Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-02-21
fTEMARIAN.
: Circulate no slander.

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bill abolisbing the Supreme Court in that
State.
- The very last curiosity we have seen
spoken of, is wheel that came off dogs
'tail when it was a waggin'.
We may live without a brother, but
not without a friend. In order to deserve a
good friend we must become one.
= They have got fast operator in Ar
kansas. lie cuts up clover hay, and sells it for
black tea. He'll do to travel.
- Free Banking IS now defined to be ma
king particularly free with the funds of de-
positors.
~ Little opportunities of doing good are
neglected by many who are waiting for an oc-
casion to.perform great acts of charity.
- Harsh words are like hailstones in sum
mer, which, If melted, would fertilize the ten
der plants they batter down.
- a man being commiserated with. on
account of his wife running away, said:-
'sDon't pity me till she comes back again.
- Refusing to pay your printers bills
and robbing hen roost are the same thing in
Dutch, only little differently expressed.
Married men are less troubled with
rheumatism than any other. DR.. Francise ex-
plains the reason-thcy sleep. warmer.
- Each of the ten inch shells thrown by
the allies in the seige of Sebastopol, costs, it
is said, f35-about $3.50.
- Slanderers are like flies; they leap all
over mans good parts to light upon his
sores.
There is Russian printing-offce in
London, in which Democratic works are prin-
ted for secret distribution in Russia
- Never discover your faults to man
who appears desirous of discovering them
You might as well carry flag of truce into
nest of wild cats.
- Mayor Wood is~.down' upon the for
tame tellcrs in New York. He has instructed
the police to hunt them out ard report them
to him.
-Snooks says that the best sewing machine
in the world is one about seventeen years old,
with short sleeve dressd, pre- tty little feet
with gaiter boots on. o! don't.
- The heart of young girl is like a nest
whore the little swallow chirps, shows its head,
tries It's wings, and watches the fayorite mo-
mcnt to fy.
a case of absence Of mind occurred the
last Rainy night when Mr. 2. came rome. lie
put his umbrella in bed with his wife, and
stood himself up in the corner of the room.
- Napoleon is said to have remarked Of
physicians, whom he found to be materil llsts:
s.They Go not believe that man has soul, be-
cause they cannot find it with their dissecting
knife.''
- Muggins observed on the door of
house the name of a physician and surgeon,
and remarked that it put him in mind of a
double barreIed gun, for if one missed the 9th
er was sure to kill.
- If our Maker thought it wrong for Ad-
am to live single When there was not a woman
on earth, how crinlinally guilty are old bach
elors, with the world full Of pretty girls. Let
young men think OF this.
- It is affirmed by scientific gentlemen
that. the pressure OF the times, if it couId be |
used as a propelling power, wouid force a
vessel across tho Atlantic in twenty-four
hours.
- We once heard of a young lady, who
was requested by a bachelor somewhat advan-
ced in years, to take a seat upon his knee,
while in a crowded sleigh. E'No, thank you,''
said she, 81 am afraid such an old seat would
break down with me.''
- As those who eat most are not always |
the fatest, so those who read most have not al |
ways the most knowledge; they sink under a
multitude of ideas, and resemble the ancient
Gauls, who, being too heavily armed became !
useless in battle.
- ''Father, what do you moan by raising
things in hot houses ?'' ssWhy, my dear boy, |
you are being raised in house too hot to hold |
me, sometimes The mother raised the !
broomsticl1, and the man disappeared in a
hurry.
- a lady of experience contends that
kiss on the forehead denotes reverence for the
a kiss on the cheek, that the donor |
is impressed with the beauty of the kissed one;
but that kiss imprinted on the lips, shows |
love-
- A gentleman with glass eye, was
about to exercise the right of suffrage, when
he was accosted by political opponent with,
81 say, Mister, what are you doing here ?
You can't vote, your not natural eyes'd.,,
Exit joker with kick a la hinder-end and
blow on the sconce.
- Blessed is the memory of these who
have kept themselves unspotted from the
world vet more blessed and NOR dear the