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SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1857.
OLD SERIES, VOL- 17. NO- 50.
NEW SERIES, VOL. 10, NO. 24.
The Sunbury American.
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BY H. B. MASSER, r
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
tUNBUHT, PA.
Business attended to in the Counties of Nor
ihumbcrlantl, Union, Lycoming Monlour and
Columbia.
References i Philadelphia:
Hon. Job RTtson, . "''?"? ""
Sumers A Snodarass, n,,'Jm,", 1
lOCUSTHOUKTAnr colliery
superior WHITE ASH
ANTHBACECB COAL,
from the Mammoth Vein, for Furn area, Found
rica, Steamboats Mid Family use,
Mt.Cau.ue1, NuKTitcmntfcusB Coukti, 1a.
at
SIZES OF COAL.
LUMP, for BIbbI Furmrc-ca anJJpl"B
c-i'iMMiin t'l'. for Steamboats, Hot
Air
Furnaces and Steam.
BROKEN, por jratc, Stoves and Stea.
STOVE, For 8tovos, Steam and burning
NUT, $ Lime. .
TEA, for LlmeburrrcTs nd making Steam.
Orders received at Ml. Carmel or Nortliuin.
isrland Wharf, willroceive prompt attention.
1). J. LEWI,
WILLIAM MUIR.
May 3, 1856. tf
ol OIF "EX- -A-
SUNBURY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of U. A.
M. mecU every Ttkskat evening in tlio
An.erican Hall, opposite K. Y. Bright, .tore,
Market atreet, Si.nbury, Ta. Members or the
order aro respectfully requested to eitond-
M. L. SillMlbL, C.
8. S. Hesi.hu k, R. 8.
Sunbury, Jan. fi, 1857. oct 2055.
iVASlUNUTON CAMP, No. 19 J. 8. of A
t T Man ita alaled mectinRa every Thursday
evening, in the A-nerican Hall, M.irket Street,
U""Ury- A. ARTCll SHISSLER, P.
II. Y. Fnitisn, K. 8.
Sunbury. July 5, 1 857. tf. .
IMMENSEEXCITEMENT ! !
Revolution in the Dry Goods Business ! ! !
J. P. 8l I. F. KLINE,
r.eapectftilly announce to their friend, and Hie
Vifulic in general that they have received at their
in K.,..er Aueiwta township, Northumber
land county I'a., at Kline afirovo their Spring
and Bummer COODS, and opened to the public
n onicral assortment of merchandize 4c
j '...utfidinff in uarl of Cloths, black and fancy
i,...J'mM Sutinetta. Checks. Kentucky Jean
j....,il,ur with a oeneral assortment of Spring
ml Bummer tioods adupted to all classes of per-
.Ready made Clothing, consisting of Ceats and
VOUtK.
TAiAm Ttrnca nnnns.
mrr.er Shawls. Uiiichama, Lawns, Ducals,
Calicoes, black Silks e.
Also a fresh supply of Df"8 nJ Medicines,
jwriiu ,l c. of all kinds.
A new supply of Hardware, Queensware,
wooden ware Brooms ,yc
A large assortment of Boots and Shoes suita
ble for men women and children.
HATS AND CArs.
School Books, Stationery, Envelopes, Ink, Ac.
Kihh ash Salt.
And all goods usually kept in a country store,
i ua r.nmA mm. ciime all.
The public are respectfullv Invded to call and
All of the above named Block of goods will De
nn-itivelv at low prices for cash, or in ex
change for country produce at the highest mar
.f i i,f..l tnr r,t farorfl we hone by strict
Mi.mi.,n to business to merit a continuance of
the name.
Kline's Grove, Ta., May 16, 157. tf
A. J. CONRAD,
HOLLOWING RUN.
I ESPECTFULLY informs the public that
. h h. renlenished his Store with ail ex
y.IUut assortment 01 w v.oons iui rem.
roin Philadelphia, which he will sell on terms
........ ,,., I., a. m other estublUlnneiit. His
i. ....... ...niiu iii uart of
CLOTHS, CA8SIMEKE8 & HATTINETT,
Winter Weara for men and boys, allstylus and
prices
i.iiil'K M IJi-cfei Goods
:o...isliiiir of Black Silks, Merinos, Alpacas,
Da Laines. Calicoes, (Jiiijjhaius, Muslins, 1 run
' AUoalresh supply of GROCERIES of all
kinds.
HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE,
ivi...,. Ilrnmnii. Ac. Alsoalariie assort
ment of Boots and Shoes, suitable for Men Wo
men and Children. Hats and Caps, Silk Hats,
aud all goods usually kept in a Country Store.
All the above named slock of goods will be
sold posiliveiy at low prices for cash, or in ex
.change for country produce,
at the highest
.market price.
Hollowing Run. Nov. a, lSSO,
-lv
PATET WHEEL. UUEISE.
THIS Grease is recommended to the notice of
Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, cVc, as
being Surmioa to anything of the kind ever in
troduced. At it docs not gum upon the axles
-is much more durable, and is not all'ected by
the weather, remaining the aaine in summer as
in winter, and put up in (in canisters at 37 and
75 cents, Tor sulo by A. W. Fl 511 tit.
March 14,1857.
, (From the Ballimora Patriot.)
NEVEB GIVE UP.
Never give up, though all Taint and heart
weary v
Be tho lopes thoo bot buried, but steps
to thy will
To mount the dim future now silent and
dreary,
Beyond hope', horizon some light lingers
still. , '
Never give op while the lamp of lilo burn
tith, Though wasted with watching, be feeble Its
flume ;
The light may snDice, ere to darkness it
burneth
On Time's brightest record to blazon thy
Dauie.
Never give up till thy heart shall endow
thee
With strength to o'orcome in tho conflict
with sin ;
Nover give up. though the strife may sub
due thee,
Thy courage undaunted, a blessing shall
win.
Never give np, though to time bo not given
To perfect the good thy genius ha9 pluun'd
Auother shall strive where in vaiu thou
. hast striven,
Auother have strength in tho strugglo to
slnnd.
Philadelphia, 7th mo., 18.r7.
grkt Calf.
HUGGED BY A SERPENT.
1 was brought np near the Canadian lino
in Vermont. My futher owned a lurgo farm,
though he was an Iron worker by trade. I
think he made some of the best rifles ever
nsi'd. Not fur from his farm wos quite a lake.
We used to enjoy ourselves at fishing and
shooting, for wo had one of the best sailboats
ever put into fresh water. AVe knew thero
were plenty of snakes about tljis lako, especi
ally on one part of it a wide piece of flats,
here tho water lay most of tho year, and
here the tall crass and reeds grew thickly.
It was a sort of bay, making up iuto a cove
on tho opposilo side from the farm. We had
seen some lurL'O snakes in tho water there,
nd 1 had tried to shoot them as they swam
with their heads tip, though I never happened
to got ono of them in that way. I am suro I
hit some of them, but they managed to cot
away into tho grass ; and I had no desire to
lollow them, especially into sucn a place
Most of those thut J. saw were tho common
black water snake, but they were not all
liko. .Some of tho largest ones had a licht
colored ring round tho nuck ; and I was told,
by those who knew, that these latter were by
far tho strongot and most dangerous.
However, I was destined soon to have my
eyes opened, une aiternoon l saw a nocuoi
black clucks uy over llie house, otm l was suro
they lighted on the lake, so 1 seized my
oublo barrelou gun and amutiilitin, aim
started off. When 1 reached tho lauding 1
saw tho ducks away off by tho opposite shore.
1 at ouco cut some creeu boughs with my
tiifrt ; and having rigL'od up thu bows of a
mall flat boUotnud scull wo kept on puipose
for such work, 1 jumped in and started off.
There was a bole in tho stern through which
we could nut the oar, and thus scull tho boat
without sitting up in sight, bo from where the
ducks were my contrivance hnd the appear
ance only of a simple mess of boughs flouting
along upon Hie wuter.
1 bad cot uoar enoucit lor a snot, onu uau
rawn in the scull, and was m inn eel oi
takinr up my Run, when tho ducks started
p. As quick as possible I drew ono hnm
mer and let drivo. I hit two of them, but
thev dida't fall iuto the water. They flutter
ed alone until thev fell among tho lull grass
up in the covo. 1 be water was low, ana tuo
place was dry where they wero I pulled up
as fur as I could, and got out and waded up. j
1 knew very near where one of tho ducks bad
fallen, and very soou hud my eye on it. As
I run up to tuke it 1 saw the head of a black
suuke pop out and catch it by tho wing. 1
saw only the head aud neck of the reptile,
una bad no idea how largo a one it was ; or,
f 1 had, probubly I should have done lust as
1 did, fur 1 had no idea of fearing such a
thing. 1 had left my gun in the boat, and
had nothing to kill tho chap with, but as 1
took the duck, 1 just put my foot upon the
thiol" neck.
Tho ground was moist and slimy, and tho
snake had his body braced umoug tho roots
of the stout reeds ; ho took his head out from
under my foot about as quick as a man could
comfortably thick. 1 thought I'd run back
to my boat aud get my gun, and try to mil
this lellow ; and 1 bud just turned lor that
purpose, wheu I felt something strike my
Ii.pk us limn en Bomeuodv nail thrown a roue
around it. 1 looked down and found that the
snake had taken a turn rouud my leg with
his tail, end was in the act of clearing his
body from the grass, I dropped the duck and
cave a Binurt kick, but that didn't loosen
him, so I tried to put my right loot upon uim,
and thus draw my lee sway ; I uiichl as well
have tried to put my foot upon a streak of
lightning.
Aud hadn't I been deceived ? I had forgot
ten the proportionate size of the head of the
species of the black suuke. 1 had expected
to soo a suuke four or five feet long, but
instead of thut ho was nearly eight feet and a
hair. Still, 1 badu t yet ony great tear, lor 1
sutmosed thut when 1 Put my hands on him 1
could easily take bim otr, Tor I was pretty
strong iu the arms, lu a few seconds lis had
his body ull clear, and it was tlieu that tho
first real thrill shot through me. There he
held himself by the siinplo turn around my
leg, and with bis back arched in and out he
brought his head just on a level with mine
I uiudo a grub for him, but missed him ; aud
then, as quick as you can snap your finger,
he swept bis head uuder mv arm. clear around
my body, and slruightoned up and. looked me
in the face again. I gave auother grub at
him, and another, as quick as I could, but he
dodged me in spite oi all 1 could do.
1 felt tho snake's body working its way np.
The turn of the tail was turned to my thigh
and the coil around my stomach comineuced
to tighten. About this time 1 began to think
there might be somo Berious work, aud the
Quicker 1 took the snake off the belter. Ho
1 just graspod him as near the head as possi.
ble. by taking bold where be was arouud me,
and tried to turn him off. Hut this only
made it worse. The fellow had now drawn
bituaulf op so high, and stretched out so, that
be whipped auother turu about mo. His
tail was now arxmud my left thigh, and tho
rest of him turned twice arouud my body ;
oua of them being just at the pit of my
stomach, and the other one above it. All
this had occupied just about half a minute
from the bine be nrst got tue turn rouna my
leg.
The snake bad now nil bead 10 ironv oi my
face, and he tried to make his way into my
mouth. What his intention was, I cannot
surely tell, though I have always believed
that no knew he could Strangle me in that
way. He struck me one blow in the month
that hurt me considerable j and after I nod
got him by the neck, and there I meant to
h
lold bitn at leant so that he could not strike
again. lint this time another difficulty
arose. The moment I grasped the snake by
the neck, he commenced to tighten his folds
about my body. It wasn't over a few seconds
before I discovered that he'd soon squeeze
tho breath out of me in that way, and I de
termined to unwind bim. lie was in this
way j the turn around tho thigh was from
left to light ; then np between the legs to
my right side, around the back to my left
sido, and so on with the second turn ; -bringing
his head up under my left arm. I had
the snake now with my left hand, and mv
idea was to pass his head around my back
until I could reach it with my right, and so
unwind him. 1 could press the fellow's head
down under my arm, but to get it around so
as to reach it with my right hand, t could
not. I tried ; I pnt all my power in that one
arm, but I could not do it. I could get the
head just under my armpit; but here my
strength was applied to a dit-advantnee.
Until this moment 1 had not been really
frightened. 1 had believed that I could un
wind the serpent when I triod. I never
dreamed of what power they had. Why,
only think, as strong as I was then, and could
not put that snake s bead around my dbck.
I tried it until I knew I could not do it, and
thou I gave it up. My next thought was of
my tack-knife: but the lower coil of the snake
was directly over my pocket, and I could not
got it.
I now, lor the lirst time, cniiod out lor
help. I yelled with all my might, and yet I
kDew tho trial was next to useless, for no one
could easily gain tho place where I was ex
cept with a boat. Yet I called out, hoping
against hope. I grasped the snake by tho
body and pulled 1 tried to orean. j ins
plan presented itself with a gleam of promise ;
but it amounted to nothing. 1 might ns well
have tried to break a rope by beuding it
backward and forward.
A fow uiinotes had now passed from tho
tune when I first triod to puss tho snakes
head arouud my back.
His body hud become bo elongated l.y lus
gradual prussure around my body, that he
had room to carry bis head around in a Iree
and symmetrical curve. He bud slipped from
my grasp, and when l next caugin mm, i
found that I was weaker tbau before I I could
not hold him 1 The excitement hud kept me
from noticing this until now. For a few
moments I was in a perfect frenzy. I had
leaped op and down, cried out as loud as I
could, and grasped tho snuko with all my
might. Hut it availed mo nothing. Ho
slipped his head from my weakened hacd,
and made a blow at my face, strikiug mo
fairiy upon the closed lips.
Hut the moment ot need was at hand, i
full the coils growing tighter and tighter
around my body, and my breath was getting
weak. A 6everc pain was beginning to result
from the pressure., and 1 saw that tho suuke
would soon have length enough for another
turn. Ho was drawn so tightly, that mo
centre of his body was no bigger than his
head 1 The black skin was drawn to a tension
that seemed its utmost ; and yet I could tell
by the working of the large hard scales upon
tho belly, thut ho was drawing himself tighter
still.
'For God's snko !" I gasped, stricken with
absolute terror, "ttbat thull 1 do?" What
could I do T The enemy for whom I hud ot
first hold so little thought, was killing me;
killing mo slowly, openly, and 1 had no help !
I, a stout, strong man, was actuully held at
tbo deadly will of a black snako. My breath
was now short, faint aud quick, aid 1 know
thut 1 was growing putplo iu the fuco. My
Lauds aud arms swollen and my fingers
numbed 1 I had let go of the snake's nock,
and ho now carried the upper part of his
body in a graceful enrvo, his head vibrating
from side to side with an undulating motion
of extreme gracefulness.
At length 1 staggered I 1 was losing my
strength rapidly, und the paiu of my body
was excruciating. J ho snuku s skin, wiiero
it wus coiled about me, was so tight that it
seemed almost transparent. He had found
me, or 1 bad round bun, in a state or hunger,
his stomach free from food, ond his muscular
force unimpaired. A second time 1 staggered,
aud objects began to swim before me.
A dizzy sensation was in my bead, a ihiiii-
ness at my heart 1 The snake now had three
feet of body free. Ho bud drawn himself
ccrtaiuly three feet longer than before. Ho
darted bis bead under my rigiit arm, ana
brought it up over my shoulder, and pressing
bis under jaw firmly down there, lie made a
sudden wiud that made me groan with puin.
Each moment was an agony ! eucu second a
sten nearer to death.
My knife T Uh, 11 1 couia oui reacu hi
Wbv not? Why uot tear it out? My arms
wero free 1 Mercy! Why had 1 not thought
of this before, when my hands bad some
strength iu them! Yet I would try it
collected all my remaining power for the
clloit, and made the attempt. My trowsers
wero of blue cotton stull, and very strong ; 1
could out tear it. I thought of the stitches.
Thev might not be so tenacious. 1 grasped
the cloth upon the inside of my thigh, and
gave my last atom oi sireiigui to tno cuori,
The stitches started ; thoy gave way ! This
result cave me hope, and bono cave me
power. Another pull with both hands, and
the Docket laid bare. With all the remaining
force 1 could command, with hope of tile, of
home, of everything 1 loved oil earth in the
effort, I caught the pocket upon tho inside
aud bore down upon it. there was a crack
ing of the threads, a sound of tearing cloth,
and my kuiie was iu my uauus.
I had vet sense enough to know that the
smallest blade was me sharpest, und l opened
it. With one quick, nervous movement
pressed the keeu edge upon tho tenso skin,
aud drew it across. With a dull, tearing
snap the body parted, aud the suake fell to
tho grouud iu two pieces. 1 staggered to tho
boat I reached it, and there sank down.
knew nolbiug more until 1 beard a voice
calling my uauie. 1 opened my eyes and
looked ud. My father stood over me with
terror depicted on his countenance. I told
him my story as best I could. He went up
and rnt the duck 1 bad taken irom tbe snake
tbo nihnr one ho could not find i and also
brought uloog the two pieces I bad made of
my enemy. He told me ne.neara me cry out.,
and at ouce started ou iu the large bout after
me, though it was a long while ere be saw my
boat. 1 had lain there over half an hour
when be found me.
When we reached homo the snuue was
measured, and found to be eight feet and
four inches in length. It was a iiioulb before
I fully recovered from the vlTccls of thut
hugging, and to this day thore is something
in the very name or snake that sends a chill
of horror to my boart. National Magazine.
Tho Camels In tho Southwest.
A correspondent or tbe ltichmond Exami
ner, writing of the progress of tbe HdQlhwcst
Expedition, speaks as follows of tho camels
which have been imported to do duty on that
route :
The camels used by ns arA said to bo vory
superior ones, and certainly present a fur
more sightly appearance than tho miserable
creatures which have been exhibited to
crowds in tbe strolling menageries that some
times visit your city. They are purchased
for tbe government as a choice lot, and may
doubtless be regarded as fully capable of
testing the utility of thoir species in crossing
the wide extended plains lying between the
Mississippi Valley and the Pacific Ocean.
"'.Vilh their pack saddles on, which are not
ofton temnved, they stand about eight foet in
height. Their general conformation does not
indicate great strength," in which, perhaps,
they do not much, if at nil exroed tho horse ;
but their fitness for tho travel westward, il
the result proves their Gtness at all, consists
in their capacity to endure the want of food
and wuter. They are said to be very hardy,
manifesting but little choice in their food,
seeming, in fact, to prefer that in which other
quadrupeds Gnd but little nutriment, such as
twigs, tho leaves of trees, and even sticks,
when pressed by hunger,
'Thoy are very docile, and ore easily man
aged. Their gait is slow, but their stride is
greater than 4hat of a horse, being about
three feet in length, and with steady traveling
they will average 3J miles per hour.
"They do not kucel to receive their load,
as has been stated, at the word of command ;
but with a kir-r-r, kir-r-r, and a gentle pres
sure upon tho neck, or a pull upon their
halters, thoy assnme the recumbent position.
"It has also beon stuted lbt when too
heavily laden they refuse to rise, and nttor a
piteous cry. 1 have not seen one overloaded,
but thoir cries are ottered to express their
distress or dissatisfaction at all times. When
half suppressed, they are the same as the
lazy grunt or a hog whose repose is rudely
disturbed ; but when enraged it is much more
wild, and greatly like thut of a Bengal tiger
when his keeper 'stirs him np with a long
pole.'
"We had about COO pounds of corn on each
of them for tho first day or two, after leaving
Howard's lUnch; but each duy reduces it
by feeding until we lay in another supply.
They have worked admirably well so far, and
promise to fulfil our most sanguine expecta
tions iu regard to tho experiment.
"Mr. A. N. Breckinridge, of Staunton,
Va., had charge of the caravan, assisted by
J. A. Worley, of Abingdon, and myself. If
csro and attention will promoto the enter
prise, 1 feel confident or its entire success.
"On Thursday, tho 24th or June, wo left
tho Hunch end resumed our journey. The
camels brought np the rear, and creutod no
little excitement iu every settlement through
which wo passed. Men, women aud children
rushed out with almost frantic energy from
every hut to seo them, l'ell-mnll, harum
scarum, they besiego us on ull Bides."
Ho.mkstio Plate Oi.ass. Tho annual im
portation of C,1U0,000 square, feet or polished
plate glass into the city oi XSew xork, at an
expense or l,U'J por square loot, bus inducod
the organization of thu U. S. Manufacturing
and Polishing Plato Glass Company, (or the
urpose of producing un article lor boiuo
onsumption, at a cost or but littlu moro than
ono hall of what is pmd lor tho imported
Iuto class. At an exhibition or tbo process
or grinding and polishing pUto glass made
estenluy by tho uewly-lormed Company, at
41 Elm si root, it was shown that the pro
cess or grinding requires two hours and a half
for each side of a plate of glass, and one hour
each for polishing, making seven hours for the
griiiuu.g ui.u ponsimig ui a piuic, uui
lutes, each three feet long and two lect
wide, can bo ground and polished upon beds
of tho ordinary size. A coarso and tine qual
ity of beach saud aro successively employed
iu the work of grinding, and tho polishing is
accomplished by moistened rouge, upon a bed
of soft felt, which is grooved for tho purpose
of preventing suction. Specimen plates.
which were manufactured in presence of a
number of invited guests, wero closely exam
ined and gave general satisfuetion. 1 he torn
pany propose to manufacture V.UUU square
feet of J inch pluto glass per day.ut a market
prico oi uj corns per square iuoi. t. J
CountC
IIain-wateb as a Ckvkraok. Kain-water
is the purest water in the world. Dr. Flem
ing, of the water-cure at lloehester, allows no
other wuter to be used iu his family or office.
He passes this water through a filter, which
separates from it every offensive taste, and
extraneous matter. Its taste is better than
any well or spring water. In all locations
where water Is defective, the evil can ae rem
edied by tho use of rain water. The miasmas
of fever and ague countries can be completely
cured by a proper use of this simple remedy.
the appurulus lor bltering, suincier.l lor one
family, can bo procured for from throe to
eight dollars
The writer while riding in tuo cars near
nitighatnton, saw two brothers, healthy look
ing men as you would see among ten thou
sand, who had spent some twenty-live years
in tho lowlands of Indiana. In conversation
with one of them, he attributed his uniform
good health to the constant use of rain water.
Thev wero lawyers, and one of them the Pre
sident of the Uuited States Senate, and or
courso uctiog Vice Presiduut or the United
States, (we want great names to give force to
Utile truthi now a datis.) Mr. Hright's mode
or purifying rain water, is to get it from win
ter snows, which gives it iu its pure state, or
when obtained from summer rum lets il stand
some three weeks, when it will undergo a pro
cess of fermentation, the extraneous matter
will evaporate leuviug the article pure. Wa
ter put up Tor a sea voyago will grow slimy
and nauseous after a few days embarculion,
yet will becomo pore in three weeks. Pure
even as coming from the bund of ike Creator,
when it was HrBt pronouncod good together
with everything thou blades very good
Coriimjr 6'tni.
A Nut for Wiiiskft HrInkkrS. The
crons of Harrison county this year, unloss
cut short, will be very great. W'e will have
to haul to tho depots ou the railroad, which
rnna through the middle of the county, 300.
000 bushels or wheat, 100,000 bushels of rye,
and 30,000 bushels of barley. Thousands
upon thousands of barrels of' corn must be
hauled to the Devil's Pass, there to make
rrnnd old. Hnnrhnn. notwithstanding it
made in Harrison, and if you will bat drink
this pood old ltourbon. made in Harrison by
the llarrisonites, with their improvements of
logwood, arsouic, cockroaclics, ana moiasses,
it will cat un vour- bowels iu less lime than
Solomon built thetouiplo. Cynlhiana (Ay.)
A'cuv
PresorTing Fresh Moat
The Sdnntiftc American translates from
the Volytevhnuhe Journal an article on the
subject of preserving fresh meat, which is
decidedly interesting. It seems that a pro
cess has been discovorod by which all vegeta
ble and animal substances can be preserved
without losing any of their peculiar qualitios,
and without change in form or appearance.
As regards moat, it must be observed that it
should be freed from blood and all the watery
parts, and then exposed to a current of air
until it has lost its surplus natural humidity.
W bole members of the auitnal, or largo pieces,
are better lit for the process than thin slices.
After tho meat has been sufficiently dried in
the open air, It is suspended by a rope in a
reservoir, and core must be taken that the
several pieces are so far separate each from
ine otner as to give iree access lo the air
from all sides. Any box, cask or apart meut
made of boards, or a common room, may serve
for the reservoir, if the walls of tho latter
have been covered over the bourds or sized
paper. This reservoir has to be closed her
metically against tho externul air ; tbe doors
have to be lined with felt or india rubber, so
as to closo op air tight. On the upper part
or this reservoir a lead pipe is provided, by
which the air escapes a similar contrivance
is provided on the lower part. After the
pieces or meat or other substances have been
suspended in the reservoir, a current of sul
phurous acid gus is let into the lower part.
1 bis eiicct is produced by the driving into
the reservoir, by a pair of bellows, a current
of air, which in its passage, goes through a
closed vessel wherein sulphur (brimstone) is
kept burning. If the plug on the upper part
w hich roust also be of lead, be opened, tbe
atmospheric air is driven out of the reservoir
by the sulphurous acid gas, and ns soon as
the lutter is seen to escape freely from tbe
same pipe on tho top, tbe reservoir is closed.
The substances have to be kept in the reser
voir ulled tbe gas for a time, which is in pro
portion to their volume or weight. Pieces
weighing four or bve pounds only require
about ten minutes, while large pieces of ono
hundred to two hundred pounds weight re
quire twenty to twenty-fivo minutes. After
the pieces bave thus been penetrated by the
gas they are taken out of the reservoir and
dried iu the open air. After this substance
is covered by a very thin layer oi varnish,
prepared from two pounds of albumen dis
solved at a temperature of 136 to 140 degrees
in oue quart ol a strong decoction ot marsh-mallow-root,
to which a little molasses hus
been added. This varnish is applied with a
fine huir brush, and cure must be tnken to
reach all the corners ud crevices of the sub
stunco. Meat treated by this process remains per
fectly fresh and good, and can be used as if
just received Irom tho butchers, r owl, (wiin
or without leathers,) ush, Iruit and all kinds
of vegetables can bo piesorved by this pro
cess. Substunoes prepared a described may be
sent to any distance, if packed up in barrels
and covered over with tallow or lard, which
latter articles, however, must bo kept at as
low a temperature as possible. If heated too
much it goneratos fermentation.
Arabian HortsKs for IJai.timohk. Mr.
W. M'Donald, or Baltimore, who has been
for somo timo traveling iu the East, has pur
chased, in Arabia, two fine specimens or the
Arabian horses. 1 hese horses are thus allu
ded to in Ualicnani's Messenger of a late
date :
"All who take an interest in horses will be
pleased to hear that a praiseworthy essay to
improvo the native American breeds tho
bust trotters in the world by an infusion or
puro Arabian blood, hus just been mado by
an American gentleman, Mr. W. iU Donald,
or Baltimore. While on an Eastern tour, he
purchnsed, at Damascus, a superb gray maro,
"Futime," four years old, fifteen bunds high,
and a boauty in overy respect : and at Con
stantinople a five year old more, "Zuleima,"
which is described as unrivalled for temper
and speed. These horses have safely arrived
in Paris, en routo to the Stutes. Ml. M'
Donald also tukea homo a rich collection of
Eastern and modern antiquities, which will
give the inhabitants or Maryland on excellent
idea of tho manners and customs of the
natives of tho far East."
Tho Rev. Dr. Buird has statod that "little
or no wine is drauk iu France in a pure state,
except it may be at tbo wiuo press. Thu
dealers purchuso it at the vineyards iu a puro
state, but in their bands it is entirely changed
by adding drugs or distilled spirit."
Tho livers in Manchester (hngland) say.
"tho wine brewers are running away with all
the best logwood;" and tbe London people
say, "H you wish to get gcuuiue I'ort, you
must go yourself to Oporto, mate your own
wine, and ride outside the barrel ull the way
li
lonio.
It was Napoleon who says : "strange as it
may appear, when 1 want my good head-work
done, 1 choose a man provided ms uuuca
lion has been suitable with a long nose
His breathing is bold and free, and his brain.
as wel! as his lungs and heart, cool and clear,
In my observations of men, 1 bave aimos
invariably found a long nose and head togolb
er.
A Dhowst Damski.. The Rockvillo (Ind
Republican tolls tho most extraordinary rob.
bery story that we ever heard. It says that
some fellow entered the bouso of Mr. Jesse
Wright, of that (Burke) county, ond robbed
the room of Mr. Wright's daughter, who was
sleeping in bur bed. After plundering as
much as ho could, he proceeded Very coolly
to steal the ear-rings out of tbe cars of tho
drowsy damsel. Then he pulled the rings off
her lingers, and thiuking still that be budu
made tho robbery complete, be cut all 111
huir off one sido of her bead. And he accom
plished it all without waking tho girl
A Western paper says: "The editor of
this paper wants to marry somebody. Now
don't misunderstand lis ; we are not odverti
Bing for a wife. "We wish to marry two
people ; nor are we Mormon. From looking
over tho new statutes, it appears that justices
of tho peace are allowed two dollars as a Toe
ror solemnizing marriage. W'e aro in want
of money and wish lo marry a couple for two
dollars."
Quaint Inscriptions.- There is an inscrip
t on on a tombstone at La 1 Olnt, Lake su
rnrior. which reads as follows : "Job Smith
accldeutully shot as a mark of affection by his
brother." This, says the North Carolinian,
reminds us of one on a tombstone near baa
Dieco. which run as follows t "This yere
sakrid to the momery of William Henry
Skraken, who enm to doth by boing shot
with Colt's revolver one of the old kind
brasi mouutid and of such is the kiugdou of
heaven."
Coumterfkits. Counterfeit Gold Dollari
are beiug in circulated in Baltimore in largo
numbers. They are made of tin, of the size
of the new umissiou, aud galvanised uuu ai
easily beut witb the lingers,
a tlx i
"Tho Old Arm Chair."
I loTojit, I love it, and who shall darn
To chide me for loving (.bat Old Arm Chair;
1'vo treasured It long as a holy prize.
I've bedewed it with tears, aud embalmed
it with sighs
Would yon learn tho spell ? a mother sat
there,
And a sacred thing Is that Old Arm Chair.
In childhood's honor I lingered near
That hallowed spot with listening oar j
And gontlo tho words that mother would
give,
To fit me to die to teach me to live.
She told me ill would Dever betide
With truth for my creed, and Uod for my
guide,
She taught mo to lisp my earliest prayer,
As I knelt besides that Old Arm Chair.
I sot ond watched her many a day
When her eyes grew dim and her locks
were gray ;
And I almost worshipped her when sho
smiled,
And turned from her Biblo to bless her
child
Years rolled on tho last ono sped,
My idol was shattered, my earth star flod,
I learned how much the heart can bear
When I saw her dio in that Old Arm Chair!
'Tie past 'tis post, but I gazo on it now
W'itb quivering breath and throbbing brow;
Twas there she cursed me 'twas there
she died,
And memory flows with lava tide.
Say it is folly, and deem me weak,
While the scalding drop starts down my
cheek
Bat I love it I love it, and cannot tear
My son! from that mother's Old Arm Chair.
That's Mr! A poor Hottentot in South
em Africa lived with a good Dutchman who
kepi np lamny prayer daily. Ono day ne
read, "Two mou weut np into tho temple to
pray."
J bo poor savage, whose heart was already
awakened, looked earnest at tho reader, aud
whispered,
"Now I'll loam how to pray."
Tho Dutchman read on. "God, I thank
thee I am not as other men
"No, I am not ; but 1 am worse " whisper
ed tho Hottentot.
Again the Dutchman read, "I fast twice in
the week. I give tithes of all 1 possess."
"1 don't do that. 1 don't pray in that
manner. What shall I do?" said the dis
tressed savage.
Tho good man read on nntil be camo to the
publican, who "would not lift so much as his
eyes to heaven. "
" 1 hat s me, cried the bearer.
"Stood afar off," read the other.
'That's where I am I" said tho Hottentot
"But smote upon his breast, saying, Ood
be merciful to me a sinner "
That's me, that's my prayer," cried the
poor creature, and smiting on his dark breast,
be prayed, ' Uod bo merciful to me a sinner,"
until, like the poor publican, be went down to
bis house a saved aud happy man,
Military Glorv. During tho Mexican
war, a company (Ul 01 1Uj ellecuvo mcu
shipped from Detroit. The company went
to Vora Cruz. Of theso, 70 wero cut oil in
the 40 days before Vera Cruz. Five moro
perished afterwards. The small remnant of
30 returhod from the campaign, nnd.went into
duarters at Detroit, of thoso 13 bavo since
died aud of the 15 not ono is capable of
doing bard work.
Port Ofkicr Axkcpotk. Tho Newbury-
port Herald tells the following Post Olkce
anecdote :
A ran at the delivery.
Postmaster "Well, my lad, what will you
have ?"
Boy "Here's a letter, she wants it to go
along as fast as it can, cause there's a feller
wauts to have her here, and she's courted by
another feller what aint here j nud she want
to know whether he is coiug to have ber or
not "
Having delivered his message with great
emphasis, tho boy departed, leaving the Post
master so convulsed with laughter that he
could Biuke do reply.
"Go it While You'rb Youno." Tho fol
Inwiug marrige notice cut from the Memphis
(Tenn.) Appeal or the 4tu utimo, is a prac
tical carrying out the above advice : M arried
on Fridav. the 2G day of June, in Heraudo,
Miss., by Green V. Campbell r.sq., John
t'ouaders, aged ID years, to ansa. lou. liar
ns aged 1 1 years.
A happy comment on the annihillition of
time and space by locomotive agency !3 ns
follows: A little child who roue nity nines
in a railroad train then took a coach to her
Viudu's house, somo five miles further, was
asked on her arrival if she came by the cars
We came a little ways in the cars, and llie
ull the rust of the way in a carriage.
A Nebraska editor announced his plaDS
for celebrating. tbo fourth of July :
"We shall'luxuriute over our dinner until
about four o'clock, wheu wo shull go am!
swim for half an hour, 'teter' for another half
an hour, aud then pitch cents iu tho dark. 1
the evcuing we shall go a-courtiug.
Railroad roi.i.oorv. 'I wouder whethe
thev furnish any refreshments on tbe road ?
askod passenger No. 1 ; to which No. 2 re
plied, "nothing but jams, aim io. o, "excer
smashes 'sometimes."
Tub woman who made a pound of butter
out of the cream or a joke, aud a cheese irom
the milk of humau kindness, has sinco washed
the close of year, and bnhg 'em op to dry cu
a bee Hue.
Rome noonle have about as adequate a
idea of heaven as the good woman whom tho
neighbor was consoling for tbe loss oi ber son
"If his rrandmolber is in heaven," sobbed
the poor woman, "I know she won't see Billy
abused r
Tha hest Description of Weakness we
hava ever heard is contained In a wag
query to bis wire when she gave him
some chicken broth, if she would try to coax
that chickon to wade through the sonp ouce
more.
"Where you ever in Cork?" said the gay
Mrs. Jones, in tne oianuesi o. u.ou. "
BweeLeat of tones. "No Madam," said I
tlinneh in Dublin I've beon. Yet of toil it
is ouTy the iliatiiiiys I've tvtu '."
A Young Man doslrinus of mnrrvini? A
daughter of a well-known merchant, after
many attempts to broach the subject to tba
old gentleman in a very stuttering manner
commenced ; "Mr. O , are you willing
to let me havo your daughter June 1" "Of
course I am" grnllly ropliud tho old man ; "and
I wish you would get some other likely fol
lows to marry the rest of thorn 1"
If wo could read the secret history of otir
enemies, we should find in each man's lifo
sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all our
lma;ii:i-
N. P. Willis calls women "ciphers men
to for those, 'characters,' which standing
alone, signify nothing ;' but which if properly
added ou, easily multyply oue to ten !''
"Isn't it timo to think about getting on
said tho wife, ns she rattled at the door.
"Yes my dear. I have been thmkine about
it an hour and a half."
A clergyman asked or his scripture pupils
whether "tho leopard could change bis
pots."
"lo oo sure," replied Hilly, "when lies
got tired of ono spot he goes to another."
"Pupa, have guns got legs? 'No.' How
do they kick, thou? 'With their breeches,
my son.'
Tho man v,ho mado an impression on tho
eart of a coqulte, has taken out a patent for
stone-cutting.
Disraeli once wroto of a certain fine lady :
She had certainly some qualities to shiue in
lasnionabio circle. She bad plenty of
oatllVt Was tolerublv illiterate nrna liril.
liabtly vain, and fertilely capricious : acqui
esced with every ono, and diffused universal
smiles."
A Young Lady who was rebuked by her
mother, for kissing ber intended, justified tho
act, by quoting the passage "Whatsoever
ye would that man should do unto you, do yo
even so unto them."
The Greatest Organ in tho world, somo old
bachelor soys, is tho organ of speech in wo
man it is un organ without stops.
A French writer is represented as calling
dyspepsia "tho remorse of a guilty stomach.
During a late thunder storm at Greenvilla
S. C, the lightning ctruck a mill, knocking
over two negroes who wero at work in it. As
soon as they reguined their feet tho first ex
clamation of one of them, iu great surprise,
was, 'Who fire dat gun ?'
Punch says that every family ought to
keep a kitten to amuse the children. They
should also keep childrcu to amuse tho kitteu.
A Company of ladies, the other day, dis
cussed the following qucstiou : "What is
tho great duty of muu ?" Ouo of them con
tended with success, that it was to pay dry
goods bills !
ji . . . i
How to Cook Potatoes. Wo are all pota
to eaters, (for ourselves wo esteem potatoes
beyond any other vegetable,) yet lew persons
know how to cook them. Shall we be bold
enough to commence otir hints by presuming;
to inform our "grandmothers" how.
J o Boil 1 otatoks. I'uttbom into a sauce
pan witb scarcely sufficient water to cover1
thorn. Directly tho skins bogin to brcuk lift
them from the fire and as rapidly as possiblo
pour off every drop of tho water. Then placo
a course (we need not say clean) towel over
them and return them to the tiro again until
they are thoroughly doun aud quite dry. A
littio, salt to taste, should bavo been added
to tho water before boiling.
Potato Cheesr Cake. One pound of
mashed potatotes, quarter of a pound of cur
rants quarter of a pound of sugar aud butter
and four eggs, to be woll mixed together bake)
them in patty pans, having first lined Ibcm
With pull' pasta.
Potato Colcanos. Boil potatoes aud
greens and spinach separately; mash the po
tatoes : squeeso tho greens dry ; chop them
quito fine, and mix them with tho potatoes
with a little nutter pepper and suit. I utinto
a mould, buttering well first ; let it Etuud iu
a hot oven for tea minntes.
Potato Balls Raoout. Add to a pound
or potatoes a quarter of a pound of grated hum
or somo sweet heibs or chopped parscly, an
onion or eschalot, salt and pepper, and u gra
ted nutmeg, and other spico, witb the yolks
of a couple of eggs ; then dress as potatoes cs
colloped. Potatoes Fried in Sliceb. Peel largo
potatoes slice them about a quarter of an
inch thick, or cut them ioto shavings as you
would peel a lemon ; dry them well iu a clean
cloth aud fry them in lurd or dripping. Take
caro that the fat and the frying-pau are quite
cleou ; put iuto a quick fire and as soon as the
lard I oils, aud is still put in the s'ices of pot:
to aud keep moving them until they arc c i- ;
take them upland lay them to drain on a seive.
Send ihem to'tbe table witb a littio salt sprink
led over them.
Potatoes Escolloped. Mash potatoes in
tho usual way wuy ; theu butter some nico
clean scalloped 6hells patty pans or teacups
or saucers ; put hi your potatoes, mako them
smooth at the top ; crosss a knife over them j
Btrew a few fine bread crumbs on them j
sprinkle them-witb a pasto brush with a row
fow drops of melted butter and set them in a
Dutch oven. When nicely browned on tho
top, tuke them carefully out of iho shells nnd
brown on tho other side. Cold potatoes may
be wanned up in this way.
A New Jien'.edgin Iiarh(t, Cholera Infan
tum, and Cholera Marfan. Wo have the fol
lowing recipe from the Professor of Chemistry
iu New York Hospital : 1 would wish
through the mudium of your paper, to give
publicity to the Taet that 1 have seen instaut
relief given in cases oi Diurba n, by the use
of Hydro Sulphuric Acid, a tea-spoouful of a
suturuted soluiion being mixed with four times
its iu wuter. Also in a case of Cholera Ir.
runtuiu in which the child a as much reduce
and the stomach in an extreme state of irn
tnbillity so that nothing would be retained,
this remedy was administered with ease, and
the child immediately Improved and hassincrj
recovered. Believing that this is a new rem;
edy and that there is no reason to apprehend
any ill-effects where it does not produce A
cure, and beleiviug that it has had some sped
fic effects in counteracting the cause, and im
mediately arresting the dbeises.
1 am yours reppccuullyi
LAURENCE UE1D.
K Y. Tt-ilune.
Butter Ph klk 1 gsllon of Wuter 1 poo'iid
fine salt. 1 ounce saltpetre, 2 ounces loar su
gar boiled and skimmed clear. Pour on cold
and keep two iuches a'jove the top of tun
butler.
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