Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-11-08
ITEMARIAN.

she had determined to seperate from her hus-
bard because he looked SO ugly, now requests
us to state that he has given her new bonnet,
and when she wears it she thinks he is beau
ty. No divorce will be applied for as long as
the ribbons are bright.
-ssWhat did you hang that cat for Isaac!''
asked tne school-marm. The boy looked up,
and with grave look answered-ssFor meU-
tiny, marm.'' He had fifty marks Immediate
ly put down against his name.
BE sure to annex woman that will lift
you up, instead of pushing you down. In the
mercantile phrase get piece of calico that
ariH ,vash. There is nothing in pinch like
feminine who can cook your 'svittles" and
ironyou clothes.
In France, they are making strong ef-
forts to bring about a greater respect for the
Sabbath, and succeed in manner perfectly
Parisian. An old shop keeper on the Boule-
! wards, being spoken to on the subject, admit
ted that it was wicked to do business on Sun
day, and agreed to come into the new order
of things with pleasure. The next Sabbath he
closed his little shop, and spent the whole day
at the Theatre Francois. Funny people those
frog eaters.
The Mayor of New York was indicted
last week, as was also Councilman, for gran
ting license to woman who is not citizen.
The British and French fleets are order
ed home from the Baltic. The French admi-
rails left in September.
They write home that there are feas
enough in Turkey to dam up the Bosphorus.
The Turks wear them for lining fortheir shirts.
Mfr. Guynet, French Importer, who
lost his life in the Arctic, is supposed to have
had with him diamonds and other jjewelry to a
large amount, stated at Sl50,000.
! The 30th of this month has been set
! apart by the Governor of Maine, as day to be
! especially set apart for the consumption offat
turkeys, apple jack, cranberry sauce, and
chicken-ixings generally.
"A young man about seven years of age,
! in New Bedford, was arrested in a low den of
gamblers and guzzlers. He had stolen sixty
dollars from his MOTHER and was just begin
ming to have a good time, when he was found
! by the officer.
DR.. Graham, of New Orleans, who Kill
led Col. Loring, of California, at the ST. Mich
olas Hotel, New York, has been convicted of
manslaughter, in the second degree. A cou-
sin of Mrs. Graham was Withdrawn from the
jury previous to the close of the trial. The
punishment for the doctor will be the State
Prison from to years.
Marriages may be celebrated in bowers
as fair as those of Eden, but they must in the
end be put to proof in the workshops of the
world.
Many emigrants at New York are
returning home. The steamers now all take
large numbers back to Europe.
Col. John Allen. of Louisville, of Fill
buStero fame, is said to be en- route for Russia,
to offer his services to the Gar. This is bad
news for the Allies.
a live toad was lately dug out of some
.shard PAM at Rutland. Vt. lie had reposed
fifteen feet below the surface for ages, anG
when put on the grass, revived in little
time and hoped off.
An infant was recently born in Berlin
with regular human form down to the loins
and thence downward that of Il fish, but with
out scales. 1t lived but half an hour.
A bass viol has been constructed at vi
emma, thirteen feet high, provided with pedals
TO act upon the fnger-board. This, however
is nothing to the great violin in Germany
draw the bow, and one stroke produces
sound that vibrates six weeks
A young lady whose intended wa
named Kay. declared she nevr went to a bal
without her bo-Kay.
Never listen to loose or idle conversa
ton.
Public abuse-The mud with whicl
every traveller is spattered on his road to dis
tinction.
-Dunsby says the reason why the ladie
wear such small bonnets is a just idea that la
dies have of making nature and art correspond
having nothing inside of their heads, they hav
, put as near nothing aspossible on the outside
The brutel
The world is like a baked meat pie: tn
upper crust is rich, dry, and puffy; the lowe
, crust is heavy, doughy, and underdone; tn
? middle is not bad generally; but the smalles
: part of all is that which flavors the whole.
1t is reported that the republicans c
t Mexico are advocating annexation to the Uni
ted States. If true, it shows that they de
: spair ofputting down Santa Anna otherwise.
: In Boston, says an exchange, a hast
n pudding, set outside the door to cool, was ta
: ken to the watch-house for smoking in tn
: street.
: a lump of crystalized suger, expose
>: to the SUMS rays, shows the same brillian
hues, if Immediately afterward placed in tn
: dark, as diamond.