Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-03-09
CLIPPINGS AND scRlssLlaes.

NFact-the weather, like the Indians gun,
is s'mighty unsartin.''
OThe Clarkesville ChroHicle says there are
now twenty five iron furnaces standing idle in
Tennessee.
~Ovcr six thousand places exist in New
York where Intoxicating liquors are sold, con-
trary to law, without license.
"We should educate the whole man-the
body. the head, the heart the body to act, the
head to think, and the heart to feel.
UThe French army, it is said, is compos-
ed of 631 900 fighting men, of which over
5O0,OO0 are available for foreign war.
E'What branch of education do you have
chiefly, in your school? ?'' GA willow branch, /,
sir; the master has used almost whole will
low tree"
WThe cars on the Reading Railroad are
now lighted with gas. The gas is placed in a
receiver underneath the cars, which is filled
at Reading.
G-San Francisco has every Sunday night,
English, French and German theatres in full
blast. Probably other city in the world of
10000 population could say so much.
VThe aggregate annual shoe trade of Mas
aachusetts, it is said, reaches over fifty mil
lions of dollars. What a lot OF Yankee boots
and shoes it would take to bring that sum.
~To get to Pixies Peak, go to work and
dred dollars then buy piece of land, and
stay at home and mind your own business.
OySOmebody wants to know whether per-
son cannot vote by telegraph. This is ques-
tion for political wire workers to solve. We
think it depends upon the regulation of the
polls.
WThe cost of the present short session of
Congress, of only three months duration, foots
up with the enormous sum of two millions e.
leyen thousand dollars So says the Appro-
priation bill.
NThe members of the Illinois legislature
are allowed two dollars per day for the term OF
forty-two days. If they extend the session
beyond that time, they receive but one dollar
per day. That's right.
WA pailful of lye, with piece of cop
peras half as big as hens egg, boiled in it,,
will produce fine naEkeen color, which will
not wash out. This is very useful for the Ii
nings of bed quilts, comforts, &c.
Og-We learn that DR.. Woods, Of this place,
few doys since, removed diseased bone,
some two inches in length, from the leg of a
lad of about u years of age, the son OF James
Albert, of Bradford township.
Dg-It came out in the discussion of the
postage bill, the other day in Congress, that
the cost of conveying single letter to CALI
fOrnia, by the overland mail, amounts to from
thirty-fve to sixty dollars. No wonder the
Post-office Department is SO hopelessly in debt
CMany farmers in Favette county, West
ern Virginia, who have never before given
their attention to the cultivation of tobacco,
are now making arrangements to engage in IL.
Several patches were raised in the Dogwood
Gap, in that county, last year, and were sold
standing at 500 per acre.
g-There must be some ssMerry Minnesota
Wives" if the following be true: "The Men
dona Press says that two citizens of that town
have recently lost their wives by elopement.
and the customary salutaton in the streets,
instead of ssHow do you do sir % has become
s'is youc wife safe, this morning ~
Oy-At the Presidents last leyee Mrs. James
Gordon Bennett occupied the same room with
Dir. Buchanan, and by his direction, the crowd
were presented to her as well as Miss Lane.
At one time, says the Posts correspondent, it
was difficult to tell whether the reception was
Mrs. Bennet's or Mr.. Buchauan's. The two
occupied a sofa together in the reception room
for about threc-quarters of an hour, the Pres
ideut himself introducing his friends to Mrs.
Bennett. The latter attired after the latest
French style, and was decked with jewels IN
abundance, and held in her hand choice bo-
quet, Ssput up in unique manner"