Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-08-19
CLIPPINGS AND scRiBBLlNes.

~ Honcsty-an excellent Joke in these days.
ESA cracked character, like kettle once
mended, always requires mending.
gsNext Friday is the day en- which Mckim is
to be executed in Hollidaysburg
- Another interesting letter from our friend
Dundy appears in to-day,s Journal.
10 The annual circulation of papers in the Uni
ted States is about 100000. 600 copies
~ Efforts to make horse-nesh general food
sre vigorously continued in Paris, France.
- Comingto Clearfeld-Wilmot lie will be
here Wednesday, 23d Sept
. Fooled-the individual who thought he was
kissing so~aeJOdy else, but which happened to be
his own wife.
E3TWiliis calls the neither limbs of ladies Sup
positions" Yes they Supposed to be "there
or thereabouts.'
- g-Grasshoppers are said to exist in great num-
bers about Belvidcrc, NJ Whole fields arc made
desoIates as if recently ploughed
-g77The Verdict of recent Coroner's jury, on
who died in ss2tc of inobration was
''dcath by hangng-round a rum shop"
u There is gentleman in Boston so polite
that he begs his own pardon every time he tumbles
down. Eeing good natured he always grants it.
- Mr.. Robert Colkitt of South Mahonine tn.
Indiana county, Pa harvested this season from
three acres OF ground, 2I5 dozen of wheat, being
IL dozen to the acre.
- A Professional brother of Boston has for
warded to the Jersey City retired physician hose
sands of life have nearly run, cask of fine beach
sand to supply the vacuum.
F-ES1i in
for kissing Dutch lady weighing two hundred
and fifty pounds The deed was done in the pres
ence of her husband, who said, u was SO mad 1
could not speak
% The Indiana, Pa, Register has a notice of
the marriage, on the 9th inst, of Mr. Peter Emp
field, aged IS years, to Mrs. Mary Bennett, aged
SO years. Who need despair after this, we should
like to know.
"a Jonathan Groves, of White Clay Creek Hun
dred, Delaware, lost six valuable horses worth at
least $1,000, on the 10th inst. They were laying
under a tree in the field, when it was struck by
lightning, and were all instantly killed
sg-Mr- Gdthrie, of Chicago, Illinois, has one
field of $50 acres of hay, enclosed with good pine
board and cedar post fence. He is cutting from
other fields at least 1000 acres besides, and cx
poets to cut and press this year 5000 tons of hay.
% One of the few, the immortal names not born
to die, is, evidently, Smith 1t is stated that in
England and Wales, every year. 1888 Smiths are
born, 4Oii Smiths die, and 5000 Smiths, deternin-
ed to preserve the Smith family from extinction.
do marry.
Wasn't herc--on Monday evening. Halle
hurst. 1t is reported that by the time he reached
Tyrone he had the 'beller-ache'' so bad that he
had IN afr,rr 4 I
applied to the inside of his pocket would, we
think ''bring him out again.
IL DeBow's mortality statistics show that the
people of the United States are the healthiest on
the globe The deaths are three hundred and
twenty thousand per year, and one-third
per centum of the population. In England the
ratio is over two per cent, and in France nearly
three per cent.
e curious wager is under way at New Or
leans. Col. Williams is to cat one thousand eggs
in a thousand hours, a bet of 81, 900. He has
yotked himself to difficult task. 1t will take Al
days and l6 hours to accomplish the feat He has
made big lag those eggs and should hitch
success.
20 Charming Domestic Circle.-A St Fran
els correspondent of the Helena (Ark) Dsmocrat
says that snake den discovered few days
ago, near Taylor's creek in that country contain
ing upwards of two hundred and forty reptiles
thirty of which were large rattlesnakcs, and the
balance mOceasin and blacks snakes.
20 Hard work-reading the address of the Lo-
cofoco State Central Committee 1t is signed by
CIR. Buckalew as chairman, whose name is con
nected with a ''sumptuary law" yet among the
objections this address makes to the opposition is
that they in favor of ''sumptuary laws, by
which dress, food, drink equipago other like
concern of use. habit or fashion, is coerced"