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

heavy rain.
U@yotivc ofIcring''-is Tie latest way of
designating brbe.
Og-In miserable condition--tho road be-
tween Clearfeld and Curwensvlle.
GyNeeds repairing-the bridge across Hog
back run, this side of Curwcnsylle.
0gAdvices from all sections of the country
represent the crops as unusually promising.
Strange--that the girls, however well
yersed in grammar, can't decline matrimony.
yExpected-that fllibuster Walker will
soon make descent upon Sonora, in Mexico.
Gy-A fellow, that blameS the Devil for all
his own misdeeds, shows a dcplorable lack of
flial regard.
0gTMr. Rarey has concluded arrangements
to teach the British Cavalry his system of
training horses.
CvLarge-thc standing committee of young
men at the door of the Methodist church on
Sunday evening.
0EThe Hollidaysburg Standard pronounces
the Central Bank one of the soundest institu-
tions in the State.
G+It may sound like paradox, yet the
breaking of an army's wings is pretty sure
way to moke it fly.
~A highly s.Caudleized" editor of west
ern family newspaper, heads his marriage no.
tices, ''lucifer matches"
-Elected-Rev. w. II. Odcnhcimer, as
Bishop of n. Jersey, to fiji the place of BiSh-
Op Doanc, who died recently.
CyFact-aIl our Arctic explorers have en-
ioyed one important advantage; in their dead
lieSt perils they have kept cool.
Oy-Brags-thc New Orleans Bulletin of
having feasted already on green corn, full
grown, and remarkably delicious.
D5-A letter from Henry county, Va, says
that all kinds of provisions aIc scarce, and
corn is selling at eight dollars per la. rel.
n7-It is bad meddling with train Of gun
powder; but if You want to bc blown up to 4
dead certainty, just tread on lady's train.
Ug-rhe steamer Persia, which sailed from
New York on the 2jth, carried ont S3 600, 200
in specie. Splcndid policy that Of Buchanan
and Cobb.
uG-Mr. John Walker, chemist, of Stockton,
Scotland, the original inventor of lucifcr
matches, died in that town recently at the age
OF IS years.
O5~Mr. Clary, a French gentleman, with
$50, 900 year, has gone to the seat OF war as
private soldier in cavalry regiment. lie
mus. be fond Of glory.
Ug7A valuable discovery. if true, is that of
The Chinese, Who'say that coating of Gambia
will prevent worms attacking the wood of
which ships are constructed.
1.-THE Louisville Courier has much TO say
Of democratic Sleeps clothing.' Where
did the breed of Democratic sheep originate
Where are the lambkIns to be found !
GTWhen 4 steamer comes in, everybody
looks over the foreign news and cXclaims, in
4 tone of disappointment and SadncsS-SsNo
battle yet =" How UnchristiIn we arc growing.
[y-Two steamers sailed from New FORK for
Europe-onc having on board 81 500, 900, and
the other S73, 900 in spccie-gone to pay for
the eXtrayagant importations of foreign goods.
Uy-A gang of wandering Gipsics has been
for sene time past travelling in Chester cOun-
ty, Imposing upon the good people who are
green enough to suffer themselves to be inn
posed upon. They tell fortunes, and steal a
little, when opportunity oilers.
Uy-A Zouave, on stepping on board a vcs-
sci at MarSciIlcs, bound for the scat OF war,
was stCpped by the Colonel of the regiment,
who recognized, in the soldiers dress young
gi ri, who had assumed the uniform i'll 0der
not TO be separated from her lover.
CIThc Doylcstown STANDARD holds thatlo
member Of the Democratic party has riS,t
TO exercise his own judgment in regard to pub
lie matters. lie must ''go 1t blind win INC
party, right or wrong, OF be eXcommunlcatcd'
\ pretty position for an intelligent freeman
rGov Sibley, of Minnesota, has offered a
reward of So 900 for the apprehension ana
conviction of any or ak the persons concern
ed, or in any way Implicated, in the late high
handed execution OF Oscar r. jackson, WIG
was hung 10y 4 mob in Wright county, on the
25th of April.
NrThc ladies of Blissticld, Michigan, have
organized lodge of the .'DaughtcrS OF Nal
Ia - and arc holding heir mysterious meet
| inrs two or three evenings in each week The
men have thus far failed to ascertain the OBJ
| iect and manners OF the new society, though
| it is said, they "'tried their prcttiest.'
! Gy-A solemn and impressive event occurred
| recently in the Baptist Church, Yarmouth
| Nova. Scotia After the sermon, John lliltor
arose and addressed the congregation, ''Be y'
also ready, for in such an hour as ye think no
! the Son of Man cOmcth," when he sat dowl
and instantly fell from his scat-a corpse.