Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-07-27
BIREVlTIES.

In reply to the question whether the
Nicholson pavement is healthy, Western
paper says that all the contractors have got
fat on il.
The Pittsburghers are discussing the best
method of relieving their ice from its strong
taste of petroleum. an undesirable ingredient
in cooling drinks just now. -. .
A farmer IN Rock county, Wis, has made
a wager with Minnesota man that he can
cut thirty acres of grain in day with a
patent reaper and single team.
The New Jersey Railroad Company have
made provision for carrying 10000 baskets
of peaches per day over their road during
the peach season.
At Fredisburg, eighteen miles from New
| Albany, recently. Mr.. Rice was stung on the
| lip by bee, and the poison spread through
his system so rapidly that he was speechless
in thirty minutes, and died in about three
hours.
Twelve quarts of SCOT in hoghead of
water will make powerful liquid manure,
which will improve the growth of flowers,
garden vegetables, or root crops In either
a liquid or solid state it makes an excellent
.op dressing for grass or cereal crops.
| Rochester has an organization of Widow
ers. One of them made up his mind to get
married again. and the rest of them to the
number of eighteen, met at Mr.. r. +. Sher-
locks residence to present him with silver
tea set and their well wishes.
There is great gold plethora in England
and the Bank of England has $40, 1000, 900
coin on hand that there is no call for, not
withstanding the low rate of interest This
is owing to dullness in business and the
falling off in the foreign trade, which has
been ten per cent. since September.
The New York ladies, according to the
Home Journal (their organ,) have adopted
the French fashion of washing in wine,
which is said to have peculiarly softening
effect upon the skin. One young lady uses
two or three bottles of "green seal" every
morning while performing her ablutions.
Poor papa! ....s .,...
Heretofore broken bank has been looked
upon as a calamity-the bill holders losing
Under the National Banking system "they
manage things differently" 1t is not gene
rally known, but it is nevertheless fact
that all the notes of the lately suspended
National Banks are at premium of from
two to four per cent. ..
; JOSH. Billings says 81 never bet any
, stamps on the man who il always telling Of
J what he would have did If he he'd been there
! have noticed that this kind never gel
there"
A good thing is told of the President II
Raleigh. While responding in feeling
manner to the welcome given him. he USED
the expression, 'T.et us. my friends. repair
the breeches"-- before he could ado
"made by the war" an old woman exclaim
ed with perfect delight, "bess the dear ole
10 ba, oo,,o bon,a anain m unrk hi
|, old trade !"
+ They have swimming school in Phila
dephia. It is described as a large hall. anC
) vast bsthtub. One young girl is said t.
have learned in six lessons enough of tn
art to he able to swim around the reservoi
unaided There are dressing rooms ant
5 retiring rooms, and various simple gymnas
, tic contrivances, which are employed in orde
t to bring about the reaction that is so i'm
Q portant after bathing. The hours are so ar
q ranged that young aud old. male and female
3 novices and experts, may indulge in bath
: ing and swimming, and oil without the in
fraction of the rules of delicacy and propri
ETY..
Goop ApvIcE.-The following good ad
;, vice we clip from an exchange: Girls, he
= ware of transient young men never suffe
=. tue dtuICeocS VI anger fCCoilCCt tuut
a steady farmer boy or mechanic is wort
y all the floating trash in the world. The a
= lurement of dandy Jack with q gold chai
q q about his neck. a walking stick in his paw
= some honest tailor's coat on his back and
a brainless skull, can never make up for th
u loss of fathers house and mothers cour
). sci, and the society of brothers and sisters
y their affections last, while those of ric
II young man are lost in the wane OF tn
= honeymoon. g,. I'D ,sr ...l. .iasfr
n Mr. and MIRA Z. A. Stevens, of Hoboker
N. j., gave a strawberry festival, at whic
2,400 children were present Five thousan
Ia baskets of straw berries, five thousand cake
"a and one hundred and twenty gallon Of Il
se. cream were consumed. z-Dsl
The Empress Eugenie has written to IL
"a Princess of Wales to persuade her to liz
= with hei for few months. insisting that
a. complete change of air might be bene6ci
~ to health. and assuring her that she will 7
: iceive all the afectionate cara Of sister.