Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-03-28
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-DFtto-our pocket-book E
-Nicht'' Passarord-PretzeI
\ EzpIanat@on--Lag Beer. ~
IN tosn-one of the "sag Nichts" He say.
'notinG to no poty."
IV57ster5sh-the weather for the past week Our
calculations for food all 'frize up.
Contmsncss-the prepayment of all postage, on
the first of April.
The first Of Ag,rI-next Sunday. People will
have to fit on Saturday or Monday.
! Don't Jorgst-to notify us, if you change your
rcsidendce on the first Of April.
On 'Jlsst'-the brokers Of California They're
having one grand blow up"
/ Czleer-Fhe Senate actually refused to increase
| the capital of the York County Bank
Do1s5tsz-the report of the Cars death. People
are afraid Of second edition Of the Sebasopol hoax
WIZ come uezt 4esek-the food So say the
weather wise, because it's full moon on Monday.
4 sharp fdea-screws says thatsooner than mar
| ry woman OF fifty, he'd take two Of twenty five
! Have no doubt of it.
! PsgsEfstic-the propensities of several individ-
| uals in this neighborhood. Wonder if they
/ couldn't get up q prize fght?"
| In toaod-the man with the pipe-stem legs, and
swallowtailed coat. His understanding is deci-
| dedly slender.
| Adopted-the Prohibitory Liquor Law in Wis
corsin provided the Governor don't veto the BILL
It passed the Assembly by vote of II to %
iS1yezz. ttengseLUss-our Pencil Notes The way
some of our exchanges walk into them, reminds Us
of hogs IN a potato patch.
Dszd--J. Ellis Bonham. the Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee. He was
| about thirty-eight years of age.
.OrfuE massacre The Mayor of Erie has issu-
ed order for the killing Of all the dogs found
the streets of that city, muzzlec or unmuzzled.-
He's a second Herod.
Still Observation-Disclosures. He's now getting
up sort of universal baby show to como off at
the Museum in New York, on the eth Of June.
4 Eittzs ''cracked queen Victoria She is fast
going the way of her ancestors-becoming deranged.
The symptoms showed themselves in her late illness.
mississippi There are 4G9 councils and 10000
members of the American party in Mississippi
The whole vote Of the State is about $1,000
Right.-Mr. Killinger has introduced bill in
the Senate looking to the publication Of thelawsin
the newspapers, instead of the old tOgy pamphlet
system. We hope he viii be backed by the press
Of the State. The bill should become a law.
4 p2jr Of pstic02ts.-Two women have been
committed to the Jail at Lancaster for drunkenness
each for ninety days Oh woman! why should st
THOU indulge in the intoxicating delightful?
4 tr7ts 55lE-prosperity is the only test that 2
vulgar man can't pass through. If a man has
| anything mean in his disposition, little good
luck is sure to bring it cut.
observation-disclosures Pilgrims Progress. y
They are play playing it at the Chestnut in Phia-
delphia Wonder if somebody. won't dramatize
The Bible next?
ETzE-the woodman Who spared that tree > be-
cause he has ran short of wood, and our devil be-
cause we have run short Of coal, and have no
ey to buy more
Come to hank-a piece of poetry which might
be entitled 1.-The Wagon She'd" IF the writer
viii give US his name, We viii publish it. We mast
have the name Of The wrItoC IN all cases.
TKinkf1g-our devil about going dowr ths r 8
er. Says he's sorry to. hear Mother Moore's dead,
and as he finds out ''for sartin' he'll write
her obituary Wonder if she died from an over
dose Of ''kroait?"
believe it. She might have turned into cabbage
stalk, but for dying-;ts all hum bug-she
couldn't do it if she'd try.
The French Spoik4tfons--The Maine I e egisiature
have resolved that the French sPoilatiol veto of
President Pearce was s'arbitrary' act, and his
reasons "extraordinary and wholly insufficient"
Larg,-the bump Of limitation On tn turnip' of the
editor of the Jersey Shore News Letter. or rather
the second edition of the Hollidaysburg Standard
1t is said that "baboons' are naturally initiative
animals. E-
Postage to be rs-pztd.-Some of the newspapers
still Iaboring under an erroneous presson as
to the period when the prepayment Of all posta-
ges is TO take effect The new regulation is TO
commence on the first day Of April next.
Kalocksz Saa tie hezz-the CIearfeId Bank It
not advertissd in time by the Harrisburg pa
pers and the Committee, therefore refuse TO report
1t The true reason Is, no doubt, lack OF flt1dS,
don't understand black mailing
Tncorrect-that our friend Jones, of the HolIi-
daysburg Register was appointed Judge. It
turns out to be a man named Gwin. Sorry for it,
but it can't be helped. Jones deserved it, ard he
ought to have been appointed.
& azRgsro Us experimental man in Cincinnati
recently sobered drunken wife by dischargipg
pistol loaded only with powder in her face; she
supposing 4 ball had gone through her head,
frightened out of her tdrunk."
Win%5ng- alp--the present year of the Journal.
We hope as it draws to conclusion, subscribers
viii see the necessity of paying up their subscrip
tiors, and advertising accounts, that may be
enabled TO commence the second volume with
clean books
al sttjscrt5er''-when he wants anything pub
ished viii not neglect, hereafter to pay the post
age, and give us his name. It's ratherl small bu-
siness to make an editor pay five cents for what
can be of interest TO any but the writer,
who must be an exceedingly soft individual
Curious c9incidenee.--The days of the week, the
date Of the months the dominical letter, and al
the movable feasts of the present year. correspond
exactly with those of lS49-So that those who
saved their old almanacs, needn't go to the ex-
pence of buying ones.
R1susoyed-that Louis Napoleon intends to take
the command of the army in Russia. He'd better
look out, it was in that country his illusrious
uncle got the check that caused his down fall.
From the burning of Moscow, he went to the devil,
like a train Of cars, going down grade' on q
creased railroad.
10 The editor of the RafIsmQn's Journal
says great many good things, great many
witty things, and quite variety OF sharpthings.
1t is by the way an excellent paper, strongly
devoted to the cause of Americanism and the
best interests of our beloved country.-Centre
Democrat.
You've done it Up BroiOn, and we're sorry
we can't return the compliment.
DECAPTFATIoN.-We learn from the the At
lanta (Ga.) RepubEican Of the 18th, that the
axe of political prescription has fallen on the