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THE INTERESTING ! .r We publish the following inter esting itemsfor the benefit of the readers of The Trumpet. They are not. taken from other papers. Schools Aere originally kept in the porches of churches. j Sewing machines were invent ed in the year 1848. I The first medical school in the United States was established : Philadelphia in 1768. The fiddle is mentioned as tar back as in the early; part of the thirteenth century. Watches aire said to have been invented at Nuremburg, in ; the year 1477. ' -;..: ' j .: . Gun cotti.n Was discovered in Germany by 'Prof. Schoenbein, in 1846. -.l.l '.. , : . The crude 'idea of an electric telegraph was started by a Ger man, Schwenter, in 1636. ,; Cotton was first exported from this country. in 1784. ! j The art of weaving appears to been practiced in China from the earliest antiquity. I Gessner first describes "the pen cil of plumbago,-in wooden ham dies, in 1565. " I A meteoric stone fell at Char lotte, N. C, accompanied by an explosion, &c.on October 31st The natives of Hiridostan were the first to collect india rubber. It was introduced into England in -I j i ; j j 1735, and was; used to erase marks made with a lead pencil. Gas was first introduced into the United States in the city of Balti more, in the year 1820. "Sweedish Jenny, Lind. the Nightingale," gave her first con cert in America at Castle Garden, New York, in 1850. Thej pro ceeds of hen subsequent concerts in the United States and Havana were estimated at $8oo,ooo.j s : Of the original twelve tribes of Jews only two are now knjowh, Judah and Benjamin. The Span ish and Portugese Jews , art the in descendants of Judah, and the I Jews of Germany and Northern. 'Europe! are of the tribe of Benja-J mm. , ! v ' ,Prfnting-! : . is done at' this office cheaper ' d 1 than at any other , office in the State. Compare nry pric-t es with those oT Harrill, of Weldon, (who has the reputation of being the cheap- est pnnter in this State,) and Religious Pessimism is i carried j will find that mine re the to an extreme in .Russia. , In f that 1 country there are sects, that teach 1 suicide. . Recently .. eighty if our persons mein a cavern filled Iwith straw. They fired the s!traw and ! those who were not burned! to death killed each other with hatch- J ets. One faint-hearted fellow i escaped Selected. , j .v. you I ! A HUSBAND'S SOLICITUDE. ,j Robinson "So you are going to Europe, Brown ?"v j Brown ".Yes, for a couple of months I have not , been Very strong lately, and I think the! trip will do one good." I Robinson "I hope so. Mrs. Brown will accompany youl of course?" ... ;. i ' I Brown "N-no ; my wife has complained of not feeling very strong recently, and I'm afraid to have her undertake the: trip" The Epoch. LOWEST. But perhaps you will think' my work j is not done well, and the pa per I use is not ! good. If you will $end for samples of my printing you. will see that it js done well and on excellent mate rial. All orders receive prompt attention.' Send for prices. KESPECTFULLY, Thos. C, Wetmore. I bars jut KcdTei . SUPPLY tJF HEW TYPE, AND I AM ' better prepared to do ' ALL EDM OF; JOB, FRimnHAS ! ,, . j; BAvT EWR MEL ' ' Another lot oti. HEW ' T7FE ! viU it 'for in two 'or tireedays, ' California papers are boasting of strawberries, eight and dine inches in circumference. There is a difference of onlv one letter between the hired man and the tired man; but in the actu al worth of the average article there isn't usually that difference. f- t
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