Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-12-29
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sSnow is falling rapidly as we go to press.
Gg~Thc State Legislature meets next Tuesday.
.1vwe wish all patrons happy New Year.
sYrThc infrmities of great men are the conso-
lation of ounces.
sF-Mackerri have recently appeared in large
numbers the Massachusetts, coast.
sySome ''sucker''-the chap W h o drank thirty
nine glasses of ale on Christmas day.
!g-Fine affair-the Sunday School 'treat'' at
the Methodist Church. on Christmas evening.
sgThe Syracuse Journal gives us an infailble
remedy for the gout-Boarding with printer
s5S9The salary of the Chief Engineer of the n
York fire department is fixed at $4,000 per year.
~ The aggregate value of the salmon fisheries
of ireland is said to exceed 81 500, 600 per year.
~ Senator Douglas has gone to Havana, where
he will stay a short time before returning to Wash
ington.
ig-For one who deplores his own follies. you
will find a hundred who prefer to deplore their
neigh bor's.
ESJ John Nowlan, printer, committed suicide
in Richmond, lately, by taking strychnine- A
bad take, that, for John
s5-Mr Jacob Cole, of Lawrence tp., makes 4
good article of writing INK. We have tried it and
know whereof we affirm
Ezs"Ish a strong feller, dat strichnine; / was
tryin' to whip him for two days; but couldn I
fotch him-he shoot me in mine neck.
TS-Kansas gold is worth 500 an ounce-the f.
nest gold found in America. which has been sub
jected to the test at the \. York Assay office.
.S@0ur age is remarkable for having produced
this great thought No one has right to luxu-
rics, until every is provided with necessares.
Iy7 In divorce case in California, it was charg-
cd that the defendant was Incorporate. and one
witness testified that he drank seventy times day.
Verdict for the defendant.
ES-A boozy fellow was observed the other day
driving .'poIker,' holding on to his tail and
when asked what he was doing. replied that he
was studying biography
.g@Recruiting for the army of the U. States has
been brisk this fall til it has been decided to
discontinue enlisting at Buffalo. New Haven. and
several other mpOrtant stations
EF1Thc Common School Trustees of 4 town in
Indiana say, in recent report-"No common
schoos-aIl uncommon. Branches taught ewchrc,
poker old Stefse r"igarty: and profaMify."
SSeven vessels were totally lost, in the harbor
of Port Platt. 81. Domingo, during the gale of
Doth October and so high the water driven by
the wind that houses washed down in the
ty-Gcrret Smith figures that. taking in the ex-
pcnsc of travelling, establishing newspapers iced
ing pauper followers, &c, his votes for Governor
at the late election cost him just four dollars each
!D The School Directors of Marietta townsh ip,
Marshall county Iowa. have directed that no girls
attending any of tn public schools of the District
shall wear hoops. The old curmudgc are be-
hind the times.
ssrA lady in Portland. Nc. has just returned a
few beets she borrowed fifty years ago of neigh
bor, promising to return them in few days Such
an instance of punctuality is most remarkable,
and cannot be beat
sY- New York is certainly great city. They
have now r Dog Boarding II louise and one Is ad-
vertised the corner of Broadway and Forty-ffth
streets The Keeper will board dogs ut 81 per
week. and train for 81 80
| EyA Member of the Legislature. now in ses-
sion at indianapolis. ho had boon '.cough he'd down
on several occasions offered Il resolution instruct
ing the door keeper buy several bottles of cough
| medicine for the use Of the members.
r5-Thc London Times continues oditorialy to
hold up the corruption which prevails amongst of
fcials in the United States, a warning against
the adoption of universal suffrage. 1t likewise
draws similar lesson from the Canada system
Lg-It is stated that Col. Lockbridge is atpres-
ent visit to Matches. Miss. directing attention
to Northern Mexico, with a view to the peaceful
emigration thithcr of those who would take an in
tcrest in its future political and social welfare!
| II The total value of steamers sfost on the Mis-
siSsippi and its tributaries s than So, ,001.
| 0O0 and numbers many fifteen hundred
than twice the steam boat tonnage of England.
and equal to that of all other parts of the world.
EyTwo children burned in a house in Da-
venport. Iowa the 18th The mother had gone
out and locked them in. and while out they set fire
! TO the house. They might have been saved by a
neig bor had ne broken the door in, but finding ii
| locked he ran after the mother for the key and
| before he returned the children dead.