Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-03-14
prnta Notes.
WiU pass--the Clearfeld Bank bill
Dead-BilI Poole, the New York rowdy.

! TIE qaestfon--"Are you going down the river?'i
Ba cked acater-the lighting editor on the bank
/ question
Out risit-one of the Tyrone bhoys last
| week.
CAangea5ze--the weather, and the opinion of
the fighting editor.
Easily toatna-our Office. Over the sign of the
Yellow Boot.
| IVia,teriah-the weather again, and our coal box
/ empty.
Good st0rY-The smugglers Daughter, on our
first page. Read it
Eapectsd-the arrival of the Pacific, and Clear
| field lumbermen at Marietta.
ProbabLe-that the President viii call an extra
Session of Congress
Pyepzyine-the watermen to go down the river
Look out for fitch and sour-1rout
Higl-grain in st. Louis. Selling at two dol
lars per bushel.
Some punskias.-there is snow drift in Hi
| nois, eight feet high, aud eighteen miles long.
/ Don't coae--the Daily News Whats wrong
old feIlow2 Can't do without you, how.
! Il lost Plcsia-the Jefferson Star. What's wrong
now, Mac? OF on bust, or paper run out
.SigHed-the Sunday Liquor Law by Gov. Pol
lock, to go into effect the first of April.
Wanted-bows, pins, cant hooks, pike-poles, and
all other rafting tackle-on the river bank.
Apposutment.-Gov Pollock has appointed Ar
| thur w Little of Philadelphia, Commissioner to
the Worlds Fair at Paris
| Dorm on tie AdngiRtstyatton--SouIe, ex-Minis-
! ter to Spain He's mad March hare, or
! fea-bitten bull.
DESTROYED 5v frs-the residence of Col Benton
! in Washington City, the 9th ult including all
his books and papers.
| Attsntion Those who wish to procure copy
of the Know Nothing Almanac for 1855, can do so
! by leaving their names at this office
| Patytotic-'Saln' has determined to finish the
| Washington Monument. As he carries out all his
| undertakings he'll do it, and no mistake
Conting-'Saint Patrick day in the mornin'."
| Won't the Paddles have a glorious time next
! Saturday.
Let her yip, Mac.-The Star is down on the JEFF
| ferson County Commissioners like thousand of
| brick
High Hging-boiIed eggs for breakfast,-hot
water for dinner, and Wright's Indian Vegetable
| Pills for supper,
their loads in their hats. Better put their bricks
| in the boot for ballast
| Tie woportion.-There were one hundred ar
rests in Allegheny City during the month OF Feb
ruary-77 foreigners, and % Americans.
| Szio.atgy tneJrjated-the fancy individual that
| was attempting to find ont the difference between
curves and triangies in the street the other day.
! Wears ito 7alantioRzJtes.-A French woman in
male attire is digging for gold in California. She
works dexterously and is amassing the ore.
| AAjouruiacnt-A joint resolution has been re-
! ported in the Senate which provides for the final
adjournmen of the Legisla the 10th April.
| Satan Tepr0ciltg siz-an avoYed DeiSt prating
! about '.infdelity!' Stop braying and keep your
hid, and people won't know you re iact-aSS.
| Kl,oac Tothfnafsns- Americans can do their
own voting and their own fighting" SO said en-.
Harrison. Talks as il he had seen sam, don't he
| GooA taez-for the borough officers to make
those using the River bank for rafting purposes,
| pay wharfage.
IFaats to be Prssi%eat-George Law. Guess
Georgey can't come it. Sam don't want any
nusket contractors in his service just now.
| Propose9 ,Daproremsnt-a brick house in Cur
wensville to be built from the materials carried
there in the hat Of the driver that left the mails
! last week.
First Of ADrii.--Those of our subscribers who
change their residence on the first of april, win
| please give notice, SO that we may change the
! direction of their papers.
FoilR offt-the editor of "a democratic paper
making attacks upon the character Of private cit-
zens, who have opportunity TO reply to his
SANDERS It's characteristic the man.
Good for BrookvjHe.-In the recent borough ell
ection GSam'' licked the Wing and Loeofoco par
ties combined. The whole American ticket vas
successful.
Respects "erqg hqirs''-the lighting editor"
The people viii no doubt be glad to hear that he
respects something The gray hairs however,
have ut much respect for h1ma.
Some punlkinS'-thc 'one horse express we ran
to Curwensvlle last week, to carry the mails left
behind by the stage dryer because he had too big
"a toad on ~
per- when he found he not the democratic
party He'd better join the Know Nothings and
get to be High Priest"
Girc as the Hues-the hail storm on Tuesday
morning. Rather knocked our rafting calcula-
/ tions into cock't hat Sorry, for we'r longing
to get at that souT-krout.
Ru0aorsd-that the Brigadier Generalship, win
be given to jefferson Davis and that he expects it
to be the stepping stone to the post of Comman-
der-in-Chef
2, n fr-Vbe I Te~isIature of Indiana has II
jourued stHe die without clecting United States
Senator any State officers. The latter cannot
be filled by the Governor
Ought nat to be sa2Lot0ea-buryingg grounds with
in the borough limits It's not pleasant to think
that the water you drinking is inpregnated
with the juice of purifying humanity,
Woaaess Rights az ChiEi.-zIn this .sparadise of
women no fewer than four ladies have been hung
lately for putting their husbands out of their mis-
cry with Spanish knives.
onization Society for the past year have been
900. They have sent nearly six thousand en-
igrants-chiehy emancipated slaves-to Africa.
Grotcing brighter-our prospects for Railroad
The friends OF the enterprise should not forget
that they will have it in their power to do it an
essential service when they go East this Spring.
To be H0ped-that the Conference which recent
Iy assembled in Baltimore will reflect that il is
morally possible for the people of Clearfeld to dis
tinghish between good preachers and bad ones, and
not send us those that no other place will have.
-'cashy-the letters we have been receiv-
ing from our New York Correspondents. IF they
cant send anything better, they need not put
themselves to the trouble of sending us anything
at all.
''!Sam'' sro,et tomch it.-Some of the opposition
papers endeavoring to split the American par
ty the Slavery question, but it's go, "Sam''
won't have anything to do with it. He has no re-
lationship with 'niggers, no how.
4 practical illustrations Our devil says when he
kissed girl the other day she asked him in great