Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-10-12
CLIPPINGS AND soaiselrncs.


they do so much ssspouting.''
CvFond of eggs--the chap who stands in
the street and sucks raw ones.
TKilling the buffaloes-the cholera, by
thousands on the western prairies.
Unhandy-hoops, when playing sspoor
pussy wants a corner,'' in an orchard.
acknowledgements concerts for the
benefit of churches, in San Francisco.
WCompared-a doctors bill to the trunk
of an elephant--it will stretch to any length.
Alike-paper kites and the New York
Ledger-they are buoyed along by their tails.
"Fact-we have a like regard for huge
bear and buxom lass-they are both SO fond
of hugging.
UTo be erected-a chimney in Glasgow,
which will be about 460 feet high-the talest
chimney in the world
"Quarrelled about etiquette-a monkey
and goat-when jackass, as usual, was cal
| led TO settle the dispute.
| W-sIt's poor rule that won't work both
ways exclaimed the boy, throwing the rule
| back at the schoomaster.
| OThere at present in the world about
| l21 600 Mormons. S3, 600 live in Utah, of
| whom ,G17 have 16, 500 wives.
UERather heavy loaded--the chap that, on
Monday night, WAS stretched out in the street,
! in Il state OF bcastly intoxication.
/ "BriIliant production-the secret circular
/ of the Democrats, issued day or two before
/ the election. More anon about it.
| WThere are 500 licensed drinking places
| in St. Louis. The people there cannot have
many scrupies about taking dram.
| "Recollect-if you wish to see as ssfar in
/ 10 milestone as the man who picks it, you
/ should weigh every barrel of flour you buy.
| W-A woman who recently had twins has
named the eldest boy Robert Schuy ler-from
his connection with the over issue of stock.
| GrCame OLA prize fight between Price
| and Kelly, on the 9th, in Canada. Price
/ the vjcter. after only half an hours conflict.
| W-On tEisl-three young men in Burling-
| ton, Vt. named Mcdonnell, Balm and Kelly aged
respectively l6, IS and 20 for the murder OF
| John T. Mexican.
| "Found-S4O,0 ,009 in one vf the coaches
on the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, re-
Gently. The owner was found and the money
! handed over to him.
"In cir3ulaion-yeEy dangerous counter
! felt five dollar bills on the Lock Haven Bank.
| Lock Haven, Pa. The counterfeit is perfect
fac siraitc OF the genuine.
GgRecent accounts from Roman Catholic
authorities state that 800 priests at work in
China, prOpagating their faith, and that more
are on their way from Rome.
TJames Pitt is a candidate for Office tn
Georgia. One of the Georgia papers says that
he has .'littie speed and no bottom.' He is
the 'sbottomless Pitt we presume.
g-1t is extraordinary how many defects We
can discern in friend alter we have quarrel
led with him. The same remark applies TO
woman upon receiving tie '.tlitten.''
GvJohn H. New, Esq. g s. Iistrict Alter
ney for the Western District OF louisiana has
sent his resignation to Washington. That
thing, sure Buchananite resigning.
GyMr. Ten Broeck writes from England to
fc.cud in MempIS, that his winnings in Eng
land this year have topped $4,000, 10 gain
which lac risSed but ST, ,0G0. Profitable busi-
hess, ',."se-racnS.
W-It is thought that poll tar would be
practicable in determining legal voters. From
the scratches observable on the day after an e.
lection, might i"feE ;i:t the poll cats had
been about at least.
Expelled-the Rev. 4. Wright, pastor at
! Cleveland Ohio, from his Conference by vote
of "a to 40. His offence Being, as alleged, ro-
mantle walks by moonlight, with young sis
tcrs in the church, kisses, &C.
DTThe number of Pretestants n the empire
of Austria is over three millions. The Pro-
| testant population of the Austrian provinces
which belong to the Germanic Confederation
exceeds two hundred and fifty thousand.
G-The apple crop of New Y ork the present
season is unusually large. One of our exchan-
ges states that there are now 100000 barrels of
ap,;icS awaiting shipment at the stations on the
Rochester and Niagara division of the railroad.
DEThe Mormons are in favor of Mr.. Doug
| las for the Presidency. They are emphatical-
ly Squatter Sovereignty men. They want no
outside powers or influences interfering with
their polygamy, or any of their other insttu-
| tions,
C-Last spring, Horace Greeley promised
to deliver an agricultural address in Wyoming
County, n. Y, on the 2Sth of September elf
he was alive" He arrived home from Gait
fornia on the Goth, and went Immediately to
meet his engagement.
GyMr. Buchanan seems really in earnest in
stopping Walkers filibustering foray. Direc-
tions have been given hold the steamer
Philadelphia and her officers for legal exami-
nation, and troops from Baton Rouge are or
dercd to arrest the marauderS.
"At the last accounts -four was selling on
the island of Havti at two hundred and forty
dollars barrel! That looks like high price
but the money was Haytien currency, which
is like our old continental money. About SO
of it are worth one silver dollar.
TThe amount of money paid by the city
of New ork, from January to September OF
this year, for expenses in conducting its gov
ernment, is S14, 600 900, or one million more
than the expenditures of the Federal Govern
ment under President John Quincy Adams.
IJudge Cradlebaugh has organized the q.
S. Court in Carson Valley, for that district OF
Utah territory, and will proceed to try often
ders The Mormons are in complete sublec-
ton to the Gentiles there, and will have no
chance to interfere with the course of justice
WOur readers will remember one DR.. Gra
ham who murdered man at the st. Nicholas,
New York, few years since. 1t appears that
he has fallen victim to the code OF violence
which seems to have governed his own con-