Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-10-21
CLIPPINGS AND scaiBBLlNes.

htiy-W Wilmot.
~Elected-Molly Mcguire Packer.
UHigh-the horse-thief excitement on
Monday.
WA discontented family-poverty, pride
and laziness.
ULarge, fine, and not hard ia take-those
Isabella grapes of Mrs. Ward, of our town.
rWanted-several cords of wood, in pay
ment of subscription, at this Office.
rReported-that an election was held one
day last week, in some parts of our State.
OE-The money panic is subsiding here
abouts. Reason-thcre is no money to kick
up fuss about.
GA whopper-that radish brought US by
Mr.. Henry Waple, of Boggs township. 1t
weighs If lbs. Hard to beat, that.
UIf the people of Portugal are Portu-
geese, is it proper to call one OF them portu-
goose
rWe are indebted to Nathaniel Rishel, of
Lawrence township, for several clusters of fine
grapes.
VSome cotton.-There are three Missis-
sippi widows at White Sulphur Springs, Vir-
ginia, who represent fifty thousand bales of
cotton.
~AnI Irish gentleman lately fought duel
with his Intimate friend, because he jocosely
asserted that he was born without shirt on
his back.
USLouis XIV. asked Count Mahony if he
understood Italian. .'Yes. please your Ma
jesty,' answered the count, ''if it is spoken
in Irish.''
ri,nia bon
plains that there is great scarcity of me-
chanics, especially carpenters, in that town.
The wages, it says, are good.
GyAt the Buffalo Fair grounds. day or
two since, an Indian ran ten miles in 90 min
utes and 10 scconds-a speed unprecedented
He would make good candidate.
0gThe Question IS being discussed in some
Of the Missouri papers whether raising hemp
is good business. a much better business,
certainly, than being raised by it.
SExciting-the ssmuss'' between FstEe
Parsons and ..Pruner,'' on Monday night and
Tuesday forenoon. Hatchets and muskets are
calculated TO make things highly interesting.
WLadies should prepare for an extreme
change in wearing apparel, for Paris cor
ICSpOUueut VI tbG NC" YIN SOuiISi 'sS
ladies are coming out without hoops, hustle,
wadding, or anything else.
~A Jockey at the Maze races, England,
asked Yankee if they had any such swift
horses in America. ssSwift ?'' said Jonathan,
| ssI've seen a horse at Baltimore beat his own
shadow quarter of mile at the first heat"
GIA minister in Salem county, New Jer-
sey, advertiscs that he will perform the mar
riage ceremony on the most accommodating
terms. Those who are not blessed with cash,
can pay the fee in cord wood, bacon, or corn !!
~Rats.-Last Wednesday, the crew of the
| bark Fleet Eagle, lying at Central wharf, Bos-
ton, NJ S., smoked the vessel for the purpose
of clearing out the rats, and after the opera
ton was performed, $50 of the defunct ver-
min were found
~ When you say, in phrase which is now
Americanized, such and such man is 'brck,
do you think of, or know the origin of il 1t
is this: An Eastern prince being asked,
s:Where are the fortifcations of your city ?''
replied. pointing to his soldiers, ssEyery man
you see is brick.''
UFraud sticking out.-In the town of
kickapoo, Kansas, where the Border r ufian
census takers reported but two hundred vo-
tiers, the National Democratic Nigger-driving
ticket received five hundred majority! How
did they get five hundred majority out of two
hundred voters?
Ia doctor up town gave the following,
| prescription for sick lady, few days since
ssA new bonnet, a Cashmere shawl, and pair
of gsiter boots ?'' The lady recovered i'm
mediately. Shortly after, the Sheriff pre-
scrbed for her husband, two executions and 3
small red flag. He will not recover.
| WThe New Orleans papers of the 9TH men
/ tion the presence of fillibuster Walker in thai
city. The True Delta says that he very cooly
and philosophicaly proceeds towards the con
summation of his plans. The tightness of the
money market somew hat affects his operations
as it prevents him converting bonds into cash
except at too heavy loss.
OEThe Dred Scott Decision Outdone.-A
correspondent of the St. Louis Democra
writes that the judges for his precinct decided
that, in the absence of naturalization papers
| or in case foreigner had not been natural
| lied, it was only necessary for him to produce
| a land ,cqrrant to entitle him to the elective
| franchise.
| DThe vast amount of business transacted
| in the Post Office Department is indicated by
the fact the Transcripts of mails sent from ant
received at th New York city Post Offices
! measuring nearly three miles in length of col
umns of figures, were placed in the hands o
the examiners in the sixth Auditors Office
| on the 9th inst, and on the 10th the additions