Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-12-09
CLIPPINGS AND scRlBsLlNas.


70 Hard to fnd-good news, these hard times.
u Always on hand-accounts of all kinds of
rascality.
- Look well-the Clearfeld :.Regulars'' 1che,l
on drill.
- Fine-sherif Reeds oyster supper on Sat
urday evening.
- To make u hen layout its head off. Fact
we have tried it.
= 7Poetry-a bottle of ink sprinkled over n
sheet of foolscap-
- Back from California-Mr. Hudson Lytle,
who left this in 1851.
y 7Honorable--to work for living, since eve
rybody has to do it.
- PatriOt-a man who has neither reputation |
nor property to lose.
- An improvement in the times-ten cents a |
day and board yourself.
y SAppears-anotherin er interesting letter from our |
friend, E. 5. Dundy, Esq.
~ Not bad idea-wOrking at ones trade whilst |
boarding with the Sheriff.
iy7kiled-in one day. by four sportsmen of
Clarksville, Tenn, 1000 pigeons.
New deiirition-D D. dead drunk Saw
of that kind of DIS tother night.
y7Died lately-an Indian of one of the west
ern tribes, at the advanced age of l30 years
SSelling at New 0rleans-sugar at Il cents a
pound. and molasses at Is 20 cents gallon
tB7A funny sight--to see a well hoped lady
trip and stretch out full length the pavement
-
MIA, they would desert the rotten ship of Loco
focoism.
- Has good time of 1.-THE young lady, whose
mother permits her to keep company with whom
she pleases
gg@Would make good tai ailor-the individual
that is addicted to helping himself to his neigh
bors cabbage
Married lately at Chicago-a Mr. Hafs, to
Miss Catharine Wrah. They'll have hateful
time of il,
cases; cause, young men hain't got the pewter"
and back down.
Ey' Don't agree-Forney of the Press and our
neighbOrs of the CteaLfeid Republican, on the
Kansas question.
y Strange-that provisions should be so high,
when laborcrs wages are approaching the Bu-
chanan standard.
s-g Sailed for California by late steamer-22
widows, whose husbands were lost by the wreck of
the Central America.
II What do they think of Buchanan now-tho
honest Pennsylvania Democrats who voted for
Buck, Breck and Free Kansas.
= Fast on fOot--the chap that was eaves-drop-
pring, and, like Socrates suddenly found himself
deluged from an upper window.
| E-g~Realized 6O,OO0-the past season two broth
| ers named Smith, from the sale of their peach
| crop, Sacramento, California.
| E-y~Will be tested-by the Harrisburg Tele
graph. the authority of the Auditor General to cut
| down Printers bills for advertising.
Quite extensiye-the Haek list published by
| Brady of the JeBsySOMfam- 1t amounts to SSSO,59
| That's right, Brady, let's see who is honest.
| E-g1Is spent daily in New York-SlO, 900 for to-
| bacco and cigars. and $500 for bread. Tobacco,
| a .eetic'' ahead ''Whar is your bread riots
| now p:
been travelling in Brazil. of an Anaconda swallow
| ing a horse. Must have had a large ''swaller,"
| that snake.
Ey-Is infcctious-foppery. Nowadays, if a
lo1f sIa bp
must have goggles on, cigar in his mouth, and a
horse to ride
.Y-Goes into operation shortly-the Common.
| wealth Bank, of Philadelphia. 1t was projected
to advance the interests OF printers booksellers:
| publishers, &c.
,BTQuite NOTES.-The young widow in New Or
leans who on being asked about her husband S
health. replied with a soft and quiet smile, He is
dead, thank you"
EgSOn hand asain--the Elk Reporter Had to
suspend for several weeks account of the non
arrival of paper, owing to the bad state OF the
roads in the back woods
Y Publishes a rchite and black list-the Jersey
Shore Vedette. 1t puts the names of those whG
pay in the white list, and those who refuse or are
unable to pay, in the black.
| EETPoor mans Paradise-Tazewell, Virginia
Only think of eggs at 81 cents n dozen, chickens
at 8! cents each, corn p cents bushel. and woo'
| only 81 cord delivered at the door
r5FAnnounccs-the Washington UuOx, ''th
| Constitutional right of the Shareholder to remove
with his slaves to any Free State and hold then
therc,'' Better try it on in Pennsylvania
rg@Thought he was sharp-the member of tn
S Constitutional Convention who moved to spell tn
name of their State. k-a-n-z-a-s, and gave as
reason that the .'abolitionists spell 1t k-an-s-a-s
EgTMobile papers state-that the late Jane
= Battle has bequeathed 100000 to his widow, tn
Battle House to his grand nephew, and $1,000
each to the Orphans Asylum and the Methodis
Church.
rl5-Gaye the following directions-a man i
/ Providence. to another from whom he expected
| remittance s'as all property is unsafe, and eS
| changes shOckingly unsafe, you may reihll III
| balance in rum.
| ,R7Must be prevailing-a drought ut MerceC
| California Tho Mariposa Gazette says: "LaSe
;, is very scarce, and the dust very deep. The II
| habitants here whiskey as n beverage, the W;
ter being required for agricultural purposes
). s-y9..It is an il-wind that blows nobody good,
| The panic has so far very appreciably dimlnishe
| the quantity of rumsucking. and before IL is enc
| ed we expect to some old rum-suckers reeoy'
their natural complexion. and appear before th
, | public with clear eyes. When bread and beef b
l. come Iuxuries, alcohol will have to cave.
r-gT7To have pleasant dreams-eat before goir
| to bed. two pig feet piece of oyster pie an
wash down with ''stif7' glass of brandy; and
less than an hour you will see a .'snaik larg
than a hawser. devouring eight blue haired chi
dren who have just escaped from the yellow moi
ster with red-hOt eyes and claws made OF razofs
E1y5-Couldnt come 1.-THE omnibus driver, wi
tried to outrun the steam carriage IN Mancheste
near Pittsburg. The driver put tho Whlp on u
e, horses but the steam carriage ran like IL thing
D, life dodgng ruts and turning corners at 1he ri
:, of nine miles an hour soon lett the OMNIBUS W
l. yer far behind only to be laughed at by the spe
tators John S. Hall, of Manchester is the
es ventor.
= KAysAs.-There seems to be misapprehe
sion in some quarters on the SUBJECT OF the
I. thority under which the Constitutional 20