Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-11-18
clIpplNes AND scaIeeLlnes.

~ feii on saturday. little snow.
STied down-the top mud, slightly
p Has queer effect on some persons-Stough-
ton bitters. -
= Jokes-the cayenne of conversation and the
salt of life.
10 DTSpeaking without thinking. is shooting with
out taking aim.
. S-ouite handsome-thosc sprouting milling
tary'' whiskers.
- Babies-a blessed institution and can never
go out of fashion.
p In Jail again-David Feaster who broke out
4 couple months ago
- Grandiloquent-the Jewsharp music Of sew
eral b hoys about town.
u Neither borrow nor lend-a good maxim
but not at all times practicable
70 Had his sides repaired lately-the jolly fell
low who split them with laughter.
~ Vetoed last winter by Gov. Pollock-more
than thirty Democratic Bank bills.
- Can you tell how Adam got out of Eden
ID We give it up? He got snakeR ont.
u Reduced-over We left-Rents, except the
one in the seat OF our unmentionables.
% Wonder whether it is so-a perfect "desert
of houses on this side of Luthersburg.
szs'7Rather eool-asking man on the street to
lend you his umbrella when it is raining
ES-A trio of beautes-a brawler in work
shop fool in fine clothes, and villifer.
lS Indirect way to get glass of waterfall
for q third cup of tea at boarding house.
q Must be unit-aI true Americans and Re-
publieans in opposition to Sham Democracy.
20 Comical-to person with brick'' in
his hat trying to lift his mpanion out gutter.
sY7Asks cruel wretch-'swhen sorrow has left
its traces, what has become Of the rest of the har-
Ness ''
.B-Let us have them-a Protective Tariff and
Hard Money Currency, instead of the Locofoco
Banks
~ Well did you cher thsee the like, Bobbin'
up an down the entry all day to git the thity
E1Y7one of the best things in the world-good
manners, either to get a name or to supply the
want of it.
ESHug sMoliy''-the Northern Pro-slavery
dough faces Let all true Patriots unite in oppes-
ing them.
E-g-Is considered sqrfng and frugal man
Prince Albert. Because he lays by SoUeretgW
every night.
EyWhy is young lady sobbing for a new silk
dress like the monetary pressure Because she
is cr5f-SiS.
5@Rather slow-for a couple galants, after ta-
king ladies 10 party, to allow them to go home
themselves.
~ Has just crawIed out-the man who was un-
der a tn 'usand obligations. He is somewhat
StrgighteHea
Has been merged 4 nperfean, Straight
out organ Of Wisconsin into the NeacS, the Demo
cratic paper.
g-Has recently converted his hat into brick
yard-the chap who plucked the feathers from the
wing of house.
- Doing smashing business-the Sheriff
of Luzerne county, who advertises hmLarea
and ssUehttesR S1kes.
Eg@Tt' smost darn d funny-every time s'smile e.
a new 'brick is put in my hat, was the remark OF
a spiTtuaList the other day
gTWhy it's so cross-the oaby; because '.it
has stormy mother. so you needn't wonder if II
Is little sIuziLy; it's quite natural"
! t-g3~ Hoops and the Equator r''-Crino-line and
tIaE al Z, oil ba
circles the earth, and the other the heavens
| r9Says he's so full of law-au Editor down
South who served four days on a jury, that il i:
| hard for him to keep from cheating somebody.
!g- Describes the New Yerkers-a Dutehman
| thus: Fine people. dey go about der streets al
| day, scheating each oder, and dey call dat pusi-
ness"
cgRecently recovered ten thousand dollar.
| damagcs-a Miss Wood for breach of promis,
from faithless swain. High price for wood, We
! think.
s-gArrived at New York-up to the 1st of No
vember of this year. 1883 ernigrants. being AZ
increase of 4I,5i7 ever the corresponding period
| last year.
! EyAn eastern editor heads his list of sBirths
Marriages. and Deaths thus --h4tcted, h1gtchef
and dispatcked' The. rascal's face deserves to b'
| scratched.
EySends gold piece-an Ohio patron of th'
Lewishurg Chronicle, which he says lis yellow
| but not democratic"
E-g~Said to be printcrs-both u s Senators from
this State, the Governor. Canal Commissioner anC
| Supreme Judges elect, z. Il. BaTnum and Brig CHAN
| Young. What is the craft coming to
Eg3Has been convcted-a lawyer named Shays
| in Michigan for stealing change and postag,
stamps from the post office at Centreyie, and sen
fenced to the State prison for five years.
Eg-Tho celebrated preeeptin ancientdays was
! know thyself." In modern times. 1t has beer
supplanted by the far more fashionable maxim
Know thy neighbor, and everything about him
-gSown annually in wheat-one-ffih of th
cultivated land in England. The average yield i
given at 50 bushels per acre, which, we think, i
more than double the average yield of the Unite'
States.
says a South Carolina paper-squirrels ar
emf grating in great numbers from this state Th
Louisville Jomr',ai says that lit seems South Car
oina squirrels are smarter than the South Carroll
| ma men,.
Ey>A coquctte-s hcartless firt thing witt
more beauty than sense, more Accomplishment
than learning, more charms of person than menta
| graccs. more admirers than friends; more tool
than wise men ior attendants
Eff occasion arise-ssys small locofoco edi
| tor, we shall find him good at biting and scratch
ing. He is more accommodating than most yer
min. They generally bite and let you scratch TO
| yourself, remarks the Louisville journal.
rg-yery plenty-Bears in Maine The Mort
| Anson AiUoczte says sad havoc has been made D.
them among the flocks of sheep in that vicinity
and in various other portions of the state they ar
exceedingly troublesome. a large number nav
been killed.
gSmart-rery-for young men, with hquo
bottles in their pockets, to attend temperanc
meeting and after signing the pledge, go out an
drink freely of strychnine whiskey- Shouldn
! wonder if some of them would soon rise to CLERK
, in doggery or brew-house.
rT7We have received communication froI
our friend j in reply to Hoop, who appeared
the Re,u5itcan few weeks ago, but as we do ne
sec that anything is to be gained by such cor
| troyersy we decline publishing 1t