all
kinds Of
Toys, China.Warc Canes. Pipes Harmonious, Mar.
bl.., States Pencils, Masks, Baskets,
and also, II variety Of GAMES, &c, dc.
IY Country Merchants will please examine my
Stock.
October !, 1851. SIN
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21

Heaven rarely grants to the same man the
gift of thinking well, speaking well and
acting well at all times.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
Pensions Increased.

The late Act Of Congress gives additional pay to
the following Pensions, viz
49,, 10 thtse who have lost the sight of both eyes
ar 10th hands total disabled MS to require con-
sari attendance the rum Of S25 % per month.
II To those Nho have lost both feet, or are totally
disabled in the to require constant attend
n.,cc, the sum Of $50 90
"a Tn those who have lost one hand or one foot,
ar alr 50 disabled Ia render them unable to per-
form manual laoor Sli ~ per month, and other
cases in proportion.
The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediate
urucuremcnt OF these claims.
). b. BOYER, Atty at Law.
Supblry June l6. 1896
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
NEW GOODS,
M;ss SHISSLER,

south side of Market Square, sUNBURf' Pa
VJAs just returned from the city with s large,
II handsome and cheapest assortment OF Partisan
styies Of Ladies and Misses Hats and bonnes IN
All Ricbt, Floretta, Sensation, Turban, etc. Also,
Saeoues, breakfast shawls, zephyr,knlt saeques'
sastSsrs yeyets silks, laces, ornaments, Trimming
Furs, Fur Trimmings, Wells, both Lace and a Srena-
dine, Embroidery, cluna Lace and Linnen 0oiiar'
GeptIemen's Goods, such as Hosiery, Handser'
.hiafs Neck ties Brushes and goods for the toilet
Also, a Hne assortment Of Perfumery, and an
mi }or nsst fayors she hopes by further
desire 10 please The public the continuance of their
patronage ,o,-rS, sutsSIFR
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
JACOB SHIPMAN,

FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT.
SUNBURY, PENNA.
REPRESENTS
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co., York Pa,
cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Co,
,ow York Mutual Life Grard Lille of Philh. x Hart
ord Conn General Accidents.
.Sunbury, April & ly,
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DIR. j. s. ANGLE,
AMBROTYPE AND PHOTOGRAPH


Corner Market & Fawn Street, SCNBURY, Pa.
s. BIERLY, PRorREToR,
Photograph Ambrotypcs and Mclanotypes taken in
the best STYLE of the art apl. l. ~
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Jon PRIN TIL N @ /.

We have connected with our establishment we'll
selected JOB OFFICE, which will enable us to
execute, in the neatest style, every variety Of
Printing
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-12-21
MR0DWDWA >~

Mk0D&D-uA~
All kinds of SCHOOL BOOKS,
States, Pens, Ink, Paper, &c.
Miscellaneous Books, good assort-
ment All tho new books received p
as soon us published ard for sale at y
Publishers prices.
BIBLES, Prayer Books and Hymn
Books, in every style of binding. @
Catholic Prayer Books.
FAMILY BIBLES in various styles. =
DICTIONARIES of all sizes. b
Juveniles and Toy Books, large
assortment
Blank books d Blank g
Forms of all kinds.
Foolscap, Legal Cap, Letter and :
Note Papers :.
COPYING BOOKS, Inkstands. =
Pen Racks, Files, Paper, Cutters and Q
Counting House Stationery generally. p
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS cheap .
and dear.
Gold Pens and Holders.
| Pocket Books and Bill Wallets
| Picture Frames.
Stercoscopes and Views, American
| French, &c. co
Drawing Paper, nil sizes, Bristol o
| Board, &c G
! Diaries, Memorandum Books, &c p
Backgammon Boards, Games, Chess ?
men, &c. @
Toys-a large and complete assortment
| Basel Balls and Bats. Fishing Rods y
and Tackle.
| Perfumes, Drohcmian and Partisan :
Marbles, &c.
| Gold Pens pointed. :
Lamps, Shadcs, Globes, Chiinneys 4
| &c
! Wall Paper and Border, all kinds. 2
Window Curtains, Paper Gilt and
| Oiled.
| Music and Musical Instruments.
ty' All kinds Of Books and Stationery not on han
promptly ordered
| All the Daily and Weekly Papers and Magazines
! Agent for the "Amcrican Organ. Also for "L
! Roses Hair Restorative, ,h-Enamel of America, an
National Steam Navigation Company
| SunburY. NAV Is. 1871
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c. w II AUPT
Attorney and Counsellor at LAW
Oaco on south side Of Market street five doors h"st
of the n. Z. Railroad,
UNBURY, PA
Will attend promptly to all professional business
entrusted to his care, the collection ol claims III
northumberland and the adjoining counties
Sunbury, April l3 1857. -.
IL. H. MASSEk.
A srorney Gt Law. StNBURl, "a
n Collections attended to in the counties OF Nor
,humbcrand, Union Snyder, Montour, coluub'H
and Lycoming.
REFERENCES.
Hon John Nj. Reed, Philadelphia.
A q. Cattcll Co,
Hon VIM. A. Porter,
Morton McMichacl EsJS
T. Ketcbam & Co., $50 Pearl Street. New York.
John W. Ashmcad, Attorney at Law, "
Matthews d Cox, Attorneys at Law,
Sunbury, March %, 1862.
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BUSINESS CARDS.

BRUMMR 90 MAgI,
ATTORNEYS and Councillors at LAW.
y,hesnut Street, west of the N G. and p. Il. Rail-
road Depot, in the building lately occupied by
+. Lazarus, Esq,
SUNBURY PEN MA
Collections and all Professional business promptly
attended to in Northumberland and adjoining oouh
Aics. APP o'
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-06
Weighing Cattle.

Many experiments have been made
by graziers and statesmen to ascertain
the net weight of cattle by measure
ment, and number of rules and ia
bles have been formed of the results
obtained. None, however, can be re-
lgarded as absolutely correct With
the most accurate measuring is requir-
ed al IMPRACTICAL acquaintance with the
points and forms of the animals, and
allowance mustbe made according to
the age, size, breed, mode and length
of the time of fattening, etc., condi-
tions which it requires practical eye
and long experienced to appreciate.
We have found the following method
to lead generally to trustworthy
results. Measure carefully with a
tape-line from the top of the shoulder
to where the tail is attached to the
back; this will give the length. For
the girth measure Immediately be-
hind the shoulder and fore Elegs.
Multiply half the girth by itself in
feet, and this by eight. and the pro-
duct will be the weight in pounds.
-Cuql0dG farmer.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-06
Annexation Of Territory to the City
of Evansville.
YOTICE Is HEREYB GIVE

NYOTICE rs EEEREYB GIVEN, that
IN the Common Council of the city of
Evansville, in pursuance, of the provisions
Of an Act of the General Assembly or the
state OF Indiana, approved March o, 1863,
entitled :" An Act to amend the seventy
first section of an Act entitled An Act
granting to the citizens of the town of
Evansville, in the county Of Yanderburgh,
City Charter approved January "a 49,;
and to add supplemental sections to said
Act" will, on Monday, the 4th day OF
March, 1867, present to the Board of Coun-
W Commissioners of Vanderburgh County
a petition praying for the. annexation to
said city of the following-described terri
tory, and setting forth the reasons for such
annexation, viz: The southwest quarter
OF Section No. 20, Township No. south, OF
Range No, 10 west, in Yanderburgh Coun-
", Indiana, the same being known as the
" Longworth Tract;" said territory being
contiguous to the city of Evansville, and
not plated or laid off,
w. BAKER, Mayor,
Attest: A. NJ. NIcGRIFF, Clerk.
jan31 dot
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-06

Alexander Dale. Allegan, Michigan,
recommends, and DIR. Snodgrass, of
the New York Farmers Club, in
dorses the recommendation of poul-
tice of stewed pumpkin, renewed
every fifteen minutes for infamma-
tory rheumatism.
Dissolve one ounce of corrosive
sublimate in one pint of alcohol. To
one ounce of this mixture add one
and half pints of water, and apply
externally. Vermont wool growers,
says an exchange, are very generally
using this mixture to prevent their
sheep biting out their WOOL U0ta
The Tribune says that it has been
proved in Central New York that
three bushels ofsalt per acre fastened
the ripening Of the wheat two or three
weeks.
DRINK FOR Mich Cows.-Cows
that give milk in the Winter will add
much to their profit by giving them a
bucket full Of warm water twice a
day, with little meal or even the
Stops of the family with it. Every
one has noticed how an extremely
cold day will affect their milk, or
when they have become wet in the
Summer A little salt with milk
floating on the surface will soon teach
any cow how to drink Eit.s They will
drink at the pump all the better for
|. little salt.-Mdine Fdrn1er
/ A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer, who kept dairy, kno,es it to
be fact that if his COWS were not
sailed as often as every day, they
would fall off from their milk from a
pint to a quart per day.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-06
AGRICULTURAL.
Too. Much Stock.

1t should ever be a rule with the
farmer to winter no more stock than
he can winter well. A single sheep
or cow properly cared for, and pro-
vided with suficieneys of wholesome
and nutritious food water, and COM
Portable shelter, will be of more value
to the owner than tive, poorly kept.
1t is a singular error in domestic
policy, to appropriate to two or more
animals the food necessary for one.
Yet this singular mistake is often no.
ticeablei among those who consider
themselyes-and lare) called-good
farmers; and, indeed, is, or has, been
often practiced by whole communi-
ties. In seasons of scarcity, more
stock is kept than there is food to
supply their wants : consequently the
price of hay is unduly raised, and suf-
fering, often irremediable and ruinous
to the community, srther result. The
true policy is, to keep Just as many
animals as will consume the fodder
produced on the farm, and no more.
But this would not preclude the plan
Of purchasing fod der were the money
at hand to do so--with the intention
Of increasing the quantity of manure
and the productive power of the farm.
Practices; on the farm have greatly
changed in this respect. as in many
others. We have heard men boast of
wfnteringla COW Of common size on a
single ton of ordinary hayo Under
such a practice, nearly every farm in
the neighborhood would lose one or
more animals every spring by some
disease induced by want of food and
exposure to cold Swine died, and SO
did nearly one-half the lambs and
calves. Cows and working oxen came
out of the winter poor and weak, the
former giving but little milk after
calying, and the oxen unfit for per-
forming the spring work on the farm.
ItWas a wretched policy. We trust
that it is abandoned among all enter
prising farmers. Feed your stock
well, and they will feed you.-Neao
En0Lapd Farmer. iA re
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-06

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