Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-06-01

According 70 the articles of war it rs death /
to stop cannon bail.
SPEAK but little. and TO the purpose and you |
viii pass for somebody.
The last invention IN Ohio is an India-rub-
Der meat-saw. Progressive age, this.
Religion aud medicine are not responsible
for the fanIts and mistakes of their doctors.
Fortune is sometimes heaped up like snow,
and like the snow meIts and thaws to nothing
again.
If man reapeth whatever he seweth, what
harvest of coats and breeches our taiIors viii
have one OF these days.
Lucy Stone says .sthere is cotton in the ears
of men and hope in the bosoms of women"
Got the cotton and hope in the wrong places,
Lucy.
A young carpenter having been told that
sthe course of true love never did run smooth,
took his plane under his arm when he went
courting.
A burglar was caught with twenty-three
watches in his possession. He was the great
est "thief Of time' we ever heard of-except
representation"
At Baptism down South, lately. negro
who had been kept under water longer than he
thought agreeable, drew long breath and ex-
claimed, ssSome gentlemen loose his niger
yet Wild dis foolishness.''
The Lovers PuzzIe.-To learn to read the
following, SO as to make good sense, is the
mystery:
/ thee read see that me.
Love is down will I'll have
Brt that and you have you'll
One and up and you il
\ lady not far off gives her views OF wo-
mans rights to tie world. She is against the
interference of women in politics. She asks
pointedly: s.H men can't do the voting, and
take care of the country, what is the use of
them 2'' That's poser We think she will
pass.
4 CIincher-The term, sscIincher," is said
to have originated in the following manner ::
Two men were disputing as to which could
tell the biggest lie. One said that one night,
he threw ten-pcnny nail quite through the
body of the moon. .That's true" replied
the other, ssfor l WAS on the other side at the
moment with claw hammer, and clinched the
naili'' Ever since, every outrageous false
Arrival and Departure Of Mails at Clearheld.
ARRIVES.
Eastern. daily, Sundays excepted, at Pm
Western, :. g P-H-
Smiths Mills, Saturdays, 5P.M.
Sinnamahoning Wcdncsd. & Saturd. N.
Karthaus, Saturdays, GP-N.
Kylertown, Mondays < Thursdays, L NJ.
DEPART.
Eastern, daily, Sundays excepted, at | AN
Western, 90 % g An
Smiths Mills, Fridays, AN.
Sinnamahoning, Tuesdays& Fridays, AN.
Karthaus, Thursdays, AN.
Kylertown, Mondays Thursdays Pm.
The Mails will close at 9 O'Clock, P. VI.
B. Business men, of town and vicinity,
will please preserve this for future reference.
CD. WATSON, Post Master.
Mail arrives at Curwensyille from Indiana
via Newman's Mills, Burnside, New
Washington, Chest, Bower and GrampianIlIlis.
Tuesday and Fridays at IL A. NJ, and de-
parts same DAYS at P. N.
Mail leaves Curwensville for Marion, via
New MiIlport and Lumber City, every Satur-
day at &. NJ, and returns same day at p-m
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COUNTY DIRECTORY
PresTJudge-Hon James Burnside, Bellefonte. Pa
Aste Judses-HOn Wm L. Moore Clearfeld-
Hon Benz n. Bonsall- Luthersburg.
sheriff Frcdk e. Miller, Clearfeld
Prothonotary Jas 7. Leonard,
Reg Rec James Wrigley, -
Treasurer John Mcpherson -
District Atty. Robert J. Wallace, -
Co Surveyor, John L. Cutie,
Corumiss n Is, John Irwin Sr- Ciearheld.
George Earhard. NewMiIlport
William McCraeken, Lumber City
Auditors Peter Hoover. .Curwensyille
Aaron G Tate. ClearfeId.