Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-11-14
TILE JOURNAL.
PENCIL NOTES.
mud and wild pigeons.

Wansed-a load Of good 'corn-fodder' In
quire at this office.
Seares-provisions money, items, and ugly girls
in this neighborhood
Nearly wp-the bridge. It will soon be COM
pletsd, and ready for travel
No doubt ofis-that you can get anything you
want by advertising. Just try it
At ,cork-Josiah R. Reed Esq, the Sheriff elect
has assumed the duties of his cfiee.
C,usrv--What's become of the Clearfeld Agri-
cultural society? Will somebody tell US?
Looks ,rell-Merrell L Carter's new building
It's decided improvement to the street.
Wa,ted-a house-maid to whom good wages
will be given See notice in another column.
Lsehs-the money market There is every in
dication of ''hard times between this and next
spring.
out Of seGso,-the gallant Majors white hat
Lay it away for next summer, Major and don the
Shanghai
4 sound sgs-the Curwensville gent that was
bought back" with pumpkin pie! Where's
that half dollar Dr.?
Bad Gpraetiee-assemb bling in an oyster cellar on
Sunday to argue scripture. Better go to church
and hear it e1pounded
High-the price of provisions generally, and
-four in particular The latter article is selling
here at Sl2 a sl2, so per barrell
Wanted-provisons and produce of all kinds at
this office, in exchange for subscription, advert
sing, or job work. Fetch it along
4 5o1ust-.SorrelI-top '..Scratchy, "Bollwax"
and Mother Moore, ,"-frGgram of shoemakers
YAK rotten CHI ess, and sour krout
Nuuserous-the foc ks of pigeons seer flying in
this vicinity during the last week, and Locofoco
candidates for United States Senator
CouraIfsoeat-our friend Aaron Pierce who was
shot recently at corn-husking, in Chest township
lie still carries the bullet in his shoulder.
P.ad ,Her.-the new advertisements. If you
want to get local news always turn to our adver-
tising columns That's the place to see what's
going
Bound to so it-Mossop says he tsiH sell the
cheapest goods in the County in spite OF all oppo-
sitiop. and we hsre no doubt he'll do it. Give
him triEl
ProgigtoUst-The KnckerbOcker says that IN
the rcis hborhood of Albany ths potatoes are SO
large that the dealers paint them green, and sell
them for water Hellons.
A fac: :-young ladies who accustomed to
rad newspapers always possess winning ways
.niabls dispos s-invariAbly make good wives
and select good husbands
Syf-tho roads, and who pause in the
e.en tenor of their way to reply to the barking
OF . puppy, or the rawlings of Catholic bully
Both are equally beneath contempt.
Strquee-that our Borough Fathers, do not t1ke
.eme action in regard 70 the very bad condition Of
many of the sidewalks Winter is fast approach
ing, and the payemsEts ought to be fixed.
THANKSGIVING Day.-We have been asked sew
erel times what day Gov. Pollock has fixed for
Thanksgiving Day. 1t is Thursdayth 2!nd inst,
or one week from to morrow. We hope it will be
observed
Snxsrlas accoHntS-A worthy Deacon in Massa-
chusetts having lost COW by stroke of lightning,
worked on Sunday until he had earned enough 10
cover his los, That 'squaring accounts with
a yengaEce.
One ofkhe Tu-ayiks,.-The Pittsburg Dispatch
says, the steubenville Turnpike, is disgrace to
civilization. fit can beat, the turnpike" be-
tween ,his and Curwensyilie think it would be
disgrace to barbarism-
Zinc pems.-we writing With Zinc pen,
which we have received from our friend Tommy
Robins, and can most heartily mend it as an
excellent invention. 1t will not corrode, and con
sequenty does not spoil the ink.
Bad manaers-to stand about the door of a
church gazing upon the congregation coming out
and obstructing the way. No one pretending to
bel gentleman would be guilty, OF such conduct
1t is the height of ill breeding.
Cant be 6sat-the stable we built last week, with
the assistance of ourSr. Devil 1t takes down all
the carpenters, Architects and builders in this vi
cinity It's bound to take ths premium at the
nrst Ciearield Agricultural fair.
Fired at Iass-thc pavement of our friend up
street. and if he has kept waiting long time
for it. we are well repaid in the excellent board
walk he has Iaid-one of the best in town We
hope some others will follow suit
important arripal-at Tommy Robbins Depot
for the head and 'stom- jack. He has a splendid
assortment of beautiful books, unsurpassed stock
of elegant confectionaries, and lot Of superb to-
baccs and cigars Give him call.
Result of Ganding.-A case has just come to
light at Hartford, Conn showing that young mer
chant has lost not only everything he was worth
by gambling but has forged notes to the amount
ofthousands with the names of his father and ia
ther-in-law endorsers.
Blanks-W0 have on hand supply of blank
judgement notes with waiver Of exemption from
levy and sale under the Act of April 1919 Also
supply of blank Declarations and Confessions, for
'Attornies,-Justices Blanks Constables Sales &c.
Nesg Grramgement-Persons attending the
Methodist Church in this place will observe that
che arrangement that existsd heretofore under
which the ladies entered at the left hand door
and the gentleman at the right has been altered
Ladies and gentlemen now enter at both doors-the
ladies take the left side of the aisle and the gen
tlemep the right The arrangement is a good one