Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-03-03
CLIPPINGS AND scRIeslines.
vFuIl-the ice-houses.

tSFuIl-the ice-houses.
tSEmpty-our potato barrels.
gPlenty-sleghing parties, last week
70 Small busness-killing mosquitoes with a
pitchfork
- suspended-hoops and founces, in Wash
ington city.
ES-Prevailing-in the east, flowing skirts and
red petticoats
B-Not in fashion-the ladies of our town for
they We "nary red"
sg Backing out-all true patriots. from the Bu-
chanan policy.
sS-Touched bottom-long Adam, when he fell
through the ice.
Ey-out-on Saturday night the "cradle-bed"
crowd. That's right; go it while you're young.
- Imprisoned-332 liquor dealers, in Massa-
chusetts last year for violations of the liquor law
sg"Riled"-the pedagogue who was tight not
long since. o, Tom-Ass! The Journal is still
published.
ss>SoId-last week by the Sheriff, one of the
Lancaster cotton mills, for 200. 1t cost ORR
ginally 100000.
Eg5 Reported-that Francis M'Kee, of Cooks
town, Fayette county. has been rendered the low
ernorship of Kansas.
ID mot genteel-now-a a-days, TO call a man
lar but instead thereof simply tell him that he
is 'iBUckdaaRiziRg.'
iB@Charges-one of the Bucks county Commits
sioners, for 3l6 days during the past year 'Spect
he's been breaking the Sabbath.
- In Maine. there are 4103 School Districts,
240,I74 children between and 81, and an average
of S663,000 expended for school purposes.
70 Granted-a new trial to VIM. Jones, brother
of Charlotte, who was convicted in Washington
county, of the murder of Samuel III. White.
Afoat-a new counterfeit, in Philadelphia
1t purports to be the issue of the Winstead Bank
Conn. The engraving is very well executed
>Raging-the duelling mania inWashington,
so strong, that is safe who appears on
Pennsylvania avenue without six-shooter in his
| pocket
| Eg-Inyented-by an engineer named Duteste.
an apparatus which is destined to effect COM
| plete revolution in constructing locomotives 1t
will save fifty per centum of fuel.
| ~ 7Passed-by the Virginia Senate, act res
tricting the issue of bank bills of less denomina-
ton than Sl0 after December next and of less de-
nomination than so, after December, 1859.
tgA pun.-An exchange notices the marriage
| of Miss Angeline Braham. and adds We con-
gratulate the bridegroom upon his privilege of re-
posing, even on earth, upon A. Braham's bosom. "
10 BuiIt-since January /, 1896, three thousand
school houses in the State of Illinois. This fact,
added to the detection of Judg Douglas, is most
| ominous one to tho Democratic prospects in that
| State.
| ty-A Smoking Car has been placed on the Penn
| syIyania Railroad track. Sensible. There should
| be attached to every train People will trav-
| el roads that consult their habits as well as
| their pockets.
| fS7Professor Gould, of Cambridge. has obtain
ed the suns equatorial horizontal parallax show
ing that the Sun is 100000 statute miles distant
| from the Earth instead of 95:000,000, the usual
| computation.
ey-The Washington States, the Douglas organ
at the capital, says of John Calhoun card we
| never read more weakly written or more confus
ed admission of striving to make the worse the
| better cause-''
| sB@Cut his throat-Jmmy Buchanan with &
message, and before the deed was discovered by
| his Cabinet, the last drop of Democratic blood
was let out. Poor fellow The way of the trans
| gressor is hard"
! EB7The Washington Union says: ..The Demo
| cratic party-it is the Union. Is 1T We arc
| sorry TO hear it. For then the Union is in poor
| way It is no longer lone and inseperable: but
badly split and likely to fall to pieces
ss-Adopted-ten cents day by the CityCoun
il of Alexandria, Va. They passed law to hire
out free negroes who may be In arrears for take:
and have no available property at not less than IL
cents day until such claim be satisfied
r1g Married-under peculiar circum stances two
couple in New Baltimore, Michigan. Twin sister:
| married twin brothers. and the ladies were each
fourteen years old, and their wedding day was thE
| anniversary of the birth day of the brides.
TY-Stated-that the number Of persons at this
time receiving aims in New York, IS more than
one-sxth of the entire population. This mum bel
is entirely supported by two of the remaining
five-sixths the other three-sixths barely support
ing themselves
HNamed st PauI''-one of the members o
the Louisiana Senate This Mr.. st Paul is try
ing to get the Legislature OF thdt ct'tto W Ao az
| ton in favor of reviying that insanity lnstitu
ton the African slave trade lie must be one
"old nicks saints
tY'Punch says-aPresident Buchanan had bet
ter not throw away powder and shot upon the Nor
! mons Let him send them fashion books. Ih
necessity of crinoline will destroy polygamy L
will render Brigham Young himself unable to sup
!, | port more wives than one.
gY-Keitt says. "if he struck he was uncon
scious of it'' 1t is understood he studying as
tronomy at the time, and counting the stars tha
, studded the firmament-several of which were Of
the first IN magnitude, Immediately after Grows ms
. was introduced under his ear.
CY'A Democratic paper, which supports Blu
chanan and Lecompton. says that the Kansas dlf
, hculty sis without exception the most miserable
l exieency in which the Democratic party eve
, found itself" If this is MIR. Buchanan irend
may boast that he sis equal to the exigeney :
just about.
Cy7A new process for the manufacture of iron
/, resembling the imitation Russia sheet IRON ou
r said 20 be superior article-the invention OF on
of our citizens, has been tried in one OF the roiln
mills in Birmingham The iron has pollsh an
appearance equal to steel, and for some purposes
said to be fully equal to the bona fide Russian ror
S MARRIED.:
e On the 25th Feb, by Rev. Thos. Barnhari
I Mr.. DANIEL FAUST, of Curwensville, and Mis-
TorIsG HIrYpURFy of Pike township; Clear