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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-01

Ey-The antipathy of the Scotch people to writ
ten sermon is well known. At kircudbright at
an inauguration an old woman on the pulpit
stair asked one of her companions if the new min
ister was a reader. And how can he read. woman
was the reply "the mans blin,", To which the
first made answer, 'I'm glad to hear'-I wish
they were a blin'.n
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-01

Y Never marry for fortune. We overheard
poor unfortunate get the following sockdolager
the other day from his better half: "You good
for-nothing fellow" said she, "what would you
have been if had not married you? Whose was
the baking kiver, whose the pig trough, whose the
irving pan, and the iron hooped bucket, but min e
when YOU married me?"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-01

Devotion. Devotion is nothing else but
apprehensons, and right affections toward
God. All practices therefore, that helghten
and improve our true apprehensionsof God-all
WAYS of life that tend to nourish, raise, and fix
our affections upon Him, are to be reckoned SO
many helps and means to I'll us with devotion.
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5uhhutb Rruhina.
AN ANGEL IN THE WAY.

This very chasto effusion originally appeared 4
Eraser's 8 Magazine of last January. 1t is one o
those very pure classical productions which no,
and then, and without any great intervening in
terval, appear In that able and distinguished pc
rodioal. Tho author of it is manifestly a man O
extraordinary talent. The lesson it impart
would, if generally adopted, i'm pose on the worl'
q system of morals which would tend to its advan
tage, its happiness and its glory.l
Fair the downward path is spread,
Love and Light thy coming greet,
Fruit is blushing Der thy head,
Flowers are growing meath thy feet.
Mirth and sin, with tossing hands,
Wave the on, Q willing prey;
I ct an instant pause-there stands
An angel in the way.
Heed the heavenly warning-know
Fairest flowers thy feet may trip
Fruit that like the sunnet glow,
Turns TO ashes on the lip.
Though the joys be wild and free,
Even mortal eye can see
An angel in the way.
Wilt thou drown in worldly pleasure,
Wilt thou have, like him Of old,
Length of days and store Of pleasure,
WISDOM glory power and gold
Life and limb shall sickless waste,
Want shall grind the night and day,
Still to win thee, God has planted
An angel in the way.
Trusting all on things that perish,
ShaIi hopeless faith be thine
Earthly idol wilt thou cherish
Bow before earthly shrine,
Meet rebuke to mortal love
Yearning for child of clay.
Death shall cross thy path and prove
An angel in the way.
When the prophet thought to sin,
Tempted by his heathen guide;
When princes grace to win,
Prophet lips would fain have lied,
Even the brute the man controlled,
Found human voice to say,
Master, smite me not-behold
An angel in the way"
So, when vice to lure her slave,
Woos him down the shining track,
Spirit hands stretched to save,
Spirit voices warn him back.
Heart of man to evil prone,
Chafe not at thy sins delay;
Bow thee humbly down and own
An angel in the way
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-01

y Lorenzo Dow once said ola grasping aVarl-
cious old farmer, that if he had the whoie "oria
enclosed in single field he would not De content
without patch of ground on the outside tor po-
tatoes
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YEA wife cannot make home comfortable, who
stdears'' and my loves" and 'Fets" her husband,
and don't sew the buttons on his shirts, or the
tapes on his drawers.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-01

WAsHIxGToN's TENTs.-The following ac-
count, with which the venerable George Wash
ington Park Curtis furnishes the Washington
Intelligencer, of the two tents of General
Washington, will interest our readers. We
learn ii is the purpose of Mr.. Curtis, in whose
possession, at Arlington house, these venerated
relics have been for half q century, to bequeath
them to the nation, to be preserved among the
military archives at the seat of government.
There were two tents, or rather marques: at
tached to the baggage of the commander-in-
Chief during the revolutionary war. The lar
ger, can dine about forty persons, formed the
banqueting hall for the grand banquet given
by Washington to the officers of the three ar
mics Immediately after the surrender of ork-
town, when the victor made the feast, and the
vanquished were his guests. The smaller or
the sleeping tent has history of touching pc
culiar interest attached to it, as related by Col
onel John Nicholas, of Virginia, an Officer Of
the Life Guard. He said, that although the
head quarters were generally in house, yet
we always pitched tbs smaller tent in the yard,
or im,nediateiiy adjacent to the quarters, and
| to this tent the chief was in the constant habit
!, of retiring to write his dispatches. His orders
to the officer of the guard were: Let me not
be disturbed; when have completed my de-
spatches will come out myself. Let the ex-
nresses be mounted and in waiting. Often
would courier arrive, ssbloody with spurrlng'
and shouting, dispatches from General
TO the commander-in-Chief. Often the travel
soiled courier would have time to breathe a
little after desperate ride, till, parting the
doorfolds of the tent, would appear the man
of mighty labors, the dispatches ready sealed
in his hand. From within these venerable
canvass walls emanated the momentous des-
patches that guided the destines of our coun'
try in the most awful periods of the struggle
for independence. The tents were originally
made in Philadelphia, in August, 1715, under
the direction of Captain Moulder, of the revo
luton. They were first pitched on the heights
of cambridge, in IT'S, and are now preserved
in the portmanteaus in which they were carri
ed during the whole of the war for indepen
dence.''
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.T sShon,' said d Dutchman, you may say
what you please bout pad neighbors; I had te
worst neighbors as neber vas.-Mine pigs and
mine hens come home NIT dere ear split and fodder
day two of dem come home msssipgP
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-01

rvMen we're furnished with two eyes and
two ears, in order that they might see and hear
twice as much as they said.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-01

SINGULAR FoRGIvENEss.-Sir Walter Scott,
in his article in the Quarterly Review, on the Gull
loden papers mentioned characteristic instance
of an old Highlond warriors mode of PARDON
s'You must forgive even your bitterest enemy,
Kenmuir, now, said tho confessor to him, as he
10y gasping on his death bed. ''WelI, if I must,
/ must" replied the cheiftain; shut my curse be
on you Donald" turning towards bis son. If you
forgive him .
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1t will be remarked that the lady receives
Gauran upon couch, and, placing him by her
side. sups with him sharing his plate. This Gus
tom, relic of the manners in Rome, and which is
alluded to in one of the most solemn and interest
ing passages in the New Testament, is frequently
named in the older romances.
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CLEARFIELD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST |, 1855:

brought him reeling to the ground. This was
the end OF him: for he must have expected in
| instant death if he had not confessed himself
vanquished, and alraady the attendants began
to unlace his helmet. But he surrendered his
sword, and asked for life. From this moment
all opposition was over. The victor had rie eht
to the bride; it could not be refused There
remained only the hope of enticing him to
give 1t up willingly; and this was the manner
in which they trusted to succeed
The dwarf presented himself, and salutine
the victorious knight respectfully, invited him
On the part of his mistress, to sup VIII. her.
She received him, adorned with all the attrac-
fions which art can add to beauty, and sitting
upon a sumptuods couch,' whose silver pillars
sustained a pavilion decorated with embroide-
~ and precious stones. The lady placed him
at her side, and during the supper used the
same plate with him. After some fiattering
reproaches of the bravery which had succeed
ed in depriving her of all means of resistance,
she confessed to him that she was the sister of
the maiden with the mule, and that she herself
had taken the bride, ssBut," she said, ssif you
will renounce your rights as victor, if you will
remain with me, and devote to my service
that invincible arm whose prowess 1 have just
proved, this castle, and thirty-nine others yet
more magnificent, shall be yours, with all their
wealth and she who begs you to accept
them viii feel honored by becoming herself
the prize of the victor"
Gauvain was nothing moved by these seduc-
tive offers. He persisted in exacting the bri-
die which he had undertaken TO obtain and
when he had received it, he departed on his
mule amid the joyful shouts of a crowd of
people, who, to his great surprise, crowded
around him. These were the inhabitants of
the castle, who confined till now in their
apartments by tyranny of their mistress,
could not leave them without being instantly
deyoured by her lions, and who, freed at last,
came to kiss the hand of their liberator.
Upon his return to Carduel, the knight was
received by the maiden with those transports
of Joy and gratitude which were due to such a
service. She embraced him hundred times,
aud confessed that hero who had done so much
for her, deserved far more than such trifing
recompense. But she prepared instantly for her
departure. In vain did King Arthur and the
queen beg her to stay until the festival was
over; nothing could retain her. She took leave
of all, mounted her mule, and disappeared.
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Bnetrq.
WHAT SHALL BE THE END OF
THESE THINGS1

= " tAS AcdkiuR mass
When another breath of being
Stains creations tarnished glass
When the first cry, weak and piteous,
Heralds long enduring pain,
And a soul from non-existence
Springs, that never dies again;
When the mothers passionate welcome
Sorrow-like bursts forth IN tears,
And the sires self graduation
prophecies of future years
Itrs well we cannot see
What the end shall be-
When across the infant features
Trembles the faInt uawn OF mind;
When the heart looks from the windows
Of the eyes that were SO blind
When the incoherent murmers
Syllable each swaddled thought;
To the fond ear of affection
With boundlcss promise fraught,
kindles great hope for tomorrow
From that dull uncertain ray,
As by glimmering of the twilight
Is foreshown the perfect day
1t is well We cannot see
What the end shall be.
When the boy upon the threshold
Of his all comprising home,
Parts aside the arm maternal
That enlocks him ere he roam;
When the canvass of his vessel
Fluttcrs to the favoring gales,
Years of solitary exile
Hid behind its sunny sails,
When his pulses beat with ardor,
And his sinews stretch for toll;
And q hundred bold emprises
Lure him to that eastean soil
1t is well we cannot see
What the end shall be.
When the youth beside the maiden
Looks into her credulous eyes;
When the heart upon the surface
Shines. too happy to DC wise;
lie by speeches less than gestures
Hinteth what her hopes expound,
Laying out the waste hereafter
Like enchanted garden-ground
He may falter-so do many;
She must suffer so must all;
Both may yet, world disappointed,
This lost hour of love recall
1t is we'll we cannot see
What the end shall be.
When the altar of religion
Greets the expcctant bridal pair;
When the VOW that lasts till dying
Vibrates on the sacred air;
When mans lavish protestations
Doubt of Interchange defy,
Comforting the Trailer spirit
Bound his scrvitor for aye;
When beneath loves silver moonbeans
Many rocks in shadow sleep,
Undiscovered till possession
Shows the danger of the deep
1t is BellWe cannot see
What the end shall be.
Whatsoever is beginning
That is wrought by human skill
Every daring emanation
OF the minds ambitious viii
Every first impulse of passion,
Gush of love, or twSDge Of hate,
Every launcb upon the water,
Wide horizoned by our fate;
Every venture in the chances
Of lifes sad, oft desperate. game,
Whatsoever be our motive,
Whatsoever be our aim
1t is well we cannot see
What the end shall be
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-06-21

DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIANS, well
known Merchants, respectable Apothecaries, and
hundreds of others, bare testimony TO the good
effects of STABLER'S ANODYNE CHERRY
LXPECT0RANT in Coughs, Colds, and diseas-
es of the Lungs and Throat generally. There
is no emplrcsm in its preparation. Articles
which are well known and highly appreciated
by the entire medical faculty, alone enter into its
composition. The DIARRHGA CORDIAL is
also prepared with the same scientific skill and
care. lis beneficial effects in diseases OF the
bowels have been remarkable. Over 800 ply
sicians, who have been made acquainted with the
recipes Of these popular remedies. have been
pleased with them. and only spoken OF them IN
termes Of unqualified praise. 1t you have
cough, or any disease Of the Lungs or Throat
give the Expectorant trial Or If You oryoul
friends need the aid of the Darrh@a Cordial
make use Of II with confidence, and mark The
result Sec descriptive pamphlets. to be had
gratis Of the agents, Price OF each, only 81
cents per bottle, or six bottles for S2,5O.
II. Ii. STABLER T. CO., PRoPRlEToRs,
WHOLESALE DRUGGIsTs, BALTIMORE.
JAMES II. c. MILLER, Agent for Jackson Co.
WHOLESALE AGENTS.
john d. PARK, Cincinnati r. E. SELLERS
Pittsburg, J. IL. PATTERSON e. Co. Wheeling,
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BOUNTY LANDS.

DY an act Of Congress passed March ., 1855,
ID all persons who have served fourteen
days In any Of the wars of the United States,
and who have not heretofore received a warrant
for 100 acres Of land, are now entitled to war =
rant for l60 acres, less the amount already re-.
ceived. The widows and minor children Of
deceased soldiers, have similar claim.
The undersigned are prepared to assist any.
who may call upon them In obtaining Bounty
Land. HOFFMAN g. HASTINGS.
March Is. IS 5l-tf
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BARBER SMOp
- zZ- NAH - ~T H1S MD q

Charles Poindcxter, to his friends would say,
That he moved his shop the other day,
TO the Commercial Block" across the stree
Where every body he will be glad to meet
His shop is new aud fixed up nice.
Where he will shave you at fair price;
And trim your hair to suit your will,
And only charge the same old bill,
This Knight, of RaEors so good and keen,
To his many customers has always been
The best of BARRIERS in Jackson town,
TO shave the face and trim the crown.
His perfumery and oils Of brands so rare,
Cannot be surpassed in shops elsewhere
His soaps are pure aud so fine,
And every thing else that's in his line.
Good Cigars for those that smoke,
Which will be- found to bo no joke
And Tobacco too Of every kind,
In his case you viii always find.
Come friend come foe, come every one,
Come father, brother and every SON
That has beard or hair 80 long,
And hear aud heed to my rustic song
jackson, Feb !, '55 45-ly
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MEDICAL.
THE UNIVERSITY FAMILY

- n
ISSUED under the seal, sanction and authori.
ty of ......... ......
THE UNIVERSITY OF FREE MEDICINE AND
POPULAR KNOWLEDGE.
Chartered by the State of Pennsylvania, April
30. 1853. With a capital of 100000, mainly
for the purpose of arresting the evils Of
SPURIOUS NoSTRUMS,
Also for supplying the Community with reliable
remedies wherever Competent Physician can
not or will not be employed, have purshased from
DR.. JOHN r. ROWLAND, his celebrated
RowAND'S TONIC MIXTURE,
Known for upwards of twenty-five years as the
only sure and safe cure for
FEVER AND AGUE &c.
And his incstmable Remedy for Bowel Com.
plants,
RoWAND'S COMPOUND SYRUP OF BLACK.
BERRY ROOT,
Which highly approved and popular Remedies.
together with the UniversityS Remedy for Com.
plants Of the Lungs,
The Universitys Remedy for Dyspepsia or In.
digestion.
The Univcrity's Remedy for Costive Bowels.
Also the Univcrsity's Almanac may be had,
at the Branch Dispensary, or Store Of I. II. Clew-
ers, & Co., Agents Druggist, Chemist, Corner Of
Columbia, and Main street, Jackson G. ii. Ohio.
May '55. lO-ly.
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H, r, HelembOId,

CHEMIST, No. 1863 Chestnut st., near Girard
House, north side, Philadelphia. Sole Manufacturer
of HELMB0LD'S GENUINE PREPARATIONS
which are purely vegetable. Accompanying each
bottle of which, will be found more responsible
references in our immediate city and elsewhere fol
the euro of such diseases as will be mentioned, and
II cure is guaranteed in each and every case un'
der forfeiture of One Thousand Dollars placed in
the hands of disnterested and responsible persons
of this city. These preparations are prescribed by
the Medical Faculty throughout the United States
and have become Standard Remedies,
His highly Concentrated
Fluid Extract of SarsaparIIla,
for removing Impurities of the Blood cases of Scro-
fula or Kings Evil letter. Pmplos on the face, and
all Scaly Eruptions of tho Skin, &c.
His highly Concentrated FLUID EXTRACT OF
BUCHU, for diseases of the Bladder, Weak
ness, DC flor particulars, which need not be
given here, see wrapper around bottles, whether
in male or female, no matter of how long stan
ding. Perfectly pleasant to the taste and free
from all injurious properties.
1t is gratifying to the Proprietors, to know
that these Preparations have given to Patients
and Practitioners the highest degree Of salts
faction They can be given with less trouble and
expense 10 the patient with more certainty Ol
success than any other remedy.
Numerous letters have been received from dis
tinguished professors and physicians Of the
highest standing, expressing the most favorable
opinion of these medicines, fully corroborating
and establishing the above facts
HIS DYsprpTiC CORDIAL, or MAGIc CHARM is 6
pleasant medicine to take for the cure OF Dyspep
sia, Piles Nervous Diseases, and all diseases
arising from indigestion or forbid state OF the
Liver
The Liver being the largest gland in the hu
man body is moe frequently deranged in itf
healthy action than any other The conse'
quences of this arrangement are first Dyspep
sia, known by costiveness, belchng, sour stOm
ach sick headache, nervous feelings, cold feet
wakefuluess and variable appetite. Secondly
if the above symptoms art allowed to go on, theT
follows Debility Of the lungs and p.edisposi
tion to Con sumption,
PRICES EXTRACT BUCHU, 81 per Bottle
PRICES SARS SAPARILLA, 81 per Bottle
equal in strength to one gallon Syrup.
PRICES DYSPEPTlC CORDIAL, 81 per Bot
tie. Small ones so cents.
To be had at the Depot 263 Chestnut ST.. nea
Girard House Philadelphia, or of the Agen
James II. e. Miller, Jackson Ohio and Drug
gsts and Dealers throughout the United States
p. 5. Druggists and Dealears, in Medicines
who wish to be Agents, will please address IL
7. Helmbold, with reference, names of Post 0i
fee, County and State.
May 3nd, IS. lily
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PATENT MEDICINES,
JUST RECEIVED.

Coffeen's Chinese LinIment.
Palmer's Cosmetic Lotion.
Stabler's Cherry Expectordnt.
I" DiarrhGa cordial.
/" Worm Mixture.
Bulls SarsaparilIa.
I" King of Pain.
Rowands Fever and Ague Mixture.
Comp. Syrup of Blackberry.
DR.. Anarchists Uterine Catholicon,
Osgood's India Cholagogue,
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
Old DR.. TOwensend's Sarsaparilla,
Guysott's Yellow Dock aud Sarsaparila,
Wistar's Basam of Wild Cherry,
Extract of Moss Rose,
Brants Pulmonary Balsam,
Purifying Extract,
Railways Ready Relief,
Renovating ResOIvent,
e X. Regulators,
Circassian Balm,
Medcated Soap,
Sellers Cough Syrup,
" Verm(uge,
Liver Pills,
McLane's Pills,
Vermifuge,
Sovereign BaLsam Pills,
Soule's Balsam Syrup,
Kier's Petroleum or Rock Oil,
Jayne's Ague Pulls,
Sanative Pills,
Alternative,
Hair Dive,
Hair Tonic,
Vermifuge,
ExpectOrant.
Carminative Balsam,
Lyons Kathairon,
Christie's Galvanic Belts,
MOrehead's Magnetic Plaster,
Cholera Syrup,
Stephens BulterscOtch,
Wistar's LOzenges,
Bar ellis Indian Liniment,
Vermifuge,
Blake's Sanative Pills,
HOOlland's German Bitters,
Great Western Liniment,
Ecclectic Liniment,
Nerve and Bone Liniment,
Magnum Bonum Linimeut,
Liquid OpOdeldoc,
Tar Ointment,
Black Salve,
Browns Jamaica Ginger,
DeGray L. Co.'S. Pills,
Brandreth's Pills,
Lees. Smiths, Wrights, and others Pills,
Badgers Pain Extractor,
Perry Davis Pain Killer,
Denig's Cough Syrup,
Carminative,
Worm Syrup,
Rushton and Clark's Cod Liver Oil,
DR.. Houghton's Pepsin,
Restorative Bitters. &C., at
MlLLER'S Drug Store
Cor. Broadway aud Pearl Streets, Jackson Obi
Feb. l6, 1854. n #
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and French, German and English Percussion
Caps and Grains, Lead, Powder Horns, Flasks
Shot and Game Bags, Pistols, Hunters Knives
Bowie Knives; in fact every thing that is neces,
sary for man to protect himself against man OF
animal of the most ferocious character. In
short, we have, and intend keeping always on
hand, everything that is usually kept in Hard
wale Store, which we buy direc ly from the
Manu- factories, which will enable him to sell as
cheap as can be bought in any town or city in
the State. Just drop in and take look at his
Stock.
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PLOWS Ind STOVES.

%AsSA-@
Z R. DAY, Thankful for past favors, takes
sB this method of informing his friends that
he still continues his business on Broadway
Street, Jackson, where will be found general
assortment of Tin. Copper, Sheet Iron, Brass
and Zinc ware, of his own manufacture
COOKING STOVES,
Latest Patterns for burning wood flat top.
Meteor Air Tight, 3 sizes, "
Con,et
Improved Air Tight, 3 siz. " :" 9"
COAL COOK STOVES.
Improved Etna Air Tight sizes, flat top
Star of the West, 2 sizes,
Universe, 2 sizes,
Aurora, size.
Queen City, 9 sizes, Republican 3 sizes.
Reliance ) sizes 9 kinds, and 2 sizes of Shol-
etoss.
Stoves with other articles in the stove line.
| A general assortment Of
HOLLOW BRASS, u JAPAN WARE
TiH Roofing and SPOWting,
Done to order, and on the most reasonable terms,
and with dispatch.
Copper SlnithiDg,
For all kinds of Machinery, done in the neatest
manner.
N b. The attention Of all are called to pay
me a visit, as they can purchase Wholesale OF
Retail, on terms t. suit the times.
Orders for all kinds of Iron Castings, sol cit.
ed and promptly attended to.
0.Remember that my Mandatory IS on
Broadway, one door above IL. W. Whiyc's Hard
ware Store.
Jackson, June IS, "a. l2-ly
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PATENT METALIC BURIAL CASES

A IR.TIGHT and indestructable; one o the
N most valuable inventions of the age, for
protecting and preserving the dead, for ordinary
intermcnt, for vaults or for transportation.
The undersigned respectfully announces to
those having occasion for burial cases, that he
is now prepared to supply the above named
valuable a'Iice of all sizes, from one foot ten
inches to feet inches in length, and of var
ous widths and depths, They are of different
patterns, bronzed gilded, plain and highly or.
namented, with plates for name or inscription.
He invites attention to these articles, and the
very low price at which they are offered, and
which is uniform throughout the state.
June 22d 50. TN. HOWELL.
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A, B. PRICE.

wWEoULD respectfully inform the citizens Of Jack.
uT son and vicinity, that he has sold ont his in.
terest 10 the Confectionery Establishment to Henry
NJ. Price, for whom be bespcaks liberal Patronage
10 call and settle. A. B. PRICE.
April S, SIS 2-tt