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The Fulton Democrat of last week says, W. A. Seyler, of the Fulton Foundry, has shown us a piece of cannon taken from the ruins of Fort Littleton, in that county. It has the appearance of having been bursted, as the fragment has a very rough edge, and appears to have been a piece of the breech. It has perhaps lain since the time of the Rev olution, and has likely done good service in its time. The unwritten history of old Fort Littleton would be an interesting chap ter, but those who were actors and partici pators in those days of trial have all passed away, and with them are buried all recollec tions of the past. The French Crystal Palaces, —The two buildings erected for the World's Exhibi tion in Paris, cover an area of 662,000 feet, or more than twenty-two acres. This is 32,600 square feet larger than the London Crystal Palace. The great hall is three quarters of a mile long, (8950) and in the largest in the world, sar-A clergyman in Scotland desired his hearers never to call one another liars, but when any one said what was not true they ought to whistle. On Sunday he preached a sermon on the parable of the loaves and fishes. Being at a loss to explain, he said that the loaves were not like those of now adays, they were as big as the hills of Scot land, Lo had scarcely pronounced these words when he heard a loud whistle.. ‘Who’s that?’ and he, ‘who calls me » liar ” ‘It's I, Wally McDonald, the ba ker.” ‘Well, Wally, what objections have ye to what I told yo?’ ‘None, master John, only I wanted to know what kind of ovens they used to bake the loaves in?’ 8@An iron boree on one of our princts pal railways having been adorned with the Nite, “I still live,” a way noticing the ins scription remarked: “This is what the pe sengora should be labelled at the end of their journey.” say A young lady over the way says she has got a beau of the most loveable and af fectionate disposition. [He allows her to cut as many onions as she pleases. Bar A lawyer in Portland, Maine, lately moved into an office that had been vacated by a religious newspaper; and upon the door ia still seen, under the name, the ex tremely inappropriate words, ‘Zion's advo cate.”’—Quyror, ain't it? a6 A person is about to get out an alana: nao in which all stormy and cold weather is to be kept out. If he can only persuade the elements to play second odds w shag, it will be a gieat affair.
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Gettysburg Adams Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jun 11, 1855
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