Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-03-30
CLIPPINGS AND scalsslrRos.

u Low-the chap, that fell in the ditch.
gS-High-the wind, for several days past
Scarce-little 'singins,'' about our town.
~A beauty-the fellow that wears the
bushy whiskers.
W-Funny things-hoUps, in windy weather.
They want to be up.
DNew term-ssstrychHin palsy Not a
bad defEition, that, for old ''scven-day.'
GvMrs. Partington has bought a horse, $50
spirituous that 1t has gone off in decanter.''
O~Increasing-th fishing business. Saw
several boys coming to town, on Sunday, with
string of fine pike.
CrAbsconded- Jacob s. Harden, of
Warren county, n. j. He is accused of hav-
ing killed his wife by poison.
UyThe Friends meeting house in Burling-
ton county, NJ j., was destroyed by fire on
Sunday. twas built in 1900.
DyThat's so.-Many politicians boast that
'sthey can't be bought" when they really
so worthless that they can't be sold
Ug~A riot took place in the State prison at
Auburn, New York, on Saturday a-week, dur
ing which the warden shot three men.
WCan tell-a phrenologist in London, the
contents of barrel by examining its head.
He makes his examination with gimlet.
WA barrel containing the partially dsscct-
ed bodies of man and woman, was discover
ed floating in the river near Lousvile<last
week.
TBurned-five children of Mr.. Ellis Wal
drip, of Forsyth CO., Ga, on the 1lth. The
dwellingcaught fire during the absence of the
parent.
~A man named Lloyd, in New Orleans,
was arrested few days since for stealing
negro. He pleaded not guilty, alleging that
he won the 'sboy' in rattle.
OyThe latest discovery at Pixies Peak is
a lead mine, where they pick out Jumps worth
$40 to SIS apiece. Six hundred men were at
work in it and others focking in.
~Discovered-by genius ''down east"
method eff manufacturing from one dandy,
monkey, an ape and three baboons. so as to
have enough left for small syaller dog
"Got convulsions-threem men at Bennets-
vile, South Carolina, from drinking whiskey.
All died the same day. The verdict Of the
| coroner's jury was-ssDeath from strychnine.''
DyMessrs. Toombs and Mason, democratic
members of Congress, are charged with kill
| ing the Post Office bill by talking it to death.
! Toombs spoke against it until the hour of ad
| journment.
TProgrcssing-the chess match between
| MOrphy and Mongredien, President of the Lon
| don Club Four games were played Marphy
winning all. The winner of the first seven
| games is to be the victor.
B-Durng January last, only ten barrels of
| -four were exported from the United States to
| Great Britain; and at present prices in the two
! countries, it will pay to import flour from
! Liverpool to America.
| GgSOuthern papers concur in the state
ment that vegetation in that latitude is at least
one month IN advance of ordinary years. Fruit
| trees are in blossom, and flowers of various
| kinds are in full bloom.
UyFact--now is the time TO advertise. The
| I'm sir will soon he pcOmmpucpd-pPO- a.
pie are beginning to stir about and everybody
| is looking into the columns of the newspaper
to uho are in and out Of business.
U|Reportgd-that the Governor of Missou-
ri, (who was recently whipped in rough and
tumble fght,) wound up grand spree the 9th
er day by riding his horse into his own parlor,
and trying his fore feet on the keys of piano.
GE~It has been decided BY the Supreme
Court of our State, that the State Superinteu-
dent of our Public Schools has the right TO
remove a County Superintendent, if guilty OF
neglect of duty, incompetency, or immortality
R-How to protect himself.-The editor OF
a pestiIent Buchanan sheet says that s'a terri
BILE political thunder storm is rising Well,
feathers are said to be a protection against
lightning; can't he get himself tarred and
feathered
EThe excitement in relation to Pixies
Peak has increased to alarming degree in
the West. Whole families leaving for the
diggings. Better stay at home and eat rye
| bread if wheat cannot be had. a number OF
young ladies have left PittSburg for the Peak
Uy-The United States, in proportion to its
| number of inhabitants, holds more of the pre-
! cious metals than any other country in the
world. In the year 1889 we had but s32 900,
600. ard now we have $500 100000, averaging
| to each inhabitant of the Union, slaves lnclud-
ed, twelve dollars.
~Decared-John Vi. Bolts, in speech
before the Virginia Opposition State Conven'
ton, that the Democracy has caused .severy
calamity, every i'll that has befallen the coun-
try during the last thirty years, with the ex'
ception, perhaps, of the smallpox, the chole-
ra and the yellow fever
OvPlant trees Yes! plant trces-and
plant no,c. Now's the time. 1t is not toe
Iate neither is it day too early Plant
plant-and keep planting. You'll never re-
gret it, Who ever saw man lamenting that
he had planted tree Do not, dear reader
let another season slip without planting.
O-James Hamilton, meat seller, IN st
Louis, on Wednesday last, in paroxysm o.
jealousy, shot his wife, a young girl OF elghtee-
to whom he had been married only three
months, and afterwards discharged pistol In
to his own body, inhicting wound IRON
which he can hardly recover. Mrs. HamIi
toms recovery is deemed probable.
Sprained Ankles and Wrists can be relieved
| r. m c,roIJ;pr main from five O thirty